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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA ID: [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0994; FRL-8340-2]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Registration Review; Biopesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 11, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: EPA has established registration review dockets for the pesticides listed in the table in Unit III.A. 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. This document also announces the Agency's intent not to open a registration review docket for dried blood. This pesticide is currently undergoing a voluntary cancellation process and is not, therefore, scheduled for review under the registration review program.
SUMMARY: Biopesticides,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. General InformationA. 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.
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TableRegistration Review Dockets Opening
Regulatory Action
Registration Review Case Name Pesticide Docket Leader (RAL),
and Number ID Number Telephone Number,
Email Address
Nosema locustae, Case 4104 EPAHQOPP200709 (703) 3478920,
97 kausch.jeannine@e
pa.gov
EPA is also announcing that it will not be opening a docket for dried blood because this pesticide is undergoing a voluntary cancellation. Dried blood (CAS No. 68911499, PC Code 000611 and Registration Review Case No. 4030) was first registered by EPA in 1971. The Registrant of the last product containing this active ingredient has requested voluntary cancellation of the product's registration. The Agency will inform the public of the Registrant's intent to voluntarily cancel the product registration through a Federal Register notice which is expected to be published early in 2008. If the Agency receives no comments from the public during the public comment period, the registration will be cancelled. There is no tolerance or an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for this active ingredient.
The Agency will take separate actions to cancel any remaining FIFRA section 24(c) Special Local Needs registrations with this or any other active ingredient in these dockets and to propose revocation of any affected tolerances that are not supported for import purposes only. 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:
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:
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E724086 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 Regulatory Action Leader (RAL), as identified in the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest.
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.
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