[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13308-13309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6299]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0045; FRL-7293-7]


Triallate; Completion of Comment Period for Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to section 4(g)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), concludes the 
comment period for the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for 
triallate. No comments were received for triallate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dirk V. Helder, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-4610; fax 
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal

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Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); environmental, human health, and 
agricultural advocates; pesticide users; and the public interested in 
the use of pesticides. Since other entities may also be interested, the 
Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may 
be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under For Further Information Contact.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0045. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although a part of the official 
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials 
that is available for public viewing at the Public Information and 
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, 
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available 
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available 
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate 
docket ID number.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice constitutes and announces the closing of the comment 
period for the triallate RED. The Agency published a notice in the 
Federal Register of May 23, 2001 (66 FR 28469) (FRL-6775-9) and a 
correction in the Federal Register on June 25, 2001 (66 FR 33684) (FRL-
6788-1) announcing the availability and start of a 60-day public 
comment period on the Reregistration Eligibility Decision document for 
the pesticide active ingredient triallate. This RED was issued as a 
final document with a 60-day comment period, which closed on July 23, 
2001. In this RED, EPA provided its regulatory position on the current 
registered use of triallate and set forth certain data requirements and 
label amendments for product reregistration eligibility.
    A copy of the triallate RED can be found under docket control 
number OPP-34226A or on the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.

B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    The legal authority for this RED falls under FIFRA, as amended in 
1988 and 1996. Section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA directs that, after 
submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the 
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active 
ingredients are eligible for reregistration,'' and either reregister 
products or take ``other appropriate regulatory action.''

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticide Tolerances.

    Dated: March 4, 2003.
 Lois A. Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-6299 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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