Environmental Protection Agency March 16, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.

This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments and related documents for the pesticide napropamide, and opens a public comment period on these documents. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for napropamide through a modified, 4-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, the Lake County Conservation Alliance, the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and the Sierra Club (collectively ``Plaintiffs''): American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, et al. v. Johnson, No. 04-C-5966 (N.D. Ill.), consolidated with Lake County Conservation Alliance v. Leavitt, No. 04- 5967 and Citizens Against Ruining the Environment v. Leavitt, No. 04- 5968. On or about September 13, 2004, Plaintiffs filed deadline suits to compel the Administrator to respond to petitions seeking EPA's objection to Title V operating permits issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for five electrical generating stations of the Midwest Generation Company known as the Fisk Generating Station, the Crawford Generating Station, the Joliet Generating Station, the Will County Generating Station, and the Waukegan Generating Station in the State of Illinois. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, three deadlines are established for responding to Title V veto petitions ranging from March 25, 2005 to September 23, 2005.

Under Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an Agreement for response cost at the Riverhills Battery Superfund Site (Site) located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, with Henry H. Black. EPA will consider public comments on settlement of response cost, paragraphs thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven (37), of the Agreement for April 15, 2005. EPA may withdraw from or modify the Agreement should such comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the Agreement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Superfund Enforcement & Information Management Branch, Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887, Batchelor.Paula@epa.gov. Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor at the above address within 30 days of the date of this publication.

The Agency is announcing the availability of a Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Labeling Statements on Products Used for Adult Mosquito Control.'' This PR Notice was issued by the Agency on insert date PR Notice was signed by the OD and is identified as PR Notice 2005-1. PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This particular PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant concerning EPA's policy on labeling statements for pesticide products used for wide-area applications to control adult mosquitoes. The specific label statements and label organization principles recommended in the draft Notice are intended to improve existing labels by clarifying language conveying environmental hazards posed by these products, as well as specific use directions and instructions to the applicators. The Agency believes that adoption of these recommendations will help pesticide users and pesticide enforcement officials to achieve more effective mosquito control and protection of public health, while ensuring that use of these products will not pose unreasonable risks to the environment.