[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24490-24492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12080]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34093; FRL-5354-5]


Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) Development Schedule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's schedule for Reregistration 
Eligibility Decisions (REDs) during fiscal year 1996, and invites 
public comment to assist the Agency in prioritizing a list of candidate 
pesticides for completion of REDs in fiscal year 1997. A list of the 40 
REDs completed by the Agency during fiscal year 1995 also is provided.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by July 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number 
``OPP-34093'' and the case 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, 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-34093). 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 
``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' at the end of this document.
    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 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 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter I. Waldrop, Reregistration 
Branch, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508W), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location: Crystal Station 1, WF33G5, 2800 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. By telephone, call, (703) 308-8062. E-
mail: [email protected].
    To request a copy of a completed RED document listed below or of 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. RED documents and RED Fact Sheets can also be 
obtained from the National Center for Environmental Publications and 
Information (NCEPI), P. O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242 - 0419. Tel: 
(513) 489-8190. Fax:(513) 489-8695.
    Electronic copies of many completed 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 public access gopher server 
(gopher.epa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is required by law to reregister 
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pesticides that originally were registered years ago when the standards 
for government approval were less stringent than they are today. This 
comprehensive reevaluation of pesticide safety is critical to 
protecting human health and the environment. In 1988, Congress amended 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to 
strengthen and accelerate EPA's reregistration program. The 
reregistration scheme mandated by ``FIFRA '88'' applies to each 
registered pesticide product containing an active ingredient initially 
registered before November 1, 1984.
    In 1988 approximately 600 groups of related pesticide active 
ingredients, or ``cases,'' representing 1,150 active ingredients in 
45,000 formulated products, required reevaluation. Of those, over 200 
cases and 20,000 products have been cancelled because the producers 
failed to support them or EPA has taken regulatory action to cancel 
them. Of the remaining 382 cases being supported, EPA has made 
reregistration eligibility decisions on 129 cases, to date.
    In reviewing pesticides for reregistration, EPA gathers a 
substantially complete set of data on each chemical case, examines 
related health and environmental effects, and employs measures to most 
effectively mitigate risks. This evaluation and risk mitigation process 
is complete when EPA is satisfied that the pesticide(s), used in 
accordance with approved labeling, will not pose unreasonable risks to 
human health or the environment.
    EPA's regulatory conclusion about each case is presented in a RED 
document. Later, once product-specific data and revised labeling are 
submitted to EPA and approved, the Agency reregisters products 
containing the eligible pesticide(s). A pesticide product is not 
reregistered, however, until all of its active ingredients are eligible 
for reregistration.
    EPA completed 40 REDs in fiscal year 1995 (FY '95). (The federal 
government's fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 
of the named year.) Several of the FY '95 RED documents, while signed, 
still are undergoing in house processing including printing. Copies of 
most, but not all, of these REDs are available. The FY '95 REDs follow:

    Agrobacterium Radiobacter
    Aliphatic Alcohols
    Alkyl Imidazolines
    Amitraz
    Ancymidol
    Asulam
    Benzocaine
    BHAP
    Bis(trichloromethyl) Sulfone
    Bronopol
    Chlorhexidine Diacetate
    Chlorpropham
    4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (4-CPA)
    Cyanazine
    Cytokinin
    DCPA
    Dimethoxane
    Diquat Dibromide
    Dowicil 100
    Ethalfluralin
    Ethephon
    Fenitrothion
    Fosamine Ammonium
    Linuron
    Methyl Nonyl Ketone
    Metolachlor
    Nabam
    Nuranone
    O-Benzyl-Chlorophenol
    Picloram
    Polybutene
    Prometryn
    Propamocarb Hydrochloride
    Sodium Fluoroacetate-1080
    Sodium Omadine
    Starlicide
    Terbuthylazine
    Tetrachlorvinphos
    Trichlorfon
    Trifluralin

    During FY '96, EPA's goal is to complete 40 REDs from the following 
list of 50 candidate pesticide reregistration cases. The Agency 
believes it has a substantially complete data base regarding the human 
health and environmental effects of each of these pesticides. However, 
due to the complexities involved in refining risk mitigation measures, 
and available Agency resources, EPA's goal is to complete REDs for only 
40 of these 50 candidates, this year.

    Alachlor
    Aldicarb
    Amitrole
    B. popilliae & B. lentimorb
    Bromacil
    Bromadiolone
    Bromethalin
    Captan
    Chlorothalonil
    Chlorpyrifos
    Colletotrichum Gloesporioides Spores
    Coumaphos
    Cryolite
    DEET
    Desmedipham
    Dibromodicyanobutane
    Dichlobenil
    Dicofol
    Diflubenzuron
    Dimethyloxazolidine
    Ethion
    Fenamiphos
    Fenthion
    Gibberellic Acid
    Hydroprene
    Hydroxyethyl Octyl Sulfide
    Hydroxypropyl Methanethiosulfonate
    Mepiquat Chloride
    Methylene Bisthiocyanate
    Methylisothiazoline
    Metribuzin
    MitinFF
    Naled
    4-Nitrophenol
    Norflurazon
    NPV (Nuclear Polyhedral Viruses) Inclusion Bodies
    Paraquat Dichloride
    p-Chlor-m-cresol
    Pendimethalin
    Phorate
    Profenofos
    Propoxur
    Strychnine
    Tanol Derivatives
    Terbufos
    Tridencenyl Acetate
    Troysan KK-108A
    Vanicide
    Vinclozolin
    Virelure

    EPA's goal is to complete an additional 40 REDs during FY '97. 
These most likely will consist of some FY '96 RED candidates from the 
list above, plus other RED candidates from the two lists below. The 
first list below contains 17 pesticide reregistration cases for which 
the Agency already has begun to develop scientific assessments.

    Benomyl
    Bromoxynil
    Butralin
    Cypermethrin
    DEF
    Dimethoate
    Fluvalinate
    Fonofos
    Methidathion
    Oxamyl
    Oxyfluorfen
    PCNB
    Permethrin
    Sulprofos
    Thiobencarb
    Thiodicarb
    Triclopyr

    EPA expects to have complete data sets in FY '97 for the following 
pesticide reregistration cases, but has not yet scheduled scientific 
assessments or REDs for these cases. Due to the limited Agency 
resources available to make reregistration eligibility decisions, EPA's 
goal is to complete a total of about 40 REDs during the next fiscal 
year. In addition to the cases listed above, science reviews will be 
completed for some of the cases listed below, in preparation for REDs 
in future years.
    The public is invited to submit information to assist the Agency in 
prioritizing the following pesticides for reregistration eligibility 
decisions in FY '97. EPA is interested in knowing which of these 
pesticides are of the greatest interest or concern to the public from a 
human health or environmental perspective, and why, so that our

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limited resources may be focused most effectively.
     Of these pesticides, those that the Agency believes may pose high 
dietary, occupational, or residential exposure or risk are ones that 
the Agency would give priority to in its reregistration evaluation. 
Therefore, information of particular value to the Agency in 
prioritizing these FY '97 candidates should relate to exposure and 
risks from use of the chemicals.

    2,4-D
    2,4-DB
    2,4-DP
    Acrolein
    Allethrin
    Arsenal
    Azadioxabicyclooctane
    Azinphos-Methyl
    Bendiocarb
    Benfluralin
    Bensulide
    Benzisothiaszolin-3-one
    Bioban P-1487
    Bis(bromoacetoxy)-2-butene
    Brodifacoum
    Bromonitrostyrene
    Cacodylic Acid
    Calcium Polysulfide
    Carbofuran
    Chlorine Dioxide
    Chloroneb
    Chloropicrin
    Chlorphacinone
    Chlorsulfuron
    Coal Tar/Creosote
    Cycloate
    Dazomet
    Diiodomethyl p-Tolyl Sulfone
    Dipropyl Isocinchomeronate
    Dikegulac Sodium
    Diphacinone
    Diphenylamine
    Diuron
    EPTC
    Endosulfan
    Flumetralin
    Fluometuron
    Formaldehyde
    Formetanate HCl
    Grotan
    Iprodione
    Irgasan
    Malathion
    MCPB
    Mefluidide and Salts
    Methomyl
    Methyl Esters of Fatty Acids
    Napthalene
    Octhilinone
    Oil of Pennyroyal
    Oxadiazon
    Oxydemeton Methyl (ODM)
    Oxythioquinox
    Pentachlorophenol
    Perbulate
    Phenmedipham
    Phenol
    Phosmet
    Pine Oil
    Piperonyl Butoxide
    Pirimiphos-Methyl
    Prometon
    Propanil
    Propetamphos
    Propylene Oxide
    Pyrazon
    Pyrethrin
    Pyrimidinone (Amdro)
    Sethoxydim
    Siduron
    Sodium Bisulfite and Sulfur Dioxide
    Sodium Chlorate
    Sulfonated Oleic Acid
    Sumithrin
    Telone
    Terbacil
    Terrazole
    Tetramethrin
    Thiabendazole
    Triallate
    Zinc Omadine
    Zinc Phosphide

    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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: May 6, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-12080 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45am]
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