[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15950]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00525; FRL-5775-7]


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 1998 Pesticide 
Product Label System on CD ROM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Yvonne Brown, 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. 238, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 305-6473.

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 the OPP since 1971. The 1998 PPLS replaces 
the 1997 PPLS in its entirety.
    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 the complete number is 
unknown. Search results are displayed in full screen format and single 
or multiple pages can be printed.
    Some label amendments address only portions of the label and may 
not represent the complete label. Review of all updates for a single 
product may be necessary. The label images represent the product at the 
time the labeling was accepted. The product may have been transferred 
to another company or canceled since the date the label was accepted 
and such status information is not reflected in this system.
    The quality of the images varies greatly as it is dependent on the 
quality of the label submitted to and accepted by OPP. Since the 
initial version of the PPLS is the product of a conversion from images 
stored on microfiche, some oversized images are represented as two 
separate documents and will require retrieval of both to obtain the 
complete image.
    Regulations governing the labeling requirements of pesticide 
products are contained in 40 CFR Chapter 1.

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) 605-6060 
or (800) 553-NTIS (6847). When requesting the PPLS from NTIS, use the 
Order Number SUB-5404.

    Dated: April 24, 1998.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Acting Director, Information Resources Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-15950 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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