Environmental Protection Agency September 13, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the availability of EPA's draft human health and/or ecological risk assessments for the registration review of asulam, chloroxylenol, dichlobenil, EPTC, etofenprox, gamma- and lambda-cyhalothrin, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, metribuzin, nitrapyrin, oxamyl, pendimethalin, permethrin, prometryn, pyrethrins, tau- fluvalinate, and trifloxystrobin. 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. As part of the registration review process, the Agency has completed comprehensive draft human health and/or ecological risk assessments for all pesticides listed in the Table in Unit III. After reviewing comments received during the public comment period, EPA may issue a revised risk assessment, explain any changes to the draft risk assessment, and respond to comments and may request public input on risk mitigation before completing a proposed registration review decision for the pesticides listed in the Table in Unit III. 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.

EPA issued notices in the Federal Register of June 8, 2016, and July 5, 2017, concerning receipt of requests to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations and its follow-up product cancellation order. In the notice of July 5, 2017, EPA inadvertently listed the pesticide products Dithiopyr 0.13% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883- 207), Dithiopyr 0.25% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-208), Dithiopyr 0.172% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-209), Dithiopyr 0.107% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-210), Dithiopyr 0.06% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-211), Dithiopyr 0.086% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-212), Dithiopyr 0.1% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-213), Dithiopyr Concentrate for Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883- 268) and Quali-Pro Dithiopyr 2L (EPA Reg. No. 53883-311). The registrant had responded with a letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs dated June 10, 2016 requesting that the nine products not be cancelled. The letter was never forwarded to be included in the public docket for this Federal Register notice so the products were listed in the notice of July 5, 2017, in error. Therefore, EPA is not cancelling the pesticide products Dithiopyr 0.13% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-207), Dithiopyr 0.25% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-208), Dithiopyr 0.172% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-209), Dithiopyr 0.107% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-210), Dithiopyr 0.06% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-211), Dithiopyr 0.086% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-212), Dithiopyr 0.1% Plus Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-213), Dithiopyr Concentrate for Fertilizer (EPA Reg. No. 53883-268) and Quali-Pro Dithiopyr 2L (EPA Reg. No. 53883-311). This document removes the cancellation order for EPA Reg. Numbers 53883-207, 53883-208, 53883-209, 53883-210, 53883-211, 53883-212, 53883-213, EPA Reg. No. 53883-268 and 53883-311 listed in the July 5, 2017, Federal Register notice.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to determine that the Jefferson County nonattainment area, in Missouri, has attained the 2010 1-hour primary Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) per the EPA's Clean Data Policy. This determination of attainment is based upon complete, quality assured, and certified ambient air monitoring data from the 2014-2016 monitoring period, associated dispersion modeling, and supplemental emissions inventory information, which demonstrate that the Jefferson County area attained the 2010 1-hour primary SO2 NAAQS.