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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is now accepting public comments on the experts the Agency is considering for membership on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP). This document identifies the individuals nominated. The Agency anticipates selecting from those nominees that are identified as interested and available to appoint two new SAP members by October 2026 due to expiring membership terms. Public comments on these nominations will be used to assist the Agency in selecting the new members for the FIFRA SAP.
Submit your comments on or before September 8, 2026.
Submit comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2026-5679, online at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) is Tamue L. Gibson; Regulatory and Information Services Division (7602M), Office of Mission Critical Operations, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency; telephone number: (202) 564-7642; email address: gibson.tamue@epa.gov.
This action is directed to the public in general. It may be of particular interest to persons who are interested in the impact of pesticide regulatory actions on health and the environment and pesticide-related issues in general. The Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions, consult the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .
Do not submit CBI information to EPA through email or https://www.regulations.gov. If your comment contains any information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected, please contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special instructions before submitting your comments. Information properly marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in accordance with the procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
When preparing and submitting your comments, see Commenting on EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. ( printed page 53413)
This document solicits public comment on the experts recently nominated to serve on the FIFRA SAP (see Unit III.D.2.). The Agency anticipates selecting from these nominations to appoint two new SAP members by October 2026 due to expiring membership terms. Public comments on these recent nominations will be used to assist the Agency in selecting the new members for the FIFRA SAP.
The FIFRA SAP is a federal advisory committee, established in 1975 under FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.), that operates in accordance with requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10). In accordance with FACA requirements, a Charter for the FIFRA SAP, dated June 15, 2026, provides for open meetings with opportunities for public participation.
The FIFRA SAP serves as a scientific peer review mechanism of EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is structured to provide independent scientific advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on pesticides and pesticide-related issues as to the impact of regulatory actions on health and the environment. The FIFRA SAP is composed of a permanent panel consisting of seven members who are appointed by the EPA Administrator from nominees provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Members serve staggered terms of appointment, generally of three to six years duration. To augment the knowledge-base of the FIFRA SAP, FIFRA required that EPA establish a Science Review Board consisting of at least 60 scientists who are available to the FIFRA SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in reviews conducted by the FIFRA SAP.
As a scientific peer review mechanism, the FIFRA SAP provides comments, evaluations, and recommendations to improve the effectiveness and quality of analyses made by Agency scientists.
Members are scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to provide expert comments on the impact of pesticides on human health and the environment. In accordance with FIFRA section 25(d)(1), the Administrator shall require nominees to the FIFRA SAP to furnish information concerning their professional qualifications, including educational background, employment history, and scientific publications. No persons shall be ineligible to serve on the FIFRA SAP by reason of their membership on any other advisory committee to a federal department or agency, or their employment by a federal department or agency (except EPA). FIFRA section 25(d) further stipulates that the Agency publish the name, address, and professional affiliation of the nominees in the Federal Register .
Consistent with the requirements of FIFRA section 25(d), FIFRA SAP members are subject to the provisions of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch at 5 CFR part 2635, conflict of interest statutes in Title 18 of the United States Code, and related regulations. Before being formally appointed, each candidate is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form in which they must fully disclose, among other financial interests, the nominee's sources of research support, if any. EPA will evaluate the candidate's financial disclosure forms to assess the possibility of financial conflicts of interest, appearance of a loss of impartially, or any prior involvement with the development of documents likely to be under consideration by the FIFRA SAP (including previous scientific peer reviews) before the candidate is considered further.
In accordance with the provisions of FIFRA section 25(d), on April 15, 2026, EPA requested that the NIH and the NSF nominate scientists to fill vacancies occurring on the FIFRA SAP. The Agency requested nominations of nationally recognized experts in the fields of ecological and human exposure assessment, including environmental fate and transport of chemicals; new approach methodologies, including in vitro to in vivo extrapolation. Experts with specific experience in risk assessment, dose-response analysis, cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and genomics are preferred.
NIH and NSF provided the Agency with a total of 28 nominees, of which, 16 are interested and available to actively participate in FIFRA SAP meetings (see Unit III.D.2.), and 12 individuals are not available to be considered further for membership at this time (see Unit III.D.1.). In addition to the list of nominees provided in this document, a compilation of brief biographical sketches, including information about the qualifications of the individual nominees, is available in the public docket identified under ADDRESSES .
The following individuals are not available to be considered further for membership at this time (listed alphabetically):
1. Steven Belmain, Ph.D., University of Greenwich, Greenwich, London.
2. Mark Cubeta, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. Thomas Hartung, MD, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.*
4. Eunha Hoh, Ph.D., San Diego State University, San Diego, California.*
5. Lifang Hou, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
6. Pamela Lein, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, Davis, California.
7. Charles Mitchell, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
8. Richard Ostfeld, Ph.D., Carey Institute, Millbrook, New York.
9. Michael Parsons, Ph.D., Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
10. Lina Quesda-Ocampo, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
11. Brian J. Reich, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
12. Elaine Sunderland, Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
* Note: FIFRA SAP charter members Drs. Hartung and Hoh cannot be considered further for the current membership cycle.
The following individuals are interested and available experts that the Agency is considering for membership on the FIFRA SAP (listed alphabetically). Selected biographical data for each nominee is available in the docket identified under ADDRESSES and through the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap. Following the completion of the required ethics reviews, the Agency anticipates selecting new members by October 2026 to fill upcoming vacancies occurring on the Panel.
1. Diana S. Aga, Ph.D., University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. ( printed page 53414)
2. Antonio T. Baines, Ph.D., North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
3. Michelle C. Cora, DVM, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.
4. Megan M. Dewdney, Ph.D., University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida.
5. Lauren M. Diepenbrock, Ph.D., University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida.
6. Rebecca C. Fry, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
7. James J. Galligan, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
8. Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D., University at Albany, Albany, New York.
9. Bo Li, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
10. Carrie McDonough, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
11. Irfan Rahma, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
12. Nors F. Savage, Ph.D., United States National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
13. Elizabeth J. Skellam, Ph.D., University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
14. Marin Talbot Brewer, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
15. Kyla Welch Taylor, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.
16. Wei Zheng, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.
Authority:7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.;21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.;5 U.S.C. 10.
Dated: August 14, 2026.
Douglas M. Troutman,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2026-16838 Filed 8-17-26; 8:45 am]
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