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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0097; FRL–9923–
32–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Plating and Polishing Area Sources
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘NESHAP for Plating and Polishing
Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart
WWWWWW) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
2294.04, OMB Control No. 2060–0623),
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
April 30, 2015. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the public. An Agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0097, to (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
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Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202–
566–1744. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit:
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Plating and Polishing
Area Sources regulations apply to
respondents that are plating and
polishing facilities engaged in any of the
following processes: Non-chromium
electroplating; electroless or nonelectrolytic plating; other nonelectrolytic metal coating processes
such as chromate conversion coating,
nickel acetate sealing, sodium
dichromate sealing, manganese
phosphate coating, thermal spraying;
dry mechanical polishing of finished
metals and formed products after
plating or thermal spraying,
electroforming, and electro-polishing.
New facilities include those that
commenced construction or
reconstruction after the date of proposal.
The required annual reports are used to
determine periods of excess emissions,
identify problems at the facility, verify
operation/maintenance procedures and
for compliance determinations. This
information is also collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 63,
subpart WWWWWW.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners and operators of plating and
polishing facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart
WWWWWW).
Estimated number of respondents:
2,900 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially and
annually.
Total estimated burden: 64,315 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $6,304,966 (per
year), which includes $8,314 in
annualized capital/start-up costs and 0
in operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 31,208 hours in the total
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estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The change in burden and cost
estimates occurred as a result of
updating the burden tables to accurately
reflect the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements of the rule.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0058; FRL–9922–78]
Registration Review; Draft Human
Health and/or Ecological Risk
Assessment; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s draft human health
and/or ecological risk assessment for the
registration review of
propoxycarbazone-sodium, and opens a
public comment period on this
document. 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
completed a comprehensive draft
human health and ecological risk
assessment for all uses of the previously
listed pesticide chemical. The ecological
risk assessment includes or will include
an assessment of risks to listed species,
and the human health and ecological
risk assessments includes or will
include a determination of endocrine
disrupter effects for the case. After
reviewing comments received during
the public comment period, EPA may
issue revised risk assessments, explain
any changes to the draft risk
assessments, and respond to comments.
The Agency also will request public
input on any proposed risk mitigation
measures before completing a proposed
registration review decision for the
previously listed pesticide chemical.
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
registration is based on current
SUMMARY:
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my comments for EPA?
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scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health
and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0058, 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:
Chemical Review Manager identified in
the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticide
of interest.
For general questions on the
registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 305–8015; email address:
dumas.richard@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
II. Authority
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.
EPA is conducting its registration
review of dimethoate, flurprimido,
fosamine ammonium, propoxur,
propoxycarbazone-sodium, and
tetrachlorvinphos 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.
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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 pesticides
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
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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 propoxycarbazonesodium to ensure that it continues to
satisfy the FIFRA standard for
registration—that is, this pesticide can
still be used without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. Information on the type of
pesticide, target pests and uses sites can
be found later in this document. EPA
has completed draft human health and/
or ecological risk assessments for all
propoxycarbazone-sodium, uses.
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 draft human
health and ecological risk assessment
for propoxycarbazone-sodium. Such
comments and input could address,
among other things, the Agency’s risk
assessment methodologies and
assumptions, as applied to this draft risk
assessment. The Agency will consider
all comments received during the public
comment period and make changes, as
appropriate, to the draft human health
and ecological risk assessments. EPA
will then, as needed, issue revised risk
assessments, explain any changes to the
draft risk assessments, and respond to
the comments. In the Federal Register
notice announcing the availability of the
revised risk assessments, if a revised
risk assessment indicates risks of
concern, the Agency may provide a
comment period for the public to submit
suggestions for mitigating the risks
identified in the revised risk assessment
before developing a proposed
registration review decision.
Alternatively, the Agency may seek
public comment on a proposed
registration review decision without
revising the risk assessments for any
given chemical. At present, EPA is
releasing registration review draft risk
assessments for the pesticide case
identified in the following table and
further described after the table.
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Pesticide docket ID No.
Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Case 7264) ..............................
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Registration review case name and No.
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0095 ........
Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Draft Risk
Assessments). The registration review
docket for propoxycarbazone-sodium
(EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0095) is opening
for public comment on the Preliminary
Work Plan (PWP), the combined
summary document and draft human
health risk assessment, and the
combined problem formulation and
draft ecological risk assessment.
Propoxycarbazone-sodium is a selective
post-emergence herbicide belonging to
the sulfonamide class of herbicides. It is
formulated as a water dispersible
granule, and is currently registered for
use in control of certain grasses and
broadleaf weeds in wheat, triticale,
pastureland, rangeland, and
conservation reserve program. There are
no registered residential uses. EPA has
completed comprehensive draft human
health and draft ecological risk
assessments for all propoxycarbazonesodium uses.
1. Other related information.
Additional information on
propoxycarbazone-sodium is available
on the Pesticide Registration Review
Status Web page for this pesticide,
https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemical
search/. Information on the Agency’s
registration review program and its
implementing regulation is available at
https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registra
tion_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.
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• 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: March 13, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0060; FRL–9923–74]
Registration Review Interim Decisions;
Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s final/interim
registration review decisions for several
pesticide cases. 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: The Chemical Review Manager
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Chemical review manager, telephone number,
and email address
Lata
Venkateshwara,
(703)
Venkateshwara.lata@epa.gov
308–2722,
for the pesticide of interest identified in
the table in Unit II.A.
For general information on the
registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–8015; email address:
dumas.richard@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
pesticide specific contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified
by docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0060, is available
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this
notice announces the availability of
EPA’s interim registration review
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0058; FRL-9922-78]
Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological 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 draft human
health and/or ecological risk assessment for the registration review of
propoxycarbazone-sodium, and opens a public comment period on this
document. 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 completed a comprehensive draft human health and
ecological risk assessment for all uses of the previously listed
pesticide chemical. The ecological risk assessment includes or will
include an assessment of risks to listed species, and the human health
and ecological risk assessments includes or will include a
determination of endocrine disrupter effects for the case. After
reviewing comments received during the public comment period, EPA may
issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk
assessments, and respond to comments. The Agency also will request
public input on any proposed risk mitigation measures before completing
a proposed registration review decision for the previously listed
pesticide chemical. 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
registration is based on current
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scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health
and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0058, 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: Chemical Review Manager identified in the table in Unit III.A.
for the pesticide of interest.
For general questions on the registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8015;
email address: dumas.richard@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 pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. Authority
EPA is conducting its registration review of dimethoate,
flurprimido, fosamine ammonium, propoxur, propoxycarbazone-sodium, and
tetrachlorvinphos 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 propoxycarbazone-sodium to ensure that it continues to
satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, this pesticide
can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. Information on the type of pesticide, target pests
and uses sites can be found later in this document. EPA has completed
draft human health and/or ecological risk assessments for all
propoxycarbazone-sodium, uses.
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 draft human health and
ecological risk assessment for propoxycarbazone-sodium. Such comments
and input could address, among other things, the Agency's risk
assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied to this draft risk
assessment. The Agency will consider all comments received during the
public comment period and make changes, as appropriate, to the draft
human health and ecological risk assessments. EPA will then, as needed,
issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk
assessments, and respond to the comments. In the Federal Register
notice announcing the availability of the revised risk assessments, if
a revised risk assessment indicates risks of concern, the Agency may
provide a comment period for the public to submit suggestions for
mitigating the risks identified in the revised risk assessment before
developing a proposed registration review decision. Alternatively, the
Agency may seek public comment on a proposed registration review
decision without revising the risk assessments for any given chemical.
At present, EPA is releasing registration review draft risk assessments
for the pesticide case identified in the following table and further
described after the table.
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Chemical review
manager, telephone
Registration review case name and No. Pesticide docket ID No. number, and email
address
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Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Case 7264).. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0095............................ Lata Venkateshwara,
(703) 308-2722,
Venkateshwara.lata@epa.gov
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Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Draft Risk Assessments). The registration
review docket for propoxycarbazone-sodium (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0095) is
opening for public comment on the Preliminary Work Plan (PWP), the
combined summary document and draft human health risk assessment, and
the combined problem formulation and draft ecological risk assessment.
Propoxycarbazone-sodium is a selective post-emergence herbicide
belonging to the sulfonamide class of herbicides. It is formulated as a
water dispersible granule, and is currently registered for use in
control of certain grasses and broadleaf weeds in wheat, triticale,
pastureland, rangeland, and conservation reserve program. There are no
registered residential uses. EPA has completed comprehensive draft
human health and draft ecological risk assessments for all
propoxycarbazone-sodium uses.
1. Other related information. Additional information on
propoxycarbazone-sodium is available on the Pesticide Registration
Review Status Web page for this pesticide, https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemicalsearch/. 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: March 13, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-06939 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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