[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68035-68036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32798]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00448; FRL-5393-5]


Registration Policies Pertaining to Rodenticide Baits and Other 
Vertebrate Pesticides

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Draft PR Notice; notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA announces the availability of a draft pesticide regulation 
(PR) notice that summarizes policies affecting the registrations of 
rodenticide baits and other vertebrate pesticide products, which 
include toxicants and repellents. The PR notice outlines historical 
policies which are largely or completely specific to vertebrate 
pesticides, especially rodenticide baits. Most of these policies 
pertain to where the Agency draws distinctions among products based 
upon formulations, bait forms, and packaging arrangements. The PR 
notice also announces a proposed new policy under which it would be 
possible for rodenticide baits of a common formulation to be sold in 
placepacks of

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different sizes under a single registration number.
 DATES: Written comments, identified by the document control number 
[OPP-00448], must be received on or before February 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: 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, bring comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Copies of the draft 
notice may be requested from the Public Response and Program Resources 
Branch by telephone (703) 305-5805) or by writing to the Washington, 
DC, address indicated above.
    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-00448]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found below in 
this document.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be 
claimed confidential by marking any or all of that information as 
``Confidential Business Information'' (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 Room 1128 
at the Virginia address given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: William W. Jacobs, 
Insecticide-Rodenticide Branch, Registration Division (7505C), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Room 259, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, (703) 305-6406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    EPA has established a record for this notice of availability under 
docket number [OPP-00448] (including any comments and data submitted 
electronically). 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 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:00 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 may 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 any 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, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 18, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-32798 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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