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EPA is strongly committed to transparency in making its regulatory decisions. One way the Agency is ensuring transparency is making its science policies and procedures available to the public. Many of these policies were released over the past several years for public review and comment. The draft or revised policy is available.
In addition, EPA has convened several advisory committees to ensure that stakeholder input informs the Agency's decisions and processes. This area includes information on these topics as well as on the guidelines for conducting tests on pesticides in support of their registration and on models EPA uses in its risk assessment processes.
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Advisory Committees
Advisory committees provide advice to EPA on
pesticide regulatory, technical and policy issues.
Committee
to Advise on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT), Pesticide
Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Scientific
Advisory Panel (SAP), more >>
Policy and Guidance
Science policy issues key to the implementation
of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
TRAC
science policies, antimicrobial
policies, registration
guidance, registration
and reregistration guidance, human test subjects, more
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Test Guidelines
Guidelines developed for use in the testing
of pesticides and toxic substances
microbials,
biochemicals,
health effects,
more >>
Models and Databases
Simulation models used to predict pesticide
concentrations in surface and ground water.
water models, Pesticide
Product Information System (PPIS), more
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Laboratories
Laboratories of the Office of Pesticide Programs
provide a variety of technical services to EPA and other organizations.
analytical chemistry, environmental
chemistry, microarray
research, microbiology
Analytical
Methods and Procedures
Analytical methods and procedures used to determine
the efficacy, fate, or magnitude of residue in a commodity.
antimicrobial
testing methods and procedures, environmental
chemistry methods, residue
analytical methods