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AGENCY
[FRL–8265–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–
2006–0975]
A Review of the Impact of Climate
Variability and Change on
Aeroallergens and Their Associated
Effects
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day
public comment period for the draft
document titled, ‘‘A Review of the
Impact of Climate Variability and
Change on Aeroallergens and Their
Associated Effects.’’ The draft document
was prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment within
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The 30-day public comment
period begins December 29, 2006, and
ends January 29, 2007. Technical
comments should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by January 29,
2007.
DATES:
The draft, ‘‘A Review of the
Impact of Climate Variability and
Change on Aeroallergens and Their
Associated Effects,’’ is available
primarily via the Internet on the
National Center for Environmental
Assessment’s home page under the
Recent Additions and the Data and
Publications menus at—A limited
number of paper copies are available
from the Technical Information Staff,
NCEA–W; telephone: 202–564–3261;
facsimile: 202–565–0050. If you are
requesting a paper copy, please provide
your name, your mailing address, and
the draft document title, ‘‘A Review of
the Impact of Climate Variability and
Change on Aeroallergens and Their
Associated Effects.’’
Comments may be submitted
electronically via www.regulations.gov,
by mail, by facsimile, or by hand
delivery/courier. Please follow the
detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
ADDRESSES:
For
information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of
Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile:
202–566–1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact
Janet L. Gamble, NCEA; telephone: 202–
564–3387; facsimile: 202–564–2018; or
e-mail: gamble.janet@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment
Period.
AGENCY:
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EPA’s Office of Research and
Development. The draft report surveys
the current state of knowledge of the
potential impacts of climate change and
climate variability on aeroallergens in
the United States—including pollens,
molds, and indoor allergens—and their
associated allergenic illnesses.
EPA is releasing this draft document
solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under
applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been
formally disseminated by EPA. It does
not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will
consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this
notice when revising the document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Information About the Project/
Document
This draft report presents a survey of
the current state of knowledge of the
potential impacts of climate change and
variability on aeroallergens—pollens,
mold, and indoor allergens—in the
United States and the allergenic
illnesses associated with them. Allergies
are prevalent in the U.S. and impose
substantial economic and quality of life
burdens. While limited data suggest that
aeroallergen levels have remained
relatively stable, the prevalence of
allergenic illnesses in the U.S. has
increased over the past 30 years, a trend
that appears to be mirrored in other
countries. Overall, experimental and
observational data indicate that pollen
production is likely to increase in many
parts of the U.S. Phenologic advance is
likely to occur for numerous species of
plants, especially trees, and increases in
allergen content, and thus, potency, of
some aeroallergens are possible.
II. How to Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket at www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2006–
0975 by one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–1753.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code:
2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone
number is 202–566–1752.
• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is
located in the EPA Headquarters Docket
Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744.
Deliveries are only accepted during the
docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
If you provide comments by mail or
hand delivery, please submit one
unbound original, with pages numbered
consecutively, and three copies of the
comments. For attachments, provide an
index, number pages consecutively with
the comments, and submit an unbound
original and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–
0975. Please ensure that your comments
are submitted within the specified
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comment period. Comments received
after the closing date will be marked
‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if
time permits. It is EPA’s policy to
include all comments it receives in the
public docket without change and to
make the comments available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided,
unless a 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 www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.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 www.regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be
automatically captured 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,
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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://
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e.g., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
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copyrighted material, are publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters
Docket Center.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
George Alapas,
Deputy Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0351; FRL–8108–9]
Pesticides; Draft Guidance for
Pesticide Registrants on Use of
Antimicrobial Pesticide Products in
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning,
and Refrigeration Systems
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability;
Reopening of Comment Period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Agency is reopening the
comment period and seeking additional
public comment on a draft Pesticide
Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled
‘‘Use of Antimicrobial Pesticide
Products in Heating, Ventilation, Air
Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Systems.’’ PR Notices are issued by the
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to
inform pesticide registrants and other
interested persons about important
policies, procedures, and registration
related decisions, and serve to provide
guidance to pesticide registrants and
OPP personnel. This particular draft PR
Notice would, once final, provide
guidance to the registrants concerning
EPA-registered sanitizer, disinfectant
and other antimicrobial products whose
labels bear general directions for use on
or incorporation within hard, nonporous or porous surfaces, but which
are not specifically registered for
treatment of Heating, Ventilation, Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems
(HVAC&R).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0351, 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.
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Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0351. 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
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:
Tracy Lantz, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8265-1; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0975]
A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on
Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft
document titled, ``A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability and
Change on Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects.'' The draft
document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development. The draft
report surveys the current state of knowledge of the potential impacts
of climate change and climate variability on aeroallergens in the
United States--including pollens, molds, and indoor allergens--and
their associated allergenic illnesses.
EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins December 29, 2006, and
ends January 29, 2007. Technical comments should be in writing and must
be received by EPA by January 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The draft, ``A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability
and Change on Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects,'' is
available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for
Environmental Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and the
Data and Publications menus at--A limited number of paper copies are
available from the Technical Information Staff, NCEA-W; telephone: 202-
564-3261; facsimile: 202-565-0050. If you are requesting a paper copy,
please provide your name, your mailing address, and the draft document
title, ``A Review of the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on
Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects.''
Comments may be submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov,
by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the
detailed instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact Janet L. Gamble, NCEA;
telephone: 202-564-3387; facsimile: 202-564-2018; or e-mail:
gamble.janet@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Project/Document
This draft report presents a survey of the current state of
knowledge of the potential impacts of climate change and variability on
aeroallergens--pollens, mold, and indoor allergens--in the United
States and the allergenic illnesses associated with them. Allergies are
prevalent in the U.S. and impose substantial economic and quality of
life burdens. While limited data suggest that aeroallergen levels have
remained relatively stable, the prevalence of allergenic illnesses in
the U.S. has increased over the past 30 years, a trend that appears to
be mirrored in other countries. Overall, experimental and observational
data indicate that pollen production is likely to increase in many
parts of the U.S. Phenologic advance is likely to occur for numerous
species of plants, especially trees, and increases in allergen content,
and thus, potency, of some aeroallergens are possible.
II. How to Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD 2006-
0975 by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-1753.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is 202-566-1744. Deliveries are only accepted during the
docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit one
unbound original, with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies
of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and
three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2006-0975. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified
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comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked
``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's
policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without
change and to make the comments available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless a 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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The www.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 www.regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be automatically captured 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/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov 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 materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
George Alapas,
Deputy Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E6-22427 Filed 12-28-06; 8:45 am]
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