Fluazifop-P-butyl; Tolerance Reassessment Decision; Notice of Availability, 61287-61289 [05-20996]

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The Committee advises on economic, environmental, technical scientific, and enforcement policy issues. Open meeting notice; Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Section 10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will hold its next open meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2005, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Camino Real Hotel in El Paso, Texas. Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. Subcommittee meetings will be held on November 16, 2005 from approximately 8:30 a.m to 12 p.m. at the same location as the full Committee. The Mobile Source Technical Review subcommittee and the Air Quality Management subcommittee will not meet at this time. The agenda for the full committee meeting will be posted on the CAAAC Web site: https:// www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/. 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[FR Doc. 05–21097 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPP–2004–0347 FRL–7726–2] Fluazifop-P-butyl; Tolerance Reassessment Decision; Notice of Availability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s Tolerance Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the pesticide fluazifop-P-butyl. The E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1 61288 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices Agency’s risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the fluazifop-P-butyl Docket. Through the tolerance reassessment program, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and food safety standards. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance Wormell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (703) 603– 0523; fax number: (703) 308–8041; email address: wormell.lance@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY 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, 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. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket ID number OPP–2004– 0347. The official public docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other information related to this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:13 Oct 20, 2005 Jkt 208001 An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA’s electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the appropriate docket ID number. Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted material will not be placed in EPA’s electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. To the extent feasible, publicly available docket materials will be made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. When a document is selected from the index list in EPA Dockets, the system will identify whether the document is available for viewing in EPA’s electronic public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA intends to work towards providing electronic access to all of the publicly available docket materials through EPA’s electronic public docket. II. Background A. What Action is the Agency Taking? EPA has reassessed risks associated with use of the pesticide fluazifop-Pbutyl, reassessed 37 existing tolerances or legal residue limits, and on September 13, 2005, reached a tolerance reassessment and risk management decision. Fluazifop-P-butyl is a selective, post-emergent herbicide registered for the control of perennial and annual grass weeds. Fluazifop-Pbutyl is typically applied as a broadcast, banded, directed or spot treatment with groundboom sprayers and aerial equipment to asparagus, carrot, coffee, cotton, endive (escarole), garlic, macadamia nut, onion, pecan, pepper, rhubarb, soybeans, stone fruits, sweet potato, and yam; it is also registered for use on lawns/turf. The Agency is now issuing a Report on Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision for fluazifop-P- PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 butyl, known as a TRED, as well as related technical support documents. EPA must review tolerances and tolerance exemptions that were in effect when FQPA was enacted in August 1996, to ensure that these existing pesticide residue limits for food and feed commodities meet the safety standard established by the new law. Tolerances are considered reassessed once the safety finding has been made or a revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed and made the requisite safety finding for the fluazifop-P-butyl tolerances included in this notice. EPA is applying the principles of public participation to all pesticides undergoing reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment and Reregistration; Public Participation Process, published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2004, (69 FR 26819)(FRL–7357–9) explains that in conducting these programs, EPA is tailoring its public participation process to be commensurate with the level of risk, extent of use, complexity of issues, and degree of public concern associated with each pesticide. Due to its uses, risks, and other factors, fluazifop-Pbutyl was reviewed through the modified 4–Phase public participation process. Through this process, EPA worked extensively with stakeholders and the public to reach the regulatory decisions for fluazifop-P-butyl. B. What is the Agency’s Authority for Taking this Action? Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to review tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues in effect as of August 2, 1996, to determine whether the tolerance or exemption meets the requirements of section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. This review is to be completed by August 3, 2006. Section 4(g)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended directs that, after submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ‘‘the Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active ingredient are eligible for reregistration,’’ before calling in product specific data on individual end-use products and either reregistering products or taking other ‘‘appropriate regulatory action.’’ List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices Dated: October 11, 2005. Debra Edwards, Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 05–20996 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–7983–8; E–Docket ID No. ORD–2005– 0021] Additional Proposed Indicators for the U.S. EPA’s 2007 Report on the Environment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period. AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public review and comment period on several Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 2007. These proposed indicators are in addition to the proposed indicators that were the subject of a June 6, 2005, Federal Register notice (70 FR 32769) that announced both a public comment period and an independent peer-review workshop that was held on July 27–29, 2005. Several of these additional indicators were added in response to comments from the first peer-review regarding additional indicators needed. Others were evaluated during the first review but have changed substantially and therefore warrant re-review; and a few are indicators for which materials were not ready at the time of the initial review. In addition to the public comment period, this set of additional proposed indicators will also undergo independent expert peer-review. The peer-review for this smaller set will be conducted via letter review. ERG, an EPA contractor for external scientific peer-review, is conducting this independent, external, peer-review and will engage the same expert panel that reviewed the first set of proposed ROE 2007 indicators. This public comment period, however, provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to weigh in on the primary contents of the draft 2007 Report on the Environment (EPA ROE 2007) at an early stage. In preparing the EPA ROE 2007, EPA will consider ERG’s report of the comments and recommendations from this expert peer-review and any public comments EPA receives in accordance with today’s notice. EPA is releasing these proposed indicators for public comment and for the purpose of pre-dissemination peerreview under applicable information VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:13 Oct 20, 2005 Jkt 208001 61289 quality guidelines. These indicators have not been formally disseminated by EPA. They do not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins October 21, 2005, and ends November 21, 2005. Comments must be postmarked by November 21, 2005. ADDRESSES: The Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 2007 are available primarily via the Internet at: www.epa.gov/ROEindicators. Each of the proposed additional indicators can be downloaded separately from this Web site in the PDF format. A limited number of electronic copies on compact disc (CD) are available from the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s Technical Information Staff, NCEA–W; telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile: 202–565–0050. If you are requesting a CD, please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title, ‘‘Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 2007.’’ Public comments may be submitted electronically via EPA’s E-Docket, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ courier. Please follow the detailed instructions for submission of public comments as provided in the section of this notice entitled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment period, contact the OEI Docket; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. If you have technical questions about the Additional Proposed Indicators— EPA ROE 2007, contact: Julie Damon, National Center for Environmental Assessment (8601D), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202– 564–3404; facsimile: 202–565–0065; or e-mail: damon.julie@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: utilized indicators to describe the then current environmental conditions, trends, and data gaps. Shortly after the release of the 2003 draft documents, EPA announced that it planned to release the next Report on the Environment in 2007. Activities related to the development of EPA’s 2007 ROE have been ongoing since release of the 2003 draft documents. As in 2003, EPA anticipates the 2007 ROE will include the release of two paper documents—one for readers with a general interest in the environment (a Public Report) and another for more technical readers (a Technical Document). EPA also intends to make the information in the 2007 ROE available as an interactive, searchable Web site—the ‘‘e-ROE.’’ The Technical Document will provide the scientific foundation for the more general Public Report and the e-ROE. EPA plans to use the Technical Document to present and discuss indicators that are currently available to answer the questions posed in the ROE 2007. EPA encourages the public to submit comments on whether these additional indicators proposed to be included in the EPA ROE 2007 Technical Document are supported by data that are technically sound, meet the established indicator definition and criteria, and help answer the questions posed in the ROE 2007. In addition, EPA welcomes comments on any other aspect of the proposed indicators that the public would like to share with the Agency. After ERG provides EPA with a report of the peer-review on these additional proposed indicators, as well as the report resulting from the July 2005 peerreview workshop, EPA will consider ERG’s report and the public comments. Any resulting revisions to the proposed indicators or any changes to the list of proposed indicators will be discussed within EPA and with our federal agency partners. The external review draft of the EPA ROE 2007 Technical Document is expected in summer/fall 2006. About the Report on the Environment and the Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 2007 In June 2003, EPA published its first national Draft Report on the Environment, using available indicators and data to answer questions pertaining to national environmental and human health conditions. At that time, EPA released two companion documents— one for readers with a general interest in the environment (Draft Report on the Environment Public Report) and another for more technical readers (Draft Report on the Environment Technical Document). These draft documents How To Submit Comments to EPA’s EDocket EPA has established an official public docket for information pertaining to the Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 2007, Docket ID No. ORD–2005– 0021. The official public docket is the collection of materials, excluding Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is restricted by statute, that is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2005)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0347 FRL-7726-2]


Fluazifop-P-butyl; Tolerance Reassessment Decision; Notice of 
Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Tolerance 
Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the pesticide fluazifop-P-butyl. The

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Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are 
available in the fluazifop-P-butyl Docket. Through the tolerance 
reassessment program, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current 
health and food safety standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance Wormell, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 603-0523; fax 
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: wormell.lance@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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, 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. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket ID number OPP-2004-0347. The official public docket 
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any 
public comments received, and other information related to this action. 
Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not 
include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket 
is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at 
the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 
Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This docket 
facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 305-
5805.
    2.  Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register 
document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal 
Register'' listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' 
then key in the appropriate docket ID number.
    Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets. 
Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public 
docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material will not be 
placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in 
printed, paper form in the official public docket. To the extent 
feasible, publicly available docket materials will be made available in 
EPA's electronic public docket. When a document is selected from the 
index list in EPA Dockets, the system will identify whether the 
document is available for viewing in EPA's electronic public docket. 
Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you 
may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through 
the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA intends to work 
towards providing electronic access to all of the publicly available 
docket materials through EPA's electronic public docket.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA has reassessed risks associated with use of the pesticide 
fluazifop-P-butyl, reassessed 37 existing tolerances or legal residue 
limits, and on September 13, 2005, reached a tolerance reassessment and 
risk management decision. Fluazifop-P-butyl is a selective, post-
emergent herbicide registered for the control of perennial and annual 
grass weeds. Fluazifop-P-butyl is typically applied as a broadcast, 
banded, directed or spot treatment with groundboom sprayers and aerial 
equipment to asparagus, carrot, coffee, cotton, endive (escarole), 
garlic, macadamia nut, onion, pecan, pepper, rhubarb, soybeans, stone 
fruits, sweet potato, and yam; it is also registered for use on lawns/
turf. The Agency is now issuing a Report on Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision for 
fluazifop-P-butyl, known as a TRED, as well as related technical 
support documents.
    EPA must review tolerances and tolerance exemptions that were in 
effect when FQPA was enacted in August 1996, to ensure that these 
existing pesticide residue limits for food and feed commodities meet 
the safety standard established by the new law. Tolerances are 
considered reassessed once the safety finding has been made or a 
revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed and made the requisite safety 
finding for the fluazifop-P-butyl tolerances included in this notice.
    EPA is applying the principles of public participation to all 
pesticides undergoing reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The 
Agency's Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment and Reregistration; Public 
Participation Process, published in the Federal Register on May 14, 
2004, (69 FR 26819)(FRL-7357-9) explains that in conducting these 
programs, EPA is tailoring its public participation process to be 
commensurate with the level of risk, extent of use, complexity of 
issues, and degree of public concern associated with each pesticide. 
Due to its uses, risks, and other factors, fluazifop-P-butyl was 
reviewed through the modified 4-Phase public participation process. 
Through this process, EPA worked extensively with stakeholders and the 
public to reach the regulatory decisions for fluazifop-P-butyl.

B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to 
review tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues in effect as of 
August 2, 1996, to determine whether the tolerance or exemption meets 
the requirements of section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. This review 
is to be completed by August 3, 2006.
    Section 4(g)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended directs that, after submission of 
all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the Administrator 
shall determine whether pesticides containing such active ingredient 
are eligible for reregistration,'' before calling in product specific 
data on individual end-use products and either reregistering products 
or taking other ``appropriate regulatory action.''

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


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    Dated: October 11, 2005.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-20996 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45 am]
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