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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0856; FRL–8802–9]
Propoxur; Receipt of Application for
Emergency Exemption; Solicitation of
Public Comment
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has received a public
health exemption request from the Ohio
Department of Agriculture to use the
pesticide propoxur (CAS No. 114–26–1)
to treat indoor residential single or
multiple unit dwellings, apartments,
hotels, motels, office buildings, modes
of transportation, and commercial
industrial buildings to control bed bugs
(Cimex lectularius). The applicant
proposes a use of a pesticide which was
voluntarily canceled under section 6(f)
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of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and
which poses a risk similar to the risk
which was voluntarily canceled under
section 6(f) of FIFRA. EPA is soliciting
public comment before making the
decision whether or not to grant the
exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0856, 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–2009–
0856. 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
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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:
Princess Campbell, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–8033; fax number:
(703) 605–0781; e-mail address:
Campbell.Princess@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
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 in this unit 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, consult
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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
www.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
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factors, may have atypical or
disproportionately high and adverse
human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticide
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the
discretion of the Administrator, a
Federal or State agency may be
exempted from any provision of FIFRA
if the Administrator determines that
emergency conditions exist which
require the exemption. The Ohio
Department of Agriculture (DOA) has
requested the Administrator to issue a
public health exemption for the use of
propoxur on indoor residential single or
multiple unit dwellings, apartments,
hotels, motels, office buildings, modes
of transportation, and commercial
industrial buildings to control bed bugs.
Information in accordance with 40 CFR
part 166 was submitted as part of this
request.
As part of this request, the applicant
asserts that an emergency exemption is
warranted because of the prevalence of
control failures with other existing
labeled insecticides, in part due to
pyrethroid resistance in the bed bug
population. Bed bugs are parasitic,
blood-sucking insects that prefer
humans as a host and tend to inhabit
human dwellings. For several decades,
pyrethroids have been used to manage
the bed bug population in the United
States. Since the late 1990s, bed bugs
have begun making a comeback, largely
due to their development of extremely
high levels of resistance to pyrethroid
insecticides. Thus, these parasitic
insects have been growing rapidly and
have re-emerged as a major pest in many
towns and cities in Ohio. The ODA
states that currently available
insecticides are inadequate for the
control of bed bugs and resulted in a
crisis that poses grave economic
concerns, quality of life issues, and
potential health risks to the residents of
the state. The ODA claims propoxur is
one of the few insecticidal ingredients
showing excellent activity against bed
bugs and would provide an effective
insecticide in a different chemical class
for bed bug control.
The Applicant proposes to make
applications year-round with a 14–day
retreatment restriction. Three propoxur
products will be used (all containing
1% propoxur):
• Prenbay 1% Oil Solution (EPA Reg.
No. 655–546) manufactured by Prentiss
Inc.
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• Invader HPX (EPA Reg. No. 9444–
186) manufactured by FMC Corp.
• Prescription Treatment Brand 250
Propoxur (EPA Reg. No. 499–501)
manufactured by Whitmire Micro-gen
Research Lab. Inc.
These products would be applied as a
crack and crevice or spot treatment to
indoor residential single or multiple
unit dwellings, apartments, hotels,
motels, office buildings, modes of
transportation, and commercial
industrial buildings. Application of the
products would be applied in quantities
sufficient to manage the bed bug
infestation in Ohio.
This notice does not constitute a
decision by EPA on the application
itself. The regulations governing section
18 of FIFRA require publication of a
notice of receipt of an application for a
public health exemption proposing a
use of a pesticide which was voluntarily
canceled under section 6(f) of FIFRA,
and which poses a risk similar to the
risk which was voluntarily canceled
under section 6(f) of FIFRA.
The notice provides an opportunity
for public comment on the application.
The Agency, will review and consider
all comments received during the
comment period in determining
whether to issue the public health
exemption requested by the ODA.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: December 24, 2009.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Cancellation and
Rescheduling of meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Exposure Modeling Public Meeting
(EMPM), scheduled for January 26,
2010, has been cancelled and that the
next EMPM will be held in July 2010.
DATES: The next EMPM meeting will be
held in July 2010. The specific date of
the next meeting will be announced in
a February 2010 issue of the Federal
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0856; FRL-8802-9]
Propoxur; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption;
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received a public health exemption request from the
Ohio Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide propoxur (CAS No.
114-26-1) to treat indoor residential single or multiple unit
dwellings, apartments, hotels, motels, office buildings, modes of
transportation, and commercial industrial buildings to control bed bugs
(Cimex lectularius). The applicant proposes a use of a pesticide which
was voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and which poses a risk similar
to the risk which was voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) of FIFRA.
EPA is soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or
not to grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0856, 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-
2009-0856. 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 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: Princess Campbell, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8033; fax number: (703) 605-0781; e-
mail address: Campbell.Princess@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
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 in this unit 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, consult
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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
www.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
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the
Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from any
provision of FIFRA if the Administrator determines that emergency
conditions exist which require the exemption. The Ohio Department of
Agriculture (DOA) has requested the Administrator to issue a public
health exemption for the use of propoxur on indoor residential single
or multiple unit dwellings, apartments, hotels, motels, office
buildings, modes of transportation, and commercial industrial buildings
to control bed bugs. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was
submitted as part of this request.
As part of this request, the applicant asserts that an emergency
exemption is warranted because of the prevalence of control failures
with other existing labeled insecticides, in part due to pyrethroid
resistance in the bed bug population. Bed bugs are parasitic, blood-
sucking insects that prefer humans as a host and tend to inhabit human
dwellings. For several decades, pyrethroids have been used to manage
the bed bug population in the United States. Since the late 1990s, bed
bugs have begun making a comeback, largely due to their development of
extremely high levels of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. Thus,
these parasitic insects have been growing rapidly and have re-emerged
as a major pest in many towns and cities in Ohio. The ODA states that
currently available insecticides are inadequate for the control of bed
bugs and resulted in a crisis that poses grave economic concerns,
quality of life issues, and potential health risks to the residents of
the state. The ODA claims propoxur is one of the few insecticidal
ingredients showing excellent activity against bed bugs and would
provide an effective insecticide in a different chemical class for bed
bug control.
The Applicant proposes to make applications year-round with a 14-
day retreatment restriction. Three propoxur products will be used (all
containing 1% propoxur):
Prenbay 1% Oil Solution (EPA Reg. No. 655-546)
manufactured by Prentiss Inc.
Invader HPX (EPA Reg. No. 9444-186) manufactured by FMC
Corp.
Prescription Treatment Brand 250 Propoxur (EPA Reg. No.
499-501) manufactured by Whitmire Micro-gen Research Lab. Inc.
These products would be applied as a crack and crevice or spot
treatment to indoor residential single or multiple unit dwellings,
apartments, hotels, motels, office buildings, modes of transportation,
and commercial industrial buildings. Application of the products would
be applied in quantities sufficient to manage the bed bug infestation
in Ohio.
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
application itself. The regulations governing section 18 of FIFRA
require publication of a notice of receipt of an application for a
public health exemption proposing a use of a pesticide which was
voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) of FIFRA, and which poses a
risk similar to the risk which was voluntarily canceled under section
6(f) of FIFRA.
The notice provides an opportunity for public comment on the
application.
The Agency, will review and consider all comments received during
the comment period in determining whether to issue the public health
exemption requested by the ODA.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 24, 2009.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-31395 Filed 1-5-10; 8:45 am]
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