[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12763-12764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5650]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34072; FRL-4940-6]


Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Bentazon, et. 
al.; Availability for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision 
documents; opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients from 
Lists A and C, and this notice also starts a 60-day public comment 
period. The REDs for the chemicals listed are the Agency's formal 
regulatory assessments of the health and environmental data base of the 
subject chemicals and present the Agency's determination regarding 
which pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration.

DATES: Written comments on these decisions must be submitted by May 8, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number 
``OPP-34072'' and the case number (noted below), should be submitted 
to: By mail: OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Response and Program 
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide 
Docket, Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall 2 (CM-2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA. E-mail inquiries may be addressed to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the listed 
decisions should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review 
Managers:


                                                                                                                                                        
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                                                                           Chemical review                      
         List                Chemical name             Case No.                manager           Telephone No.  
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List A................  Bentazon..............  Case 0182.............  Eric Feris...........     (703) 308-8048
List A................  Difenzoquat...........  Case 0223.............  Andrew Ertman........     (703) 308-8063
List A................  Hexazinone............  Case 0266.............  Andrew Ertman........     (703) 308-8063
List A................  Metalaxyl.............  Case 0081.............  Judy Loranger........     (703) 308-8056
List A................  Oryzalin..............  Case 0186.............  Judy Coombs..........     (703) 308-8046
List C................  BHAP..................  Case 3032.............  Frank Rubis..........     (703) 308-8184
List C................  Piperalin.............  Case 3114.............  Jean Holmes..........     (703) 308-8008
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    Information submitted as a comment in response to this Notice may 
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
as ``Confidential Business Information (CBI).'' Information so marked 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be 
submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked 
confidential will be included in the public docket without prior 
notice. The public docket and docket index will be available for public 
inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
    To request a copy of any of the above listed RED documents, or a 
RED Fact Sheet, contact the OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Response and 
Program Resources Branch, in Rm. 1132 at the address given above or 
call (703) 305-5805.
    Electronic copies of the REDs and RED fact sheets can be downloaded 
from the Pesticide Special Review and Reregistration Information System 
at 703-308-7224, which also can be reached on the Internet via 
fedworld.gov and from EPA's gopher server, gopher.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active 
ingredients listed above. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting an accelerated 
reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to make sure 
they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. The data base to 
support the reregistration of each of the chemicals listed above is 
substantially complete. EPA has determined that all currently 
registered products subject to reregistration containing these active 
ingredients are eligible for reregistration.
    All registrants of products containing one or more of the above 
listed active ingredients have been sent the appropriate RED documents 
and must respond to labeling requirements and product specific data 
requirements (if applicable) within 8 months of receipt. Products 
containing other active ingredients will not be reregistered until 
those other active ingredients are determined to be eligible for 
reregistration.
    The reregistration program is being conducted under Congressionally 
mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes both the need to make timely 
reregistration decisions and to involve the public. Therefore, EPA is 
issuing these REDs as final documents with a 60-day comment period. 
Although the 60-day public comment period does not affect the 
registrant's response due date, it is intended to provide an 
opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any 
necessary amendments to the RED. All comments will be carefully 
considered by the Agency. If any comment significantly affects a RED, 
EPA will amend the RED by publishing the amendment in the Federal 
Register.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: March 2, 1995.

Peter Caulkins,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-5650 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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