Federal Register: NOTICES Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:: Pesticide Registration Review; New Antimicrobials Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA ID: [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1063; FRL-8155-1]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Pesticide Registration Review; New Antimicrobials Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 11, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: EPA has established registration review dockets for the following pesticides: Mineral bases, strong ( known as Sodium Hydroxide), PC Code 075605, Case Number 4065; Coco Alkyl Amine, salts (known as Alkyl Amine Hydrochloride), PC Code 069152, Case Number 3051; and Capric Acid (known as Decanoic Acid), PC Code 128955, Case Number 5038. With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period for these registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the public in understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

SUMMARY: Sodium hydroxide, etc.,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, farmworker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CDROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CDROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CDROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to:

i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes.

iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used.

v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced.

vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives.

vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats.

viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified.

II. Authority

EPA is initiating its reviews of the pesticides identified in this document pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural Regulations for Registration Review published in the Federal Register of August 9, 2006, and effective on October 10, 2006 (71 FR 45719) (FRL80804). You may also access the Procedural Regulations for Registration Review on the Agency's website at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPAPEST/2006/August/Day09/p12904.htm. Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other
things, that the registrations of pesticides are to be periodically reviewed. The goal is a review of a pesticide's registration every 15 years. Under FIFRA section 3(a), a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA section 3(c)(5). When used in accordance with widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the use of a pesticide in or on food.
III. Registration Reviews

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is periodically reviewing pesticide registrations to assure that they continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registrationthat is, they can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. The implementing regulations establishing the procedures for registration review appear at 40 CFR part 155. A pesticide's registration review begins when the Agency establishes a docket for the pesticide's registration review case and opens the docket for public review and comment. At present, EPA is opening registration review dockets for the cases identified in the following table.
TableRegistration Review Dockets Opening
Chemical Review Registration Review Case Name Pesticide Docket Manager, Telephone and Number ID Number Number, Email Address Mineral bases, strong (Sodium EPAHQOPP200709 Nathan Mottl, Hydroxide) Case Number 4065 22 (703) 3050208 ottl.nathan@epa.go v
Coco Alkyl Amine, salts (Alkyl EPAHQOPP200710 Heather Garvie, Amine Hydrochloride) Case 39 (703) 3080034 Number 3051 garvie.heather@epa .gov Capric acid (Decanoic Acid) Case EPAHQOPP200710 Melba Morrow, Number 5038 40 (703) 3082716 morrow.melba@epa. ov

B. Docket Content

1. Review dockets. The registration review dockets contain information that the Agency may consider in the course of the registration review. The Agency may include information from its files including, but not limited to, the following information:

An overview of the registration review case status.

A list of current product registrations and registrants.

Federal Register notices regarding any pending registration actions.
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Federal Register notices regarding current or pending tolerances.

Risk assessments.

Bibliographies concerning current registrations.

Summaries of incident data.

Any other pertinent data or information.

Each docket contains a document summarizing what the Agency currently knows about the pesticide case and a preliminary work plan for anticipated data and assessment needs. Additional documents provide more detailed information. During this public comment period, the Agency is asking that interested persons identify any additional information they believe the Agency should consider during the registration reviews of these pesticides. The Agency identifies in each docket the areas where public comment is specifically requested, though comment in any area is welcome.

2. Other related information. More information on these cases, including the active ingredients for each case, may be located in the registration review schedule on the Agency's website at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm. Information on
the Agency's registration review program and its implementing regulation may be seen at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review .
3. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or information in response to this document. To be considered during a pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must meet the following requirements:

To ensure that EPA will consider data or information submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider data or information submitted at a later date.

The data or information submitted must be presented in a legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or electronic form.

Submitters must clearly identify the source of any submitted data or information.

Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However, submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.

As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions required in the final decision on the registration review case have been completed.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection; Pesticides and pests; Antimicrobials; Mineral bases, strong; (Coco alkyl) amine salts; and Capric acid.

Dated: December 5, 2007.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E724085 Filed 121107; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT For information about the pesticides included in this document, contact the specific Chemical Review Managers for
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these pesticides as identified in the table in Unit III.A.

For general questions on the registration review program, contact Kennan Garvey, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 204600001; telephone number: (703) 3057106; fax number: (703) 3088090; email address:
garvey.kennan@epa.gov.