[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46996-47007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16560]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1005; FRL-8149-5]


Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its 
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during 
fiscal year 2006. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to publish information about EPA's annual 
achievements in this area. This notice discusses the integration of 
tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and describes 
the status of various regulatory activities associated with 
reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The notice gives total 
numbers of chemicals and products reregistered, tolerances reassessed, 
Data Call-Ins issued, and products registered under the ``fast-track'' 
provisions of FIFRA. This notice also contains the schedule for 
completion of activities for specific chemicals during fiscal years 
2007 through 2008.

DATES: This notice is not subject to a formal comment period. 
Nevertheless, EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general 
public. Written comments, identified by the docket ID number [EPA-HQ-
OPP-2006-1005], should be received on or before October 22, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1005, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2006-1005. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line 
at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov 
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you 
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
the EPA Docket Center homepage athttp://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/
.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the index. 
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket athttp://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac 
Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours 
of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone 
number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol P. Stangel, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (703) 308-8007; e-
mail:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to persons who are interested in 
the progress and status of EPA's pesticide reregistration and tolerance 
reassessment programs, 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, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk 
or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity, obscene language, or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline.

II. Background

    EPA must establish and publish in the Federal Register its annual 
performance measures and goals for pesticide

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reregistration, tolerance reassessment, and expedited registration, 
under section 4(l) of FIFRA, as amended by the Food Quality Protection 
Act of 1996 (FQPA). Specifically, such measures and goals are to 
include:
     The status of reregistration.
     The number of products reregistered, canceled, or amended.
     The number and type of data requests or Data Call-In (DCI) 
notices under section 3(c)(2)(B) issued to support product 
reregistration by active ingredient.
     Progress in reducing the number of unreviewed, required 
reregistration studies.
     The aggregate status of tolerances reassessed.
     The number of applications for registration submitted 
under subsection (k)(3) (which provides for expedited processing and 
review of similar applications), that were approved or disapproved.
     The future schedule for reregistrations in the current and 
succeeding fiscal year.
     The projected year of completion of the reregistrations 
under section 4.
    FIFRA, as amended in 1988, authorizes EPA to conduct a 
comprehensive pesticide reregistration program--a complete review of 
the human health and environmental effects of older pesticides 
originally registered before November 1, 1984. Pesticides meeting 
today's scientific and regulatory standards may be declared 
``eligible'' for reregistration. To be eligible, an older pesticide 
must have a substantially complete data base, and must not cause 
unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment when 
used according to Agency approved label directions and precautions.
    In addition, all pesticides with food uses must meet the safety 
standard of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA) 21 U.S.C. 346a, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) of 1996. Under FFDCA, EPA must make a determination that 
pesticide residues remaining in or on food are ``safe''; that is, 
``that there is reasonable certainty that no harm will result from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue'' from dietary and 
other sources. In determining allowable levels of pesticide residues in 
food, EPA must perform a more comprehensive assessment of each 
pesticide's risks, considering:
     Aggregate exposure (from food, drinking water, and 
residential uses).
     Cumulative effects from all pesticides sharing a common 
mechanism of toxicity.
     Possible increased susceptibility of infants and children; 
and
     Possible endocrine or estrogenic effects.
    As amended by FQPA, FFDCA required the reassessment of all existing 
tolerances (pesticide residue limits in food) and tolerance exemptions 
within 10 years, to ensure that they met the safety standard of the 
law. EPA was directed to give priority to the review of those 
pesticides that appeared to pose the greatest risk to public health, 
and to reassess 33% of the 9,721 existing tolerances and exemptions 
within 3 years (by August 3, 1999), 66% within 6 years (by August 3, 
2002), and 100% in 10 years (by August 3, 2006).The Agency met the 
first two statutory deadlines and substantially met the third, 
completing over 99% of all required tolerance reassessment decisions by 
August 3, 2006. These decisions represent significant enhancements in 
public health and environmental protection. By successfully 
implementing FQPA, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides used on food in 
the United States meet the law's new, more stringent safety standard. 
EPA's approach to tolerance reassessment under FFDCA is described fully 
in the Agency's document, ``Raw and Processed Food Schedule for 
Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment'' (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) (FRL-
5734-6). The Agency's accomplishments under FQPA during the past 10 
years are discussed athttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/laws/fqpa/fqpa_accomplishments.htm.
    The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) of 2003 became 
effective on March 23, 2004. Among other things, PRIA directed EPA to 
complete Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for pesticides 
with food uses/tolerances by August 3, 2006, and to complete all non-
food use pesticide REDs by October 3, 2008. The Agency completed 99% of 
the REDs due by August 3, 2006, and plans to complete all remaining 
REDs by October 3, 2008. EPA's schedule for meeting these deadlines is 
available on the Agency's website athttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm.

III. FQPA and Program Accountability

    One of the hallmarks of the FQPA amendments to the FFDCA is 
enhanced accountability. Through this summary of performance measures 
and goals for pesticide reregistration, tolerance reassessment, and 
expedited registration, EPA describes progress made during the past 
year in each of the program areas included in FIFRA section 4(l).

A. Status of Reregistration

    During fiscal year (FY) 2006 (from October 1, 2005, through 
September 30, 2006), EPA made significant progress in completing risk 
assessments and risk management decisions for pesticide reregistration 
(See Table 1).
    The Agency's decisions are embodied in Reregistration Eligibility 
Decision (RED) documents, Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decisions 
(IREDs), and Reports on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and 
(Interim) Risk Management Decisions (TREDs).

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Table 1.--Reregistration/Risk Management Decisions Completed: In FY 2006
                       and FY 1991 through FY 2006
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                                              Total, FY 1991 through FY
             FY 2006 Decisions                          2006
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59 FY 2006 REDs                             330 REDs
(37 REDs + 22 OP IREDs became REDs).......
ADBAC.....................................
Aliphatic alkyl quarternaries (DDAC)......
Aliphatic solvents........................
Alkyl benzene sulfonates..................
Atrazine (2003 IRED became a RED, 4-6-06).
Cacodylic acid............................
Chlorine dioxide..........................
Copper and oxides.........................
Copper compounds II.......................
Copper salts..............................
Copper sulfate............................
Cypermethrin..............................
Dicamba...................................
Dichloran (DCNA)..........................
Imazapyr..................................
Inorganic chlorates (sodium chlorate).....
Inorganic sulfites........................
Iodine....................................
Malathion (OP RED)........................
MCPB......................................
Metaldehyde...............................
Methanearsonic acid, salts (DSMA, MSMA,
 CAMA).
MGK-264...................................
Mineral bases, weak (sodium carbonate)....
PCNB......................................
Permethrin................................
2-Phenylphenol and salts..................
Phytophthora palmivora....................
Piperonyl butoxide........................
Propiconazole.............................
Propylene oxide...........................
Pyrethrins................................
Resmethrin................................
Salicylic acid............................
Simazine (triazine RED)...................
TCMTB.....................................
Triadimefon...............................
22 OP IREDs became REDs on 7-31-06
Acephate..................................
Azinphos-methyl...........................
Bensulide.................................
Chlorpyrifos..............................
Diazinon..................................
Dichlorvos or DDVP........................
Dicrotophos...............................
Dimethoate................................
Disulfoton................................
Ethoprop..................................
Methamidophos.............................
Methidathion..............................
Methyl Parathion..........................
Naled.....................................
Oxydemeton-methyl (ODM)...................
Phorate...................................
Phosmet...................................
Pirimiphos-methyl.........................
Profenofos................................
Propetamphos..............................
Terbufos..................................
Tribufos (DEF)............................
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4 IREDs                                     4 IREDs
Carbofuran (N-methyl carbamate)...........
Dichlorvos (DDVP) (OP IRED, became a RED
 on 7-31-06).
Dimethoate (OP IRED, became a RED on 7-31-
 06).
Formetanate HCl (N-methyl carbamate)......
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19 TREDs                                    95 TREDs
Acetochlor................................
Amitraz...................................
Azadirachitin.............................
Bitertanol................................
Boric acid group..........................
CP enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate.......
Ethephon..................................
Ethylene oxide (ETO) (RED in FY 2007).....
Inert ingredients of semichemical
 dispensers.
Imazaquin.................................
Methyl bromide (commodity uses RED & TRED
 in FY 2006; soil fumigant uses RED in FY
 2007).
Neomycinphosphotransferase II.............
Oxytetracycline...........................
Propazine.................................
Rotenone (RED in FY 2007).................
Sodium Cyanide............................
Streptomycin..............................
Triadimenol...............................
Tridemorph................................
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    1. REDs. Through the reregistration program, EPA is reviewing 
current scientific data for older pesticides (those initially 
registered before November 1984), reassessing their effects on human 
health and the environment, and requiring risk mitigation measures as 
necessary. Pesticides that have sufficient supporting data and whose 
risks can be successfully mitigated may be declared ``eligible'' for 
reregistration. EPA presents these pesticide findings in a RED 
document.
    i. Overall RED progress. EPA's overall progress at the end of FY 
2006 in completing Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for 
groups of related pesticide active ingredients or cases is summarized 
in Table 2.

         Table 2.--Overall RED Progress, FY 1991 through FY 2006
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REDs completed                              330 (54%)
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Cases canceled                              229 (37%)
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REDs to be completed                        54 (9%)
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Total reregistration cases                  613 (100%)
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    ii. Profile of completed REDs. A profile of the REDs completed by 
the end of FY 2006 is presented in Table 3.

    Table 3.--Profile of 330 REDs Completed, FY 1991 through FY 2006
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Pesticide active ingredients                527
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Pesticide products                          over 20,000
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    iii. Risk reduction in REDs. Through the reregistration program, 
EPA seeks to reduce risks associated with the use of older pesticides. 
In developing REDs, EPA works with stakeholders including pesticide 
registrants, growers and other pesticide users, and environmental and 
public health interests groups, as well as the States, USDA, and other 
Federal agencies and others to develop measures to effectively reduce 
risks of concern. Almost every RED includes some measures or 
modifications to reduce risks. The options for such risk reduction are 
extensive and include voluntary cancellation of pesticide products or 
deletion of uses; declaring certain uses ineligible or not yet eligible 
(and then proceeding with follow-up action to cancel the uses or 
require additional supporting data); restricting use of products to 
certified applicators; limiting the amount or frequency of use; 
improving use directions and precautions; adding more protective 
clothing and equipment requirements; requiring special packaging or 
engineering controls; requiring no-treatment buffer zones; employing 
ground water, surface water, or other environmental and ecological 
safeguards; and other measures.
    2. Interim REDs or IREDs. EPA issues IREDs for pesticides that are 
undergoing reregistration, require a reregistration eligibility 
decision, and also must be included in a cumulative assessment under 
FQPA because they are part of a group of pesticides that share a common 
mechanism of toxicity. An IRED is issued for each individual pesticide 
in the cumulative group when EPA completes the pesticide's risk 
assessment and interim risk management decision. An IRED may include 
measures to reduce risks from food, drinking water, residential, 
occupational, and/or ecological exposure while the cumulative risk 
assessment is pending. For example, EPA generally did not consider 
individual organophosphate (OP) pesticide decisions made in advance of 
the cumulative risk assessment to be completed REDs or tolerance 
reassessments. Instead, the Agency issued IREDs for these chemicals. 
EPA completed the risk assessments and reregistration eligibility 
decisions for those OP pesticides with IREDs, once the Agency completed 
the OP cumulative risk assessment on July 31, 2006.See http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative/.
    3. Tolerance reassessment ``TREDs.'' EPA issues Reports on FFDCA 
Tolerance Reassessment Progress and [Interim] Risk Management 
Decisions, known as TREDs, for pesticides that require tolerance 
reassessment decisions under FFDCA, but do not require a reregistration 
eligibility decision at present because:
     The pesticide was first registered after November 1, 1984, 
and is considered a ``new'' active ingredient, not subject to 
reregistration;

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     EPA completed a RED for the pesticide before FQPA was 
enacted; or
     The pesticide is not registered for use in the U.S. but 
tolerances are established that allow crops treated with the pesticide 
to be imported from other countries.
    As with IREDs, EPA does not complete risk assessment and risk 
management for pesticides subject to TREDs that are part of a 
cumulative group until cumulative risks have been considered for the 
group.
    During FY 2006, EPA completed 19 TREDs. By August 3, 2006, EPA also 
completed tolerance assessment decisions for food use pesticide inert 
ingredients that are exempted from the tolerance requirement. Almost 
900 of the 9,721 tolerance reassessment decisions required by the 
amended FFDCA were for such inert ingredient tolerance exemptions.
    As a result of the FQPA, food-contact surface sanitizing solutions 
previously regulated by both EPA and the Food and Drug Administration 
were transferred to EPA's sole jurisdiction. Consequently, the 
approximately 107 ingredients that made up these sanitizer solutions in 
21 CFR 178.1010 were transferred to 40 CFR 180.940. In addition to 
reassessing the 9,721 tolerances and exemptions for food and feed 
commodities, EPA also was required to reassess these sanitizer 
tolerance exemptions by August 3, 2006. The Antimicrobials Division 
(AD) in EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is responsible for 
reassessing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for the 
food-contact surface sanitizing solutions requiring reassessment. AD 
completed the reassessment of 120 tolerance exemptions in FY 2006, 
resulting in a total of 174 tolerance exemptions reassessed for the 
food-contact surface sanitizing solutions.
    4. Goals for FY 2007 and future years. EPA's major pesticide 
reregistration and tolerance reassessment goals for FY 2007 and future 
years are as follows.
    i. Complete individual pesticide risk management decisions. EPA's 
goal in conducting the reregistration program is to complete 6 
remaining Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) and Interim REDs 
(IREDs) for pesticides with food uses and 19 REDs for pesticides with 
no food uses during FY 2007. The Agency plans to complete the remaining 
29 non-food use REDs in FY 2008. EPA's schedule for completing these 
decisions appears near the end of this document, and also is available 
on the Agency's website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm.
    ii. Complete tolerance reassessment decisions. EPA completed over 
99% of all required tolerance reassessment decisions by August 3, 2006, 
the 10-year anniversary of FQPA. EPA expects to complete the N-methyl 
carbamate cumulative risk assessment and the Agency's final 84 
tolerance reassessment decisions, thereby completing theFQPA tolerance 
reassessment program.
    iii. Evaluate cumulative risks. EPA completed cumulative risk 
assessments for the organophosphate (OP), triazine, and 
chloroacetanilide pesticides during FY 2006. Once EPA completes an 
individual decision for aldicarb, the Agency will make a cumulative 
risk finding for the N-methyl carbamate common mechanism group of 
pesticides. No other groups are scheduled at present for cumulative 
risk assessments. For further information, see EPA's Assessing 
Pesticide Cumulative Risk web page,http//www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative/index.htm.

B. Product Reregistration; Numbers of Products Reregistered, Canceled, 
and Amended

    At the end of the reregistration process, after EPA has issued a 
RED and declared a pesticide reregistration case eligible for 
reregistration, individual end-use products that contain pesticide 
active ingredients included in the case still must be reregistered. 
This concluding part of the reregistration process is called ``product 
reregistration.''
    In issuing a completed RED document, EPA sends registrants a Data 
Call-In (DCI) notice requesting any product-specific data and specific 
revised labeling needed to complete reregistration for each of the 
individual pesticide products covered by the RED. Based on the results 
of EPA's review of these data and labeling, products found to meet 
FIFRA and FFDCA standards may be reregistered.
    A variety of outcomes are possible for pesticide products 
completing this final phase of the reregistration process. Ideally, in 
response to the DCI notice accompanying the RED document, the pesticide 
producer, or registrant, will submit the required product-specific data 
and revised labeling, which EPA will review and find acceptable. At 
that point, the Agency may reregister the pesticide product. If, 
however, the product contains multiple active ingredients, the Agency 
instead issues an amendment to the product's registration, 
incorporating the labeling changes specified in the RED. A product with 
multiple active ingredients may not be fully reregistered until the 
last active ingredient in its formulation is eligible for 
reregistration. In other situations, the Agency may temporarily suspend 
a product's registration if the registrant has not submitted required 
product-specific studies within the time frame specified. The Agency 
may cancel a product's registration because the registrant did not pay 
the required registration maintenance fee. Alternatively, the 
registrant may request a voluntary cancellation of their end-use 
product registration.
    1. Product reregistration actions in FY 2006. EPA counts each of 
the post-RED product outcomes described above as a product 
reregistration action. A single pesticide product may be the subject of 
several product reregistration actions within the same year. For 
example, a product's registration initially may be amended, then the 
product may be reregistered, and later the product may be voluntarily 
canceled, all within the same year. During FY 2006, EPA completed the 
product reregistration actions detailed in Table 4.

    Table 4.--Product Reregistration Actions Completed during FY 2006
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Product reregistration actions              169
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Product amendment actions                   40
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Product cancellation actions                297
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Product suspension actions                  0
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Total actions                               506
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    2. Status of the product reregistration universe. The status of the 
universe of pesticide products subject to reregistration at the end of 
FY 2006 is shown in Table 5 below. This overall status information is 
not ``cumulative''--it is not derived from summing up a series of 
annual actions. Adding annual actions would result in a larger overall 
number since each individual product is subject to multipleactions--it 
can be amended, reregistered, and/or canceled, over time. Instead, the 
``big picture'' status information in Table 5 should be considered a 
snapshot in time. As registrants and EPA make marketing and regulatory 
decisions in the future, the status of individual products may change, 
and numbers in this table are expected to fluctuate.

     Table 5.--Status of the Universe of Products Subject to Product
         Reregistration, for FY 2006 (as of September 30, 2006)
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Products reregistered                       2,063
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Products amended                            554
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Products canceled                           4,672
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Products sent for suspension                30
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Total products with actions completed       7,319
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Products with actions pending               12,932
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Total products in product reregistration    20,251
 universe
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    The universe of 20,251 products in product reregistration at the 
end of FY 2006 represented an increase of 8,638 products from the FY 
2005 universe of 11,613 products. The increase consists of 8,613 
products associated with FY 2006 REDs, IREDs, and TREDs, and 25 
products that were added as a result of DCI activities and processing 
for several previously issued REDs and IREDs.
    At the end of FY 2006, 12,932 products had product reregistration 
decisions pending. Some pending products await science reviews, label 
reviews, or reregistration decisions by EPA. Others are not yet ready 
for product reregistration actions, but they are associated with more 
recently completed REDs. Their product-specific data are not yet due to 
be submitted to or reviewed by the Agency. EPA's goal is to complete 
545 product reregistration actions during fiscal year 2007.

C. Number and Type of DCIs to Support Product Reregistration by Active 
Ingredient

    1. DCIs for REDs and IREDs. The number and type of Data Call-In 
requests or DCIs that EPA is preparing to issue under FIFRA section 
3(c)(2)(B) to support product reregistration for pesticide active 
ingredients included in FY 2006 REDs and IREDs are shown in Table 6.

                                   Table 6.--DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2006 REDs and IREDs
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                                                                                       Number of Product       Number of Acute
             Case Name                      Case No.           Number of Products      Chemistry Studies      Toxicology Studies     Number of Efficacy
                                                               Covered by the RED1         Required2              Required3           Studies Required
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ADBAC                                0350                    1,047                   PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED -    PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Aliphatic Alkyl Quarternaries        3003                    382                     PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED -    PDCI has not been
 (DDAC)                                                                               completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Aliphatic Solvents                   3004                    158                     31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Alkylbenzene Sulfonates              4006                    20                      0                      Antimicrobial RED -    5
                                                                                                             Acute toxicity
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Cacodylic Acid                       2080                    36                      31                     See footnote 4 below   0
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Chlorine Dioxide                     4023                    95                      PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED -    PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Copper Compounds II                  0649                    173                     31                     Needs batching         0
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Copper and Oxides                    4025                    237                     PDCI has not been      Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Copper Salts                         4026                    38                      31                     Acute toxicity         0
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Copper Sulfate                       0636                    127                     31                     Acute toxicity         0
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Cypermethrin                         2130                    69                      31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Dicamba                              0065                    448                     31                     Acute toxicity         0
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Dichloran (DCNA)                     0113                    25                      31                     54 (1 batch/8 not      0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Dichlorvos (DDVP)                    0310                    100                     31                     258 (20 batches/23     PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             not batched)           completed yet
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Dimethoate                           0088                    54                      31                     96 (7 batches/9 not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Formetantate HCL (IRED)              0091                    6                       31                     36 (6 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Imazapyr                             3078                    19                      31                     Acute toxicity         0
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Inorganic Chlorates (Sodium          4049                    58                      31                     156 (9 batches/17 not  PDCI has not been
 Chlorate)                                                                                                   batched)               completed yet
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Inorganic Sulfites                   4056                    9                       31                     Acute toxicity         1
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Iodine and Iodophor Complexes        3080                    67                      0                      126 (12 batches/9 not  9
                                                                                                             batched)
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Malathion                            0248                    153                     31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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MCPB and Salts                       2365                    5                       31                     24 (1 batch/3 not      0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Metaldehyde                          0576                    52                      31                     102 (7 batches/10 not  0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Methanearsonic acid, salts (Organic  2395                    129                     See footnote 4 below   See footnote 4 below   See footnote 4 below
 Arsenicals) (MSMA/DSMA/CAMA)
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Methyl Bromide (RED/TRED)            0335                    14                      31                     Not Applicable         1
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MGK 264                              2430                    653                     31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Mineral Bases, Weak (Sodium          4066                    4                       PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED -    PDCI has not been
 Carbonate)                                                                           completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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2-Phenylphenol and Salts             2575                    118                     PDCI has not been      450 (22 batches/53     PDCI has not been
 (Orthophenyl Phenol)                                                                 completed yet          not batched)           completed yet
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PCNB                                 0128                    82                      31                     270 (14 batches/31     0
                                                                                                             not batched)
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Permethrin                           2510                    957                     31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO)             2525                    1,451                   31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Propiconazole                        3125                    172                     31                     264 (14 batches/30     0
                                                                                                             not batched)
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Propylene Oxide (PPO)                2560                    3                       31                     18 (3 not batched)     0
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Pyrethrins                           2580                    1,286                   31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Resmethrin                           0421                    232                     31                     Acute toxicity         PDCI has not been
                                                                                                             batching not           completed yet
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Simazine                             0070                    44                      31                     84 (8 batches/6 not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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TCMTB                                2625                    27                      PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED -    PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Triadimefon                          2700                    56                      31                     102 (7 batches/10 not  0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Total No. of Products                 ---                    8,606                    ---                    ---                    ---
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1The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the RED document
  (counted when the RED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the
  RED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each RED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration.
2This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the RED.
3In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ``batches'' products that can
  be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology
  studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the
  sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of
  formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary
  labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as ``substantially similar,'' because all products within a batch may not be considered
  chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need (SLN) registrations are not included in the acute
  toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.)
4Ineligible for reregistration; public comments under consideration. Depending on the Agency's formal response to the public comments, PDCIs may or may
  not be required for these chemicals.

    2. DCIs for TREDs. There are cases in which product-specific DCIs 
may be required for TREDs, particularly if the Agency believes that 
adequate product chemistry or acute toxicity data are not currently on 
file to support the reregistration of the products associated with the 
TREDs. The Agency is requiring product-specific DCIs for the following 
TRED:

                                        Table 7.--DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2006 TRED
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                                                                                       Number of Product       Number of Acute
             Case Name                      Case No.           Number of Products      Chemistry Studies      Toxicology Studies     Number of Efficacy
                                                              Covered by the TRED1         Required2              Required3           Studies Required
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Triadimenol                          NA                      7                       31                     42 (7 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Total No. of Products                 ---                    7                        ---                    ---                    ---
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1The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the RED document
  (counted when the RED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the
  RED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each RED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration.
2This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the RED.
3In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ``batches'' products that can
  be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology
  studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the
  sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of
  formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary
  labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as ``substantially similar,'' because all products within a batch may not be considered
  chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need (SLN) registrations are not included in the acute
  toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.)

D. Progress in Reducing the Number of Unreviewed, Required 
Reregistration Studies

    EPA has made progress in reviewing scientific studies submitted by 
pesticide registrants in support of pesticides undergoing 
reregistration (See Table 8). The percent of studies reviewed by EPA 
remained constant in FY 2006.

            Table 8.--Review Status of Studies Submitted for Pesticide Reregistration, End of FY 2006
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Pesticide Reregistration List, per      Studies Reviewed +
        FIFRA Section 4(c)(2)                Extraneous1        Studies Awaiting Review   Total Studies Received
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
List A                                 11,262 + 588 = 11,850    1,788 (13%)              13,638
                                        (87%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
List B                                 6,585 + 1,041 = 7,626    1,748 (19%)              9,374
                                        (81%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
List C                                 2,097 + 334 = 2,431      463 (16%)                2,894
                                        (84%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
List D                                 1,266 + 133 = 1,399      228 (14%)                1,627
                                        (86%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Lists A - D                      21,210 + 2,096 = 23,306  4,227 (15.35%)           27,533 (100%)
                                        (84.65%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1Extraneous studies is a term used to classify those studies that are not needed because the guideline or data
  requirement has been satisfied by other studies or has changed.

E. Aggregate Status of Tolerances Reassessed

    During FY 2006, EPA completed 1,820 tolerance reassessments and 
ended the fiscal year with a total of 9,637 tolerance reassessment 
decisions to date, addressing over 99% of the 9,721 tolerances that 
require reassessment (See Table 9).
    EPA reassessed over 33% of all food tolerances by August 3, 1999, 
and completed over 66% of all required tolerance reassessment decisions 
by August 3, 2002, meeting two important statutory deadlines 
established by the FQPA. EPA's general schedule for tolerance 
reassessment (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) identified three groups of 
pesticides to be reviewed; this grouping continues to reflect the 
Agency's overall scheduling priorities. In completing tolerance 
reassessment, EPA continues to give priority to pesticides in Group 1, 
the Agency's highest priority group for reassessment.
    1. Aggregate accomplishments through reregistration and other 
programs. EPA is accomplishing tolerance reassessment through the 
registration and reregistration programs; by revoking tolerances for 
pesticides that have been canceled (many as a result of 
reregistration); by reevaluating pesticides with pre-FQPA REDs, and 
through other decisions not directly related to registration or 
reregistration, described further below. EPA is using the Tolerance 
Reassessment Tracking System (TORTS) to compile this updated 
information and report on the status of tolerance reassessment (See 
Table 9).

                                 Table 9.--Tolerance Reassessments Completed Post-FQPA by Fiscal Year, through FY 2006*
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                                                                                                                                                  Total,
      Tolerances Reassessed Through...        Late FY  FY 1997  FY 1998  FY 1999  FY 2000  FY 2001  FY 2002  FY 2003  FY 2004  FY 2005  FY 2006   End of
                                                 96                                                                                              FY 2006
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Reregistration/REDs                                25      339      277      359       44       46      231       79       87      413    1,037    2,937
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Tolerance Reassessments/TREDs                       0        0        0        0        0        0      776       14      119       69      306    1,284
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Registration                                        0      224      308      340       55      216      200        0       71        0        1    1,415
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tolerance revocations                               3        0      812      513       22       35      545        0      172       75      185    2,362
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other decisions including inerts                    0        1        0      233        0        0      905       26       18      165      291    1,639
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total tolerances reassessed                        28      564    1,397    1,445      121      297    2,657      119      467      722    1,820    9.637
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*Includes corrected counts for some previous years.

    i. Reregistration/REDs. EPA is using the reregistration program to 
accomplish much of tolerance reassessment. For each of the tolerance 
reassessment decisions made through REDs since enactment of the FQPA, 
the Agency has made the finding as to whether there is a reasonable 
certainty of no harm, as required by FFDCA. Many tolerances reassessed 
through reregistration remain the same while others may be raised, 
lowered, or revoked.
    ii. Tolerance reassessments/TREDs. Tolerances initially evaluated 
through REDs that were completed before FQPA was enacted in August 1996 
now are being reassessed to ensure that they meet the new FFDCA safety 
standard. EPA issues these post-RED tolerance reassessment decisions as 
TREDs. The Agency also issues TREDs summarizing tolerance reassessment 
decisions for some developing REDs, for new pesticide active 
ingredients not subject to reregistration, and for pesticides with 
import tolerances only. Tolerance reassessments for the OPs, triazines, 
and chloroacetanilides (groups with completed cumulative risk 
assessments) and for pesticides that are not part of a cumulative group 
may be counted at present and are included in the FY 2006 
accomplishments.Tolerance reassessments for pesticides that are part of 
the N-methyl carbamate cumulative group are not included in the 
Agency's lists of accomplishments. The reassessment of these 84 
tolerances will be completed after EPA completes a cumulative risk 
evaluation for the group in FY 2007.
    iii. Registration. Like older pesticides, all new pesticide 
registrations must meet the safety standard of FFDCA. Many of the 
registration applications EPA receives are for new uses of pesticides 
already registered for other uses. To reach a decision on a proposed 
new food use of an already registered pesticide, EPA must reassess the 
aggregate risk of the the existing tolerances, as well as the proposed 
new tolerances, to make sure there is reasonable certainty that no harm 
will result to the public from aggregate exposure from all uses.
    iv. Tolerance revocations. Revoked tolerances represent uses of 
many different pesticide active ingredients that have been canceled in 
the past. Some pesticides were canceled due to the Agency's risk 
concerns. Others were canceled voluntarily by their manufacturers, 
based on lack of support for reregistration. Tolerance revocations are 
important even if there are no domestic uses of a pesticide because 
residues in or on imported commodities treated with the chemical could 
still present dietary risks that may exceed the FFDCA ``reasonable 
certainty of no harm'' standard, either individually or cumulatively 
with other substances that share a common mechanism of toxicity.
    v. Other reassessment decisions. In addition to the types of 
reassessment actions described above, a total of 1,639 additional 
tolerance reassessment decisions have been made. Some have been made 
for inert ingredient tolerance exemptions through actions not directly 
related to registration or reregistration.
    2. Accomplishments for priority pesticides. During FY 2006, EPA 
completed tolerance reassessment decisions for many high priority 
pesticides in review, including OPs, carbamates, and carcinogens (See 
Table 10).

  Table 10.--Tolerance Reassessments Completed for Priority Pesticides
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Tolerances to be    Reassessed by End
         Pesticide Class              Reassessed          of FY 2006
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carbamates                        545                 461 (84.6%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carcinogens                       2,008               2,008 (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inert ingredient tolerance        844                 844 (100%)
 exemptions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organochlorines                   253                 253 (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organophosphates (OPs)            1,691               1,691 (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other                             4,380               4,380 (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                             9,721               9,637 (99.1%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    3. Tolerance reassessment and the organophosphates. EPA developed 
an approach for assessing cumulative risk for the OP pesticides as a 
group, as required by FFDCA, and applied this methodology in conducting 
an OP cumulative risk assessment. The Agency issued preliminary and 
revised OP cumulative risk assessment documents in December 2001 and 
June 2002, and completed an OP Cumulative Risk Assessment; 2006 Update 
in August 2006, available on EPA's website athttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative.
    EPA completed IREDs and REDs for the three remaining individual OP 
pesticides (DDVP, dimethoate, and malathion) in FY 2006.With the 
mitigation measures identified for the individual OP pesticides in the 
pertinent IREDs completed during the past several years, EPA determined 
that the cumulative risks associated with the OPs do not exceed the 
FFDCA safety standard. The individual OP pesticides are indeed eligible 
for reregistration provided that they met the interim reregistration 
eligibility criteria of the pertinent IREDs.

F. Applications for Registration Requiring Expedited Processing; 
Numbers Approved and Disapproved

    By law, EPA must expedite its processing of certain types of 
applications for pesticide product registration, i.e., applications for 
end use products that would be identical or substantially similar to a 
currently registered product; amendments to current product 
registrations that do not require review of scientific data; and 
products for public health pesticide uses. During FY 2006, EPA 
considered and approved the numbers of applications for registration 
requiring expedited processing (also known as ``fast track'' 
applications) shown in Table 11.

         Table 11.--Fast Track Applications Approved in FY 2006
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me-too product registrations/Fast track     308
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amendments/Fast track                       3,332
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total applications processed by fast track  3,640
 means
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For those applications not approved, the Agency generally notifies 
the registrant of any deficiencies in the application that need to be 
corrected or addressed before the application can be approved. 
Applications may have been withdrawn after discussions with the Agency, 
but none were formally ``disapproved'' during FY 2006.
    On a financial accounting basis, EPA devoted 26.8 full-time 
equivalents (FTEs) in FY 2006 to reviewing and processing applications 
for fast track me-too product registrations and label amendments. The 
Agency spent approximately $3.35 million in FY 2006 in direct costs 
(i.e., time on task, not including administrative expenses, computer 
systems, management overhead, and other indirect costs) on expedited 
processing and reviews.

G. Future Schedule for Reregistrations

    EPA plans to complete the remaining 7 REDs for pesticides with food 
uses in FY 2007, as well as 18 of the remaining non-food use REDs. The 
remaining REDs for pesticides that have no food uses or tolerances will 
be completed by October 3, 2008. The Agency's schedule for completing 
these decisions is as follows. This schedule also is available on EPA's 
website athttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm.
    1. RED and IRED Schedule for FY 2007. List 1 contains pesticides 
scheduled for Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) and Interim 
REDs (IREDs) in FY 2007.
List 1.--FY 2007 RED and IRED Schedule
    2,4 DP
    Aldicarb (N-methyl carbamate IRED and RED)
    Aliphatic alcohols
    Aliphatic esters
    Alkyl trimethylenediamines
    Allethrin stereoisomers
    4-Aminopyridine
    Antimycin A
    Benzoic acid
    Bioban-p-1487
    Bromonitrostyrene
    Chlorflurenol
    Dikegulac sodium
    Ethylene oxide (ETO) (TRED completed in FY 2006)
    Glutaraldehyde
    MCPP
    Mefluidide
    Naphthenate salts
    Octhilinone
    Rotenone (TRED completed in FY 2006)
    Trimethoxysilyl quats
The following N-methyl carbamate IREDs will become REDs when EPA 
completes the cumulative risk assessment for this common mechanism 
group.
    Carbaryl
    Carbofuran
    Formetanate HCl
    Oxamyl
List 2.--FY 2008 REDs Schedule
    Acrolein
    Amical 48
    Busan 77
    Chloropicrin
    Chromated arsenicals (CCA)
    Coal tar/creosote
    Dazomet
    Flumetralin
    Formaldehyde
    Grotan
    Inorganic thiosulfates (ammonium and calcium thiosulfate)
    Methyl bromide (soil fumigant uses RED; commodity uses TRED & RED 
completed FY 2006)
    Methyldithiocarbamate salts (metam sodium/metam potassium)
    MITC
    Naphthalene
    Nicotine
    Organic esters of phosphoric acid
    p-Dichlorobenzene
    Pentachlorophenol
    Polypropylene glycol
    Prometon
    Siduron
    Sodium fluoride
    Sulfometuron methyl
    Sumithrin
    TBT-containing compounds
    Tetramethrin
    Triforine
    Triclosan (Ingasan)

H. Projected Year of Completion of Reregistrations

    EPA expects to complete seven remaining reregistration eligibility 
decisions for N-methyl carbamate pesticides and others with food uses 
in FY 2007, and to complete decisions for the remaining 47 pesticides 
with no food uses or tolerances during FY 2007 and FY 2008 (by October 
3, 2008).Product reregistration, which takes place only after the 
reregistration eligibility decisions have been completed for the active 
ingredients, will not likely be completed before 2012.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: August 15, 2007.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances.
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