Ethofenprox; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment, 7956-7958 [06-1308]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tony Kish, Registration Division,
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; (703) 308–
9443; e-mail: kish.tony@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. Other types of
entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes have been provided to
assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to
certain entities. 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
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD ROM 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:
• Identify the document by docket ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
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• 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.
• Explain why you agree or disagree;
suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes.
• Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used.
• If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced.
• Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns, and suggest
alternatives.
• Explain your views as clearly as
possible, avoiding the use of profanity
or personal threats.
• Make sure to submit your comments
by the comment period deadline
identified.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of revised
pesticide petitions received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.
346a, proposing the establishment or
amendment of regulations in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food
commodities. EPA has determined that
this pesticide petition contains data or
information regarding the elements set
forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2);
however, EPA has not fully evaluated
the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data support
granting of the pesticide petition.
Additional data may be needed before
EPA rules on this pesticide petition.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of the petition included in this
notice, prepared by the petitioner along
with a description of the analytical
method available for the detection and
measurement of the pesticide chemical
residues is available on EPA’s Electronic
Docket at https://www.regulations.gov/.
To locate this information on the home
page of EPA’s Electronic Docket, select
‘‘Quick Search’’ and type the OPP
docket ID number. Once the search has
located the docket, clicking on the
‘‘Docket ID’’ will bring up a list of all
documents in the docket for the
pesticide including the petition
summary.
Amendment to Existing Tolerance
EPA established a tolerance in pea
and bean, dried shelled, except soybean
(Subgroup 6C of Crop Group 6) at 0.3
ppm in a Federal Register Final Rule
dated October 29, 2004, (FR 63083)
(FRL–7681–9) conditional on
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submission of additional field residue
data from Region 11. Upon EPA
evaluation of the submitted conditional
data, the petitioner requested EPA to
establish the permanent tolerance at 0.5
ppm.
Similarly, EPA established a
temporary tolerance in strawberry at 1.5
ppm in a Federal Register Final Rule
dated October 29, 2004, conditional on
submission of additional field residue
data. This temporary tolerance expired
December 31, 2005 and is currently at
0.4 ppm. Upon EPA evaluation of the
submitted conditional data, the
petitioner has requested EPA to
establish the permanent tolerance at 1.2
ppm
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06–1354 Filed 2–14–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0030; FRL–7758–6]
Ethofenprox; Receipt of Application for
Emergency Exemption,Solicitation of
Public Comment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific
exemption request from the Louisiana
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
to use the pesticide ethofenprox (CAS
No. 80844–07–1) to treat up to 255,000
acres of rice to control rice water weevil,
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus. The
Applicant proposes a first food use of
this pesticide. EPA is soliciting public
comment before making the decision
whether or not to grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 2, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0030, by
one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the on-lineinstructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
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(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001.
Hand Delivery: Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention:
Docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0030. The docket facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the docket facility
is (703) 305–5805. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0030. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be captured automatically and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit
an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage athttps://
www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the regulation.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
i.e., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
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copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at
the Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office
of PesticidePrograms (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.
119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. The docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Libby Pemberton, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–9364; fax number: (703) 308–
5433; e-mail address: Sec-18Mailbox@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111)
• Animal production (NAICS code
112)
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311)
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532)
This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. Other types of
entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes have been provided to
assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to
certain entities. 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
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
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CD ROM 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
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. Background
What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the
discretion of the Administrator, a
Federal or State agency may be
exempted from any provision of FIFRA
if the Administrator determines that
emergency conditions exist which
require the exemption. The Louisiana
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
has requested the Administrator to issue
a specific exemption for the use of
ethofenprox on rice to control rice water
weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus.
Information in accordance with 40 CFR
part 166 was submitted as part of this
request.
As part of this request, the Applicant
asserts that the current emergency
situation with respect to weevil
management has arisen primarily from
the continuing, and probably increasing,
practice of cultivating crawfish in ponds
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in close proximity to rice fields in
southern Louisiana. The great majority
of crawfish ponds (at least 75%) are
close enough to rice fields to be affected
by the management practices used in
rice. All of the insecticides currently
registered for use against the rice water
weevil in Louisiana are toxic to
crawfish. The use of ethofenprox for
weevil control has one significant
advantage over currently used liquid
products in that it is formulated as a
granular and thus there is far less
potential for drift. The Applicant states
that the estimated economic loss if no
effective weevil controls are available is
over 8 million dollars.
The Applicant proposes to make no
more than two applications of 0.9%
ethofenprox to 255,000 acres of rice in
Louisiana between March 1 and August
1, 2006. A maximum of 45,645 pounds
of active ingredient will be required.
This notice does not constitute a
decision by EPA on the application
itself. The regulations governing section
18 of FIFRA require publication of a
notice of receipt of an application for a
specific exemption proposing a first
food use of a chemical.
The notice provides an opportunity
for public comment on the application.
The Agency, will review and consider
all comments received during the
comment period in determining
whether to issue the specific exemption
requested by the Louisiana Department
of Agriculture and Forestry.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: January 31, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06–1308 Filed 2–14–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8031–9; EPA–HQ–Docket ID No. ORD–
2006–0116]
Harmonization in Interspecies
Extrapolation: Use of BW3⁄4 as Default
Method in Derivation of the Oral RfD
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day
public comment period for the draft
document titled, ‘‘Harmonization in
Interspecies Extrapolation: Use of
BW3⁄4 as Default Method in Derivation
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of the Oral RfD’’ (EPA/630/R–06/001),
which was prepared by the EPA’s Risk
Assessment Forum (Forum).
EPA is releasing this draft document
solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under
applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been
formally disseminated by EPA. It does
not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will
consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this
notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 60-day public comment
period begins February 15, 2006, and
ends April 17, 2006. Technical
comments should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by April 17,
2006.
ADDRESSES: The draft, ‘‘Harmonization
in Interspecies Extrapolation: Use of
BW3⁄4 as Default Method in Derivation
of the Oral RfD,’’ is available primarily
via the Internet on the Risk Assessment
Forum’s home page at https://
cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/raf/index.cfm. A
limited number of paper copies are
available from the Technical
Information Staff, NCEA–W; telephone:
202–564–3261; facsimile: 202–565–
0050. If you are requesting a paper copy,
please provide your name, your mailing
address, and the document title,
‘‘Harmonization in Interspecies
Extrapolation: Use of BW3⁄4 as Default
Method in Derivation of the Oral RfD.’’
Comments may be submitted
electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or
by hand delivery/courier. Please follow
the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of
Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile:
202–566–1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, please
contact Resha M. Putzrath, Risk
Assessment Forum; telephone: 202–
564–3229; facsimile: 202-565–0062; or
e-mail: putzrath.resha@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Document
The Agency endorses a hierarchy of
approaches to derive human equivalent
oral exposures from data from
laboratory animals, with the preferred
approach being physiologically based
toxicokinetic modeling. Intermediate
approaches include using some
chemical-specific information. In lieu of
data to support either of these
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approaches, body weight scaling to the
3/4 power (BW3⁄4) would be endorsed as
a general default procedure to
extrapolate toxicologically equivalent
doses of chronic orally administered
agents from laboratory animals to
humans for the purpose of deriving an
oral Reference Dose (RfD). Use of
BW3⁄4 in derivation of RfD values would
be parallel with current Agency use in
derivation of cancer oral slope factors.
Thus, this paper would harmonize the
two main Agency oral dose-response
extrapolation procedures. This
generalized default procedure is viewed
as an informed, species-specific,
dosimetric adjustment factor (DAF) that
addresses predominantly toxicokinetic
and some toxicodynamic aspects of the
interspecies uncertainty factor UFA. Use
of this procedure would result in
derivation of a human equivalent
exposure, specifically a human
equivalent dose (HED) that is to be used
in derivation of the oral RfD in a manner
parallel to the human equivalent
concentration (HEC) in derivation of an
inhalation RfC.
II. How to Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2006–
0116, by one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov:
Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–1753.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
Information Docket (Mail Code:
28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone
number is 202–566–1752; facsimile:
202–566–1753.
If you provide comments in writing,
please submit one unbound original
with pages numbered consecutively,
and three copies of the comments. For
attachments, provide an index, number
pages consecutively with the comments,
and submit an unbound original and
three copies.
• Hand delivery/courier: The Office
of Environmental Information (OEI)
Docket is located in the Headquarters
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West
Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Such deliveries
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0030; FRL-7758-6]
Ethofenprox; Receipt of Application for Emergency
Exemption,Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to use the pesticide
ethofenprox (CAS No. 80844-07-1) to treat up to 255,000 acres of rice
to control rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus. The Applicant
proposes a first food use of this pesticide. EPA is soliciting public
comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the
exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0030, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-
lineinstructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
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(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0030. The
docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the docket
facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0030. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be captured automatically and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of
your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage athttps://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at the Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of
PesticidePrograms (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket
facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility
is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Libby Pemberton, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-9364; fax number: (703) 308-5433; e-mail address:
Sec-18-Mailbox@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111)
Animal production (NAICS code 112)
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311)
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532)
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM 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 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. Background
What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the
Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from any
provision of FIFRA if the Administrator determines that emergency
conditions exist which require the exemption. The Louisiana Department
of Agriculture and Forestry has requested the Administrator to issue a
specific exemption for the use of ethofenprox on rice to control rice
water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus. Information in accordance with
40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part of this request.
As part of this request, the Applicant asserts that the current
emergency situation with respect to weevil management has arisen
primarily from the continuing, and probably increasing, practice of
cultivating crawfish in ponds
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in close proximity to rice fields in southern Louisiana. The great
majority of crawfish ponds (at least 75%) are close enough to rice
fields to be affected by the management practices used in rice. All of
the insecticides currently registered for use against the rice water
weevil in Louisiana are toxic to crawfish. The use of ethofenprox for
weevil control has one significant advantage over currently used liquid
products in that it is formulated as a granular and thus there is far
less potential for drift. The Applicant states that the estimated
economic loss if no effective weevil controls are available is over 8
million dollars.
The Applicant proposes to make no more than two applications of
0.9% ethofenprox to 255,000 acres of rice in Louisiana between March 1
and August 1, 2006. A maximum of 45,645 pounds of active ingredient
will be required.
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
application itself. The regulations governing section 18 of FIFRA
require publication of a notice of receipt of an application for a
specific exemption proposing a first food use of a chemical.
The notice provides an opportunity for public comment on the
application.
The Agency, will review and consider all comments received during
the comment period in determining whether to issue the specific
exemption requested by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and
Forestry.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: January 31, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-1308 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]
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