[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24116]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-170004; FRL-4978-9]


Reinventing EPA's Pesticide Export Notification Program; Notice 
of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability for comment, a paper 
discussing options for reinventing the export notification procedures 
in the pesticide export policy.

DATES:  Written comments may be submitted to EPA by November 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES:  Written comments may be submitted By mail, to Public 
Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division 
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 
20460. In person, deliver comments to Room 1132, Crystal Mall #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 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. 
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the 
docket number OPP-170004. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice 
of availability may be filed online at many Federal Depository 
Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions can be 
found in Supplementary Information below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hartman, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, (7501C), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460 U.S.A.; telephone (703) 305-7100; e-mail: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is making available for comment an 
options paper on pesticide export notification issues. EPA is 
considering modifications to it export notification policy. EPA 
believes that certain modifications are necessary because (1) EPA's 
current policy has resulted in too many export notices on pesticides 
which may be of little or no concern to other governments; (2) the 
increasing numbers of export notices undermines the effectiveness of 
the international Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures, an 
international information exchange and chemical management program 
developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United 
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); (3) the costs of implementing the 
existing program on the U.S. government, other governments, and 
industry, should be reduced.
     A record has been established for this notice of availability 
under docket number OPP-170004 (including comments and data submitted 
electronically as described below). A public version of this record, 
including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does 
not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection 
from 8 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The public record is located in Room 1132 of the Public 
Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division 
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
    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 of availability, 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.

    Dated: September 20, 1995.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-24116 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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