Chlorpyrifos Registration Review; Revised Human Health Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability, 1909-1911 [2015-00484]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1909-1911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00484]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850; FRL-9920-64]


Chlorpyrifos Registration Review; Revised Human Health Risk 
Assessment; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised human 
health risk assessment for the registration review of chlorpyrifos and 
opens a public comment period on this document. A preliminary human 
health risk assessment was completed and released for public comment in 
July 2011 (76 FR 39399) and is available in the chlorpyrifos 
registration review docket. 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. As part of the 
registration review process, the Agency has

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completed a comprehensive revised human health risk assessment for all 
chlorpyrifos uses. A Guide to Commenters document has been placed in 
the docket along with the revised human health assessment. This 
document poses questions for the public to comment on. Such comments 
and input could address, among other things, the Agency's risk 
assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied to this revised 
risk assessment as well as submitting suggestions for mitigating any 
risks identified in the revised risk assessment. The Agency will 
consider all comments received during the public comment period and the 
responses to the questions and any other information that is provided 
will help in developing a proposed registration review decision on 
chlorpyrifos. 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 March 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide specific information 
contact: Joel Wolf, 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) 347-0228; email address: 
wolf.joel@epa.gov.
    For general questions 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; 
email 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 email. 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 preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental 
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group, 
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and 
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the 
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population 
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other 
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human 
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticide 
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of chlorpyrifos 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) (7 U.S.C. 136a(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

    As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide 
registration for chlorpyrifos to ensure that it continues to satisfy 
the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, that chlorpyrifos can 
still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or 
the environment. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide, 
acaricide, and miticide used to control a variety of insects on food 
and feed crops, golf course, turf, greenhouses, nonstructural wood 
treatments (such as utility poles and fence posts) ant bait stations, 
and as an adult mosquitocide. EPA has completed a comprehensive revised 
human health risk assessment.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c), EPA is providing an opportunity, 
through this notice of availability, for interested parties to provide 
comments and input concerning the Agency's revised human health risk 
assessment for chlorpyrifos. Such comments and input could address, 
among other things, the Agency's risk assessment methodologies and 
assumptions, as applied to this revised risk assessment as well as 
submitting suggestions for mitigating any risks identified in the 
revised risk assessment. A Guide to Commenters document has been placed 
in the docket along with the revised human health assessment. This 
document poses questions for the public to respond to. The Agency will 
consider all comments

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received during the public comment period and the responses to the 
questions and any other information that is provided will help in 
developing a proposed registration review decision on chlorpyrifos.
    1. Other related information. Additional information on 
chlorpyrifos is available on the Pesticide Registration Review Status 
Web page for this pesticide, https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/chlorpyrifos/index.htm.
    Information on the Agency's registration review program and its 
implementing regulation is available at https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review.
    2. 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.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 5, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-00484 Filed 1-13-15; 8:45 am]
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