[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1928-1929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-882]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00424; FRL-4992-1]


Statement of Policy Regarding Toxicologically Significant Levels 
of Pesticide Active Ingredients; Notice of Availability and Request for 
Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting comments on a proposed policy developed in a 
draft Pesticide Regulation (PR) Notice entitled ``Toxicologically 
Significant Levels of Pesticide Active Ingredients.'' Interested 
parties may request this document as described in the ADDRESSES unit of 
this notice.

DATES: Written comments, identified by the docket number ``OPP-00424,'' 
must be received on or before March 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available from Jim Jones: By mail: 
Registration Support Branch, Registration Division (7505W), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail 
address: 6th Floor, CS-1, 2800 Crystal Drive North, Arlington, VA, 
(703) 308-8358, e-mail: [email protected].
    Submit written comments to: By mail: Public Docket and Freedom of 
Information Section, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1128, 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-00424.'' No Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
document may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION unit of this document.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document 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 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 
record. Information not marked confidential may be disclosed publicly 
by EPA without prior notice. All written comments will be available for 
public inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address given above from 
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Jones at the telephone number, 
office location, or e-mail address listed under the ADDRESSES unit of 
this document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is soliciting comments on a proposed 
policy developed in a draft PR Notice entitled ``Toxicologically 
Significant Levels of Pesticide Active Ingredients.'' EPA's current 
policy is that any level of an impurity that is also an active 
ingredient in another pesticide is considered ``toxicologically 
significant'' and must be reported to EPA. The draft PR Notice proposes 
to change the Agency's definition of ``toxicologically significant'' 
levels of active ingredients 

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to a risk-based standard. This Federal Register notice announces the 
availability of the draft PR Notice and solicits comment on the 
proposed policy. After reviewing public comments received, EPA may make 
changes to the Policy and revise the draft PR Notice prior to release.
     A record has been established for this action docket number ``OPP-
00424'' (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 Rm. 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 action, 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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 13, 1995.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-882 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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