[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8740-8741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4776]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00468; FRL-5587-4]


Pesticide Product Label System; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the new Pesticide 
Product Label System on CD ROM which supersedes and replaces the 
Compact Label File on microfiche.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda Alexander, Office of 
Pesticide Programs (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location for commercial courier 
delivery and telephone number: Rm. 700N, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5259.

ADDRESSES: For specific address and price information, refer to Unit 
II. of this document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS), a software product 
developed by EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), contains images 
of registered pesticide product labels submitted by pesticide 
registrants and accepted by OPP since 1971.
    The label images have been indexed by company, product, and date. 
The retrieval program allows the user to search by registration number, 
which is a combination of company number and product number. Searches 
can be conducted based on partial numbers if

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the complete number is unknown. Search results are displayed in full 
screen format and single or multiple pages can be printed.

II. Ordering Information

    The CD ROM collection is available as an ongoing subscription from: 
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), ATTN: Order Desk, 
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, Telephone: (703) 487-4630. 
Approximate annual cost for the new base set each year and three 
quarterly updates is $640; outside U.S., Canada, and Mexico, $1,280. 
Price for base set of about 25 CDs is $388; outside U.S., Canada, and 
Mexico $776. Each update includes a new index CD and a labels CD, price 
is $84 each. When requesting the PPLS from NTIS, use the Order Number 
PB97-594040.

    Dated: February 12, 1997.
Linda A. Travers,
Director, Program Management and Support Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-4776 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
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