Environmental Protection Agency November 9, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from September 26, 2005 to October 14, 2005, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group; Notice of Public Meeting
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on December 5, 2005 and ending December 6, 2005. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
Propylene Oxide Risk Assessment, Notice of Availability, and Risk Reduction Options
This notice announces the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the insecticidal fumigant pesticide propylene oxide (PPO), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk management ideas or proposals to address the risks identified. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED), for PPO 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. This notice opens phase 3 of the 4-phase process.
Phenothrin; Amendment to Terminate Use
This notice announces EPA's order for the amendment to terminate use, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticide phenothrin, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This order follows a July 20, 2005 (corrected August 3, 2005) Federal Register Notice of Receipt of a Request from the registrant Hartz Mountain Corporation to voluntarily amend to terminate certain uses of their product Hartz Ref 119. The use of this product as a spot-on for cats and kittens will be terminated. In the July 20, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the amendment to terminate use no earlier than October 31, 2005. EPA further indicated that the request for termination of use was irrevocable. The Agency did not receive any comments on the Notice. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this Notice an order granting the requested amendment to terminate use. Any distribution, sale, or use of the product Hartz Ref 119 is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
2-Bromo-2-Nitro-1,3-Propanediol (Bronopol); Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance
This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol, which is also known as bronopol (Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number (Reg. No.) 52-51-7; 1,3-propanediol, 2-bromo-2-nitro- (9CI)), when used as an inert ingredient in-can preservative at 0.04% or less by weight of the total pesticide formulation when applied to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest under 40 CFR 180.910, and when applied to animals under 40 CFR 180.930. BASF Corporation submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting the exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol.
Flucarbazone-sodium; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance
This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium, 4,5-dihydro-3-methoxy-4- methyl-5-oxo-N-[2(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl] sulfonyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole 1-carboxamide, sodium salt and its N-desmethyl metabolite in or on wheat, forage at 0.30 parts per million (ppm); wheat, grain at 0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.10 ppm; and wheat, straw at 0.05 ppm; and combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium and its metabolites converted to 2- (trifluoromethoxy) benzene sulfonamide and calculated as flucarbazone- sodium in or on milk at 0.005 ppm; meat and meat byproducts (excluding liver) of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.01 ppm; and liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 1.5 ppm. Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). The tolerance will expire on November 30, 2006.
Ethofumesate Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ethofumesate, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the ethofumesate docket. Ethofumesate is a selective herbicide used during preplant, preemergence and postemergence for control of broadleaf and grass weeds. Primary uses are for sugar beets, turf for sod and golf courses, and grass for seed. Special local need uses include uses on spinach and Swiss chard crops which are grown for seed. EPA has reviewed ethofumesate through the 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.
Revision to the Guideline on Air Quality Models: Adoption of a Preferred General Purpose (Flat and Complex Terrain) Dispersion Model and Other Revisions
EPA's Guideline on Air Quality Models (``Guideline'') addresses the regulatory application of air quality models for assessing criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act. In today's action we promulgate several additions and changes to the Guideline. We recommend a new dispersion modelAERMODfor adoption in appendix A of the Guideline. AERMOD replaces the Industrial Source Complex (ISC3) model, applies to complex terrain, and incorporates a new downwash algorithmPRIME. We remove an existing modelthe Emissions Dispersion Modeling System (EDMS)from appendix A. We also make various editorial changes to update and reorganize information.
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