[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51104-51105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25896]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00492; FRL-5734-5]


Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR Notices

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its final policy in a Pesticide Registration 
(PR) Notice entitled ``Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR 
Notices.'' EPA proposed this policy for 60 days of public comment on 
January 11, 1995. Interested parties may request a copy of the Agency's 
final policy by contacting the person listed in the ADDRESSES unit of 
this notice.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available from: By mail: Melissa L. Chun, 
Policy and Regulatory Services Branch, Field and External Affairs 
Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
location and telephone number: Rm. 1116A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-4027, e-mail: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Melissa L. Chun, Policy and 
Regulatory Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division 
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone 
number: Rm. 1116A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 
(703) 305-4027, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Availability

Internet
    Electronic copies of this document and the PR Notice are available 
from the

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EPA home page at the Federal Register-Environmental Documents entry for 
this document under ``Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
Fax on Demand
    Using a faxphone call 202-401-0527 and select item 6103 for a copy 
of the PR Notice.

II. Background

    EPA is announcing its policy in a PR Notice entitled ``Existing 
Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR Notices.'' This PR Notice describes 
the Agency's policy to establish an annual date by which registrants 
will normally implement labeling changes specified in Pesticide 
Registration (PR) Notices, Federal Register Notices, or other 
documents. The policy outlined in the PR Notice will help streamline 
the Agency's processing of labeling changes, improve the coordination 
of EPA's labeling activities, and lessen the economic impact on 
registrants and supplemental distributors of making labeling changes 
throughout the year. The annual compliance date generally provides more 
time for registrants and supplemental distributors to distribute or 
sell products bearing old labeling than under EPA's current Existing 
Stocks Policy. The Agency has determined that generally it will not set 
a compliance date for persons other than registrants and supplemental 
distributors to comply with labeling changes specified in PR Notices 
and similar notices, so that ``old'' labels in channels of trade are 
distributed or sold until supplies are exhausted. Further, the Agency 
has determined that the existing stocks provisions will normally be 
based on the ``released for shipment'' date. EPA will generally follow 
these policies unless different measures are necessary to protect human 
health and the environment, or it is otherwise in the public interest.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Anne E. Lindsay,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-25896 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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