Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA

Closed

5th Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA Meeting

September 13 - 14, 2012

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Judith McDowell (chair), Resit Akcakaya, Mary Jane Angelo, Patrick Durkin, Anne Fairbrother, Erica Fleishman, Daniel Goodman, Philip Gschwend, Bruce Hope, Gerald LeBlanc, Thomas Quinn, Nu-May Ruby Reed (via teleconference).

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1) Revised report and report organization.
2) Committee conclusions and recommendations.
3) Writing assignments, deadlines, and the review schedule.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

51. Letter from Mike Leggett, CropLife America, to Ellen Mantus, dated July 2, 2012, with Comments Regarding Responses from Agency and Services and CD containing 7 files.

52. Letter and document dated July 19, 2012 from Mike Leggett, CropLife America, regarding The Conservative Assumptions Used by EPA and the Service in ERA, to Ellen Mantus, received on July 23, 2012.

53. Email from Donald Brady, EPA, to Ruby Reed, dated July 31, 2012, regarding EPA response to committee question regarding use of foreign language articles.

54. Email and PowerPoint presentation regarding nutrient stressors sent on September 11, 2012, from Stuart Z. Cohen, Environmental & Turf Services, Inc., to David Policansky.

55. Comments on Agency responses to NAS panel questions from Bernalyn McGaughey, Compliance Services International, to David Policansky, on September 13, 2012.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

September 24, 2012

Contact

Craig Philip

202-334-1942
cphilip@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

4th Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA

June 20 - 21, 2012

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Judith McDowell (chair,), Resit Akcakaya, Mary Jane Angelo, Patrick Durkin, Anne Fairbrother, Erica Fleishman, Daniel Goodman, William Graf, Philip Gschwend, Bruce Hope, Gerald LeBlanc, Scott McMurry, and Nu-May Ruby Reed (via teleconference).

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1) Draft report and report organization.
2) Committee conclusions and recommendations.
3) Writing assignments, schedule, and agenda for last meeting.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

45. EPA responses to committee questions and relevant Federal Register Notice. Received April 11, 2012 from Anita Pease, Associate Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, OPP, EPA.

46. Email from Sunny Snider, Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries Service, to David Policansky, received on April 17, 2012, with one attachment regarding responses to questions from Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

47. Email from Rick Sayers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program, to David Policansky, received on April 23, 2012 regarding clarification on “cumulative effects.”

48. Letter and dissertation from Jerome Joseph Schleier III, Montana State University, received from NMFS Mosquito Control on May 9, 2012.

49. Email from Scott Slaughter, to Ellen Mantus, David Policansky, and Jim Reisa received on May 18, 2012 with the attachment Briefing on the Government-Wide Data Quality Protocols and Standards that EPA, NMFS and FWS Must Meet During Pesticide ESA Consultations.

50. Dubus, I.G., C.D. Brown, and S. Beulke. 2003. Sources of uncertainty in pesticide fate modeling. The science of the total environment. 317: 53-72.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 03, 2012

Contact

Craig Philip

202-334-1942
cphilip@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

3rd Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA Meeting

April 4 - 5, 2012

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Judith McDowell (chair, via teleconference), Resit Akcakaya, Mary Jane Angelo, Jim Cowles, Patrick Durkin, Anne Fairbrother, Erica Fleishman, Daniel Goodman, William Graf, Philip Gschwend, Bruce Hope, Gerald LeBlanc, Scott McMurry, Thomas Quinn, and Nu-May Ruby Reed.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1) Agency responses to committee questions and other public access material.
2) Information presented in open session and need for additional open sessions.
3) Draft report, report organization, and committee writing assignments.
4) Schedule and agendas for future meetings.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

36. Email from Sheryl Kunickis, Director, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy, to David Policansky, received on February 28, 2012 with two attachments regarding the USDA response to comments made by Aimee Code, Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, during the committee meeting on January 31, 2012.

37. Email from Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice, to Ellen Mantus, received on March 5, 2012, with one attachment that includes his written remarks from the presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 31, 2012, his PowerPoint presentation, and a copy of a court decision that summarizes many of the same points in his presentation.

38. Email from Rob Pastorok, Senior Science Advisor at Integral Consulting, Inc., to Ellen Mantus, received on March 12, 2012, with one attachment entitled Comments of Dr. Robert A. Pastorok of Integral Consulting, Inc. on the National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinions on Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides (NMFS 2008, 2009, and 2010).

39. Email from Angela Beehler, District Manager, Benton County Mosquito Control, to Craig Philip, received on March 28, 2012, with one attachment of comments for the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

40. Email from Rick Sayers, Chief, Division of Consultation, HCPs, Recovery, and State Grants, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program, to David Policansky, received on March 28, 2012, with two attachments containing responses to questions from the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

41. EPA responses to NAS questions received on March 28, 2012.

42. Email from Sunny Snider, Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries Service, to David Policansky, received on March 29, 2012, with one attachment containing responses to questions from the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

43. Email from Scott Hecht, NOAA, to David Policansky, received on March 30, 2012, with one attachment with responses to questions from the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

44. Annotated bibliography from Bernalyn McGaughey, President, Compliance Services International, received on April 4, 2012.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

April 11, 2012

Contact

Craig Philip

202-334-1942
cphilip@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

2nd Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA Meeting

January 31 - February 1, 2012

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Judith McDowell (chair), Resit Akcakaya, Jim Cowles, Patrick Durkin, Anne Fairbrother, Erica Fleishman, Daniel Goodman, William Graf, Philip Gschwend, Bruce Hope, Gerald LeBlanc, Scott McMurry, Thomas Quinn, and Nu-May Ruby Reed.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1) Standard NRC discussion of policies, procedures, potential bias, and conflict of interest for members who were not present at first meeting.
2) Information presented in public session and need for additional public sessions.
3) Draft report outline and committee writing assignments.
4) Schedule and agendas for future meetings.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

15. Email from Sheryl H. Kunickis, Director, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy, to David Policansky received on November 7, 2011 with one attachment regarding USDA Responses to NAS Questions.

16. Remarks from Jason Rylander, Senior Attorney, Defenders of Wildlife at the first meeting of the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA received on November 10, 2011.

17. Comments submitted by Edward M. Ruckert of McDermott Will & Emery LLP on behalf of Daniel Botts of the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance. November 15, 2011.

18. Letter from Mike Leggett, CropLife America, to Ellen Mantus, received on November 22, 2011, regarding suggestions for presenters at the second meeting of the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

19. Landis, W.G. and P.M. Chapman. 2011. Well past time to stop using NOELs and LOELs. Int. Environ. Assess. Mgmt. 7(4):vi-viii. Received on November 25, 2011 from Paul Souza, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

20. Letter from William Meredith, President, American Mosquito Control Association, to Judith McDowell, Chair, Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA, dated January 9, 2012.

21. MCFA ESA Workshop Summary sent from Mike Willett, Vice President for Scientific Affairs, Northwest Horticultural Council, to David Policansky, received on January 9, 2012.

22. Email from Bernalyn McGaughey, President, Compliance Services International, to Jim Reisa, Ellen Mantus, and David Policansky received on January 26, 2012 with one attachment: FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force Data Use in the Assessment of the Risk of FIFRA-Regulated Pesticides to Species Regulated by the ESA.

23. Letter from Mike Leggett, CropLife America, to Ellen Mantus, dated January 27, 2012, regarding NAS FIFRA and ESA project with attached bibliography and CD with references.

24. Videos and Power Point received from National Council for Air and Stream Improvement on January 30, 2012.

25. Three sets of written comments from George G. Ice, Vickie Tatum, Larry Irwin, and Bently Wigley, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. received on January 30, 2012.

26. Bernalyn McGaughey, President/CEO, Compliance Services International. Ecological Risk of Pesticides and the ESA. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA with bibliography and references.

27. Aimee Code, Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides. Practical Considerations in
Evaluating Pesticides under FIFRA and ESA. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

28. Christian Grue, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. Ecological Risk Assessment: On the Need to Evaluate Leaps of Faith and Pious Hopes. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

29. Barbara Harper, CTUIR Department of Science and Engineering. Tribal Ecosystem Services – FIFRA, ESA, and Federal Trusteeship. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

30. Jeffrey Jenkins, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University. Salmon & Pesticides in the Pacific NW – Sublethal Effects and Exposure Estimates. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

31. Mike Willett, Northwest Horticultural Council. Growers, Pesticides, and Endangered Species: A Perspective from the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

32. John Stark, Washington State University. Models for ecological risk assessment. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

33. Steve Mashuda, Attorney, Earthjustice. Understanding Relationships between the ESA and FIFRA. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on January 30, 2012, in Seattle, WA.

34. Poletika, N.N, M. Teply, L.G. Dominguez, S.P. Cramer, M.J. Schocken, C. Habig, M. Kern, H. Ochoa-Acuna, and G.C. Mitchell. 2012. A Spatially and Temporally Explicit Risk Assessment for Salmon from a Prey Base Exposed to Agricultural Insecticides. In Press. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. Received from Steven P. Cramer, Founding Scientist, Cramer Fish Sciences on January 30, 2012.

35. Teply, M., S.P. Cramer, and N.N. Poletika. 2012. A Spatially and Temporally Explicit Model for Determining the Exposure of Juvenile Salmon to Agricultural Pesticides in Freshwater. In Press. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. Received from Steven P. Cramer, Founding Scientist, Cramer Fish Sciences on January 30, 2012.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

February 13, 2012

Contact

Craig Philip

202-334-1942
cphilip@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

1st Meeting of the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA

November 3 - 4, 2011

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Judith McDowell (chair), Resit Akcakaya, Mary Jane Angelo, Jim Cowles, Patrick Durkin, Anne Fairbrother, Erica Fleishman, Daniel Goodman, Philip Gschwend, Bruce Hope, Gerald LeBlanc, Scott McMurry, Thomas Quinn, and Nu-May Ruby Reed (via teleconference).

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1) Standard NRC discussion of policies, procedures, potential bias, and conflict of interest.
2) Committee’s statement of task and its approach to its task.
3) Information presented in public session and need for additional public sessions.
4) Schedule and agendas for future meetings.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. CDs received on October 18, 2011, from Donald Brady, Director of the Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticides Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, containing background materials for the study with an attached list of the materials.

2. Background materials received on October 20, 2011 from Keith Paul, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: (a) 50 CFR Part 402 – Interagency Cooperation – Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Amended; (b) Brosi, B.J. and E.G. Biber. 2009. Statistical inference, type II error, and decision making under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Front. Ecol. Environ. 7(9):487-494; (c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1973. Endangered Species Act of 1973. As Amended through the 108th Congress. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, DC; (d) U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service. Endangered Species Consultation Handbook: Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. March 1998; (e) Letter from Marjorie A. Nelson, USFWS to Arthur-Jean B. Williams, USEPA. RE: Request for Initiation of Formal Consultation on the Effects of Reregistration of Pesticides. January 14, 2009; (f) McGarvey, D.J. 2007. Merging precaution with sound science under the Endangered Species Act. BioScience. 57(1):65-70; (g) NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Science and the Endangered Species Act. Chapter 8 excerpt, pages 159-170. Washington, DC. National Academies Press; (h) Letter from Marjorie A. Nelson, USFWS to Arthur-Jean B. Williams, USEPA. RE: Informal Consultation on the Effects of Diazinon and Racemic Metolachlor Reregistration on the Endangered Barton Springs Salamander. January 14, 2009; (i) Letter from Marjorie A. Nelson, USFWS to Arthur-Jean B. Williams, USEPA. RE: Informal Consultation of the Effects of Atrazine Reregistration on the Endangered Alabama Sturgeon and Endangered Dwarf Wedgemussel. February 11, 2008; (j) Relyea, R. and J. Hoverman. 2006. Assessing the ecology in ecotoxicology: a review and synthesis in freshwater systems. Ecol. Lett. 9:1157-1171; (k) Sublethal effects in Section 7 consultations: The Services’ Perspective; (l) Washington Toxics Coalition vs. U.S. Department of the Interior. August 24, 2006.

3. NOAA background materials received on October 25, 2011 from Anita Pease, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: (a) NOAA-provided background briefing documents memo. October 21, 2011; (b) NOAA NMFS Approach to this Assessment; (c) Carbamate Opinion Description of the Proposed Action; (d) Macneale, K.H., P.M. Kiffney, and N.L. Scholz. 2010. Pesticides, aquatic food webs, and the conservation of Pacific salmon. Front. Ecol. Environ. 8(9):475-482; (e) NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Science and the Endangered Species Act. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; (f) Gilliom, R.J. 2007. Pesticides in U.S. streams and groundwater. Environ. Sci. & Tech. 41(10):3408-3414; (g) Laetz, C.A., D.H. Baldwin, T.K. Collier, V. Hebert, J.D. Stark, and N.L. Scholz. 2009. The synergistic toxicity of pesticide mixtures: Implications for risk assessment and the conservation of endangered Pacific salmon. Environ. Health Perspect. 117(3):348-353; (h) Sandahl, J.F., D.H. Baldwin, J.J. Jenkins, and N.L. Scholz. 2005. Comparative thresholds for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and behavioral impairment in coho salmon exposed to chlorpyrifos. Environ. Tox. Chem. 24(1):136-145; (i) Sandahl, J.F., D.H. Baldwin, J.J. Jenkins, and N.L. Scholz. 2007. A sensory system at the interface between urban stormwater runoff and salmon survival. Environ. Sci. Tech. 41:2998-3004; (j) Relyea, R.A. and N. Diecks. 2008. An unforeseen chain of events: lethal effects of pesticides on frogs at sublethal concentrations. Ecol. Appl. 18(7):1728-1742; (k) Baldwin, D.H., J.A. Spromberg, T.K. Collier, and N.L. Scholz. 2009. A fish of many scales: extrapolating sublethal pesticide exposures to the productivity of wild salmon populations. Ecol. Appl. 19(8):2004-2015; (l) NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2008. National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Biological Opinion: Environmental Protection Agency Registration of Pesticides Containing Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion; (m) Turner, L. 2003. Chlorpyrifos analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs; (n) Turner, L. 2002. Diazinon analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs; (o) Martinez, J and J. Leyhe. 2004. Malathion analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs; (p) Federal Register. Vol. 64, No. 215. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Definition of ‘‘Harm’’; (q) CFR Part 402 – Interagency Cooperation – Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Amended; (r) U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service. Endangered Species Consultation Handbook: Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. March 1998; (s) EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1998. Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment. Washington, DC; (t) NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2000. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-42: Viable Salmonid Populations and the Recovery of Evolutionarily Significant Units; (u) Relyea, R. and J. Hoverman. 2006. Assessing the ecology in ecotoxicology: a review and synthesis in freshwater systems. Ecol. Lett. 9:1157-1171; (v) Clements, W.H. and J.R. Rohr. 2009. Community responses to contaminants: using basic ecological principles to predict ecotoxicological effects. Environ. Tox. Chem. 28(9):1789-1800; (w) NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2000. National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Biological Opinion: Environmental Protection Agency Registration of Pesticides Containing Carbaryl, Carbofuran, and Methomyl; (x) Erickson, W. and L. Turner. 2003. Carbaryl analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs; (y) Tarkowski, G.M. 2004. Carbofuran analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs; (z) Erickson, W. and L. Turner. 2003. Methomyl analysis of risks to endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead. Environmental Field Branch. Office of Pesticide Programs.

4. USDA background materials received on October 25, 2011 from Anita Pease, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: (a) List of Suggested Reading for Modeling; (b) Teske, M.E. H.W. Thistle, W.C. Schou, P.C.H. Miller, J.M. Strager, B. Richardson, M.C. Butler Ellis, J.W. Barry, D.B. Twardus, and D.G. Thompson. 2011. A review of computer models for pesticide deposition prediction. Trans. ASABE. 54(3):789-801.

5. Scientific Issues in Conducting Ecological Risk Assessment for ESA Section 7 FIFRA Consultations. Received on October 31, 2011 from Anita Pease, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

6. Letter from Michael Leggett, CropLife America, dated October 31, 2011, containing questions for NAS panel considerations.

7. RE: FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force Data Contributing to the Assessment of the Risk of FIFRA-Regulated Pesticides to Species Regulated by the ESA. Letter from Bernalyn McGaughey, Project Manager, FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force, dated November 1, 2011.

8. Letter from Michael Leggett, CropLife America, dated November 3, 2011, regarding CropLife America comments to NAS panel on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA.

9. Steven Bradbury and Edward Odenkirchen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ecological Risk Assessment Process in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on November 3, 2011, in Washington, DC.

10. Scott Hecht and Nat Scholz, NOAA and Nancy Golden, USFWS. Ecological Risk Assessments for Pesticides in the Context of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on November 3, 2011, in Washington, DC.

11. Ann Bartuska, David Epstein, and Harold Thistle, USDA. Ecological Risk Assessment Issues - Perspective from the USDA. Presentation to the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA on November 3, 2011, in Washington, DC.

12. NOAA’s Questions to the panel. Received November 3, 2011.

13. Letter from Senator Edward Markey, Ranking Member, Committee on Natural Resources, to Judith McDowell, Chair, Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA, dated November 3, 2011.

14. Letter from Congressmen Doc Hastings and Frank Lucas to Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA dated November 3, 2011, with attachment containing five letters that have been sent to various federal agencies over the past two years that express concerns regarding the scientific basis and lack of economic impacts of biological opinions that have been released on impact of certain pesticides on endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

November 08, 2011

Contact

Craig Philip

202-334-1942
cphilip@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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