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III. What Is the Relationship Between
the Water Quality Criteria and State or
Tribal Water Quality Standards?
As part of the water quality standards
triennial review process defined in
Section 303(c)(1) of the CWA, the States
and authorized Tribes are responsible
for maintaining and revising water
quality standards. Water quality
standards consist of designated uses,
water quality criteria to protect those
uses, a policy for antidegradation, and
general policies for application and
implementation. Section 303(c)(1)
requires States and authorized Tribes to
review and modify, if appropriate, their
water quality standards at least once
every three years.
States and authorized Tribes must
adopt water quality criteria that protect
designated uses. Protective criteria are
based on a sound scientific rationale
and contain sufficient parameters or
constituents to protect the designated
uses.
Consistent with 40 CFR131.21 [see:
EPA Review and Approval of State and
Tribal Water Quality Standards (65 FR
24641, April 27, 2000)], water quality
criteria adopted by law or regulation by
States and authorized Tribes prior to
May 30, 2000, are in effect for CWA
purposes unless superseded by federal
regulations (see, for example, the
National Toxics Rule, 40 CFR 131.36;
Water Quality Standards for Idaho, 40
CFR 131.33). New or revised water
quality criteria adopted into law or
regulation by States and authorized
Tribes on or after May 30, 2000 are in
effect for CWA purposes only after EPA
approval.
IV. Where Can I Find More Information
About Water Quality Criteria and
Water Quality Standards?
For more information about water
quality criteria and Water Quality
Standards refer to the following: Water
Quality Standards Handbook (EPA 823–
B94–005a); Advanced Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM), (63 FR
36742); Water Quality Criteria and
Standards Plan—Priorities for the
Future (EPA 822–R–98–003); Guidelines
and Methodologies Used in the
Preparation of Health Effects
Assessment Chapters of the Consent
Decree Water Criteria Documents (45 FR
79347); Methodology for Deriving
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the
Protection of Human Health (2000),
EPA–822–B–00–004); Guidelines for
Deriving Numerical National Water
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Quality Criteria for the Protection of
Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
(EPA 822/R–85–100); National Strategy
for the Development of Regional
Nutrient Criteria (EPA 822–R–98–002);
and EPA Review and Approval of State
and Tribal Water Quality Standards (65
FR 24641).
You can find these publications
through EPA’s National Service Center
for Environmental Publications (NSCEP,
previously NCEPI) or on the Office of
Science and Technology’s Home-page
(https://www.epa.gov/waterscience).
Dated: December 4, 2008.
Ephraim S. King,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0662; FRL–8391–7]
Pesticide Registration Review; New
Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment; Clossure of the Mevinphos
and Azinphos Methyl (AZM)
Registration Review Cases
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has established
registration review dockets for the
pesticides listed in the table in Unit
III.A. With this document, EPA is
opening the public comment period for
these registration reviews. 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, the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. Registration review
dockets contain information that will
assist the public in understanding the
types of information and issues that the
Agency may consider during the course
of registration reviews. 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. This document
also announces the Agency’s intent not
to open a registration review docket for
mevinphos. This pesticide does not
currently have any actively registered
pesticide products and is not, therefore,
scheduled for review under the
registration review program.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 17, 2009.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interest provided in the table in Unit
III.A., 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
the docket ID numbers listed in the table
in Unit III.A. for the pesticides you are
commenting on. 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 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
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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: For
pesticide specific information contact:
The Chemical Review Manager
identified in the table in Unit III.A. for
the pesticide of interest.
For general information 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,
farmworker, 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.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
achieve environmental justice, the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of any group, including minority and/or
low income populations, 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 or
disproportionately high and adverse
human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticide(s)
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
II. Authority
EPA is initiating its reviews of the
pesticides identified in this document
pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural
Regulations for Registration Review at
40 CFR part 155, subpart C. Section 3(g)
of FIFRA provides, among other things,
that the registrations of pesticides are to
be reviewed every 15 years. Under
FIFRA section 3(a), a pesticide product
may be registered or remain registered
only if it meets the statutory standard
for registration given in FIFRA section
3(c)(5). When used in accordance with
widespread and commonly recognized
practice, the pesticide product must
perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on the
environment; that is, without any
unreasonable risk to man or the
environment, or a human dietary risk
from residues that result from the use of
a pesticide in or on food.
III. Registration Reviews
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
As directed by FIFRA section 3(g),
EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations identified in the table in
this unit to assure that they continue to
satisfy the FIFRA standard for
registration—that is, they can still be
used without unreasonable adverse
effects on human health or the
environment. A pesticide’s registration
review begins when the Agency
establishes a docket for the pesticide’s
registration review case and opens the
docket for public review and comment.
At present, EPA is opening registration
review dockets for the cases identified
in the following table.
TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS OPENING
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Registration Review Case Name and Number
2-EEEBC; Case # 4031
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Melanie Biscoe,
(703) 305–7106,
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TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS OPENING—Continued
Registration Review Case Name and Number
Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
Docket ID Number
Chlorethoxyfos; Case # 7410
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0843
Kelly Ballard,
(703) 305–8126,
ballard.kelly@epa.gov
Ethoprop; Case # 0106
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0560
Monica Wait,
(703) 347–8019,
wait.monica@epa.gov
Imidacloprid; Case # 7605
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0844
Rusty Wasem,
(703) 305–6979,
wasem.russell@epa.gov
Iron salts; Case # 4058
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0626
Dana L. Friedman,
(703) 347–8827,
friedman.dana@epa.gov
Methamidophos; Case # 0043
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0842
Susan Bartow,
(703) 603–0065,
bartow.susan@epa.gov
Oxytetracycline; Case # 0655
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0686
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Jose Gayoso,
(703) 347–8652,
gayoso.jose@epa.gov
Streptomycin; Case # 0169
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0687
´
Jose Gayoso,
(703) 347–8652,
gayoso.jose@epa.gov
Tebufenozide; Case # 7416
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0824
Rosanna Louie,
(703) 308–0037,
louie.rosanna@epa.gov
• An overview of the registration
review case status.
• A list of current product
registrations and registrants.
• Federal Register notices regarding
any pending registration actions.
• Federal Register notices regarding
current or pending tolerances.
• Risk assessments.
• Bibliographies concerning current
registrations.
• Summaries of incident data.
• Any other pertinent data or
information.
Each docket contains a document
summarizing what the Agency currently
knows about the pesticide case and a
preliminary work plan for anticipated
data and assessment needs. Additional
documents provide more detailed
information. During this public
comment period, the Agency is asking
that interested persons identify any
additional information they believe the
Agency should consider during the
registration reviews of these pesticides.
The Agency identifies in each docket
the areas where public comment is
specifically requested, though comment
in any area is welcome.
2. Other related information. More
information on these cases, including
the active ingredients for each case, may
be located in the registration review
schedule on the Agency’s website at
https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/schedule.htm.
Information on the Agency’s registration
review program and its implementing
regulation may be seen at https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review.
3. Information submission
requirements. Anyone may submit data
or information in response to this
document. To be considered during a
pesticide’s registration review, the
submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
• To ensure that EPA will consider
data or information submitted,
interested persons must submit the data
or information during the comment
period. The Agency may, at its
discretion, consider data or information
submitted at a later date.
• The data or information submitted
must be presented in a legible and
useable form. For example, an English
translation must accompany any
material that is not in English and a
written transcript must accompany any
information submitted as an
audiographic or videographic record.
Written material may be submitted in
paper or electronic form.
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The Agency is also announcing that it
will not conduct a registration review
for mevinphos (registration review case
0250) or for AZM (registration review
case 0235). In October 2006, the Agency
issued schedules for upcoming
registration reviews and included
mevinphos and AZM as pesticides
scheduled for registration review. Since
first identifying mevinphos as a
registration review pesticide, the
Agency has determined that there are no
current mevinphos Section 3 or Section
24(c) registrations. In addition, on
November 16, 2006, the Agency issued
its final decision on AZM to phase out
all remaining uses by September 30,
2012. Therefore, the Agency has
determined that mevinphos and AZM
are no longer subject to registration
review. Registration review dockets will
not be opened for mevinphos and AZM,
and the mevinphos and AZM
registration review cases have been
closed pursuant to 40 CFR 155.42(c).
B. Docket Content
1. Review dockets. The registration
review dockets contain information that
the Agency may consider in the course
of the registration review. The Agency
may include information from its files
including, but not limited to, the
following information:
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• Submitters must clearly identify
the source of any submitted data or
information.
• Submitters may request the
Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in
a previous review. However, submitters
must explain why they believe the
Agency should reconsider the data or
information in the pesticide’s
registration review.
• As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the
registration review docket for each
pesticide case will remain publicly
accessible through the duration of the
registration review process; that is, until
all actions required in the final decision
on the registration review case have
been completed.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: December 9, 2008.
Peter Aculkins,
Director, Special Review and Registration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0855; FRL–8394–3]
Registration Review; Citric Acid, and
Salts Docket Opened for Review and
Comment
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ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA has established
registration review dockets for the
pesticides listed in the table in Unit
III.A. With this document, EPA is
opening the public comment period for
these registration reviews. 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, the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. Registration review
dockets contain information that will
assist the public in understanding the
types of information and issues that the
Agency may consider during the course
of registration reviews. 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 March 17, 2009.
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Submit your comments
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interest provided in the table in Unit
III.A., 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
the docket ID numbers listed in the table
in Unit III.A. for the pesticides you are
commenting on. 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 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
ADDRESSES:
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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: For
pesticide specific information contact:
The Chemical Review Manager
identified in the table in Unit III.A. for
the pesticide of interest.
For general information 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,
farmworker, 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0662; FRL-8391-7]
Pesticide Registration Review; New Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment; Clossure of the Mevinphos and Azinphos Methyl (AZM)
Registration Review Cases
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has established registration review dockets for the
pesticides listed in the table in Unit III.A. With this document, EPA
is opening the public comment period for these registration reviews.
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, the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. Registration review dockets contain information
that will assist the public in understanding the types of information
and issues that the Agency may consider during the course of
registration reviews. 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.
This document also announces the Agency's intent not to open a
registration review docket for mevinphos. This pesticide does not
currently have any actively registered pesticide products and is not,
therefore, scheduled for review under the registration review program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the
table in Unit III.A., 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 the docket ID numbers listed
in the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticides you are commenting on.
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
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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: For pesticide specific information
contact: The Chemical Review Manager identified in the table in Unit
III.A. for the pesticide of interest.
For general information 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, farmworker, 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.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, 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 or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the
pesticide(s) discussed in this document, compared to the general
population.
II. Authority
EPA is initiating its reviews of the pesticides identified in this
document pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural Regulations
for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. Section 3(g) of
FIFRA provides, among other things, that the registrations of
pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under FIFRA section 3(a),
a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only if it
meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA section
3(c)(5). When used in accordance with widespread and commonly
recognized practice, the pesticide product must perform its intended
function without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; that
is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, or a human
dietary risk from residues that result from the use of a pesticide in
or on food.
III. Registration Reviews
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations identified in the table in this unit to assure that they
continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, they
can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. A pesticide's registration review begins when the
Agency establishes a docket for the pesticide's registration review
case and opens the docket for public review and comment. At present,
EPA is opening registration review dockets for the cases identified in
the following table.
Table--Registration Review Dockets Opening
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Chemical Review
Registration Review Case Name Manager, Telephone
and Number Docket ID Number Number, E-mail
Address
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2-EEEBC; Case 4031 EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Melanie Biscoe,
02 (703) 305-7106,
biscoe.melanie@epa
.gov
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Chlorethoxyfos; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Kelly Ballard,
7410 43 (703) 305-8126,
ballard.kelly@epa.
gov
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Ethoprop; Case 0106 EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-05 Monica Wait,
60 (703) 347-8019,
wait.monica@epa.go
v
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Imidacloprid; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Rusty Wasem,
7605 44 (703) 305-6979,
wasem.russell@epa.
gov
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Iron salts; Case 4058 EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-06 Dana L. Friedman,
26 (703) 347-8827,
friedman.dana@epa.
gov
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Methamidophos; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Susan Bartow,
0043 42 (703) 603-0065,
bartow.susan@epa.g
ov
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Oxytetracycline; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-06 Jos[eacute]
0655 86 Gayoso,
(703) 347-8652,
gayoso.jose@epa.go
v
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Streptomycin; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-06 Jos[eacute]
0169 87 Gayoso,
(703) 347-8652,
gayoso.jose@epa.go
v
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Tebufenozide; Case EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Rosanna Louie,
7416 24 (703) 308-0037,
louie.rosanna@epa.
gov
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The Agency is also announcing that it will not conduct a
registration review for mevinphos (registration review case 0250) or
for AZM (registration review case 0235). In October 2006, the Agency
issued schedules for upcoming registration reviews and included
mevinphos and AZM as pesticides scheduled for registration review.
Since first identifying mevinphos as a registration review pesticide,
the Agency has determined that there are no current mevinphos Section 3
or Section 24(c) registrations. In addition, on November 16, 2006, the
Agency issued its final decision on AZM to phase out all remaining uses
by September 30, 2012. Therefore, the Agency has determined that
mevinphos and AZM are no longer subject to registration review.
Registration review dockets will not be opened for mevinphos and AZM,
and the mevinphos and AZM registration review cases have been closed
pursuant to 40 CFR 155.42(c).
B. Docket Content
1. Review dockets. The registration review dockets contain
information that the Agency may consider in the course of the
registration review. The Agency may include information from its files
including, but not limited to, the following information:
An overview of the registration review case status.
A list of current product registrations and registrants.
Federal Register notices regarding any pending
registration actions.
Federal Register notices regarding current or pending
tolerances.
Risk assessments.
Bibliographies concerning current registrations.
Summaries of incident data.
Any other pertinent data or information.
Each docket contains a document summarizing what the Agency
currently knows about the pesticide case and a preliminary work plan
for anticipated data and assessment needs. Additional documents provide
more detailed information. During this public comment period, the
Agency is asking that interested persons identify any additional
information they believe the Agency should consider during the
registration reviews of these pesticides. The Agency identifies in each
docket the areas where public comment is specifically requested, though
comment in any area is welcome.
2. Other related information. More information on these cases,
including the active ingredients for each case, may be located in the
registration review schedule on the Agency's website at https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm. Information on
the Agency's registration review program and its implementing
regulation may be seen at https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_
review.
3. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or
videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
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Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review
docket for each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through
the duration of the registration review process; that is, until all
actions required in the final decision on the registration review case
have been completed.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 9, 2008.
Peter Aculkins,
Director, Special Review and Registration Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-29773 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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