[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 80301-80302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31010]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0674; FRL-8393-9]


2, 4-D, Bensulide, Chlorpyrifos, DCPA, Desmedipham, Dimethoate, 
Fenamiphos, Metolachlor, Phorate, Sethoxydim, Terbufos, 
Tetrachlorvinphos, and Triallate; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of September 
17, 2008, concerning the modification of certain tolerances for a 
number of pesticides including the herbicides DCPA and sethoxydim as a 
follow-up to the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and tolerance 
reassessment program under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). This document corrects clerical errors made in the final rule.

DATES: This final rule is effective December 31, 2008.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0674. All documents in the 
docket are listed in the docket index available in http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is 
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the 
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac 
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket 
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Smith, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0048; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the final rule a list of those who may be 
potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding 
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    In addition to accessing electronically available documents at 
http://www.regulations.gov, you may access this Federal Register 
document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal 
Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. What Does this Amendment Do?

    FR Doc. E8-21589 published in the Federal Register of September 17, 
2008 (73 FR 53732) (FRL-8375-2), is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 53737, under Sec.  180.185(a), in the table, the 
tolerance for ``vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5'' is corrected to 
read 5.0 ppm. (EPA proposed a 5.0 ppm tolerance on February 6, 2008 (73 
FR 6867) (FRL-8345-2), and received no comments on that proposed 
tolerance, but through typographical error the tolerance was listed at 
0.05 ppm in the final rule. This technical amendment corrects that 
error.)
    2. On page 53742, under Sec.  180.412(a), the table is corrected to 
include the following tolerances which were

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inadvertently omitted: Crambe, meal at 40.0 ppm; crambe, seed at 35.0 
ppm; cuphea, seed at 35.0 ppm; echium, seed at 35.0 ppm; gold of 
pleasure, meal at 40.0 ppm; gold of pleasure, seed at 35.0 ppm; hare's 
ear mustard, seed at 35.0 ppm; lesquerella, seed at 35.0 ppm; lunaria, 
seed at 35.0 ppm; meadowfoam, seed at 35.0 ppm; milkweed, seed at 35.0 
ppm; mustard, seed at 35.0 ppm; oil radish, seed at 35.0 ppm; poppy, 
seed at 35.0 ppm; sesame, seed at 35.0 ppm; and sweet rocket, seed at 
35.0 ppm. (These oil seed commodity tolerances for sethoxydim were 
published in the Federal Register of July 9, 2008 (73 FR 39256) (FRL-
8370-9). When EPA published the September 17, 2008 (73 FR 53732), final 
rule pertaining to sethoxydim tolerances for other commodities, the 
amendatory language in the final rule mistakenly omitted the tolerances 
finalized on July 9, 2008, rather than adding to them, as had been 
intended. EPA has not proposed revoking these tolerances. This 
technical amendment corrects that error).

III. Why is this Amendment Issued as a Final Rule?

    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an Agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 
to the public interest, the Agency may issue a final rule without 
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has 
determined that there is good cause for making today's technical 
amendment final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment, 
because the erroneous changes being corrected were the result of 
clerical error, and were neither proposed nor commented upon. Notice 
and comment is therefore unnecessary.

IV. Do Any of the Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Apply to this 
Action?

    No. This action only corrects typographical omissions and errors 
for a previously published final rule and does not impose any new 
requirements. EPA's compliance with the statues and Executive Orders 
for the underlying rule is discussed in Unit VI. of the final rule 
published September 17, 2008 (73 FR 53732).

V. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the Agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to 
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States prior to publication of this final rule in the Federal 
Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.


    Dated: December 22, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

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2. Section 180.185 is amended by revising the entry for ``Vegetable, 
brassica, leafy, group 5'' in the table in paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  180.185  DCPA; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. * * *

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                                                              Parts per
                         Commodity                             million
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                                * * * * *
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5........................          5.0
                                * * * * *
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3. Section 180.412 is amended by alphabetically adding the following 
commodities to the table in paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  180.412  Sethoxydim; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. * * *

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                                                              Parts per
                         Commodity                             million
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                                * * * * *
Crambe, meal...............................................         40.0
Crambe, seed...............................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Cuphea, seed...............................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Echium, seed...............................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Gold of pleasure, meal.....................................         40.0
Gold of pleasure, seed.....................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Hare's ear mustard, seed...................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Lesquerella, seed..........................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Lunaria, seed..............................................         35.0
Meadowfoam, seed...........................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Milkweed, seed.............................................         35.0
Mustard, seed..............................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Oil radish, seed...........................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Poppy, seed................................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Sesame, seed...............................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
Sweet rocket, seed.........................................         35.0
                                * * * * *
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