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products. Pursuant to the provisions of
section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA, EPA is hereby
providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these
applications. Notice of receipt of these
applications does not imply a decision
by the Agency on these applications.
1. File Symbol: 264-RRRI. Docket
Number: EPA –HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: Penflufen TC.
Active ingredient: Fungicide with
Penflufen at 98.72%. Proposed
classification/Use: Manufacturing use
product. For formulation into an enduse fungicide for terrestrial food use for
in-furrow potato use and seed piece
treatment on vegetable, turberous and
corm, (CSG1); for use as seed treatment
fungicide on alfalfa, grains, cereal (CG15
& 16); vegetables, legume, including
soybeans (CG 6 & 7); canola, borage,
crambe, cuphea, echium, flax seed, gold
of pleasure, hare’s ear mustard,
lesquerella, lunaria, meadowfoam,
milkweed, mustard seed, oil radish,
poppy seed, rapeseed, sesame, sweet
rocket, calendula, castor oil plant,
Chinese tallowtree, euphorbia, evening
primrose, jojoba, niger seed, rose hip,
safflower, stokes aster, sunflower,
tallowwood, tea oil plant, veronia,
cottonseed. Contact: Marianne Lewis,
(703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
2. File Symbol: 264-RRRO. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PEN 240FS.
Active ingredient: Fungicide with
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Penflufen at 22.7%. Proposed
classification/Use: Terrestrial food use
for in-furrow application on potato and
other tuberous and corm vegetables
(CSG1C), seed piece application on
potato; for use as seed treatment on
alfalfa, beans and peas including
soybean and legume (CG 6 & 7); cotton,
cereal grains (CG 15 & 16); corn, rice,
canola, borage, crambe, cuphea, echium,
flax seed, gold of pleasure, hare’s ear
mustard, lesquerella, lunaria,
meadowfoam, milkweed, mustard seed,
oil radish, poppy seed, rapeseed,
sesame, sweet rocket, calendula, castor
oil plant, Chinese tallowtree, euphorbia,
evening primrose, jojoba, niger seed,
rose hip, safflower, stokes aster,
sunflower, tallowwood, tea oil plant,
veronia, cottonseed. Contact: Marianne
Lewis, (703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
3. File Symbol: 264-RREN. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PENRED
240FS. Active ingredient: Fungicide
with Penflufen at 22.4%. Proposed
classification/Use: Terrestrial food use
for in-furrow application on potato and
other tuberous and corm vegetables
(CSG1C), seed piece application on
potato; for use as seed treatment on
alfalfa, beans and peas including
soybean and legume (CG 6 & 7); cotton,
cereal grains (CG 15 & 16); corn, rice,
canola, borage, crambe, cuphea, echium,
flax seed, gold of pleasure, hare’s ear
mustard, lesquerella, lunaria,
meadowfoam, milkweed, mustard seed,
oil radish, poppy seed, rapeseed,
sesame, sweet rocket, calendula, castor
oil plant, Chinese tallowtree, euphorbia,
evening primrose, jojoba, niger seed,
rose hip, safflower, stokes aster,
sunflower, tallowwood, tea oil plant,
veronia, cottonseed. Contact: Marianne
Lewis, (703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
4. File Symbol: 264-RREL. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PENCLO
273.5FS. Active ingredient: Fungicide
with Penflufen at 6.0% and
Clothianidin at 18.6%. Proposed
classification/Use: Seed treatment on
cotton. Contact: Marianne Lewis, (703)
308–8043, lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
5. File Symbol: 264-RREU. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PENTRI
308FS. Active ingredient: Fungicide
with Penflufen at 13.3% and
Trifloxystrobin at 13.3%. Proposed
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classification/Use: Seed treatment on
alfalfa, beans and peas including
soybean (CG 6) rice, corn, cotton and
wheat. Contact: Marianne Lewis, (703)
308–8043, lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
6. File Symbol: 264-RRER. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name:
PENCLOTRIME 310.68FS. Active
ingredient: Fungicide with Penflufen at
0.82%, Clothiandin at 22.3%, Metalaxyl
at 0.55%, and Trifloxystrobin at 0.55%,
Proposed classification/Use: Seed
treatment on canola, mustard seed, and
rapeseed. Contact: Marianne Lewis,
(703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
7. File Symbol: 264-RREE. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PENPROME
177FS. Active ingredient: Fungicide
with Penflufen at 3.59%, Metalaxyl at
5.74%, and Prothioconazole at 7.18%.
Proposed classification/Use: Seed
treatment on alfalfa, beans and peas
(dried) including soybean (CG 6), rice,
wheat, barley, and triticale. Contact:
Marianne Lewis, (703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
8. File Symbol: 264-RREG. Docket
Number: EPA–HQ-OOP-2010-0425.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP2, T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709. Product name: PENPRO
118FS. Active ingredient: Fungicide
with Penflufen at 9.35% and
Prothioconazole at 1.68%. Proposed
classification/Use: Seed piece
application on potato and seed
treatment on wheat. Contact: Marianne
Lewis, (703) 308–8043,
lewis.marianne@epa.gov.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pest.
Dated: June 7, 2010.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–14521 Filed 6–15–10; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0030; FRL–8809–5]
Pesticides; Availability of Updated
Schedule for Registration Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the
availability of an updated schedule for
the pesticide registration review
program, the periodic review of all
registered pesticides mandated by
section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). The updated schedule
provides the timetable for opening
dockets for the next 4 years of the
registration review program – FY 2010
to 2013–and includes information on
the FY 2007 through FY 2009
registration review cases.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
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.
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B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
EPA has established a docket for this
action under docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0030.
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. 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.
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II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is issuing an updated schedule
for the registration review program, the
Agency’s periodic review of all
registered pesticides mandated by
section 3(g) of FIFRA. This updated
schedule provides the timetable for
opening dockets for the next 4 years of
the program, FY 2010 to FY 2013.
The Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act of 2003 as amended in
2007 (PRIA II) requires EPA to complete
registration review decisions by October
1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of
October 1, 2007. To ensure meeting this
requirement, EPA will continue to open
approximately 70 pesticide registration
review dockets annually continuing
through 2017, so that almost all
pesticides registered at the start of the
program will have dockets opened by
2017. Some biopesticide dockets will be
opened in 2018 through 2020. The
Agency anticipates that this scheduling
will provide adequate lead times to
complete registration review decisions
by October 1, 2022 for all pesticides
registered as of October 1, 2007. EPA
expects a total of about 721 pesticide
cases comprising 1,135 pesticide active
ingredients to undergo registration
review by 2022.
Each pesticide’s place on the schedule
is generally determined by its baseline
date — the date of its last substantive
review — with the oldest cases going
first. The baseline date for a pesticide
that was subject to reregistration is the
date of the Reregistration Eligibility
Decision (RED). The baseline date for
pesticides that were not subject to
reregistration is the registration date of
the first product containing the active
ingredient. Although, the schedule
generally is constructed chronologically,
some registration review cases are
grouped in the schedule for greater
efficiency. For example, pesticides that
are chemically related or use-related
(e.g., organophosphate and carbamate
chemical classes, the coppers group,
and the pyrethroids, pyrethrins, and
syngergists group) generally will be
reviewed during the same time frame.
The updated registration review
schedule reflects EPA’s decision to
review all pesticides in two groups —
the fumigants and the triazines —
within the same time frame. In recent
years, the Agency moved these
pesticides ahead in the schedule so that
dockets for all pesticides in these groups
will open in FY 2013. While EPA is
implementing risk mitigation decisions
for the soil fumigants, new research is
underway to address current data gaps
and to refine understanding of factors
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that affect how fumigants move in the
environment. New methods and
technologies for fumigation are
emerging. By moving the soil fumigants
forward in registration review from 2017
to 2013, the Agency will be able to
consider new data and new technologies
sooner, determine whether mitigation
included in its decisions is effectively
addressing risks as EPA believes it will,
and include other fumigants that were
not part of the reregistration review of
these pesticides.
EPA initiated a reevaluation of the
triazine pesticide atrazine in fall 2009.
Given the availability of new scientific
information as well as the documented
presence of atrazine in both drinking
water sources and other bodies of water,
EPA has determined it appropriate to
consider the new research and to ensure
that the Agency’s regulatory decisions
about atrazine protect health and the
environment. EPA’s reevaluation
process is based on transparency and
sound science, including independent
scientific peer review. The current
atrazine reevaluation will help address
aspects of the atrazine registration
review scheduled to begin in 2013 that
involve human health risk assessment.
As a result, the current reevaluation
should reduce the scope and resources
needed to complete the atrazine
registration review.
The registration review schedule for
FY 2010 to FY 2013 and an explanation
of the schedule are available at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/schedule.htm.
Information about the status of
individual pesticides in registration
review is available at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/reg_
review_status.htm. Background
information on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/.
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
EPA is announcing this updated
schedule for the registration review
program as provided in 40 CFR
155.42(d) and 155.44 of the Procedural
Regulations for Registration Review:
Final Rule, document number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2004–0404–0052 at: https://
www.regulations.gov. The Agency may
consider issues raised by the public or
registrant when reviewing a posted
schedule, to schedule a pesticide
registration review, or to modify the
schedule of a pesticide registration
review as appropriate. This schedule
will be updated at least once every year.
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through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
and pests.
II. What Does this Correction Do?
FR Doc. 2010–11142 published in the
Federal Register of May 11, 2010 (75 FR
26253) (FRL–8822–4), on page 26253,
3rd column, in Table 2, EPA
Registration Number 1021, the Company
Name and Address, is corrected to read
‘‘McLaughlin Gormley King Co. D/B/A
MGK, 8810 Tenth Ave. North,
Minneapolis, MN 55427–4319.’’
Dated: June 7, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–14517 Filed 6–15–10; 8:45 a.m.]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–1017; FRL–8829–6]
Product Cancellation Order for Certain
Pesticide Registrations; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
I. General Information
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A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
The Agency included in the notice a
list of those who may be potentially
affected by this action. If you have
questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
EPA has established a docket for this
action under docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–1017.
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. The hours of
operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
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Dated: June 4, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–14519 Filed 6–15–10; 8:45 am]
SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the
Federal Register of May 11, 2010,
concerning the final cancellation of
certain pesticide product registrations.
This document is being issued to correct
an error in company contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maia Tatinclaux, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 347–
0123; e-mail address:
tatinclaux.maia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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and Pests.
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[FRL–9162–9]
Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h) Cost
Recovery Settlement for the H.M.
Quackenbush, Inc. Superfund Site,
Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42
U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given by
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region II, of a proposed
cost recovery settlement agreement
pursuant to Section 122(h) of CERCLA,
42 U.S.C. 9622(h), regarding the H.M.
Quackenbush, Inc. Superfund Site
(‘‘Site’’) in Herkimer, Herkimer County,
New York. The proposed settlement
requires Frederick H. Hagar (‘‘Settling
Party’’), CEO, Chairman and majority
shareholder of H.M. Quackenbush, Inc.,
to pay EPA, in nine annual installments,
$225,000.00, plus interest, for EPA’s
past response costs incurred at the Site.
The Settling Party also agrees to pay
$75,000.00 pursuant to a settlement
with the Village of Herkimer into an
interest-bearing escrow account for Siterelated restoration purposes. If the
escrow funds are not utilized by
Herkimer within 5 years of the effective
date of the Settlement Agreement, the
escrow funds, plus accrued interest,
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shall be paid into the EPA Hazardous
Substance Superfund. The settlement
includes a covenant by EPA not to sue
or to take administrative action against
the Settling Party pursuant to Section
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
with regard to certain past response
costs related the Site. For thirty (30)
days following the date of publication of
this notice, EPA will receive written
comments relating to the settlement.
EPA will consider all comments
received and may modify or withdraw
its consent to the settlement if
comments received disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that the
proposed settlement is inappropriate,
improper or inadequate. EPA’s response
to any comments received will be
available for public inspection at EPA
Region II, 290 Broadway, New York,
New York 10007–1866.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is
available for public inspection at EPA
Region II offices at 290 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007–1866. Comments
should reference the H.M.
Quackenbush, Inc. Superfund Site,
Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York,
Index No. CERCLA–02–2010–2007. To
request a copy of the proposed
settlement agreement, please contact the
EPA employee identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Carr, Assistant Regional Counsel,
New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch,
Office of Regional Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 290
Broadway—17th Floor, New York, New
York 10007–1866. E-mail:
carr.brian@epa.gov Telephone: 212–
637–3170.
Dated: May 26, 2010.
John E. LaPadula,
Acting Director, Emergency and Remedial
Response Division, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2010–14511 Filed 6–15–10; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of an updated schedule for
the pesticide registration review program, the periodic review of all
registered pesticides mandated by section 3(g) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The updated
schedule provides the timetable for opening dockets for the next 4
years of the registration review program - FY 2010 to 2013-and includes
information on the FY 2007 through FY 2009 registration review cases.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation 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. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0030. 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. 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.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is issuing an updated schedule for the registration review
program, the Agency's periodic review of all registered pesticides
mandated by section 3(g) of FIFRA. This updated schedule provides the
timetable for opening dockets for the next 4 years of the program, FY
2010 to FY 2013.
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 as amended in
2007 (PRIA II) requires EPA to complete registration review decisions
by October 1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007.
To ensure meeting this requirement, EPA will continue to open
approximately 70 pesticide registration review dockets annually
continuing through 2017, so that almost all pesticides registered at
the start of the program will have dockets opened by 2017. Some
biopesticide dockets will be opened in 2018 through 2020. The Agency
anticipates that this scheduling will provide adequate lead times to
complete registration review decisions by October 1, 2022 for all
pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007. EPA expects a total of
about 721 pesticide cases comprising 1,135 pesticide active ingredients
to undergo registration review by 2022.
Each pesticide's place on the schedule is generally determined by
its baseline date -- the date of its last substantive review -- with
the oldest cases going first. The baseline date for a pesticide that
was subject to reregistration is the date of the Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED). The baseline date for pesticides that were
not subject to reregistration is the registration date of the first
product containing the active ingredient. Although, the schedule
generally is constructed chronologically, some registration review
cases are grouped in the schedule for greater efficiency. For example,
pesticides that are chemically related or use-related (e.g.,
organophosphate and carbamate chemical classes, the coppers group, and
the pyrethroids, pyrethrins, and syngergists group) generally will be
reviewed during the same time frame.
The updated registration review schedule reflects EPA's decision
to review all pesticides in two groups -- the fumigants and the
triazines -- within the same time frame. In recent years, the Agency
moved these pesticides ahead in the schedule so that dockets for all
pesticides in these groups will open in FY 2013. While EPA is
implementing risk mitigation decisions for the soil fumigants, new
research is underway to address current data gaps and to refine
understanding of factors that affect how fumigants move in the
environment. New methods and technologies for fumigation are emerging.
By moving the soil fumigants forward in registration review from 2017
to 2013, the Agency will be able to consider new data and new
technologies sooner, determine whether mitigation included in its
decisions is effectively addressing risks as EPA believes it will, and
include other fumigants that were not part of the reregistration review
of these pesticides.
EPA initiated a reevaluation of the triazine pesticide atrazine in
fall 2009. Given the availability of new scientific information as well
as the documented presence of atrazine in both drinking water sources
and other bodies of water, EPA has determined it appropriate to
consider the new research and to ensure that the Agency's regulatory
decisions about atrazine protect health and the environment. EPA's
reevaluation process is based on transparency and sound science,
including independent scientific peer review. The current atrazine
reevaluation will help address aspects of the atrazine registration
review scheduled to begin in 2013 that involve human health risk
assessment. As a result, the current reevaluation should reduce the
scope and resources needed to complete the atrazine registration
review.
The registration review schedule for FY 2010 to FY 2013 and an
explanation of the schedule are available at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm. Information about the
status of individual pesticides in registration review is available at:
https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/reg_ review_
status.htm. Background information on the registration review program
is provided at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
EPA is announcing this updated schedule for the registration
review program as provided in 40 CFR 155.42(d) and 155.44 of the
Procedural Regulations for Registration Review: Final Rule, document
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0404-0052 at: https://www.regulations.gov. The
Agency may consider issues raised by the public or registrant when
reviewing a posted schedule, to schedule a pesticide registration
review, or to modify the schedule of a pesticide registration review as
appropriate. This schedule will be updated at least once every year.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and
pests.
Dated: June 7, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-14517 Filed 6-15-10; 8:45 a.m.]
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