Environmental Protection Agency March 11, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-Propenoic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl ester, polymer with [alpha]-[4-(ethenyloxy)butyl]-[omega]-hydroxypoly (oxy- 1,2-ethanediyl); (CAS Reg. No. 1007234-89-0); when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. BASF Corporation submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of 2-Propenoic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl ester, polymer with [alpha]-[4-(ethenyloxy)butyl]-[omega]-hydroxypoly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) on food or feed commodities.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance under 40 CFR 180.960 for residues of 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with [alpha]-[4-(ethenyloxy) butyl]-[omega]-hydroxypoly (oxy- 1,2-ethanediyl) and 2,5-furandione, sodium salt; (CAS Reg. No. 251479- 97-7); when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. BASF Corporation, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of 2- Propenoic acid, polymer with [alpha]-[4-(ethenyloxy) butyl]-[omega]- hydroxypoly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) and 2,5-furandione, sodium salt on food or feed commodities.

This notice announces the availability of EPA's Revised Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide para- dichlorobenzene. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the Para-dichlorobenzene Docket. Para- dichlorobenzene is an insecticide; the majority of its pesticidal use is as a moth repellant to protect garments from insect damage and in and around bird cages for the control of lice and ticks. EPA has reviewed para-dichlorobenzene 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. A 60-day public comment period was conducted with the publication of the para-dichlorobenzene RED in December 2007. The comments received primarily concerned the episodic ingestion risk estimates. The Agency, in response, revisited the acute oral endpoint selection and agreed that there were no effects attributable to a single dose, and revised the human health risk assessment and the RED accordingly.

EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of September 10, 2008, revoking, revising, and establishing certain tolerances. This document is being issued to correct the amendatory language for Sec. 180.169.

The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of documents that were not made available electronically to the public through https://www.regulations.gov when EPA's final rulemaking was published in the Federal Register . These documents were a part of the docket for EPA's final rulemaking approving Alabama's state implementation plan (SIP) revision for the Alabama Visible Emissions Rule. The complete docket was available in hard copy at Region 4. EPA's final rulemaking for this SIP revision was published on October 15, 2008.

EPA is announcing the availability of an updated schedule for the pesticide registration review program, the periodic review of all registered pesticides mandated by section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The updated schedule provides the timetable for opening dockets for the next 4 years of the registration review program - fiscal year (FY) 2009 to FY 2012 - and includes information on the FY 2007 and FY 2008 registration review cases.

This document proposes minor technical revisions of certain commodity terms listed under 40 CFR part 180, subpart D. EPA is proposing this action to eventually establish a uniform listing of commodity terms.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of chlorimuron-ethyl in or on berry, low growing, except strawberry, subgroup 13-07H. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).