Butylate; Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of Availability, 46796-46798 [2011-19691]

Download as PDF 46796 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 3, 2011 / Notices Dated: July 25, 2011. Stephen A. Owens, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [FR Doc. 2011–19418 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0882; FRL–8882–3] Butylate; Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of Availability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s proposed registration review decision for the pesticide butylate and opens a public comment period on the proposed decision. 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 October 3, 2011. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0882, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket identification (ID) number EPA– srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Aug 02, 2011 Jkt 223001 HQ–OPP–2008–0882. 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 Web site 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: Steven Snyderman, Chemical Review Manager, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 347–0249; fax number: (703) 308–7070; e-mail address: snyderman.steven@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: 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 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 E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 3, 2011 / Notices 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 46797 proposed registration review decision for the pesticide shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public comment period on the proposed decision. Butylate is a thiocarbamate, soil-incorporated herbicide and was registered for use on field corn, pop corn, and sweet corn. The last butylate pesticide product registered for use in the United States was terminated on March 23, 2011. TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED FINAL DECISIONS Registration Review Case Name and No. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Butylate, 0071 ...................................... Pesticide Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2008– 0882. 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. As stated in the documents in the initial butylate registration review docket, the Agency had intended to revise the existing risk assessments for butylate. However, after publication of the butylate Final Work Plan, pursuant to Section 4(i)(5)(G) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, the Agency issued a cancellation order, dated July 14, 2010, to the technical registrant TriAg, Inc., cancelling their butylate registrations for non-payment of annual registration maintenance fees, which were due January 15, 2010. This cancellation order established July 14, 2010 as the effective cancellation date for Tri-Ag, Inc.’s butylate registrations. Further, the Agency announced the issuance of the cancellation order for non-payment of year 2010 registration maintenance fees for butylate products in the Federal Register on July 28, 2010 (75 FR 44240; FRL–8835–2). For the remaining butylate product registrations, pursuant to Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA, as amended, the Agency announced receipt of a request from the end-use registrant, Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC, to voluntarily cancel the last butylate product registration; and then granted this voluntary cancellation request, establishing March 23, 2011, as the effective cancellation date for the last VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Aug 02, 2011 Jkt 223001 Chemical review manager, telephone No., e-mail address Steven Snyderman, (703) 347–0249, snyderman.steven@epa.gov. butylate product registered for use in the United States, as published in the Federal Register on March 23, 2011 (76 FR 16147, FRL–8867–8). Due to the cancellation orders issued affecting the last remaining butylate product registrations in the United States, the Agency has found that it is not necessary to conduct new risk assessments for butylate and is, therefore, issuing a proposed decision pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58. The Agency believes that mitigation measures put into effect on product labeling through the reregistration process are adequate to protect human health and the environment until existing stocks of butylate are exhausted. This proposed registration review decision is described in more detail in the Butylate Proposed Registration Review Decision, available in the butylate docket. Following public comment, the Agency will issue a final registration review decision for products containing butylate. The registration review program is being conducted under congressionallymandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of 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 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 butylate. 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 this pesticide are provided at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration_review/butylate/. 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. E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1 46798 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 3, 2011 / Notices List of Subjects Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Pesticides pest, and butylate. Dated: July 25, 2011. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [EPA–HQ–UST–2010–0651; FRL–9447–3] Compatibility of Underground Storage Tank Systems With Biofuel Blends; Correction Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: Notice; correction. This document contains a typographical correction to the guidance which was published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The guidance described how owners and operators of underground storage tanks (USTs) can demonstrate compliance with the Federal compatibility requirement for UST systems storing gasoline greater than 10 percent ethanol or diesel containing greater than 20 percent biodiesel. That guidance contained a typographical error which this action corrects. The complete, corrected version of the guidance can be found on EPA’s Web site. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Barbery, (703) 603–7137. Correction srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES In the Federal Register of July 5, 2011, in 76 FR 39095, on page 39100, in the second column, correct the fourth paragraph under ‘‘IV. Final Guidance’’ to read: The discussion in this document is intended solely as guidance. The statutory provisions and EPA regulations described in this document contain legally binding requirements. This document is not a regulation itself, nor does it change or substitute for those provisions and regulations. Thus, it does not impose legally binding requirements on EPA, states, or the regulated community. Dated: July 28, 2011. Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Aug 02, 2011 Jkt 223001 This notice announces EPA’s approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s request to revise certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting. DATES: EPA’s approval is effective August 3, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1697, huffer.evi@epa.gov, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, or Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, seeh.karen@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper counterparts. Under subpart D of CROMERR, state, tribe or local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving, electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and obtain EPA approval. Subpart D also provides standards for such approvals based on consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the state, tribe, or local government will use to implement the electronic reporting. Additionally, in § 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D provides special procedures for program revisions and modifications to allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option of the state, tribe or local government in place of procedures SUMMARY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approvals, Commonwealth of Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P [FR Doc. 2011–19682 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am] [FRL–9447–2] AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2011–19691 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am] ACTION: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An application submitted under the subpart D procedures must show that the state, tribe or local government has sufficient legal authority to implement the electronic reporting components of the programs covered by the application and will use electronic document receiving systems that meet the applicable subpart D requirements. On December 20, 2010, the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KY DEP) submitted an application for its Net Discharge Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving system for revision/ modification of its EPA-authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed KY DEP’s request to revise its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this review, EPA determined that the application met the standards for approval of authorized program revisions/modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision to approve Kentucky’s request for revision to its 40 CFR Part 123– National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) State Program Requirements and part 403– General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing And New Sources Of Pollution EPA-authorized programs for electronic reporting of discharge monitoring report information submitted under 40 CFR parts 122 and 403 is being published in the Federal Register. KY DEP was notified of EPA’s determination to approve its application with respect to the authorized programs listed above. Dated: July 28, 2011. Arnold E. Layne, Acting Director, Office of Information Collection. [FR Doc. 2011–19696 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0582; FRL–8881–9] FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: There will be a 2-day consultation meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review scientific issues concerning the Two-dimensional SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0882; FRL-8882-3]


Butylate; Registration Review Proposed Decision; 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 decision for the pesticide butylate and opens a 
public comment period on the proposed decision. 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 October 3, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0882, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). 
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket identification (ID) 
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0882. 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 Web site 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: Steven Snyderman, Chemical Review Manager, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0249; fax 
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: snyderman.steven@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:

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 
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

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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 decision for the pesticide shown 
in the following table, and opens a 60-day public comment period on the 
proposed decision. Butylate is a thiocarbamate, soil-incorporated 
herbicide and was registered for use on field corn, pop corn, and sweet 
corn. The last butylate pesticide product registered for use in the 
United States was terminated on March 23, 2011.

                               Table--Registration Review Proposed Final Decisions
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                                                                                     Chemical review manager,
 Registration Review Case Name and No.           Pesticide Docket ID No.           telephone No., e-mail address
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Butylate, 0071.........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0882...................  Steven Snyderman, (703) 347-
                                                                                   0249,
                                                                                   snyderman.steven@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.
    As stated in the documents in the initial butylate registration 
review docket, the Agency had intended to revise the existing risk 
assessments for butylate. However, after publication of the butylate 
Final Work Plan, pursuant to Section 4(i)(5)(G) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, the 
Agency issued a cancellation order, dated July 14, 2010, to the 
technical registrant Tri-Ag, Inc., cancelling their butylate 
registrations for non-payment of annual registration maintenance fees, 
which were due January 15, 2010. This cancellation order established 
July 14, 2010 as the effective cancellation date for Tri-Ag, Inc.'s 
butylate registrations. Further, the Agency announced the issuance of 
the cancellation order for non-payment of year 2010 registration 
maintenance fees for butylate products in the Federal Register on July 
28, 2010 (75 FR 44240; FRL-8835-2). For the remaining butylate product 
registrations, pursuant to Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA, as amended, the 
Agency announced receipt of a request from the end-use registrant, 
Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC, to voluntarily cancel the last 
butylate product registration; and then granted this voluntary 
cancellation request, establishing March 23, 2011, as the effective 
cancellation date for the last butylate product registered for use in 
the United States, as published in the Federal Register on March 23, 
2011 (76 FR 16147, FRL-8867-8). Due to the cancellation orders issued 
affecting the last remaining butylate product registrations in the 
United States, the Agency has found that it is not necessary to conduct 
new risk assessments for butylate and is, therefore, issuing a proposed 
decision pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58. The Agency believes that mitigation 
measures put into effect on product labeling through the reregistration 
process are adequate to protect human health and the environment until 
existing stocks of butylate are exhausted. This proposed registration 
review decision is described in more detail in the Butylate Proposed 
Registration Review Decision, available in the butylate docket. 
Following public comment, the Agency will issue a final registration 
review decision for products containing butylate.
    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 
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 butylate. 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 this pesticide are 
provided at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/butylate/.

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.

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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Pesticides pest, and butylate.

    Dated: July 25, 2011.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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