[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
existing
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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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