REGULATION OF PESTICIDES United States. APPENDIX TO HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS KF27 A23277 1983a Vol. 4 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE E (KIKA) DE LA GARZA, Texas, Chairman THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Vice Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California LEON E. PANETTA, California CHARLES WHITLEY, North Carolina HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia LANE EVANS, Illinois ROBERT LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia JAMES R. OLIN, Virginia TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois, ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota JOE SKEEN, New Mexico SID MORRISON, Washington GENE CHAPPIE, California PROFESSIONAL STAFF A. MARIO CASTILLO, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California, Chairman HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota PAT ROBERTS, Kansas STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin WEBB FRANKLIN, Mississippi (II) FOREWORD FORMAT OF HEARINGS ON THE REGULATION OF PESTICIDES The Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee conducted six public hearings on a range of pesticide regulatory issues during the first session of the 98th Congress. These hearings are printed in a four-volume set which includes all testimony, correspondence between the Subcommittee and Executive Branch agencies, material submitted for the record, and the DORFA Subcommittee staff report entitled "Regulatory Procedures and Public Health Issues in the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs." The volumes contain the following material: Volume I: A. Public Hearings: February 22 and 23, 1983 in Washington, D.C.-"Review of Staff Report Regulatory Procedures and Public Health Issues in the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs."" B. Public Hearing: April 6, 1983 in Washington, D.C.-"To Review Legislation Reauthorizing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).” Volume II: A. Public Hearing: June 9, 1983 in Washington, D.C.-"Review of Issues Related to the Export of Pesticides from the United States." B. Public Hearing: July 6, 1983 in Berkeley, California—“Pest Control Strategies-Domestic and International Issues." C. Public Hearing: July 27, 1983 in Washington, D.C.-"Improving the Quality of Data Supporting Pesticide Regulatory Decisions." Volume III: A. "Regulatory Procedures and Public Health Issues in the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs," investigative report prepared by staff of the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture (DORFA) dated July 1983. B. Agency Correspondence and Subcommittee Memoranda Pertaining to the DORFA Staff Report. C. Responses to DORFA Questions Submitted to Department of Health and Human Services Agencies. D. Sections 18 and 24 (c) Registrations. E. Regulatory Reform Initiatives and the Registration Standard Program. Volume IV: A. Completeness and Quality of Pesticide Safety and Health Data. B. Issues Related to the Export of Pesticides. C. Peer Review Comments on DORFA Staff Report. D. Congressional Research Service Analyses and Miscellaneous Items. (III) |