[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27504-27505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12566]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34076; FRL-4954-8]


Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Ethephon, 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 
Ethephon, Linuron and Metolachlor. This notice starts a 60-day public 
comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed above 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 July 
24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number 
``OPP-34076'' 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., S.W., 
Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide 
Docket, Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall 2 (CM#2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [email protected]. Electronic 
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be 
accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket number ``OPP-34076''. No Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above 
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...............  Ethephon.............  Case 0382............  Judy Loranger........  (703) 308-8056.     
List A...............  Linuron..............  Case 0047............  Karen Jones..........  (703) 308-8047.     
List A...............  Metolachlor..........  Case 0001............  Jane Mitchell........  (703) 308-8061.     
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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 CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with [[Page 27505]] 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 (including 
comments and data submitted electronically). The public docket and 
docket index, including printed paper versions of electronic comments, 
which does not include any information claimed as CBI 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, and also can be reached on the Internet via 
fedworld.gov and EPA's gopher server, gopher.epa.gov.
    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
    [email protected]


    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will 
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form 
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official 
record which will also include all comments submitted directly in 
writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the 
address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.

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: May 16, 1995.

Lois Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-12566 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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