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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
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A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA has reassessed dietary and
residential risks associated with use of
the pesticide amitraz, reassessed 27
existing tolerances or legal residue
limits, and on July 31, 2006, reached a
tolerance reassessment and risk
management decision. Eleven of the
existing tolerances are proposed for
revocation, and the technical registrant
has requested to retain an import
tolerance for cottonseed. Amitraz is an
insecticide used to treat mites, lice, and
ticks on cattle and swine. It can also be
applied to the walls and surfaces of
swine houses. In addition, amitraz is
registered to treat ticks via amitrazimpregnated dog collars. The Agency is
now issuing for comment a Report on
the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
Tolerance Reassessment Progress and
Risk Management Decision for amitraz,
known as a TRED.
EPA must review tolerances and
tolerance exemptions that were in effect
when FQPA was enacted in August
1996, to ensure that these existing
pesticide residue limits for food and
feed commodities meet the safety
standard established by the new law.
Tolerances are considered reassessed
once the safety finding has been made
or a revocation occurs. EPA has
reviewed and made the requisite safety
finding for the amitraz tolerances.
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 limited
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uses, risks, and other factors, amitraz
was reviewed through the modified 4Phase public participation process.
Through this process, EPA worked
extensively with stakeholders and the
public to reach the regulatory decisions
for amitraz.
The tolerance reassessment program
is being conducted under
Congressionally mandated time frames,
and EPA recognizes the need both to
make timely decisions and to involve
the public. The Agency is issuing the
amitraz TRED 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 TRED.
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
amitraz. 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
TRED in the Federal Register. In the
absence of substantive comments
requiring changes, the tolerance
reassessment decisions reflected in this
TRED will be implemented as
presented.
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(q), required 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: August 11, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0284; FRL–8085–6]
Aliphatic Solvents; Reregistration
Eligibility Decision for Low Risk
Pesticide; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the
pesticide aliphatic solvents, and opens
a public comment period on this
document, related risk assessments, and
other support documents. EPA has
reviewed the low risk pesticide
aliphatic solvents 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 October 23, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0284, 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 Bldg.), 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–2006–
0284. 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
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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 Web
site 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 Bldg.), 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:
Bentley Gregg, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
8178; fax number: (703) 308–8005); email address: gregg.bentley@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
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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.
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 RED for the low risk
pesticide, aliphatic solvents under
section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. Aliphatic
solvents are the product of petroleum
distillations processes, and thus, they
are complex mixtures of long-chain
aliphatic (paraffinic) compounds. They
are formulated for use as insecticides
and/or larvicides on crops, animal
premises, commercial/industrial
premises, medical premises, aquatic
areas, and residential premises, as well
as occupational and residential uses as
acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, and
virucides (for plant pathogen. The
aquatic area applications are for usage
as a mosquito larvicide/pupacide. EPA
has determined that the data base to
support reregistration is substantially
complete and that products containing
aliphatic solvents will be eligible for
reregistration. 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 aliphatic solvents.
EPA must review tolerances and
tolerance exemptions that were in effect
when the Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) was enacted in August 1996, to
ensure that these existing pesticide
residue limits for food and feed
commodities meet the safety standard
established by the new law. Tolerances
are considered reassessed once the
safety finding has been made or a
revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed
and made the requisite safety finding for
the aliphatic solvents tolerances.
Although, the aliphatic solvents RED
was signed on July 12, 2006, certain
components of the document, which did
not affect the final regulatory decision,
were undergoing final editing at that
time. These components, including the
list of additional generic data
requirements, summary of labeling
changes, appendices, and other relevant
information, have been added to the
aliphatic solvents RED document. In
addition, subsequent to signature, EPA
identified several minor errors and
ambiguities in the document. Therefore,
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for the sake of accuracy, the Agency also
has included the appropriate error
corrections, amendments, and
clarifications. None of these additions or
changes alter the conclusions
documented in the July 12, 2006
aliphatic solvents RED. All of these
changes are described in detail in an
errata memorandum which is included
in the public docket for aliphatic
solvents.
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 aliphatic solvents, which
pose few risk concerns, and require
little 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
aliphatic solvents RED.
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
pesticide risks. Aliphatic solvents,
however, poses few risks that require
mitigation. The Agency therefore is
issuing the aliphatic solvents 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 aliphatic solvents.
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
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absence of substantive comments
requiring changes, the aliphatic solvents
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 FFDC.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Peter Caulkins,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–13856 Filed 8–22–06; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0202; FRL–8089–1]
Lindane; Notice of Receipt of Requests
to Voluntarily Cancel Lindane
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 requests by
registrants to voluntarily cancel
products containing the pesticide
lindane. The requests would terminate
the last lindane products registered for
use in the U.S. EPA intends to grant
these requests 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 requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw their requests within this
period. Upon acceptance of these
requests, any sale, distribution, or use of
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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 September 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0202, 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-20020202. 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 email. The Federal regulations.gov Web
site 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0284; FRL-8085-6]
Aliphatic Solvents; Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low
Risk Pesticide; 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 Decision (RED) for the pesticide aliphatic
solvents, and opens a public comment period on this document, related
risk assessments, and other support documents. EPA has reviewed the low
risk pesticide aliphatic solvents 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 October 23, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0284, 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
Bldg.), 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-
2006-0284. 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
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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 Web site 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 Bldg.),
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: Bentley Gregg, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8178; fax
number: (703) 308-8005); e-mail address: gregg.bentley@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.
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 RED for the low risk pesticide, aliphatic
solvents under section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. Aliphatic solvents are the
product of petroleum distillations processes, and thus, they are
complex mixtures of long-chain aliphatic (paraffinic) compounds. They
are formulated for use as insecticides and/or larvicides on crops,
animal premises, commercial/industrial premises, medical premises,
aquatic areas, and residential premises, as well as occupational and
residential uses as acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, and virucides
(for plant pathogen. The aquatic area applications are for usage as a
mosquito larvicide/pupacide. EPA has determined that the data base to
support reregistration is substantially complete and that products
containing aliphatic solvents will be eligible for reregistration. 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 aliphatic solvents.
EPA must review tolerances and tolerance exemptions that were in
effect when the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was enacted in
August 1996, to ensure that these existing pesticide residue limits for
food and feed commodities meet the safety standard established by the
new law. Tolerances are considered reassessed once the safety finding
has been made or a revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed and made the
requisite safety finding for the aliphatic solvents tolerances.
Although, the aliphatic solvents RED was signed on July 12, 2006,
certain components of the document, which did not affect the final
regulatory decision, were undergoing final editing at that time. These
components, including the list of additional generic data requirements,
summary of labeling changes, appendices, and other relevant
information, have been added to the aliphatic solvents RED document. In
addition, subsequent to signature, EPA identified several minor errors
and ambiguities in the document. Therefore,
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for the sake of accuracy, the Agency also has included the appropriate
error corrections, amendments, and clarifications. None of these
additions or changes alter the conclusions documented in the July 12,
2006 aliphatic solvents RED. All of these changes are described in
detail in an errata memorandum which is included in the public docket
for aliphatic solvents.
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 aliphatic
solvents, which pose few risk concerns, and require little 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 aliphatic solvents RED.
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 pesticide risks. Aliphatic solvents, however,
poses few risks that require mitigation. The Agency therefore is
issuing the aliphatic solvents 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 aliphatic solvents. 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 aliphatic
solvents 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 FFDC.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Peter Caulkins,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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