[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33198]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-1070; FRL-8859-8]


Pesticides; Availability of Pesticide Registration Notice 
Regarding the Residential Exposure Joint Venture

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of a Pesticide 
Registration Notice (PR Notice) regarding the data development efforts 
of the Residential Exposure Joint Venture, L.L.C. This PR Notice (PR 
Notice 2011-1) issued by the Agency on December 23, 2010. PR Notices 
are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform 
pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important 
policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to 
provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This 
particular PR Notice provides information concerning the formation of 
an industry task force for the development of data supporting pesticide 
registration, in which registrants may wish to participate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Dumas, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8015; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-
mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this notice if you register 
pesticide products intended for residential uses under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 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?

    EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-1070. Publicly available 
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the 
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. Background

A. What action is the agency taking?

    The Agency is announcing the issuance of a Pesticide Registration 
Notice (PR-2011-1) that addresses the data development efforts of the 
Residential Exposure Joint Venture (REJV). When registering or 
periodically reviewing an existing registration, the Agency evaluates 
the potential risks to people from exposure to the pesticide in and 
around the home. The REJV was formed to develop information on the 
actual use patterns of residential pesticides that can be used by EPA, 
and other regulatory agencies responsible for assuring the safety of 
pesticides. The purpose of the PR Notice is to describe what data the 
REJV plans to generate, to describe how EPA expects to use the data, 
and to inform registrants of the opportunity to join REJV.

B. What is the agency'sauthority for taking this action?

    The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide 
information to EPA personnel and decision makers and to pesticide 
registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency 
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is 
not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart 
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice. 
Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance is not 
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or 
situation.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Residential pesticide use, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 27, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-33198 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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