[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6929-6930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3441]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-42008C; FRL-5754-3]


Idaho Plan for Certification of Restricted Use Pesticide 
Applicators

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to approve amended certification plan.

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SUMMARY: On February 11, 1977, EPA issued final approval of the Idaho 
Plan for the certification of restricted use pesticide applicators. 
Idaho has submitted an amendment to this plan for EPA approval. The 
amendment would add a category for the certification of 1080 Livestock 
Protection Collar (1080 LPC) applicators. The amended plan also 
requires recertification every 2 years rather than the current 5 years, 
establishes a chemigation category, and combines its various classes of 
commercial applicators under a new classification of professional 
applicator.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 30, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments, identified by docket control number 
``OPP-42008C'' to Allan Welch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Eighth Floor, Seattle, WA 98101.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: 
[email protected]. Follow the instructions under Unit II. of 
this document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be 
submitted through e-mail.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document 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 
record. Information not marked confidential will be included in the 
public docket by EPA without prior notice.
    Copies of the amended Idaho Certification Plan are available for 
viewing at the following locations during normal business hours:
1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Rm. 1121, Arlington, VA 
22202. Contact: John R. MacDonald, (703) 305-7370, e-mail: 
[email protected].
2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Eighth Floor, Seattle, WA. Contact: Allan Welch, (206) 553-1980, e-
mail: [email protected].
3. Idaho Department of Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Resources, 
P.O. Box 7723, 2270 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID. Contact: Beth 
Williams, (208) 332-8605, e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Allan Welch, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Eighth 
Floor, Seattle, WA, Telephone: (206) 553-1980, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of February 11, 1977 (42 FR 8692), notice 
was published announcing the final approval of the Idaho Plan for the 
certification of restricted use pesticide applicators. Idaho has 
submitted an amendment to this certification plan. The Idaho amendment 
establishes a new category for the certification of 1080 LPC 
applicators. Idaho proposes to certify approximately 25 employees of 
the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Damage Control 
(ADC). The ADC is one of the registrants of the 1080 LPC and will 
supply the 1080 LPC to their employees certified under this plan. ADC 
employees certified under this plan will only be applying 1080 LPCs in 
performance of their official duties. There is no provision for 
supervision of non-certified applicators of 1080 LPCs. Only applicators 
certified in 1080 LPC use will be permitted to apply the product. The 
amended plan will combine the licenses of commercial applicator, 
commercial operator, limited applicator, and consultant into a single 
license of professional applicator. The Idaho certification plan will 
under this amendment have only private and professional applicators. 
Chemigation will become a category under both the private and 
professional applicator license. Chemigation under the current plan 
requires a separate license. The recertification period will be reduced 
to 2 years from the current 5-year period.

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The training required for recertification eligibility also will be 
reduced. This will result in more frequent training with the average 
yearly training burden remaining relatively unchanged.
    EPA finds that the amended Idaho Certification plan fully meets the 
requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
and the regulations at 40 CFR part 171. In addition, the requirements 
for certification of 1080 LPC applicators complies with the special use 
requirements contained in the 1080 registration standards. Therefore, 
EPA announces its intention to approve the amended Idaho certification 
plan.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on EPA's 
intention to approve the amended Idaho certification plan.

II. Public Record and Electronic Submission

    The official record for this action, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this action under docket control number ``OPP-
42008C'' (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 a.m. to 
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official 
record is located at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Eighth Floor, Seattle, WA.
    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. Comment and data 
will also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket control number ``OPP-42008C.'' Electronic comments on this 
action may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: February 3, 1998.
Charles Clarke,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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