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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0729; FRL–9956–51]
Registration Review Proposed Interm
Decisions for Aldicarb, Azoxystrobin,
Bifenazate, Chlorpyrifos-methyl,
Ethalfluralin, and Pirimiphos-methyl;
Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s proposed interim
registration review decisions and opens
a 60-day public comment period on the
proposed interim 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 July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interest provided in the table in Unit II,
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)
SUMMARY:
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:
The Chemical Review Manager for the
pesticide of interest identified in the
table in Unit II.
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
Chemical Review Manager for the
pesticide of interest identified in the
table in Unit II.
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 on 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.
II. What action is the agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice
announces the availability of EPA’s
proposed interim registration review
decisions for the pesticides shown in
the following table, and opens a 60-day
public comment period on the proposed
interim decisions.
TABLE 1—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED
Registration review case name
and number
Docket ID number
Chemical review manager and contact information
Aldicarb, Case 0140 ........................
Azoxystrobin, Case 7020 ................
Bifenazate, Case 7609 ....................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0161 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0835 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0633 ...........
Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Case 8011 ......
Ethalfluralin, Case 2260 ..................
Pirimiphos-methyl, Case 2535 ........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0199 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0094 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0056 ...........
Susan Bartow, bartow.susan@epa.gov, (703) 603–0065.
Veronica Dutch, dutch.veronica@epa.gov, (703) 308–8585.
Garland Waleko, waleko.garland@epa.gov, (703) 308–8049 and Stephen Savage savage.stephen@epa.gov, (703) 347–0345.
Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@epa.gov, (703) 347–0411.
James Parker, parker.james@epa.gov, (703) 306–0469.
Caitlin Newcamp, newcamp.caitlin@epa.gov, (703) 347–0325.
The registration review docket for a
pesticide includes earlier documents
related to the registration review 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 following public
comment on the Preliminary Work Plan.
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The documents in the dockets
describe EPA’s rationales for conducting
additional risk assessments for the
registration review of the pesticides
included in the table in Unit II, as well
as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings
and consideration of possible risk
mitigation measures. These proposed
interim registration review decisions are
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supported by the rationales included in
those documents.
Following public comment, the
Agency will issue interim or final
registration review decisions for the
pesticides listed in the table in Unit II.
The registration review program is
being conducted under congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
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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 Unit II. 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 may 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
and provide the Agency’s response to
significant comments.
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: January 3, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0011; FRL–9958–19]
Registration Review; Neonicotinoid
Risk Assessments; Summary
Response to Comments, and Updated
Neonicotinoid Work Schedule; Notice
of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of the aquatic ecological
assessment for imidacloprid, the
combined preliminary pollinator risk
assessment for clothianidin and
thiamethoxam, and the draft bee
assessment for dinotefuran, and opens a
public comment period on these three
assessment documents. This notice also
announces the availability of EPA’s
Registration Review Update for Four
Neonicotinoid Insecticides. The
Registration Review Update describes
the next steps and information needs for
the Agency’s registration review of the
neonicotinoids. This notice also
announces the availability of a summary
document that responds to certain
comments received on the Preliminary
Pollinator Assessment for imidacloprid,
issued in January 2016. 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. Through this program,
EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s
registration is based on current
scientific knowledge.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interested provided in Table 1 of Unit
III., 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
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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:
The Chemical Review Manager for the
pesticide of interest identified in Table
1 of Unit III.
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) 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
Chemical Review Manager identified in
Table 1 of Unit III.
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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0729; FRL-9956-51]
Registration Review Proposed Interm Decisions for Aldicarb,
Azoxystrobin, Bifenazate, Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Ethalfluralin, and
Pirimiphos-methyl; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed
interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment
period on the proposed interim 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 July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket
identification (ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest
provided in the table in Unit II, 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: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest
identified in the table in Unit II.
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 Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest
identified in the table in Unit II.
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 on 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.
II. What action is the agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability
of EPA's proposed interim registration review decisions for the
pesticides shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public
comment period on the proposed interim decisions.
Table 1--Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions Being Issued
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chemical review
Registration review case name Docket ID number manager and contact
and number information
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Aldicarb, Case 0140........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0 Susan Bartow,
161. bartow.susan@epa.gov
, (703) 603-0065.
Azoxystrobin, Case 7020....... EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0 Veronica Dutch,
835. dutch.veronica@epa.gov, (703) 308-8585.
Bifenazate, Case 7609......... EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0 Garland Waleko,
633. waleko.garland@epa.gov, (703) 308-8049
and Stephen Savage
savage.stephen@epa.gov, (703) 347-0345.
Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Case 8011 EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0 Matthew Manupella,
199. manupella.matthew@epa.gov, (703) 347-
0411.
Ethalfluralin, Case 2260...... EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0 James Parker,
094. parker.james@epa.gov
, (703) 306-0469.
Pirimiphos-methyl, Case 2535.. EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0 Caitlin Newcamp,
056. newcamp.caitlin@epa.gov, (703) 347-0325.
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The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier
documents related to the registration review 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
following public comment on the Preliminary Work Plan.
The documents in the dockets describe EPA's rationales for
conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of
the pesticides included in the table in Unit II, as well as the
Agency's subsequent risk findings and consideration of possible risk
mitigation measures. These proposed interim registration review
decisions are supported by the rationales included in those documents.
Following public comment, the Agency will issue interim or final
registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in
Unit II.
The registration review program is being conducted under
congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA
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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
Unit II. 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 may 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 and provide the
Agency's response to significant comments.
Background on the registration review program is provided at:
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: January 3, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-10669 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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