{"abstract":"As mandated by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, EPA is setting forth its screening program for determining which pesticide chemicals and other substances may have an effect in humans that is similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring estrogen or other endocrine effects. In developing the screening program, EPA considered recommendations of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee, a panel chartered pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. EPA refers to this program as the ``Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program'' or the ``Screening Program.'' This document describes the major elements of EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program. EPA will provide operational details regarding the Screening Program, its regulatory implementation, and provide an opportunity for public comment in a later Federal Register document. After public comment and before implementation, EPA will submit the Screening Program for review to a joint panel of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel and the EPA Science Advisory Board.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1998/08/11/98-21522.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"63 FR 42852","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["OPPTS-42206","FRL-6021-3"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"98-21522","effective_on":null,"end_page":42855,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/08/11/98-21522/endocrine-disruptor-screening-program","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/98-21522?publication_date=1998-08-11","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1998-08-11/98-21522/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":148,"last_updated":"2026-09-21 06:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-08-11/pdf/98-21522.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1998-08-11","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1998/08/11/98-21522.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-21T08:24:54Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":42852,"subtype":null,"title":"Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":63}