Environmental Protection Agency July 22, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Registration Review; Glyphosate Docket Opened for Review and Comment
EPA has established a registration review docket for the pesticide listed in the table in Unit III.A. With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period for this registration review. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the public in understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment. Previously, docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0147 was announced as open for review and comment on June 24, 2009, on the registration review case of glyphosate. However, this was an inaccurate docket number reference for this pesticide chemical case. Therefore, the correct docket number for the registration review case of glyphosate is EPA-HQ- OPP-2009-0361.
Pesticide Products; Registration Applications
This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
Flexible Approaches to Environmental Measurement-The Evolution of the Performance Approach
Assuring the quality of environmental measurements is essential to the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's or the Agency's) environmental programs, both regulatory and voluntary. In an October 6, 1997, Notice of Intent (FRL- 5903-2), the Agency outlined a ``Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS)'' concept which was expected to ``* * * have the overall effect of improving data quality and encouraging advancement of analytical technologies.'' EPA has recently revisited the 1997 concept, gauged the Agency's progress towards achieving its goals, and redefined steps needed to ensure continued progress.
Notice of Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
This notice announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements of the HCFC Allowance System (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2014.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0498
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.
Azinphos-methyl; Notice of Receipt of Request for Label Amendments
EPA is seeking public comment on a June 18, 2009 request by azinphos-methyl (AZM) registrants to amend their registrations to change the rate reductions outlined in the November 16, 2006 final decision for some of the remaining uses of AZM, and to extend the use of aerial application on blueberries in Michigan through the end of the AZM phase out in 2012. On November 16, 2006, EPA issued a final decision to phase out all uses of AZM not later than September 30, 2012 and to require certain interim risk mitigation measures through label changes. Risk mitigation measures in the final decision include buffer zones around water bodies and occupied structures, application rate reductions, and stewardship programs. The request by the registrants is a request to change some of the rate reductions and certain application practices that have been required through the end of the AZM phaseout; the registrants have not requested to extend the use of AZM beyond the September 30, 2012 cancellation date for the remaining uses of AZM.
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Proposed Stipulated Injunction Involving Pesticides and Eleven Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act; Notice of Availability; Reopening of Comment Period
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of July 1, 2009, announcing the availability of a proposed Stipulated Injunction that would establish a series of deadlines for the Agency to make ``effects determinations'' and initiate consultation, as appropriate, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for certain pesticides in regard to one or more of 11 species found in the greater San Francisco Bay area that are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed Stipulated Injunction, if entered by the Court, would resolve a lawsuit brought against EPA by the Center for Biological Diversity in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The July 1, 2009 notice provided a 15-day comment period which closed on July 16, 2009. This document reopens the comment period for 30 days.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1800.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0392
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.
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Hawaii; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference
EPA is updating the materials submitted by the State of Hawaii that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this update have been previously submitted by the State of Hawaii and approved by EPA. This update affects the SIP materials that are available for public inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center located EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC, and the Regional Office.
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of products containing the pesticides disulfoton and methamidophos. The requests would terminate the last disulfoton and methamidophos products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
1,2-Ethylene Dichloride; Completion of EPA Program Review
EPA issued a testing consent order that incorporated an enforceable consent agreement (ECA) for 1,2-Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) in June 2003, using authorities under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The companies subject to the ECA agreed to conduct toxicity testing in a tiered testing program that included development of pharmacokinetics and mechanistic data and a computational dosimetry model for route-to-route extrapolations. The testing program was designed to satisfy the toxicological data needs for EDC identified in a TSCA section 4 proposed test rule for a number of hazardous air pollutant chemicals. The modeling is intended to allow toxicological studies conducted using oral exposures to be interpreted so that they could also be used to predict the effects of inhalation exposures. This notice announces the completion of the program review component of the ECA for EDC. This notice also states EPA's findings and conclusion regarding the adequacy of the derived models to perform satisfactory route-to-route extrapolations, responds to comments on the Tier I Program Review Testing, and establishes revised deadlines for completion of Tier II testing and computational route-to-route dosimetry modeling for extrapolations listed under Tier II of the ECA for EDC.
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