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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0084; FRL–8064–9]
Dimethoate Interim Reregistration
Eligibility Decision; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Interim
Reregistration Eligibility Decision
(IRED) for the organophosphate
pesticide dimethoate, and opens a
public comment period on this
document. The Agency’s risk
assessments and other related
documents also are available in the
dimethoate Docket. Dimethoate is a
systemic organophosphate insecticide
used for control of a wide variety of
insect pests on a number of fruit,
vegetable, grain, and field crops, as well
as ornamentals and non-cropland
adjacent to agricultural fields. EPA has
reviewed dimethoate through 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 September 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0084, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 3055805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–
0084. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
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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 Federal 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 email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400,
One Potomac Yard (South Building),
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Plummer, Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 305-0076; fax number: (703) 3088041; e-mail address:
plummer.stephanie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or 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 ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may
ask you to respond to specific questions
or organize comments by referencing a
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree;
suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns and suggest
alternatives.
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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. EPA completed an IRED for
the organophosphate pesticide
dimethoate on June 12, 2006, and is
now issuing this document for public
comment. Dimethoate is a systemic
organophosphate insecticide used for
control of a wide variety of insect pests
on a number of fruit, vegetable, grain,
and field crops, as well as ornamentals
and non-cropland adjacent to
agricultural fields. The dimethoate IRED
presents the Agency’s conclusions on
the risks posed by exposure to
dimethoate alone; however, section
408(b)(2)(D)(v) of the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) directs
the Agency also to consider available
information on the cumulative risk from
substances sharing a common
mechanism of toxicity. Because the
organophosphate pesticides share a
common mechanism of toxicity,
cholinesterase inhibition, the Agency
will evaluate the cumulative risk posed
by this group before making final
reregistration eligibility decisions on
individual organophosphates.
During the pendency of the
organophosphate cumulative
assessment, the Agency is proceeding
with risk assessments and interim risk
management for individual
organophosphate pesticides. EPA has
determined that, but for the cumulative
risk assessment, the data base to support
dimethoate reregistration is
substantially complete and that
products containing dimethoate will be
eligible for reregistration, provided the
risks are mitigated either in the manner
described in the IRED 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 concerns identified in
the IRED or as a result of product
specific data), and after assessing
organophosphate cumulative risks, EPA
will make a final reregistration decision
under section 4(g)(2)(C) for products
containing dimethoate. When the
Agency finalizes decisions for
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dimethoate and other organophosphate
pesticides, further risk mitigation may
be required for dimethoate.
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, dimethoate was
reviewed through the full 6 phase
public participation process. Through
this process, EPA worked extensively
with stakeholders and the public to
reach the regulatory decisions for
dimethoate.
The reregistration program is being
conducted under Congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
recognizes the need both to make timely
reregistration decisions and to involve
the public. The Agency is issuing the
dimethoate IRED for public comment.
This comment period is intended to
provide an additional opportunity for
public input and a mechanism for
initiating any necessary amendments to
the IRED. 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 dimethoate.
Comments received after the close of the
comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’
EPA is not required to consider these
late comments.
The Agency 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
IRED in the Federal Register. In the
absence of substantive comments
requiring changes, the risk management
decisions reflected in the dimethoate
IRED will be implemented as presented.
These decisions may be supplemented
by further risk mitigation measures
when EPA considers its cumulative
assessment of the organophosphate
pesticides.
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
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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 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: July 5, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Pesticide Petition for Establishment to
Regulations for Residues in or on
Soybean Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of
regulations for the combined residues of
prothioconazole and its desthio
metabolite in or on soybean
commodities.
Comments must be received on
or before August 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0520 and
pesticide petition number PP 6F7073,
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
DATES:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0084; FRL-8064-9]
Dimethoate Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of
Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Interim
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for the organophosphate
pesticide dimethoate, and opens a public comment period on this
document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents
also are available in the dimethoate Docket. Dimethoate is a systemic
organophosphate insecticide used for control of a wide variety of
insect pests on a number of fruit, vegetable, grain, and field crops,
as well as ornamentals and non-cropland adjacent to agricultural
fields. EPA has reviewed dimethoate through 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 September 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0084, by one of the following methods:-
- Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
- Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
- Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
-Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0084. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the 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 Federal 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 automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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.
-Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket
index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0076; fax
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: plummer.stephanie@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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
-1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or 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 ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
- ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
-iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
-iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
-v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
-vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
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-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. EPA
completed an IRED for the organophosphate pesticide dimethoate on June
12, 2006, and is now issuing this document for public comment.
Dimethoate is a systemic organophosphate insecticide used for control
of a wide variety of insect pests on a number of fruit, vegetable,
grain, and field crops, as well as ornamentals and non-cropland
adjacent to agricultural fields. The dimethoate IRED presents the
Agency's conclusions on the risks posed by exposure to dimethoate
alone; however, section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) directs the Agency also to consider available
information on the cumulative risk from substances sharing a common
mechanism of toxicity. Because the organophosphate pesticides share a
common mechanism of toxicity, cholinesterase inhibition, the Agency
will evaluate the cumulative risk posed by this group before making
final reregistration eligibility decisions on individual
organophosphates.
-During the pendency of the organophosphate cumulative assessment,
the Agency is proceeding with risk assessments and interim risk
management for individual organophosphate pesticides. EPA has
determined that, but for the cumulative risk assessment, the data base
to support dimethoate reregistration is substantially complete and that
products containing dimethoate will be eligible for reregistration,
provided the risks are mitigated either in the manner described in the
IRED 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 concerns identified in the IRED or as a result of
product specific data), and after assessing organophosphate cumulative
risks, EPA will make a final reregistration decision under section
4(g)(2)(C) for products containing dimethoate. When the Agency
finalizes decisions for dimethoate and other organophosphate
pesticides, further risk mitigation may be required for dimethoate.
-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, dimethoate was reviewed
through the full 6 phase public participation process. Through this
process, EPA worked extensively with stakeholders and the public to
reach the regulatory decisions for dimethoate.
-The reregistration program is being conducted under
Congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both
to make timely reregistration decisions and to involve the public. The
Agency is issuing the dimethoate IRED for public comment. This comment
period is intended to provide an additional opportunity for public
input and a mechanism for initiating any necessary amendments to the
IRED. 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 dimethoate. Comments
received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.''
EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
- The Agency 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 IRED in the Federal
Register. In the absence of substantive comments requiring changes, the
risk management decisions reflected in the dimethoate IRED will be
implemented as presented. These decisions may be supplemented by
further risk mitigation measures when EPA considers its cumulative
assessment of the organophosphate pesticides.
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 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: July 5, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-10857 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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