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I. General Information
the terms of the previously approved
labeling on, or that accompanied,
products bearing the deleted uses.
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Antimicrobials, Pesticides and pests, 2(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3propanediol, Tris Nitro.
September 14, 2010.
Joan Harrigan Farrelly,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–23544 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 a.m.]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0760; FRL–8844–9]
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
Clofencet; Registration Review Case
Closure; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s notice of
registration review case closure for the
pesticide clofencet, case 7015.
Registration review is EPA’s periodic
review of pesticide registrations to
ensure that each pesticide continues to
satisfy the statutory standard for
registration, that is, that the pesticide
can perform its intended function
without causing unreasonable adverse
effects on human health or the
environment. Through this program,
EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s
registration is based on current
scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health
and the environment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
pesticide-specific information, contact:
Wilhelmena Livingston, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
8025; fax number: (703) 308–8005; email address:
livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov.
For general information on the
registration review program, 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:
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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
pesticide-specific contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
EPA has established a docket for this
action under docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0760.
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?
On July 14, 2010 the Agency issued a
product cancellation order (75 FR
40825; FRL–8833–4) for all clofencet
product registrations. Due to the
cancellation of all registered clofencet
products in the United States, the
Agency closed the registration review
case for clofencet, pursuant to 40 CFR
155.42(c). This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Notice of
Registration Review Case Closure for
clofencet, case 0715.
In addition to the registration review
case closure document, the registration
review docket for clofencet also
includes other relevant documents
related to the registration review of this
case. The Notice of Receipt of a Request
to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations was issued on April 28,
2010, and the public was invited to
submit any comments or new
information. During the 30–day
comment period, no public comments
were received which impacted the
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Agency’s decision to grant the
cancellation request. Subsequently, on
July 14, 2010, the Agency published the
Cancellation Order for all clofencet
product registrations in the Federal
Register (75 FR 40825).
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review. Links to earlier
documents related to the registration
review of this pesticide are provided at:
https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
registration_review/clofencet/
index.html.
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part
155, subpart C, provide authority for
this action.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Registration review, Pesticides and
pests, clofencet.
Dated: September 13, 2010
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–23542 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0734; FRL–8845–2]
Registration Review; Pesticide
Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment; Amended Work Plan for
Imidacloprid
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
SUMMARY:
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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
the pesticide active ingredients maneb,
mitin FF, and urea. These pesticides do
not currently have any actively
registered pesticide products and are
not, therefore, subject to review under
the registration review program. EPA is
also announcing that the docket for
formetanate hydrochloride, which was
planned for September 2010, has been
delayed until December 2010.
In addition, EPA is announcing the
availability of an amended final work
plan for the registration review of the
pesticide imidacloprid; this workplan
has been amended to incorporate
revisions to the data requirements.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 22, 2010.
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
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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: 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, 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,
farmworker, and agricultural advocates;
the chemical industry; pesticide users;
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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
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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, 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. The docket
opening for formetanate hydrochloride,
which was planned for September 2010,
has been postponed until December
2010.
TABLE 1—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS OPENING
Docket ID Number
Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
Carbaryl (0080)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0230
Jacqueline Guerry, (215) 814–2184,
guerry.jacqueline@epa.gov
Copper Sulfate (0636)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212
Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308–8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
Copper Compounds, Group II (0649)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212
Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308–8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
Copper Salts (4026)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212
Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308–8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
Copper oxide (4025)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212
Rebecca von dem Hagen, (703)
305–6785,vondem-hagen@epa.gov
Cyfluthrins (7405)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0684
Yan Donovan, (703) 605–0194,
donovan.yan@epa.gov
Fluoroacetic acid derivatives (3073)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0753
K. Avivah Jakob, (703) 305–1328;
jakob.kathryn@epa.gov
d-Limonene (3083)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0673
Rusty Wasem, (703) 305–6979,
wasem.russell@epa.gov
Methomyl (0028)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0751
Yan Donovan, (703) 605–0194,
donovan.yan@epa.gov
Oxamyl (0253)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0028
Eric Miederhoff, (703) 347–
8028,miederhoff.eric@epa.gov
Pyridaben (7417)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0214
Carissa Cyran, (703) 347–8781,
cyran.carissa@epa.gov
Sodium cyanide (8002)
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0752
K. Avivah Jakob, (703) 305–1328;
jakob.kathryn@epa.gov
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Registration Review Case Name and Number
EPA is also announcing that it will
not be opening a docket or taking public
comments for maneb, Mitin FF, or urea
because these pesticides are not
included in any products actively
registered under FIFRA section 3. The
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last pesticide product registered in the
US containing maneb was canceled on
April 16, 2010 (75 FR 19967), and EPA
proposed revocation of all maneb
tolerances on May 26, 2010 (75 FR
29475). The last pesticide product
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containing Mitin FF was canceled on
July 28, 2010 (75 FR 44240). The sole
pesticide product registered in the
United States containing urea was
cancelled on September 3, 2010 (75 FR
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54147). There are no pesticide
tolerances for Mitin FF or urea.
TABLE 2—PESTICIDES NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION REVIEW
Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
Name of Pesticide
Maneb
Christina Scheltema, (703) 308–
2201,scheltema.christina@epa.gov
April 16, 2010
Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308–
8172,keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
July 28, 2010
Andrea Carone, (703) 308–
0122,carone.andrea@epa.gov
September 3, 2010
Mitin FF
Urea
Last, EPA is announcing the
availability of an amended final work
plan for the registration review of
imidacloprid. The work plan was
revised to incorporate changes to the
data requirements for registration
review. The revised work plan requires
a 2–year field residue study analyzing 5
commodities for pesticide residues in
nectar and pollen, rather than the repeat
dose field study for pollinators that was
originally required. The imidacloprid
work plan may be found in registration
review docket EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–
0844, which is available on-line at
https://regulations.gov.
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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
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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.
• 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
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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: September 9, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Program.
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AGENCY
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Notice of Receipt of Request to
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of request by a
registrant to voluntarily cancel certain
pesticide registrations. EPA intends to
grant this request at the close of the
comment period for this announcement
unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period
that would merit its further review of
the request, or unless the registrant
withdraws its request. If this request is
granted, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be
permitted after the registration has been
canceled only if such sale, distribution,
or use is consistent with the terms as
described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 22, 2010.
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0734; FRL-8845-2]
Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment; Amended Work Plan for Imidacloprid
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
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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 the pesticide
active ingredients maneb, mitin FF, and urea. These pesticides do not
currently have any actively registered pesticide products and are not,
therefore, subject to review under the registration review program. EPA
is also announcing that the docket for formetanate hydrochloride, which
was planned for September 2010, has been delayed until December 2010.
In addition, EPA is announcing the availability of an amended final
work plan for the registration review of the pesticide imidacloprid;
this workplan has been amended to incorporate revisions to the data
requirements.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 22, 2010.
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 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, 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, 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
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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, 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. The docket opening for formetanate hydrochloride,
which was planned for September 2010, has been postponed until December
2010.
Table 1--Registration Review Dockets Opening
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Chemical Review Manager, Telephone
Registration Review Case Name and Number Docket ID Number Number, E-mail Address
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Carbaryl (0080) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0230 Jacqueline Guerry, (215) 814-2184,
guerry.jacqueline@epa.gov
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Copper Sulfate (0636) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212 Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308-8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
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Copper Compounds, Group II (0649) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212 Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308-8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
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Copper Salts (4026) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212 Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308-8172,
keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
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Copper oxide (4025) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212 Rebecca von dem Hagen, (703) 305-
6785,vondem-hagen@epa.gov
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Cyfluthrins (7405) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0684 Yan Donovan, (703) 605-0194,
donovan.yan@epa.gov
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Fluoroacetic acid derivatives (3073) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0753 K. Avivah Jakob, (703) 305-1328;
jakob.kathryn@epa.gov
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d-Limonene (3083) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0673 Rusty Wasem, (703) 305-6979,
wasem.russell@epa.gov
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Methomyl (0028) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0751 Yan Donovan, (703) 605-0194,
donovan.yan@epa.gov
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Oxamyl (0253) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0028 Eric Miederhoff, (703) 347-
8028,miederhoff.eric@epa.gov
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Pyridaben (7417) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0214 Carissa Cyran, (703) 347-8781,
cyran.carissa@epa.gov
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Sodium cyanide (8002) EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0752 K. Avivah Jakob, (703) 305-1328;
jakob.kathryn@epa.gov
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EPA is also announcing that it will not be opening a docket or
taking public comments for maneb, Mitin FF, or urea because these
pesticides are not included in any products actively registered under
FIFRA section 3. The last pesticide product registered in the US
containing maneb was canceled on April 16, 2010 (75 FR 19967), and EPA
proposed revocation of all maneb tolerances on May 26, 2010 (75 FR
29475). The last pesticide product containing Mitin FF was canceled on
July 28, 2010 (75 FR 44240). The sole pesticide product registered in
the United States containing urea was cancelled on September 3, 2010
(75 FR
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54147). There are no pesticide tolerances for Mitin FF or urea.
Table 2--Pesticides not Subject to Registration Review
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Chemical Review Manager, Telephone
Name of Pesticide Number, E-mail Address Date of Cancellation
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Maneb Christina Scheltema, (703) 308- April 16, 2010
2201,scheltema.christina@epa.gov
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Mitin FF Kaitlin Keller, (703) 308- July 28, 2010
8172,keller.kaitlin@epa.gov
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Urea Andrea Carone, (703) 308- September 3, 2010
0122,carone.andrea@epa.gov
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Last, EPA is announcing the availability of an amended final work
plan for the registration review of imidacloprid. The work plan was
revised to incorporate changes to the data requirements for
registration review. The revised work plan requires a 2-year field
residue study analyzing 5 commodities for pesticide residues in nectar
and pollen, rather than the repeat dose field study for pollinators
that was originally required. The imidacloprid work plan may be found
in registration review docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844, which is available
on-line at https://regulations.gov.
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.
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: September 9, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-23322 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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