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Sodium acifluorfen is an herbicide
that is registered for control of broadleaf
weeds in soybean, peanuts, rice, and
strawberry. EPA conducted a
comprehensive human health risk
assessment, which indicated that there
are no risks of concern for human
health. The ecological risk assessment
indicated that there are potential risks of
concern for non-target terrestrial plant
species from the aerial use of sodium
acifluorfen. To reduce risk to non-target
terrestrial plants from aerial spray drift,
the Agency is proposing the deletion of
aerial use on strawberries and the
implementation of uniform spray drift
management language across all labels.
The Agency is also proposing the
inclusion of herbicide resistance
management language on all sodium
acifluorfen labels. This proposed
interim decision does not include an
endangered species determination, or
any human health or environmental
safety findings associated with the
EDSP. The Agency’s final registration
review decision is dependent upon a
finding under ESA, an EDSP
determination, and an assessment of
risks to bees.
Thidiazuron is a plant growth
regulator applied as a pre-harvest
defoliant to cotton in southern states
such as Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia.
Thidiazuron reduces foliage, dry leaves,
and immature fruiting structures, at the
time of harvest, which contribute to the
staining of harvested cotton.
Quantitative human health and
ecological risk assessments, including a
screening-level endangered species risk
assessment, were conducted for
thidiazuron. EPA did not identify any
human health risks. EPA identified
possible risk to non-target terrestrial
plants from use of thidiazuron. In its
proposed interim decision, EPA is
proposing risk mitigation to reduce
spray drift to non-target terrestrial
plants. EPA is making no human health
or environmental safety findings
associated with the EDSP screening of
thidiazuron, nor is it making an
endangered species finding. EPA’s
registration review decision for
thidiazuron will depend upon the result
of an EDSP Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act section 408(p)
determination, complete pollinator
determination, and an endangered
species determination.
The registration review docket for a
pesticide generally includes earlier
documents related to the registration
review of the case. For example, the
review opened with a Summary
Document, containing a Preliminary
Work Plan, for public comment. A Final
Work Plan was placed in the docket
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following public comment on the initial
docket. The documents in the docket
describe EPA’s rationales for conducting
additional risk assessments for the
registration review of the pesticides
included in the Table in this unit, as
well as the Agency’s subsequent risk
findings and consideration of possible
risk mitigation measures. These
proposed interim registration decisions
are supported by the rationales included
in those documents. Following public
comment, the Agency will issue interim
registration review decisions for
products containing the pesticides listed
in the Table in this unit.
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)
(7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) 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 interim 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 interim 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 this unit. 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 interim registration review
decision will explain the effect that any
comments had on the interim decision
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and provide the Agency’s response to
significant comments.
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
Links to earlier documents related to the
registration review of these pesticides
are provided at: https://www.epa.gov/
oppsrrd1/registration_review/reg_
review_status.htm.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 13, 2016.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC.
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public.
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109.
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PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer,
Telephone: (202) 694-1220.
Shelley E. Garr,
Deputy Secretary.
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