[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 100 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24112-24113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10669]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0729; FRL-9956-51]
Registration Review Proposed Interm Decisions for Aldicarb,
Azoxystrobin, Bifenazate, Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Ethalfluralin, and
Pirimiphos-methyl; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed
interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment
period on the proposed interim decisions. 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, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.
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 July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket
identification (ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest
provided in the table in Unit II, 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 for the pesticide of interest
identified in the table in Unit II.
For general information 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) 308-8015; 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 for the pesticide of interest
identified in the table in Unit II.
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 on 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.
II. What action is the agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability
of EPA's proposed interim registration review decisions for the
pesticides shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public
comment period on the proposed interim decisions.
Table 1--Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions Being Issued
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Chemical review
Registration review case name Docket ID number manager and contact
and number information
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Aldicarb, Case 0140........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0 Susan Bartow,
161. [email protected]
, (703) 603-0065.
Azoxystrobin, Case 7020....... EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0 Veronica Dutch,
835. [email protected], (703) 308-8585.
Bifenazate, Case 7609......... EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0 Garland Waleko,
633. [email protected], (703) 308-8049
and Stephen Savage
[email protected], (703) 347-0345.
Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Case 8011 EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0 Matthew Manupella,
199. [email protected], (703) 347-
0411.
Ethalfluralin, Case 2260...... EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0 James Parker,
094. [email protected]
, (703) 306-0469.
Pirimiphos-methyl, Case 2535.. EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0 Caitlin Newcamp,
056. [email protected], (703) 347-0325.
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The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier
documents related to the registration review case. For example, the
review opened with a Summary Document, containing a Preliminary Work
Plan, for public comment. A Final Work Plan was placed in the docket
following public comment on the Preliminary Work Plan.
The documents in the dockets describe EPA's rationales for
conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of
the pesticides included in the table in Unit II, as well as the
Agency's subsequent risk findings and consideration of possible risk
mitigation measures. These proposed interim registration review
decisions are supported by the rationales included in those documents.
Following public comment, the Agency will issue interim or final
registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in
Unit II.
The registration review program is being conducted under
congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA
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recognizes the need both to make timely decisions and to involve the
public. Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) required EPA to establish by
regulation procedures for reviewing pesticide registrations, originally
with a goal of reviewing each pesticide's registration every 15 years
to ensure that a pesticide continues to meet the FIFRA standard for
registration. The Agency's final rule to implement this program was
issued in August 2006 and became effective in October 2006, and appears
at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide Registration Improvement
Act of 2003 (PRIA) was amended and extended in September 2007. FIFRA,
as amended by PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete registration
review decisions by October 1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as
of October 1, 2007.
The registration review final rule at 40 CFR 155.58(a) provides for
a minimum 60-day public comment period on all proposed interim
registration review decisions. This comment period is intended to
provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating
any necessary amendments to the proposed interim decision. All comments
should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be
received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will
become part of the docket for the pesticides included in the table in
Unit II. Comments received after the close of the comment period will
be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the
closing date and may provide a ``Response to Comments Memorandum'' in
the docket. The interim registration review decision will explain the
effect that any comments had on the interim decision and provide the
Agency's response to significant comments.
Background on the registration review program is provided at:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: January 3, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-10669 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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