[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41340-41341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17616]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0158; FRL-7312-3]


Certain Pesticides; Completion of Comment Period for 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision and Tolerance Reassessment Decision 
Documents

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the closure of benomyl, butylate, 
chlorothalonil, oxadixyl, primisulfuron-methyl, and vinclozolin 
reregistration elegibility decisions (REDs) and tolerance reassessment 
decisions (TREDs). EPA developed these reregistration decisions 
pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) and tolerance reassessments under the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the RED and 
TRED documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review 
Managers listed in Unit II.A.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This notice is directed to the public in general. As such, 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 
information in this notice, contact the appropriate chemical review 
manager listed in the table inUnit II.A.

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-2003-0158. 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. The appropriate RED and TRED documents can be 
reviewed by utilizing the www.epa.gov/pesticides site. The site will 
provide background information for the chemicals listed in the table. 
Technical questions can be directed to the chemical review manager. 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?

    During fiscal years 1998-2002, EPA published Notices in the Federal 
Register announcing the availability of RED and TRED documents for a 
number of pesticides concluding reregistration and tolerance 
reassessments. This notice constitutes and announces the closing of the 
comment periods for the pesticides listed below. Thirty and 60-day 
comment periods have closed for each chemical. Because EPA did not 
receive any significant adverse comments, the Agency considers the RED 
and TRED for the pesticides as final decisions and hereby closed.

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            Chemical Name              Chemical Review Manager        Case Number             RED/TRED Date
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Benomyl                                Demson Fuller            0119                     July 2002
                                       (703) 308-8062.........                           Voluntary Cancellation
                                                                                         August 2001
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Butylate                               Gary Mullins             0071                     September 2001
                                       (703) 308-8044.........
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Chlorothalonil                         Jill Bloom               0097                     September 1998
                                       (703) 308-8019.........
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Oxadixyl                               John Pates               AI126701                 September 2001
                                       (703) 308-8195.........
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Primisulfuron-methyl                   Christina Scheltema      AI128973                 July 2002
                                       (703) 308-2201.........
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Vinclozolin                            Demson Fuller            2740                     October 2000
                                       (703) 308-8062.........
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B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    The legal authority for this decision falls under FIFRA, as amended 
in 1988 and 1996. Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA directs that, after 
submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the 
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active 
ingredient are eligible for reregistration'' before calling in product-
specific data on individual end-use products, and either registering 
products or taking other ``appropriate regulatory action.''

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: July 1, 2003.
Richard P. Keigwin Jr.,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

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