[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4762-4763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2467]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34099; FRL-5374-5]


Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for 
Comment; Certain Chemicals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision 
documents; opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients Alkyl 
Imidazolines, Amitraz, Amitrole, Ancymidol, Bronopol, Chlorhexidine 
diacetate, Chlorpropham, Coumaphos, Cryolite, Desmedipham, 
Dibromodicyanobutane, Dimethoxane, Hydroxyethyl octyl sulfide, 
Hydroxypropylmethanethiosulfonate, Methyloxazolidine, Mitin-FF, 
Norflurazon, O-benzyl-p-chlorophenol and salts, Prometryn, Propamocarb 
hydrochloride, Starlicide, Tetrachlorvinphos, and Trifluralin. This 
notice starts a 60-day public comment period. The REDs for the 
chemicals listed above are the Agency's formal regulatory assessments 
of the health and environmental data base of the subject chemicals and 
present the Agency's determination regarding which pesticidal uses are 
eligible for reregistration.
    Please note that these REDs were finalized and signed prior to 
August 3, 1996. On that date, the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 
(``FQPA'') became effective, amending portions of both the pesticide 
law (FIFRA) and the food and drug law (FFDCA). These REDs don't address 
any issues raised by FQPA, and any tolerance-related statements in the 
RED did not take into account any changes in tolerance assessment 
procedures required under FQPA. To the extent that these REDs indicate 
that a change in any tolerance is necessary, that determination will be 
reassessed by the Agency under the standards set forth in FQPA before a 
proposed tolerance is issued. To the extent that the RED does not 
indicate that a change in the tolerance is necessary, that tolerance, 
too, will be reassessed in the future pursuant to the requirements of 
FQPA.

DATES: Written comments on these decisions must be submitted by April 
1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number 
``OPP-34099'' and the case number (noted below), 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 (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-34099''. 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 (including comments and data 
submitted electronically). The public docket and docket index, 
including printed paper versions of electronic comments, which does not 
include any information claimed as CBI will be available for public 
inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
    To request a copy of any of the above listed RED documents, or 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above 
listed decisions should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review 
Managers:


                                                                                                                
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                                                        Chemical Review                                         
          Chemical Name                Case No.             Manager          Telephone No.      E-mail Address  
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Alkyl Imidazolines..............  3010..............  Margaret Rice.....  308-8039..........  Rice.margaret@epam
Amitraz.........................  0234..............  Mario Fiol........  308-8049..........  Fiol.mario@epamail
                                                                                               .epa.gov.        
Amitrole........................  0095..............  Mario Fiol........  308-8049..........  Fiol.mario@epamail
                                                                                               .epa.gov.        
Ancymidol.......................  3017..............  Rieman Rhinehart..  308-8584..........  Rhinehart.rieman@e
pamail.epa.gov.  
Bronopol........................  2770..............  Ron Kendall.......  308-8068..........  Kendall.ron@epamai
l.epa.gov.       
Chlorhexidine diacetate.........  3038..............  Bonnie Adler......  308-8523..........  Adler.bonnie@epama
il.epa.gov.      
Chlorpropham....................  0271..............  Margery Exton.....  308-8042..........  Exton.margery@epam
ail.epa.gov.     
Coumaphos.......................  0018..............  Dennis McNeilly...  308-8066..........  McNeilly.dennis@ep
amail.epa.gov.   
Cryolite........................  0087..............  Dana Lateulere....  308-8044..........  Lateulere.dana@epa
mail.epa.gov.    
Desmedipham.....................  2150..............  Richard Gebken....  308-8591..........  Gebken.richard@epa
mail.epa.gov.    
Dibromodicyanobutane............  2780..............  Yvonne Brown......  308-8073..........  Brown.yvonne@epama
il.epa.gov.      
Dimethoxane.....................  3064..............  CP Moran..........  308-8590..........  M[email protected]
pa.gov.          
Hydroxyethyl octyl sulfide......  3103..............  Ron Kendall.......  308-8068..........  Kendall.ron@epamai
l.epa.gov.       
Hydroxypropylmethanethiosulfonat  3033..............  Pat Dobak.........  308-8180..........  Dobak.pat@epamail.
e.epa.gov.         
Methyloxazolidine...............  3095..............  Margaret Rice.....  308-8039..........  Rice.margaret@epam
ail.epa.gov.     
Mitin-FF........................  3097..............  Rieman Rhinehart..  308-8584..........  Rhinehart.rieman@e
pamail.epa.gov.  
Norflurazon.....................  0229..............  Karen Jones.......  308-8047..........  Jones.karen@epamai
l.epa.gov.       

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O-benzyl-p-chloroplenol and       2045..............  Barbara Briscoe...  308-8177..........  Briscoe.barbara@ep
salts.amail.epa.gov.   
Propamocarb hydrochloride.......  3124..............  Kathleen Depukat..  308-8587..........  Depukat.kathleen@e
pamail.epa.gov.  
Prometryn.......................  0467..............  Mario Fiol........  308-8049..........  Fiol.mario@epamail
                                                                                               .epa.gov.        
Starlicide......................  2610..............  Margaret Rice.....  308-8039..........  Rice.margaret@epam
ail.epa.gov.     
Tetrachlorvinphos...............  0321..............  Bill Wooge........  308-8794..........  Wooge.bill@epamail
                                                                                               .epa.gov.        
Trifluralin.....................  0179..............  Connie Childress..  208-8076..........  Childress.connie@e
pamail.epa.gov.  
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active 
ingredients listed above. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting an accelerated 
reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to make sure 
they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. The data base to 
support the reregistration of each of the chemicals listed above is 
substantially complete.
    All registrants of products containing one or more of the above 
listed active ingredients have been sent the appropriate RED documents 
and must respond to labeling requirements and product specific data 
requirements (if applicable) within 8 months of receipt. Products 
containing other active ingredients will not be reregistered until 
those other active ingredients are determined to be eligible for 
reregistration.
    The reregistration program is being conducted under Congressionally 
mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes both the need to make timely 
reregistration decisions and to involve the public. Therefore, EPA is 
issuing these REDs as final documents with a 60-day comment period. 
Although the 60-day public comment period does not affect the 
registrant's response due date, it is intended to provide an 
opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any 
necessary amendments to the RED. All comments will be carefully 
considered by the Agency. If any comment significantly affects a RED, 
EPA will amend the RED by publishing the amendment in the Federal 
Register.
    A record has been established for this notice under docket number 
``OPP-34099'' (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 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 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 copies of the 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 gopher server, gopher.epa.gov.
    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 of 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: January 22, 1997.

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

[FR Doc. 97-2467 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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