UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
Memorandum
DATE:
May
15,
2006
SUBJECT:
Transmission
of
Background
Materials
and
Charge
to
the
Panel
for
the
June
13­
15,
2006
Session
of
the
FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
(
SAP)
Entitled
"
Analysis
of
a
Natural
Refuge
of
Non­
Cotton
Hosts
for
Monsanto's
Bollgard
II
Cotton"

FROM:
Janet
L.
Andersen,
Ph.
D.,
Director
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division
(
7511C)

TO:
Myrta
Christian
Designated
Federal
Official
FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy
(
7201M)

Attached
are
20
compact
discs
and
2
paper
copies
of
all
background
documents
and
the
charge
to
the
panel
for
the
June
13­
15,
2005
FIFRA
SAP
session:
Analysis
of
a
Natural
Refuge
of
Non­
Cotton
Hosts
for
Monsanto's
Bollgard
II
Cotton.
These
materials
do
not
contain
any
information
protected
under
statute
as
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI).
These
materials
do
contain
information
protected
from
disclosure
to
foreign
and
multi­
national
pesticide
producers
under
FIFRA
Section
10(
g).
In
addition,
these
materials
include
information
protected
by
copyright.
The
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division
(
BPPD)
has
obtained
permission
from
the
publishers
to
reproduce
these
copyrighted
materials
for
purposes
of
the
FIFRA
SAP
review
and
in
the
form
(
electronic
and/
or
paper)
attached
to
this
memorandum.
The
attached
documents
include
the
following:

Document
Title
Author(
s)
Date
Indicate
Whether
FIFRA
10(
g)
or
©
Protected
Transmittal
memorandum
Janet
Andersen
5/
15/
06
Charge
to
the
Panel
Janet
Andersen
5/
15/
06
BPPD
review
of
data
and
support
materials
submitted
by
Monsanto
to
amend
the
insect
resistance
management
requirements
for
Bollgard
II
Bt
cotton
Alan
Reynolds
and
Sharlene
Matten
5/
15/
06
"
Production
of
Tobacco
Budworm
from
Alternate
Host
Plants
and
the
Role
of
These
Host
Plants
as
Natural
Refuge
for
Bollgard
II
Cotton"
(
MRID#
467172­
01)
Graham
Head
and
David
Gustafson
12/
20/
05
10(
g)
and
©
protected
"
Modeling
the
Impact
of
Natural
Refuge
on
the
Evolution
of
Tobacco
Budworm
and
Cotton
Bollworm
Resistance
to
Bollgard
II
Cotton"
(
MRID#
467172­
02)
David
Gustafson,
Graham
Head
12/
20/
05
10(
g)
and
©
protected
"
Scientific
and
Economic
Justification
for
Not
Requiring
Structured
Cotton
Refuges
for
Bollgard
II
Cotton
in
the
U.
S.
Cotton
Belt
from
Texas
to
the
East
Coast"
(
MRID#
467172­
03)
Graham
Head,
Melinda
McCann,
J.
Walt
Mullins
12/
20/
05
10(
g)
and
©
protected
Supplemental
information
requested
in
support
of
natural
refuge
amendment
request
for
Bollgard
II
©
cotton
(
supplemental
to
MRID#
467172­
01)
Melinda
McCann
4/
3/
06
10(
g)
and
©
protected
OFFICE
OF
PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES,
AND
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES
Regional
host
utilization
by
Helicoverpa
zea
as
measured
by
stable
carbon
isotope
analyses
(
in
draft).
Head,
G.,
R.
E.
Jackson,
J.
R.
Bradley,
J.
W.
Van
Duyn,
B.
R.
Leonard,
R.
Luttrell.
J.
Ruberson,
J.
J.
Adamczyk,
J.
Gore,
D.
Hardee,
R.
Voth,
S.
Sivasupramaniam,
and
J.
W.
Mullins
4/
3/
06
10(
g)
and
©
protected
Regional
assessment
of
Helicoverpa
zea
(
Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae)
populations
on
cotton
and
non­
cotton
crop
hosts.
(
submitted
in
2005).
Jackson,
R.
E.,
J.
R.
Bradley,
J.
W.
Van
Duyn,
B.
R.
Leonard,
K.
C.
Allen,
R.
Luttrell.
J.
Ruberson,
J.
J.
Adamczyk,
J.
Gore,
D.
Hardee,
R.
Voth,
S.
Sivasupramaniam,
J.
W.
Mullins,
and
G.
Head
4/
3/
06
10(
g)
protected
Determining
larval
host
plant
use
by
a
polyphagous
lepidopteran
through
analysis
of
adult
moths
from
plant
secondary
metabolites
Orth,
R.
G.,
G.
Head,
M.
Mierkowski
4/
3/
06
10(
g)
and
©
protected
Modeling
the
impact
of
alternative
hosts
and
pyrethroid
sprays
on
Helicoverpa
zea
(
Boddie)
adaptation
to
Bollgard
®
cotton
(
submitted
in
2005).
Gustafson,
D,
G.
Head,
and
M.
A.
Caprio
43/
06
10(
g)
protected
Supplemental
information
requested
in
support
of
natural
refuge
amendment
request
for
Bollgard
II
®
cotton
(
supplemental
to
MRID#
467172­
02)
Melinda
McCann
4/
7/
06
10(
g)
protected
Modeling
the
risk
resistance
in
Heliothis
virescens
to
Bollgard
II
cotton
(
2005).
Caprio,
M.
A.
4/
7/
06
10(
g)
protected
Supplemental
information
requested
in
support
of
natural
refuge
amendment
request
for
Bollgard
II
®
cotton
(
supplemental
to
MRID#
467172­
02)
Melinda
McCann
5/
10/
06
10(
g)
protected
