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Janet L. Andersen,
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Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Pseudomonas fluorescens and
Pseudomonas syringae Registration
Review Proposed Decision; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s proposed
registration review decisions for the
pesticides cases,Pseudomonas
fluorescens and Pseudomonas syringae,
and opens a public comment period on
the proposed registration review
decisions. Registration review is EPA’s
periodic review of pesticide
registrations to ensure that each
pesticide continues to satisfy the
statutory standard for registration, that
is, that the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. Through this program,
EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s
registration is based on current
scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health
and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before December 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
numbers EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0567 for
Pseudomonas fluorescens, and EPA–
HQ–OPP–2007–0509 for Pseudomonas
syringae, 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 Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID numbers and the regulatory
contacts listed under Table 1 for each of
the cases to which you are submitting a
comment. 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
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protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be 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
website 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 Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about the biopesticides
included in this document, contact the
specific Regulatory contact, as identified
in the Table in Unit II.A. for the
biopesticide of interest. The mailing
address and additional contact
information is Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division, (7511P);
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
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DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–8712; fax number: (703) 308–
7026.
For general questions on the
registration review program, contact
Kevin Costello 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–
5026; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: costello.kevin@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, farm
worker, 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
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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?
This notice opens a 60–day public
comment period on the subject
proposed registration review decisions.
The Agency is proposing registration
review decisions for the pesticide cases
shown in the following Table.
TABLE 1.—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS–PROPOSED FINAL DECISIONS
Registration Review Case Name
and Number
Pesticide Docket ID Number
Regulatory Contact name, Phone Number, E-mail
Address
EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0567
Susanne Cerrelli; (703) 308-8077;
cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov
Pseudomonas
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Pseudomonas fluorescens; Case
6006
EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0509
Susanne Cerrelli; (703) 308-8077;
cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov
syringae;
Case
The dockets for registration review of
these pesticide cases include earlier
documents related to the registration
review of the subject cases. For
example, the review opened with the
posting of a Summary Document,
containing a Preliminary Work Plan
(PWP), for public comment. A Final
Work Plan (FWP) was posted to the
docket following public comment on the
initial docket. The documents in the
initial docket described the Agency’s
rationales for not conducting new risk
assessments for the registration review
of Pseudomonas fluorescens, and
Pseudomonas syringae.
These proposed registration review
decisions now included in the dockets
continue to be supported by those
rationales included in documents in the
initial dockets. Following public
comment, the Agency will issue a final
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registration review decision for each
case.
The registration review program is
being conducted under congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
recognizes the need both to make timely
decisions and to involve the public.
Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
as amended in 1996 required EPA to
establish by regulation procedures for
reviewing pesticide registrations,
originally with a goal of reviewing each
pesticide’s registration every 15 years to
ensure that a pesticide continues to
meet the FIFRA standard for
registration. The Agency’s final rule to
implement this program was issued in
August 2006 and became effective in
October 2006 and appears at 40 CFR
155.40. The Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act of 2003 (‘‘PRIA’’) was
amended and extended in September
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2007. FIFRA as amended by PRIA in
2007 requires EPA to complete
registration review decisions by October
1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of
October 1, 2007.
The registration review final rule
provides for a minimum 60–day public
comment period for all proposed
registration review decisions.
This comment period is intended to
provide an opportunity for public input
and a mechanism for initiating any
necessary amendments to the proposed
decision(s). 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 Dockets for Pseudomonas
fluorescens, and Pseudomonas syringae.
Comments received after the close of the
comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’
EPA is not required to consider these
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late comments. The Agency will
carefully consider all comments
received by the closing date and will
provide a Response to Comments
Memorandum in the Dockets and
www.regulations.gov. The final
registration review decisions will
explain the effect that any comments
have had on the decisions.
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/. Quick links to
earlier documents related to the
registration review of this pesticide are
provided at: https://www.epa.gov/
oppsrrd1/registration_review/
reg_review_status.htm/. Additional
information about biopesticides can be
obtained by an alphabetical search of
the Biopesticide Active Ingredient Fact
Sheets on https://www.epa.gov/
oppbppd1/biopesticides/ingredients/
index.htm
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
FIFRA section 3(g) and 40 CFR 155.40
provide authority for this action.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, registration
review, pesticides, and pests.
Dated: September 29, 2008.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. E8–23386 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0722; FRL–8385–2]
Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations and Amend to Terminate
Certain Uses
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Product Manager
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Susan Bartow
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Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of requests by the
registrants to voluntarily cancel and
amend their registrations to terminate
uses of certain products. 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
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: Unless a request is withdrawn by
November 7, 2008, orders will be issued
canceling these registrations. The
Agency will consider withdrawal
requests postmarked no later than
November 7, 2008. Comments must be
received on or before November 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0722, 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
Facility’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–2008–
0722. 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://
Office Location for Mail
and Special Courier
Pesticides
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Telephone
Number
Special Review and Registration Div.
Office of Pesticide Programs (7508P)
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
Washington, DC 20460–0001
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www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be 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
at https://www.regulations.gov. 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 Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(703) 603–0065
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0610; FRL-8381-8]
Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas syringae Registration
Review Proposed Decision; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed
registration review decisions for the pesticides cases,Pseudomonas
fluorescens and Pseudomonas syringae, and opens a public comment period
on the proposed registration review decisions. Registration review is
EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each
pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration,
that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.
Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's
registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) numbers EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0567 for Pseudomonas fluorescens, and EPA-
HQ-OPP-2007-0509 for Pseudomonas syringae, 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 Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID numbers and the
regulatory contacts listed under Table 1 for each of the cases to which
you are submitting a comment. 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 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
website 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 Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the
biopesticides included in this document, contact the specific
Regulatory contact, as identified in the Table in Unit II.A. for the
biopesticide of interest. The mailing address and additional contact
information is Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
(7511P); Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
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DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8712; fax number: (703) 308-
7026.
For general questions on the registration review program, contact
Kevin Costello Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 305-5026; fax number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address:
costello.kevin@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, farm worker, 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?
This notice opens a 60-day public comment period on the subject
proposed registration review decisions. The Agency is proposing
registration review decisions for the pesticide cases shown in the
following Table.
Table 1.--Registration Review Dockets-Proposed final decisions
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Regulatory Contact
Registration Review Case Name Pesticide Docket name, Phone
and Number ID Number Number, E-mail
Address
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Pseudomonas fluorescens; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-05 Susanne Cerrelli;
6006 67 (703) 308-8077;
cerrelli.susanne@e
pa.gov
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Pseudomonas syringae; Case 6007 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-05 Susanne Cerrelli;
09 (703) 308-8077;
cerrelli.susanne@e
pa.gov
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The dockets for registration review of these pesticide cases
include earlier documents related to the registration review of the
subject cases. For example, the review opened with the posting of a
Summary Document, containing a Preliminary Work Plan (PWP), for public
comment. A Final Work Plan (FWP) was posted to the docket following
public comment on the initial docket. The documents in the initial
docket described the Agency's rationales for not conducting new risk
assessments for the registration review of Pseudomonas fluorescens, and
Pseudomonas syringae.
These proposed registration review decisions now included in the
dockets continue to be supported by those rationales included in
documents in the initial dockets. Following public comment, the Agency
will issue a final registration review decision for each case.
The registration review program is being conducted under
congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both
to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended
in 1996 required EPA to establish by regulation procedures for
reviewing pesticide registrations, originally with a goal of reviewing
each pesticide's registration every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide
continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. The Agency's
final rule to implement this program was issued in August 2006 and
became effective in October 2006 and appears at 40 CFR 155.40. The
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (``PRIA'') was amended
and extended in September 2007. FIFRA as amended by PRIA in 2007
requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by October 1,
2022 for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007.
The registration review final rule provides for a minimum 60-day
public comment period for all proposed registration review decisions.
This comment period is intended to provide an opportunity for
public input and a mechanism for initiating any necessary amendments to
the proposed decision(s). 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 Dockets for
Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Pseudomonas syringae. Comments received
after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is
not required to consider these
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late comments. The Agency will carefully consider all comments received
by the closing date and will provide a Response to Comments Memorandum
in the Dockets and www.regulations.gov. The final registration review
decisions will explain the effect that any comments have had on the
decisions.
Background on the registration review program is provided at:
https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/. Quick links to
earlier documents related to the registration review of this pesticide
are provided at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/reg_
review_status.htm/. Additional information about biopesticides can be
obtained by an alphabetical search of the Biopesticide Active
Ingredient Fact Sheets on https://www.epa.gov/oppbppd1/biopesticides/
ingredients/index.htm
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
FIFRA section 3(g) and 40 CFR 155.40 provide authority for this
action.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, registration review, pesticides, and
pests.
Dated: September 29, 2008.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-23386 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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