[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2212]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0057; FRL-9337-1]


Notice of Availability of Memorandum of Understanding Between 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) between the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The two agencies 
will work together to support and facilitate reviewing pesticide 
regulatory activities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) relevant to risk assessments for the active 
ingredient formulations--aminopyralid, fluroxpyr, and rimsulfuron, 
proposed by the Bureau of Land Management, as well as to update risk 
assessment of two other ingredients.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8338: email 
address: steadman,[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action applies 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 
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-2011-0057. 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.
    The complete text of the MOU can also be viewed in the electronic 
docket at regulations.gov.

II. Brief Summary of Memorandum of Understanding

    Under the MOU the EPA and the BLM will work together to support and 
facilitate reviewing pesticide regulatory activities under the FIFRA 
relevant to work on some risk assessments for active ingredient 
formulations proposed by the BLM. Currently, the BLM is proposing to 
use three new active ingredients: aminopyralid, fluroxpyr, and 
rimsulfuron. The BLM is conducting human health and ecological risk 
assessments to evaluate the risks to humans, and fish and wildlife, 
from the use of these new active ingredients. In addition, the BLM is 
proposing to update risk assessments for 2, 4-D and clopyralid.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Confidential Business Information, 
Interagency Agreements, Pesticides and pests, Memorandum of 
Understanding.

    Dated: January 25, 2012.
Michael Hardy,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-2212 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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