Environmental Protection Agency June 10, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "Agency") is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled "Revised Procedures for Citing Data to Support Pesticide Registrations (EPA Forms No. 8570- 34 and 8570-35)." PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice, will supersede PR Notice 98-5, entitled "New forms for the Certification with Respect to Citation of Data" dated June 12, 1998. The Agency is eliminating the instructions provided in PR Notice 98-5 that required registrants to submit two versions of EPA Form No. 8570-35 ("Data Matrix"), and the use of paper submissions. The changes in procedure are necessary updates to reflect current operations established to help reduce the burden associated with completing, submitting, and processing these forms for both applicants and the Agency, as well as to provide improved efficiencies for providing public access to the information without the extra burden associated with the use of formal procedures to request additional information.