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Registration Review Implementation
Work Group will hold a public meeting
on July 24, 2007. An agenda for this
meeting will be developed and posted
on EPA’s Web site. The Registration
Review Implementation Work Group
will review initial registration review
dockets for antimicrobial and
biopesticide cases, and may make
recommendations to improve future
dockets.
The Registration Review Work
Group meeting will be held on July 24,
2007 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Future
meetings will be announced on the
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Workgroups menu at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/).
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON
CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will all be held
at EPA’s offices at 2777 South Crystal
Dr., First Floor Conference Center,
Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amaris Johnson, 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–
9542; fax number: (703) 308–7090; email address: johnson.amaris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
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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
persons listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2007–0137. Publicly accessible
docket materials are available either in
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the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, available in
hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S–4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal D.
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.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
The Office of Pesticide Programs is
entrusted with the responsibility of
ensuring the safety of the American food
supply, protection and education of
those who apply or are exposed to
pesticides occupationally or through use
of products, and the general protection
of the environment and special
ecosystems from potential risks posed
by pesticides.
PPDC was established under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, in
September 1995 for a two-year term and
has been renewed every two years since
that time. PPDC provides advice and
recommendations to OPP on a broad
range of pesticide regulatory, policy,
and program implementation issues that
are associated with evaluating and
reducing risks from use of pesticides.
The following sectors are represented on
the PPDC: pesticide industry and trade
associations; environmental/public
interest and consumer groups; farm
worker organizations; pesticide user,
grower, and commodity groups; federal/
state/local/ and tribal governments; the
general public; academia; and public
health organizations.
Copies of the PPDC charter are filed
with appropriate committees of
Congress, the Library of Congress, and
are available upon request.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: March 5, 2007.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and
Reregistration Division
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0540; FRL–8139–3]
Bromonitrostyrene Risk Assessment;
Notice of Availability and Risk
Reduction Options
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s risk assessment,
and related documents for the pesticide
bromonitrostyrene (BNS), and opens a
public comment period on these
documents. The public is encouraged to
suggest risk management ideas or
proposals to address the risks identified.
EPA is developing a Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for BNS
through a modified, 4-Phase public
participation process that the Agency
uses to involve the public in developing
pesticide reregistration decisions.
Through this program, EPA is ensuring
that all pesticides meet current health
and safety standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0540, 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 Dr., 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–2007–
0540. 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.
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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 available
in regulations.gov. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced
Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert
the docket ID number where indicated
and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow
the instructions on the regulations.gov
Web site to view the docket index or
access available documents. 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 Dr., 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:
ShaRon Carlisle, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–6427; fax number:
(703) 308–8481; e-mail
address:carlisle.sharon@epa.gov.
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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?
EPA is releasing for public comment
its human health and environmental
fate and effects risk assessments and
related documents for BNS, and
soliciting public comment on risk
management ideas or proposals. BNS is
currently registered as an antimicrobial
agent for use in the manufacture of a
variety of materials as a materials
preservative in industrial lubricants,
polymer emulsions, aqueous emulsions,
cutting oils, paints, adhesives, and fuel
oil. EPA developed the risk assessment
and risk characterization for BNS
through a modified version of its public
process for making pesticide
reregistration eligibility and tolerance
reassessment decisions. Through these
programs, EPA is ensuring that
pesticides meet current standards under
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food
Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
The primary use sites for BNS are use
as a materials preservative in cleaners,
caulks, inks, paints, paper, and fuel oil,
and as an industrial fungicide for metal
working fluids, water cooling towers
and pulp and paper mills. EPA is
providing an opportunity, through this
notice, for interested parties to provide
comments and input on the Agency’s
risk assessment for BNS. Such
comments and input could address, for
example, the availability of additional
data to further refine the risk
assessments, such as a 90–day oral
toxicity study in rats, a carcinogenicity
study in rats, a biodegradation study,
non-target plant phytotoxicity studies,
and monitoring or Tier II modeling of
once-through cooling tower effluents
could address the Agency’s risk
assessment methodologies and
assumptions as applied to this specific
pesticide.
Through this notice, EPA also is
providing an opportunity for interested
parties to provide risk management
proposals or otherwise comment on risk
management for BNS. There are risks of
concern associated with the use of BNS
from the once through cooling tower
use. In targeting these risks of concern,
the Agency solicits information on
effective and practical risk reduction
measures.
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EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people,
regardless of race, color, national origin,
or income, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of
environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential
environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups
or segments of the population who, as
a result of their location, cultural
practices, or other factors, may have
atypical, unusually high exposure to
BNS, compared to the general
population.
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 the issues, and degree of public
concern associated with each pesticide.
For BNS, a modified, 4-Phase process
with 1 comment period and ample
opportunity for public consultation
seems appropriate in view of its refined
risk assessment, few complex issues,
and/or other factors. However, if as a
result of comments received during this
comment period EPA finds that
additional issues warranting further
discussion are raised, the Agency may
lengthen the process and include a
second comment period, as needed.
All comments should be submitted
using the methods in ADDRESSES, and
must be received by EPA on or before
the closing date. Comments will become
part of the Agency Docket for BNS.
Comments received after the close of the
comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’
EPA is not required to consider these
late comments.
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 enduse products and either reregistering
products or taking other ‘‘appropriate
regulatory action.’’
Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to review
tolerances and exemptions for pesticide
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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 was completed by August 3,
2006.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests, antimicrobials,
Bromonitrostyrene.
Dated: July 9, 2007.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0414; FRL–8141–7]
2-Octyl-3 (2H)-isothiazolone
(Octhilinone) Risk Assessment; Notice
of Availability and Risk Reduction
Options; Reopening of Comment
Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s risk assessment(s),
and related documents for the pesticide
2-octyl-3 (2H)-isothiazolone (also
known as octhilinone or OIT), and
opens a public comment period on these
documents. The public is encouraged to
suggest risk management ideas or
proposals to address the risks identified.
EPA is developing a Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for
octhilinone through a modified, 4-Phase
public participation process that the
Agency uses to involve the public in
developing pesticide reregistration
decisions. Through this program, EPA is
ensuring that all pesticides meet current
health and safety standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0414, 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
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Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–
0414. 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
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 available
in regulations.gov. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced
Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert
the docket ID number where indicated
and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow
the instructions on the regulations.gov
Web site to view the docket index or
access available documents. 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0540; FRL-8139-3]
Bromonitrostyrene Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability and
Risk Reduction Options
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk
assessment, and related documents for the pesticide bromonitrostyrene
(BNS), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public
is encouraged to suggest risk management ideas or proposals to address
the risks identified. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility
Decision (RED) for BNS through a modified, 4-Phase public participation
process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing
pesticide reregistration decisions. Through this program, EPA is
ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0540, 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 Dr., 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-
2007-0540. 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.
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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
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov Web
site to view the docket index or access available documents. 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 Dr., 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: ShaRon Carlisle, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-6427; fax number: (703) 308-8481; e-
mail address:carlisle.sharon@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?
EPA is releasing for public comment its human health and
environmental fate and effects risk assessments and related documents
for BNS, and soliciting public comment on risk management ideas or
proposals. BNS is currently registered as an antimicrobial agent for
use in the manufacture of a variety of materials as a materials
preservative in industrial lubricants, polymer emulsions, aqueous
emulsions, cutting oils, paints, adhesives, and fuel oil. EPA developed
the risk assessment and risk characterization for BNS through a
modified version of its public process for making pesticide
reregistration eligibility and tolerance reassessment decisions.
Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that pesticides meet current
standards under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as
amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
The primary use sites for BNS are use as a materials preservative
in cleaners, caulks, inks, paints, paper, and fuel oil, and as an
industrial fungicide for metal working fluids, water cooling towers and
pulp and paper mills. EPA is providing an opportunity, through this
notice, for interested parties to provide comments and input on the
Agency's risk assessment for BNS. Such comments and input could
address, for example, the availability of additional data to further
refine the risk assessments, such as a 90-day oral toxicity study in
rats, a carcinogenicity study in rats, a biodegradation study, non-
target plant phytotoxicity studies, and monitoring or Tier II modeling
of once-through cooling tower effluents could address the Agency's risk
assessment methodologies and assumptions as applied to this specific
pesticide.
Through this notice, EPA also is providing an opportunity for
interested parties to provide risk management proposals or otherwise
comment on risk management for BNS. There are risks of concern
associated with the use of BNS from the once through cooling tower use.
In targeting these risks of concern, the Agency solicits information on
effective and practical risk reduction measures.
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EPA seeks to achieve environmental justice, the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income, in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice issues, the Agency seeks
information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may
have atypical, unusually high exposure to BNS, compared to the general
population.
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
the issues, and degree of public concern associated with each
pesticide. For BNS, a modified, 4-Phase process with 1 comment period
and ample opportunity for public consultation seems appropriate in view
of its refined risk assessment, few complex issues, and/or other
factors. However, if as a result of comments received during this
comment period EPA finds that additional issues warranting further
discussion are raised, the Agency may lengthen the process and include
a second comment period, as needed.
All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES,
and must be received by EPA on or before the closing date. Comments
will become part of the Agency Docket for BNS. Comments received after
the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not
required to consider these late comments.
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 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
was completed by August 3, 2006.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, antimicrobials,
Bromonitrostyrene.
Dated: July 9, 2007.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-13804 Filed 7-17-07; 8:45 am]
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