[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37312-37314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15481]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0459; FRL-9912-39]
Pesticide Chemicals; Registration Review; Draft Human Health and
Ecological Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's draft human
health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of
chlorfenapyr, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, flumiclorac-pentyl, maleic hydrazide,
sulfentrazone, and tebuthiuron and opens a public comment period on
these documents. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of
pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to
satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide
can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects
on human health or the environment. As part of the registration review
process, the Agency has completed draft human health and ecological
risk assessments, including an endangered species assessment, for all
uses of the previously listed pesticide chemicals. After reviewing
comments received during the public comment period, EPA will issue
revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk
assessments, and respond to comments and may request public input on
risk mitigation before completing proposed registration review
decisions for the previously listed pesticide chemicals. Through this
program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on
current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human
health and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the
table in Unit III.A., by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For pesticide specific information contact: The Chemical Review
Manager identified in the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticide of
interest.
For general questions on the registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8015;
email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may 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 Chemical Review Manager 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
regulations.gov or email. 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
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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 or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. Authority
EPA is conducting its registration review of chlorfenapyr,
fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, flumiclorac-pentyl, maleic hydrazide,
sulfentrazone, and tebuthiuron pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C.
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA
section 3(c)(5). When used in accordance with widespread and commonly
recognized practice, the pesticide product must perform its intended
function without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; that
is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, or a human
dietary risk from residues that result from the use of a pesticide in
or on food.
III. Registration Reviews
A. What action is the Agency taking?
As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations for chlorfenapyr, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, flumiclorac-pentyl,
maleic hydrazide, sulfentrazone, and tebuthiuron to ensure that they
continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, that
these pesticides can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects
on human health or the environment.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c), EPA is providing an opportunity,
through this notice of availability, for interested parties to provide
comments and input concerning the Agency's draft human health and
ecological risk assessments for chlorfenapyr, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl,
flumiclorac-pentyl, maleic hydrazide, sulfentrazone, and tebuthiuron.
Such comments and input could address, among other things, the Agency's
risk assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied to these
draft risk assessments. The Agency will consider all comments received
during the public comment period and make changes, as appropriate, to
the draft human health and ecological risk assessments. EPA will then
issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk
assessments, and respond to comments. In the Federal Register notice
announcing the availability of the revised risk assessments, if the
revised risk assessments indicate risks of concern, the Agency may
provide a comment period for the public to submit suggestions for
mitigating the risk identified in the revised risk assessments. At
present, EPA is releasing registration review draft risk assessments
for the pesticide cases identified in the following table and further
described after the table.
Registration Review Draft Risk Assessments
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Chemical review manager,
Registration review case name and Pesticide docket ID No. telephone number, and email
No. address
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Chlorfenapyr (Case 7419-1).......... EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0467..................... Margaret Hathaway, (703) 305-
5076,
[email protected].
Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl (Case 7209)...... EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0437..................... Molly Clayton, (703) 603-0522,
[email protected].
Flumiclorac-pentyl (Case 7232)...... EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0084..................... Tracy Perry, (703) 308-0128,
[email protected].
Maleic hydrazide (Case 0381)........ EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0387..................... Ricardo Jones, (703) 347-0493,
[email protected].
Sulfentrazone (Case 7231)........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0624..................... Christina Scheltema, (713) 308-
2201,
[email protected].
Tebuthiuron (Case 0054)............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0327..................... Joel Wolf, (703) 347-0228,
[email protected].
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Chlorfenapyr. Chlorfenapyr is an insecticide/
miticide used to control a wide range of mites and insects such as
caterpillars, centipedes, thrips, fungus gnats, ants, cockroaches,
beetles, bed bugs, silverfish, spiders, and termites. Chlorfenapyr is
registered for use on greenhouse food and non-food crops, and as an
insecticide/termiticide for use on indoor and outdoor residential
sites, food/feed handling areas, indoor and outdoor commercial sites
(including sewers), and indoor medical sites. EPA has completed a draft
human health risk assessment for all chlorfenapyr uses. In addition,
the Agency has determined that there is limited outdoor environmental
exposure from the use of chlorfenapyr and has come to a no-effect
determination for endangered species.
Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl. Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl is an
herbicide used to control weeds on barley, cotton, rice, soybeans, and
wheat. It is also registered for non-agricultural use on conservation
reserve lands, ornamentals, rights-of-way, and turf. EPA has completed
draft human
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health and ecological risk assessments, including a screening-level
listed species assessment, for all fenoxaprop-p-ethyl uses. EPA
acknowledges that further refinements to the listed species assessment
will be completed in future revisions and requests public comment on
specific areas that will reduce the uncertainties associated with the
characterization of risk to listed species identified in the current
assessment.
Flumiclorac-pentyl. Flumiclorac-pentyl is a
post-emergence herbicide registered for use on field corn, soybeans,
cotton, and a variety of non-cropped areas. EPA has completed draft
human health and ecological risk assessments, including a screening-
level listed species assessment, for all flumiclorac-pentyl uses. EPA
acknowledges that further refinements to the listed species assessment
will be completed in future revisions and requests public comment on
specific areas that will reduce the uncertainties associated with the
characterization of risk to listed species identified in the current
assessment.
Maleic Hydrazide. Maleic hydrazide is an
herbicide and plant growth regulator used on tobacco, potatoes, onions,
non-bearing citrus, turf, utility and highway rights-of-way, airports,
industrial land, lawns, recreational areas, ornamental shade trees and
ornamental plants. EPA has completed draft human health and ecological
risk assessments, including a screening-level listed species
assessment, for all maleic hydrazide uses. EPA acknowledges that
further refinements to the listed species assessment will be completed
in future revisions and requests public comment on specific areas that
will reduce the uncertainties associated with the characterization of
risk to listed species identified in the current assessment.
Sulfentrazone. Sulfentrazone is an herbicide
registered for use to control a variety of broadleaf weeds on several
agricultural crops, ornamental turf/plants, residential lawns, and
recreational areas such as golf courses. EPA has completed draft human
health and ecological risk assessments, including a screening-level
listed species assessment, for all sulfentrazone uses. EPA acknowledges
that further refinements to the listed species assessment will be
completed in future revisions and requests public comment on specific
areas that will reduce the uncertainties associated with the
characterization of risk to listed species identified in the current
assessment.
Tebuthiuron. Tebuthiuron is a systemic,
relatively non-selective herbicide used to control broadleaf and woody
weeds, grasses and brush on feed crop sites (pasture and rangeland) and
a variety of non-food crop sites. EPA has completed draft human health
and ecological risk assessments, including a screening-level listed
species assessment, for all tebuthiuron uses. EPA acknowledges that
further refinements to the listed species assessment will be completed
in future revisions and requests public comment on specific areas that
will reduce the uncertainties associated with the characterization of
risk to listed species identified in the current assessment.
1. Other related information. Additional information on
chlorfenapyr, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, flumiclorac-pentyl, maleic hydrazide,
sulfentrazone, and tebuthiuron is available for each pesticide at
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemicalsearch/ and in each chemical's
individual docket listed in the table in Unit III.A. Information on the
Agency's registration review program and its implementing regulation is
available at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
2. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or
videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions
required in the final decision on the registration review case have
been completed.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Chlorfenapyr,
Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, Flumiclorac-pentyl, Maleic hydrazide,
Sulfentrazone, and Tebuthiuron.
Dated: June 24, 2014.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-15481 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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