[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 105 (Friday, June 2, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25567-25568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11569]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 158
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0683; FRL-9962-67]
RIN 2070-AK00
Notification of Submission to the Secretaries of Agriculture and
Health and Human Services; Pesticides; Technical Amendment to Data
Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of submission to the Secretaries of Agriculture
and Health and Human Services.
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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public as required by the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA
Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a draft regulatory
document concerning Pesticides; Technical Amendment to Data
Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides. The draft regulatory
document is not available to the public until after it has been signed
and made available by EPA.
DATES: See Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0683, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is
(703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5454; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What action is EPA taking?
Section 25(a)(2)(A) of FIFRA requires the EPA Administrator to
provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft proposed rule at
least 60 days before signing it in proposed form for publication in the
Federal Register. Similarly, FIFRA section 21(b) requires the EPA
Administrator to provide the Secretary of HHS with a copy of any draft
proposed rule pertaining to a public health pesticide at least 60 days
before publishing it in the Federal Register. The draft proposed rule
is not available to the public until after it has been signed by EPA.
If either Secretary comments in writing regarding the draft proposed
rule within 30 days after receiving it, the EPA Administrator shall
include the comments of the Secretary and the EPA Administrator's
response to those comments with the proposed rule that publishes in the
Federal Register. If either Secretary
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does not comment in writing within 30 days after receiving the draft
proposed rule, the EPA Administrator may sign the proposed rule for
publication in the Federal Register any time after the 30-day period.
II. Do any Statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this
notification?
No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the
Secretaries of USDA and HHS. As such, none of the regulatory assessment
requirements apply to this document.
Dated: May 17, 2017.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-11569 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am]
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