Environmental Protection Agency February 6, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces EPA's amendment to and clarification of the order for the termination of uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This amendment and clarification follows an October 10, 2007 Federal Register Notice of Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses (72 FR 57571) of disulfoton (Di-Syston 15G) for multiple uses. The October 10, 2007 order and the December 15, 2004, Notice of Receipt of Request (69 FR 75061) that preceded the order were unclear as to whether the use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees was terminated, except for use in the State of North Carolina. In addition, the registrant had withdrawn its request to terminate use of Di-Syston 15G on Christmas trees outside of North Carolina during the time allowed and EPA issued the order without having processed that withdrawal. Accordingly, EPA hereby is amending the order to clarify that use of disulfoton on Fraser fir Christmas trees is allowed nationwide.

EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of December 13, 2007, announcing EPA's plan to submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is entitled: ``Tier 1 Screening of Certain Chemicals Under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2249.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-new. The December 13, 2007 document provided for a 60 day public comment period ending February 11, 2008. EPA received several requests from the public to extend this comment period. This document extends the comment period for 30 days, from February 11, 2008, to March 12, 2008.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

The Tribal Pesticide Program Council will hold a 2-1/2 day meeting, beginning on March 5, 2008 and ending March 7, 2008. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.