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of [S,S]-ethylenediamine disuccinic acid
tri-sodium salt (hereafter referred to as
EDDS) (CAS No. 178949–82–1) under 40
CFR 180.910 when used in accordance
with good agricultural practices as a
pesticide inert ingredient in pesticide
formulations applied to growing crops
or to raw agricultural commodities after
harvest. An analytical method has not
been proposed because EDDS residues
harmful to plants and animals is highly
unlikely to occur when it is applied as
part of the proposed pesticide
formulation and according to that
formulation’s label directions for use.
Contact: Alganesh Debesai, (703) 308–
8353, e-mail address:
debesai.alganesh@epa.gov.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: September 16, 2010.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0730; FRL–8844–5]
Atonik and Verbenone, Registration
Review Proposed Decisions; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s proposed
registration review decisions for the
pesticides listed in the table in Unit
II.A. and opens a public comment
period on the proposed decisions.
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 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.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 22, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
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(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interest provided in the table in Unit
II.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 identification (ID) number for
the specific pesticide of interest
provided in the table in Unit II.A. EPA’s
policy is that all comments received
will be included in the docket without
change and may be made available online 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
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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 Regulatory Action Leader for the
pesticide of interest identified in the
table in Unit II.A.
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:
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
chemical review manager 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
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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.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice
announces the availability of EPA’s
proposed registration review decisions
for the pesticides shown in the
following table, and opens a 60–day
public comment period on the proposed
decisions.
Atonik, plant growth regulators
(PGRs) consist of three naturallyoccurring nitrophenolates: Sodium 5nitroguaiacolate, sodium onitrophenolate, and sodium p-
nitrophenolate. The PGRs in atonik are
simple synthetic nitrophenols
solubilized in sodium hydroxide.
Atonik is intended for use on cotton,
rice, and soybean plants.
The verbenone & 4-allyl anisole
registration review case contains 2
active seperate ingredients, verbenone
and 4-allyl anisole. Verbenone is a
terpene that acts as an anti-aggregation
pheromone in Dendroctonus and Lps
species. Verbenone is used on pine trees
in forests to control bark beetles, such
as the southern pine beetle
Dendroctonus frontalis. 4-allyl anisole is
an alkenylbenzene compound that is
produced by conifers during bark beetle
Dendroctonus sp. infestations. 4-allyl
anisole acts as an anti-aggregation agent
by signaling the beetles that the tree has
already been colonized and therefore is
an unsuitable host. There is one
manufacturing use product that is
registered containing the active
ingredient and there are no registered
end use products that are being
produced, sold, distributed, or used.
REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED FINAL DECISIONS
Registration Review Case Name
and Number
Pesticide Docket ID Number
Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0832
Driss Benmhend, (703) 308–9525,
benmhend.driss@epa.gov
Verbenone & 4-Allyl Anisole
(6031)
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EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0511
Leonard Cole, (703) 305–5412,
cole.leonard@epa.gov
The registration review docket for a
pesticide includes earlier documents
related to the registration review of the
case. For example, the review opened
with the posting of a Summary
Document, containing a Preliminary
Work Plan, for public comment. A Final
Work Plan was posted to the docket
following public comment on the initial
docket. The documents in the initial
dockets described the Agency’s
rationales for not conducting additional
risk assessments for the registration
review of the pesticides included in the
table in Unit II.A. These proposed
registration review decisions continue
to be supported by those rationales
included in documents in the initial
dockets.
Following public comment, the
Agency will issue final registration
review decisions for products
containing the pesticides listed in the
table in Unit II.A.
The registration review program is
being conducted under congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
recognizes the need both to make timely
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decisions and to involve the public.
Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, required EPA to
establish by regulation procedures for
reviewing pesticide registrations,
originally with a goal of reviewing each
pesticide’s registration every 15 years to
ensure that a pesticide continues to
meet the FIFRA standard for
registration. The Agency’s final rule to
implement this program was issued in
August 2006 and became effective in
October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR
part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act of 2003
(PRIA) was amended and extended in
September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by
PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete
registration review decisions by October
1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as
of October 1, 2007.
The registration review final rule at 40
CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum
60–day public comment period on all
proposed registration review decisions.
This comment period is intended to
provide an opportunity for public input
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and a mechanism for initiating any
necessary amendments to the proposed
decision. All comments should be
submitted using the methods in
ADDRESSES, and must be received by
EPA on or before the closing date. These
comments will become part of the
docket for the pesticides included in the
table in Unit II.A. Comments received
after the close of the comment period
will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not
required to consider these late
comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all
comments received by the closing date
and will provide a ‘‘Response to
Comments Memorandum’’ in the docket.
The final registration review decision
will explain the effect that any
comments had on the decision and
provide the Agency’s response to
significant comments.
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 these pesticides are provided
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registration_review/
reg_review_status.htm.
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,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Pesticides and pests.
Dated: September 16, 2010.
W. Michael McDavit,
Acting Director, Biopesticide and Pollution
Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
September 17, 2010.
The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 –
3520. Comments are requested
concerning: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
and (e) ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
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DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before November 22,
2010. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–0214. For additional
information, contact Judith B. Herman,
OMD, 202–418–0214 or email judith–
b.herman@fcc.gov.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1058.
Title: FCC Application or Notification
for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement:
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
and/or Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau.
Form No.: FCC Form 608.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for–
profit, not–for–profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 991 respondents; 991
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151,
154(i), 154(j), 155, 161, 301, 303(r), 308,
309, 310, 332 and 503.
Total Annual Burden: 4,955 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $910,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general there is no need for
confidentiality. On a case–by–case
basis, the Commission may be required
to withhold from disclosure certain
information about the location,
character, or ownership of a historic
property, including traditional religious
sites.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this comment
period to obtain OMB approval. The
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Commission is reporting a 3,200 hour
burden reduction adjustment which is
due to 632 fewer respondents.
The revision to the FCC Form 608 is
due to rewording of data elements,
adding a question inquiring if filing is
the lead application on the Main Form,
and changing language in the
instructions.
FCC Form 608 is a multi–purpose
form. It is used to provide notification
or request approval for any spectrum
leasing arrangement (’Leases’) entered
into between an existing licensee
(’Licensee’) in certain wireless services
and a spectrum lessee (’Lessee’). This
form also is required to notify or request
approval for any spectrum subleasing
arrangement (’Sublease’).
The data collected on the form is used
by the FCC to determine whether the
public interest would be served by the
Lease or Sublease. The form is also used
to provide notification for any Private
Commons Arrangement entered into
between a Licensee, Lessee, or
Sublessee and a class of third–party
users (as defined in Section 1.9080 of
the Commission’s rules).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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Federal Communications
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
auction of certain VHF construction
permits scheduled to commence on
February 15, 2011 (Auction 90). This
document also seeks comment on
competitive bidding procedures for
Auction 90.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
September 30, 2010, and reply
comments are due on or before October
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0730; FRL-8844-5]
Atonik and Verbenone, Registration Review Proposed Decisions;
Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed
registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in
Unit II.A. and opens a public comment period on the proposed decisions.
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 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.
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 II.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 identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the
table in Unit II.A. 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 Regulatory Action Leader for the pesticide of interest
identified in the table in Unit II.A.
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:
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 chemical review manager 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
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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.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability
of EPA's proposed registration review decisions for the pesticides
shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public comment period
on the proposed decisions.
Atonik, plant growth regulators (PGRs) consist of three naturally-
occurring nitrophenolates: Sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-
nitrophenolate, and sodium p-nitrophenolate. The PGRs in atonik are
simple synthetic nitrophenols solubilized in sodium hydroxide. Atonik
is intended for use on cotton, rice, and soybean plants.
The verbenone & 4-allyl anisole registration review case contains 2
active seperate ingredients, verbenone and 4-allyl anisole. Verbenone
is a terpene that acts as an anti-aggregation pheromone in Dendroctonus
and Lps species. Verbenone is used on pine trees in forests to control
bark beetles, such as the southern pine beetle Dendroctonus frontalis.
4-allyl anisole is an alkenylbenzene compound that is produced by
conifers during bark beetle Dendroctonus sp. infestations. 4-allyl
anisole acts as an anti-aggregation agent by signaling the beetles that
the tree has already been colonized and therefore is an unsuitable
host. There is one manufacturing use product that is registered
containing the active ingredient and there are no registered end use
products that are being produced, sold, distributed, or used.
Registration Review Proposed Final Decisions
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Chemical Review
Registration Review Case Name Pesticide Docket Manager, Telephone
and Number ID Number Number, E-mail
Address
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Atonik (6067) EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08 Driss Benmhend,
32 (703) 308-9525,
benmhend.driss@epa.gov
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Verbenone & 4-Allyl Anisole EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-05 Leonard Cole, (703)
(6031) 11 305-5412,
cole.leonard@epa.gov
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The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier
documents related to the registration review of the case. For example,
the review opened with the posting of a Summary Document, containing a
Preliminary Work Plan, for public comment. A Final Work Plan was posted
to the docket following public comment on the initial docket. The
documents in the initial dockets described the Agency's rationales for
not conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review
of the pesticides included in the table in Unit II.A. These proposed
registration review decisions continue to be supported by those
rationales included in documents in the initial dockets.
Following public comment, the Agency will issue final registration
review decisions for products containing the pesticides listed in the
table in Unit II.A.
The registration review program is being conducted under
congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both
to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended, required EPA to establish by regulation procedures for
reviewing pesticide registrations, originally with a goal of reviewing
each pesticide's registration every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide
continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. The Agency's
final rule to implement this program was issued in August 2006 and
became effective in October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR part 155,
subpart C. The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA)
was amended and extended in September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by PRIA
in 2007, requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by
October 1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007.
The registration review final rule at 40 CFR 155.58(a) provides for
a minimum 60-day public comment period on all proposed registration
review decisions. This comment period is intended to provide an
opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any
necessary amendments to the proposed decision. All comments should be
submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be received by EPA
on or before the closing date. These comments will become part of the
docket for the pesticides included in the table in Unit II.A. Comments
received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.''
EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the
closing date and will provide a ``Response to Comments Memorandum'' in
the docket. The final registration review decision will explain the
effect that any comments had on the decision and provide the Agency's
response to significant comments.
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 these pesticides are
provided
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at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/reg_review_status.htm.
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, Administrative practice and procedure,
Pesticides and pests.
Dated: September 16, 2010.
W. Michael McDavit,
Acting Director, Biopesticide and Pollution Prevention Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-23810 Filed 9-22-10; 8:45 am]
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