Environmental Protection Agency August 7, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of avermectin B1 and its delta-8,9-isomer in or on stone fruit crop group 12, tree nut crop group 14, pistachio, tuberous and corm vegetable crop subgroup 01C, goat fat, hog fat, horse fat, sheep fat, cattle fat, and cattle meat byproducts. Existing tolerances for cattle, fat and cattle, meat byproducts are revised. Existing individual crop tolerances on almond, plum, potato, and walnut are deleted and replaced by the establishment of new crop group tolerances. Existing tolerances on almond, hulls and plum, prune, dried are retained. This regulation also makes a technical correction to correctly express the existing tolerances for mint (replace term ``mint'' with the more specific terms ``peppermint, tops'' and ``spearmint, tops''). Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. and Y-TEX Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.

Notice of Availability and request for public comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to designate a permanent ocean dredged material disposal site (ODMDS) off Apra Harbor, Guam. EPA has the authority to designate ODMDS under Section 102 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). The U.S. Department of Navy, as a cooperating agency for this action, received Congressional appropriations to fund this site designation, and managed contracts for field studies identified by EPA for the preparation of the draft EIS.