Trichloromelamine, Sulfonated Oleic Acid-Sodium Salt, and Triethylene Glycol; Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk Pesticides; Notice of Availability, 14517-14519 [06-2710]
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, pesticides
and pests.
Dated: March 9, 2006.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0150; FRL–7768–4]
Trichloromelamine, Sulfonated Oleic
Acid-Sodium Salt, and Triethylene
Glycol; Reregistration Eligibility
Decision for Low Risk Pesticides;
Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions (RED) for the
pesticides trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and
triethylene glycol, and opens a public
comment period on these documents,
related risk assessments, and other
support documents. EPA has reviewed
the low risk pesticides
trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic
acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol
through a modified, streamlined version
of the public participation process that
the Agency uses to involve the public in
developing pesticide reregistration and
tolerance reassessment decisions.
Through these programs, EPA is
ensuring that all pesticides meet current
health and safety standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number, by one of the following
methods:
For trichloromelamine, docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2005–0262.
For sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt,
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–
0261.
For triethylene glycol, docket ID
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0250 by
one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
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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–
2005–0262 for trichloromelamine;
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–
0261 for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium
salt and docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2005–0250 for triethylene glycol.
The docket facility is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for thedocket 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
the chemical specific docket ID number
(listed in ADDRESSES section). 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 at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the regulation.gov index.
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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 Pesticide Programs (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: For
trichloromelamine, contact Jennifer
Slotnick, Antimicrobials Division
(7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–0601; fax number: (703) 308–
8481; e-mail address:
slotnick.jennifer@epa.gov.
For sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt,
contact Kathryn Jakob, Antimicrobials
Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 305–1328; fax number:
(703) 308–8481; e-mail address:
jakob.kathryn@epa.gov.
For triethylene glycol, contact Heather
Garvie, Antimicrobials Division
(7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–0034; fax number: (703) 308–
8481 e-mail address:
garvie.heather@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.
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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 informationthat 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.
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II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 4 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), EPA is reevaluating
existing pesticides to ensure that they
meet current scientific and regulatory
standards. Using a modified,
streamlined version of its public
participation process, EPA has
completed a Registration Eligibility
Decision (RED) for the low risk
pesticides, trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid and triethylene
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glycol under section 4(g)(2)(A) of
FIFRA.
Trichloromelamine is a sanitizer and
disinfectant with direct and indirect
food uses, as well as non-food uses. It
is used on hard surfaces and as a fruit
and vegetable wash. End-use products
are formulated as a soluble concentrate
(in powder form). Trichloromelamine
currently has a tolerance exemption as
an antimicrobial pesticide when, ready
for use, the end-use concentration does
not exceed 200 parts per million (40
CFR 180.940(c)) when applied to food
processing equipment and utensils.
As an active ingredient, sulfonated
oleic acid-sodium salt is used as a
bactericide and sanitizer for non-porous
dairy, beverage, brewery and food
processing equipment. Sulfonated oleic
acid-sodium salt is formulated as a
liquid concentrate. The RED reassesses
the exemption from the requirement for
a tolerance for sulfonated oleic acidsodium salt. The tolerance exemption
for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is
listed in 40 CFR 180.940 (c) (69 FR
23136, April 28, 2004) (FRL–7335–4).
Triethylene glycol is used as a
bacteriostat (against odor-causing
bacteria) for air sanitization and
deodorization. In combination with
other active ingredients, it is used as a
fungicide, virucide and miticide for
disinfection of hard, non-porous
surfaces and as an insecticide (against
lice) by direct application to caged birds
and to the cage. For these uses,
triethylene glycol is formulated
primarily as a pressurized liquid. This
document also addresses the exposures
from the use of this pesticide as an inert
ingredient. As an inert ingredient,
triethylene glycol facilitates delivery of
formulated pesticide chemical products
that are used as herbicides, fungicides,
insecticides, growth regulators and
attractants on a wide variety of
agricultural commodities. In addition to
the above, triethylene glycol is approved
by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) as a preservative for food
packaging adhesives as listed in 21 CFR
175.105. Currently, however, there are
no EPA registered products for this use.
Triethylene glycol also has an indirect
food additive regulation 21 CFR
177.1200 (April 1, 2004) for its use as
a plasticizer in cellophane. This use is
regulated by the FDA.
EPA has determined that the data base
to support reregistration is substantially
complete and that products containing
trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic
acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol
will be eligible for reregistration,
provided the risks are mitigated either
in the manner described in the RED or
by another means that achieves
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equivalent risk reduction. Upon
submission of any required product
specific data under section 4(g)(2)(B)
and any necessary changes to the
registration and labeling (either to
address any concerns identified in the
RED or as a result of product specific
data), EPA will make a final
reregistration decision under section
4(g)(2)(C) for products containing
trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic
acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol.
EPA must review tolerances and
tolerance exemptions that were in effect
when the Food Quality Protection Act
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 trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and
triethylene glycol tolerances included in
this notice.
Although the RED decisions were
made in FY03 (for triethylene glycol)
and FY05 (for trichloromelamine and
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt),
certain components of the documents
which did not affect the final regulatory
decision, were undergoing final editing
at that time. None of these additions or
changes alter the conclusions
documented in the FY03 or FY05 REDs.
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, the Agency
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. EPA can
expeditiously reach decisions for
pesticides like trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and
triethylene glycol, which pose few or no
risk concerns, affect few if any
stakeholders, and require little or no
risk mitigation. Once EPA assesses uses
and risks for such low risk pesticides,
the Agency may go directly to a decision
and prepare a document summarizing
its findings, such as the REDs.
The reregistration program is being
conducted under Congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
recognizes the need both to make timely
decisions and to involve the public in
finding ways to effectively mitigate
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pesticide risks. These three cases,
however, poses few or no risks that
require mitigation. The Agency
therefore is issuing the
trichloromelamine RED, the sulfonated
oleic acid-sodium salt RED as well as
the triethylene glycol RED, its risk
assessments, and related support
materials simultaneously for public
comment. The comment period is
intended to provide an opportunity for
public input and a mechanism for
initiating any necessary amendments to
the RED. All comments should be
submitted using the methods in
ADDRESSES, and must be received by
EPA on or before the closing date. These
comments will become part of the
Agency Docket for the specific active
ingredient. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
EPA will carefully consider all
comments received by the closing date
and will provide a Response to
Comments Memorandum in the Docket
and regulations.gov. If any comment
significantly affects the document, EPA
also will publish an amendment to the
RED in the Federal Register. In the
absence of substantive comments
requiring changes, the RED will be
implemented as it is now presented.
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B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of 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.’’
Section 408(q) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (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.
List of Subjects
Environmental Protection, Pesticides
and Pests.
Dated: March 9, 2006.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0253; FRL–7768-9]
Propylene Oxide; Notice of Receipt of
Request to Terminate Bird Seed Uses
on Pesticide Registrations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of a request by the
registrant to voluntarily terminate the
use of the pesticide propylene oxide
(PPO) on bird seed products. The
request would terminate non-food PPO
use as an insecticidal fumigant for the
control of stored product insects in bird
seed. The request would terminate bird
seed use for all PPO product(s)
registered in the U.S. EPA intends to
grant this request at the close of the
comment period for this announcement
unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period
that would merit its further review of
the request, or unless the registrant
withdraws their request within this
period. Upon acceptance of this request,
any sale, distribution, or use of products
listed in this notice will be permitted
only if such sale, distribution, or use is
consistent with the terms as described
in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docketidentification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0253, by
one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov/.
Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
• Mail: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(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–2005–0253. 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
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special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–
0253. 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 at https://
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 Pesticide Programs (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.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0150; FRL-7768-4]
Trichloromelamine, Sulfonated Oleic Acid-Sodium Salt, and
Triethylene Glycol; Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk
Pesticides; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions (RED) for the pesticides trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol, and opens a
public comment period on these documents, related risk assessments, and
other support documents. EPA has reviewed the low risk pesticides
trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and triethylene
glycol through a modified, streamlined version of the public
participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in
developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment
decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides
meet current health and safety standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number, by one of the following methods:
For trichloromelamine, docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2005-0262.
For sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt, docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2005-0261.
For triethylene glycol, docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0250 by
one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (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-
2005-0262 for trichloromelamine; docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0261
for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0250 for triethylene glycol. The docket facility is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for thedocket 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 the chemical specific docket
ID number (listed in ADDRESSES section). 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 at https://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 Pesticide
Programs (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: For trichloromelamine, contact
Jennifer Slotnick, Antimicrobials Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0601; fax
number: (703) 308-8481; e-mail address: slotnick.jennifer@epa.gov.
For sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt, contact Kathryn Jakob,
Antimicrobials Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-1328; fax
number: (703) 308-8481; e-mail address: jakob.kathryn@epa.gov.
For triethylene glycol, contact Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials
Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; fax number: (703) 308-8481 e-
mail address: garvie.heather@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.
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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 informationthat 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
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is reevaluating existing pesticides to
ensure that they meet current scientific and regulatory standards.
Using a modified, streamlined version of its public participation
process, EPA has completed a Registration Eligibility Decision (RED)
for the low risk pesticides, trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid
and triethylene glycol under section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA.
Trichloromelamine is a sanitizer and disinfectant with direct and
indirect food uses, as well as non-food uses. It is used on hard
surfaces and as a fruit and vegetable wash. End-use products are
formulated as a soluble concentrate (in powder form). Trichloromelamine
currently has a tolerance exemption as an antimicrobial pesticide when,
ready for use, the end-use concentration does not exceed 200 parts per
million (40 CFR 180.940(c)) when applied to food processing equipment
and utensils.
As an active ingredient, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is used
as a bactericide and sanitizer for non-porous dairy, beverage, brewery
and food processing equipment. Sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is
formulated as a liquid concentrate. The RED reassesses the exemption
from the requirement for a tolerance for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium
salt. The tolerance exemption for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is
listed in 40 CFR 180.940 (c) (69 FR 23136, April 28, 2004) (FRL-7335-
4).
Triethylene glycol is used as a bacteriostat (against odor-causing
bacteria) for air sanitization and deodorization. In combination with
other active ingredients, it is used as a fungicide, virucide and
miticide for disinfection of hard, non-porous surfaces and as an
insecticide (against lice) by direct application to caged birds and to
the cage. For these uses, triethylene glycol is formulated primarily as
a pressurized liquid. This document also addresses the exposures from
the use of this pesticide as an inert ingredient. As an inert
ingredient, triethylene glycol facilitates delivery of formulated
pesticide chemical products that are used as herbicides, fungicides,
insecticides, growth regulators and attractants on a wide variety of
agricultural commodities. In addition to the above, triethylene glycol
is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a preservative
for food packaging adhesives as listed in 21 CFR 175.105. Currently,
however, there are no EPA registered products for this use. Triethylene
glycol also has an indirect food additive regulation 21 CFR 177.1200
(April 1, 2004) for its use as a plasticizer in cellophane. This use is
regulated by the FDA.
EPA has determined that the data base to support reregistration is
substantially complete and that products containing trichloromelamine,
sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol will be
eligible for reregistration, provided the risks are mitigated either in
the manner described in the RED or by another means that achieves
equivalent risk reduction. Upon submission of any required product
specific data under section 4(g)(2)(B) and any necessary changes to the
registration and labeling (either to address any concerns identified in
the RED or as a result of product specific data), EPA will make a final
reregistration decision under section 4(g)(2)(C) for products
containing trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and
triethylene glycol.
EPA must review tolerances and tolerance exemptions that were in
effect when the Food Quality Protection Act 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 trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium
salt and triethylene glycol tolerances included in this notice.
Although the RED decisions were made in FY03 (for triethylene
glycol) and FY05 (for trichloromelamine and sulfonated oleic acid-
sodium salt), certain components of the documents which did not affect
the final regulatory decision, were undergoing final editing at that
time. None of these additions or changes alter the conclusions
documented in the FY03 or FY05 REDs.
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, the Agency 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.
EPA can expeditiously reach decisions for pesticides like
trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and triethylene
glycol, which pose few or no risk concerns, affect few if any
stakeholders, and require little or no risk mitigation. Once EPA
assesses uses and risks for such low risk pesticides, the Agency may go
directly to a decision and prepare a document summarizing its findings,
such as the REDs.
The reregistration program is being conducted under
Congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both
to make timely decisions and to involve the public in finding ways to
effectively mitigate
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pesticide risks. These three cases, however, poses few or no risks that
require mitigation. The Agency therefore is issuing the
trichloromelamine RED, the sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt RED as
well as the triethylene glycol RED, its risk assessments, and related
support materials simultaneously for public comment. The comment period
is intended to provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism
for initiating any necessary amendments to the RED. All comments should
be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be received by
EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will become part of
the Agency Docket for the specific active ingredient. Comments received
after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is
not required to consider these late comments.
EPA will carefully consider all comments received by the closing
date and will provide a Response to Comments Memorandum in the Docket
and regulations.gov. If any comment significantly affects the document,
EPA also will publish an amendment to the RED in the Federal Register.
In the absence of substantive comments requiring changes, the RED will
be implemented as it is now presented.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of 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.''
Section 408(q) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(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.
List of Subjects
Environmental Protection, Pesticides and Pests.
Dated: March 9, 2006.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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