[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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