Environmental Protection Agency March 17, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Oregon Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide ethoprop (CAS No. 13194- 48-4) to treat up to 300 acres of baby hops to control garden symphylans (Scutigerella immaculata). The Applicant proposes a use which has been requested in 5 or more previous years and a petition for a tolerance and registration application has not yet been submitted to the Agency. Due to the urgent nature of the emergency and the very narrow and extremely limited use being requested, EPA has eliminated the public comment period. Nonetheless, interested parties may still contact the Agency with comments about this notice and proposed treatment program.

EPA has environmental concerns about the proposed project related to impacts on water quality, aquatic habitat and floodplains in the affected watersheds. EPA also has concerns that a new bridge crossing of the Hatchie River will threaten its designation as a High Quality Water and State Scenic River due to excessive sedimentation, contaminants, altered flow patterns and habitat fragmentation. Rating EC2.

In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA issued a notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. That notice was published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2006, (71 FR 9118-9125). The notice announced that 90 pesticide registrations would be canceled after 180 days unless a request was withdrawn. These 90 registrations were listed in Table 1. The registrant waived the 180 day comment period for EPA Registration Number 66222-81 (Pendimethalin Technical) and EPA Registration Number 66222-82 (Repose) which was not noted in the February 22, 2006 Notice. This notice corrects the deadline for submission of withdrawal request for EPA Registration Number 66222-81 (Pendimethalin Technical) and EPA Registration Number 66222-82 (Repose) only. The deadline for withdrawal request on these two registrations should have been 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maine. This revision establishes requirements to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings. The intended effect of this action is to approve these requirements into the Maine SIP. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA), authorizes EPA to grant approval to States to operate their underground storage tank programs in lieu of the Federal program. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) codifies EPA's decision to approve State programs and incorporates by reference those provisions of the State statutes and regulations that will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities in accordance with sections 9005 and 9006 of RCRA Subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. This rule codifies the prior approval of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's underground storage tank program and incorporates by reference appropriate provisions of State statutes and regulations.