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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 158 and 161
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0110; FRL–8383–6]
Data Requirements for Antimicrobial
Pesticides; Notice of Public Workshop
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public
workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is convening a public
workshop to explain the provisions of
its recently proposed rule to update and
revise the data requirements for
registration of antimicrobial pesticides.
The workshop is intended to provide an
opportunity for members of the public
to ask questions about the proposed rule
and seek any clarification they believe
may assist them in submitting
comments to the docket for the
proposed rule. Any person wishing to
comment on the proposed rule must
submit any comments to the docket
within the timeframe set forth in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
November 6, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
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 be held at
the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
First Floor Conference Center, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
To facilitate the Agency’s planning,
your intention to participate in the
Antimicrobials Workshop, may be
submitted to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Boyle, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: 703.305.6304;
fax number: 703.305.5884; e-mail
address: boyle.kathryn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be affected by this action if
you are a producer of pesticide products
(NAICS code 32532), antifoulants
(NAICS code 32551), antimicrobial
pesticides (NAICS code 32561) or wood
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preservatives (NAICS code 32519),
importers of such products, or any
person or company who seeks to register
an antimicrobial, antifoulant coating,
ballast water treatment, or wood
preservative pesticide or to obtain a
tolerance for such a pesticide. This
listing is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide for readers
regarding entities likely to be affected by
this action. Other types of entities not
listed above could also be affected. The
North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes
have been provided to assist you and
others in determining whether this
action might apply to certain entities. If
you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a
particular entity, please contact Norm
Cook, Chief of the Risk Assessment and
Science Support Branch in the
Antimicrobials Division of the Office of
Pesticide Programs at 703–308–8253 or
via email, cook.norm@epa.gov.
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 ID
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0110.
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 Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 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.
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
EPA is convening a public workshop
to explain the proposed revisions to the
data requirements for the registration of
antimicrobial pesticides. Under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), anyone seeking to register a
pesticide product is required to provide
information to EPA to demonstrate that
their products can be used without
posing ‘‘unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment’’ as defined by FIFRA
section 2(bb).
The public workshop will include
presentations by staff from the
Antimicrobial, and the Field and
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External Affairs Divisions of the Office
of Pesticide Programs. The proposed
revisions are directed at antimicrobial
pesticides, not conventional pesticides,
biochemical and microbial pesticides or
product performance data requirements.
Nonetheless, all interested parties are
welcome and may benefit from the
discussions since two areas not
addressed in the conventional pesticide
(72 FR 60934), or biochemical and
microbial pesticide (72 FR 60988) data
requirements final rules are addressed
in the antimicrobial data requirements
proposed rule. These two areas are:
down-the-drain data requirements and
the Program’s use of structure-activityrelationship (SAR).
During the workshop, persons in
attendance will be able to ask questions
regarding the proposed rule and/or
material being presented and seek any
clarification they believe may assist
them in submitting comments to the
docket for the proposed rule. Any
person wishing to comment on the
proposed rule must submit any
comments to the docket within the
timeframe set forth in the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking for the proposed
rule.
The proposed revisions were issued
in the Federal Register of October 8,
2008. A 90–day comment period will
end on January 6, 2009. A limited
number of copies of the proposed rule
will be available at the workshop.
Attendees are encouraged to access the
electronic version of the proposed rule
from the regulations.gov website under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–
0110.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 158 and
161
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: September 17, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Bureau of Land Management
43 CFR Part 2300
[WO–350–08 1430 PN]
RIN 1004–AE05
Land Withdrawals; Removal of
Regulations Covering Emergency
Withdrawals
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Proposed rule.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would
remove regulations that provide for
emergency withdrawals. These
regulations are redundant, since public
lands can be protected without
substantial delay via conventional
withdrawal procedures, without
recourse to the regulations providing for
emergency withdrawals. Moreover,
constitutional issues may arise
whenever a Congressional committee
directs the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) to withdraw lands
immediately.
Send your comments on this
proposed rule to the BLM on or before
October 27, 2008. Comments received or
postmarked after this date may not be
considered in the decision-making
process on the issuance of the proposed
rule.
ADDRESSES: You may mail written
comments to the Director (630), Bureau
of Land Management, 1620 L Street,
NW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20036,
Attention: RIN 1004–AE05; or handdeliver written comments to the Bureau
of Land Management, Administrative
Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20036. Comments will
be available for public review at the L
Street address from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
DATES:
For
information on the substance of the
proposed rule, please contact Jeff
Holdren at 202–452–7779 or Vanessa
Engle at 202–452–7776. For information
on procedural matters, please contact
Jean Sonneman at 202–785–6577.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
above individuals during business
hours. FIRS is available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individuals.
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business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
II. Background
A. Case Law
B. 1991 Rulemaking
III. Discussion of the Proposed Rule
A. The Two Processes
B. The Constitutional Issue
IV. Procedural Matters
I. Public Comment Procedures
Electronic Access and Filing Address:
You may view an electronic version of
this proposed rule at the BLM’s Internet
home page at https://www.blm.gov or at
https://www.regulations.gov. You may
comment via the Internet at: https://
www.regulations.gov. If you submit your
comments electronically, please include
your name and return address in your
Internet message.
Written Comments: You may mail
your comments to: Director (630),
Bureau of Land Management, 1620 L
Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, DC
20036, Attention: RIN 1004–AE05. You
may deliver comments to: 1620 L Street,
NW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20036.
Please make your comments as
specific as possible, confine them to
issues pertinent to the proposed rule,
and explain the reason for any changes
you recommend. Where possible, your
comments should reference the specific
section or paragraph of the proposed
rule that you are addressing.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The Department of the Interior (DOI)
may not necessarily consider or include
in the Administrative Record for the
proposed rule comments that we receive
after the close of the comments period
(see DATES) or comments delivered to an
address other than those listed above
(see ADDRESSES).
II. Background
This proposed rule would remove
regulations that provide for emergency
withdrawals. These regulations,
including 43 CFR 2310.5, provide that
the Secretary of the Interior shall
withdraw lands immediately upon
determining that an emergency exists
and that extraordinary measures need to
be taken to protect natural resources or
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 158 and 161
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110; FRL-8383-6]
Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides; Notice of Public
Workshop
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public workshop.
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SUMMARY: EPA is convening a public workshop to explain the provisions
of its recently proposed rule to update and revise the data
requirements for registration of antimicrobial pesticides. The workshop
is intended to provide an opportunity for members of the public to ask
questions about the proposed rule and seek any clarification they
believe may assist them in submitting comments to the docket for the
proposed rule. Any person wishing to comment on the proposed rule must
submit any comments to the docket within the timeframe set forth in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 6, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
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 be held at the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), First Floor Conference Center, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
To facilitate the Agency's planning, your intention to participate
in the Antimicrobials Workshop, may be submitted to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Boyle, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703.305.6304; fax number: 703.305.5884; e-mail
address: boyle.kathryn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be affected by this action if you are a producer of
pesticide products (NAICS code 32532), antifoulants (NAICS code 32551),
antimicrobial pesticides (NAICS code 32561) or wood preservatives
(NAICS code 32519), importers of such products, or any person or
company who seeks to register an antimicrobial, antifoulant coating,
ballast water treatment, or wood preservative pesticide or to obtain a
tolerance for such a pesticide. This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities
likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not
listed above could also be affected. The North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you
and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain
entities. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, please contact Norm Cook, Chief of the
Risk Assessment and Science Support Branch in the Antimicrobials
Division of the Office of Pesticide Programs at 703-308-8253 or via
email, cook.norm@epa.gov.
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 ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110. 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 Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
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.
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
EPA is convening a public workshop to explain the proposed
revisions to the data requirements for the registration of
antimicrobial pesticides. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), anyone seeking to register a pesticide product is required to
provide information to EPA to demonstrate that their products can be
used without posing ``unreasonable adverse effects on the environment''
as defined by FIFRA section 2(bb).
The public workshop will include presentations by staff from the
Antimicrobial, and the Field and
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External Affairs Divisions of the Office of Pesticide Programs. The
proposed revisions are directed at antimicrobial pesticides, not
conventional pesticides, biochemical and microbial pesticides or
product performance data requirements. Nonetheless, all interested
parties are welcome and may benefit from the discussions since two
areas not addressed in the conventional pesticide (72 FR 60934), or
biochemical and microbial pesticide (72 FR 60988) data requirements
final rules are addressed in the antimicrobial data requirements
proposed rule. These two areas are: down-the-drain data requirements
and the Program's use of structure-activity-relationship (SAR).
During the workshop, persons in attendance will be able to ask
questions regarding the proposed rule and/or material being presented
and seek any clarification they believe may assist them in submitting
comments to the docket for the proposed rule. Any person wishing to
comment on the proposed rule must submit any comments to the docket
within the timeframe set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for
the proposed rule.
The proposed revisions were issued in the Federal Register of
October 8, 2008. A 90-day comment period will end on January 6, 2009. A
limited number of copies of the proposed rule will be available at the
workshop. Attendees are encouraged to access the electronic version of
the proposed rule from the regulations.gov website under Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 158 and 161
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 17, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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