[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16379-16381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06939]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0058; FRL-9922-78]


Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or 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/or ecological risk assessment for the registration review of 
propoxycarbazone-sodium, and opens a public comment period on this 
document. 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 a comprehensive draft human health and 
ecological risk assessment for all uses of the previously listed 
pesticide chemical. The ecological risk assessment includes or will 
include an assessment of risks to listed species, and the human health 
and ecological risk assessments includes or will include a 
determination of endocrine disrupter effects for the case. After 
reviewing comments received during the public comment period, EPA may 
issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk 
assessments, and respond to comments. The Agency also will request 
public input on any proposed risk mitigation measures before completing 
a proposed registration review decision for the previously listed 
pesticide chemical. 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 
registration is based on current

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scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health 
and the environment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0058, 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: 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 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 preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    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 dimethoate, 
flurprimido, fosamine ammonium, propoxur, propoxycarbazone-sodium, and 
tetrachlorvinphos 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) (7 
U.S.C. 136a(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

    As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide 
registration for propoxycarbazone-sodium to ensure that it continues to 
satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, this pesticide 
can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health 
or the environment. Information on the type of pesticide, target pests 
and uses sites can be found later in this document. EPA has completed 
draft human health and/or ecological risk assessments for all 
propoxycarbazone-sodium, uses.
    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 assessment for propoxycarbazone-sodium. Such comments 
and input could address, among other things, the Agency's risk 
assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied to this draft risk 
assessment. 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, as needed, 
issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft risk 
assessments, and respond to the comments. In the Federal Register 
notice announcing the availability of the revised risk assessments, if 
a revised risk assessment indicates risks of concern, the Agency may 
provide a comment period for the public to submit suggestions for 
mitigating the risks identified in the revised risk assessment before 
developing a proposed registration review decision. Alternatively, the 
Agency may seek public comment on a proposed registration review 
decision without revising the risk assessments for any given chemical. 
At present, EPA is releasing registration review draft risk assessments 
for the pesticide case identified in the following table and further 
described after the table.

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                                Table--Registration Review Draft Risk Assessments
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                                                                                             Chemical review
                                                                                            manager, telephone
Registration review case name and No.               Pesticide docket ID No.                 number, and email
                                                                                                 address
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Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Case 7264)..  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0095............................  Lata Venkateshwara,
                                                                                          (703) 308-2722,
                                                                                          [email protected]
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    Propoxycarbazone-sodium (Draft Risk Assessments). The registration 
review docket for propoxycarbazone-sodium (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0095) is 
opening for public comment on the Preliminary Work Plan (PWP), the 
combined summary document and draft human health risk assessment, and 
the combined problem formulation and draft ecological risk assessment. 
Propoxycarbazone-sodium is a selective post-emergence herbicide 
belonging to the sulfonamide class of herbicides. It is formulated as a 
water dispersible granule, and is currently registered for use in 
control of certain grasses and broadleaf weeds in wheat, triticale, 
pastureland, rangeland, and conservation reserve program. There are no 
registered residential uses. EPA has completed comprehensive draft 
human health and draft ecological risk assessments for all 
propoxycarbazone-sodium uses.
    1. Other related information. Additional information on 
propoxycarbazone-sodium is available on the Pesticide Registration 
Review Status Web page for this pesticide, http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemicalsearch/. Information on the Agency's registration 
review program and its implementing regulation is available at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review.
    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.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: March 13, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-06939 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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