[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42094-42095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18765]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0671; FRL-9963-53]
Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on
Notifications, Non-Notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking
public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice)
entitled ``Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 2017-XX: Notifications,
Non-notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments.'' PR Notices are
issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide
registrants and other interested persons about important policies,
procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide
guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This particular
draft PR Notice provides updated guidance to PR Notice 98-10, in line
with current regulatory statutes (PRIA) to the registrant and other
interested parties for notifications, non-notifications and minor
formulation amendments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 6, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0671, 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: Michael L. Goodis, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; 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. Although this
action may be of particular interest to those persons who are required
to submit data under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), are required to register pesticides. Since
other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
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
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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.
C. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
A copy of the draft PR notice is available in the docket under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0671.
II. What guidance does this PR Notice provide?
This draft PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant concerning
the process for notifications, non-notifications and minor formulation
amendments. This proposed notice updates and clarifies the scope of
changes accepted by notification, non-notification and minor
formulation amendments for all pesticide products. This notice
supersedes both PR Notices 95-2 and 98-10 in their entirety. As per 40
CFR 152.46, EPA may determine that certain minor modifications to a
registration having no potential to cause unreasonable adverse effects
to the environment may be accomplished by notification or without
notification to the Agency. Since the issuance of PR Notice 98-10,
various regulatory and statutory changes have taken place. In
particular, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), the
Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2), Pesticide
Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA 3), and pending Pesticide
Registration Enhancement Act of 2017 (PRIA 4) has resulted in a need
for EPA to revise the notification procedures. Certain actions
previously accepted under PR Notice 98-10 are now actions scheduled by
the PRIA action tables. EPA is issuing this notice to align the
notification program with the requirements of the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) and PRIA and to clarify the processes for
accepting minor, low risk registration amendments to be accomplished
through notification, non-notification or as accelerated amendments,
previously established in PR Notice 98-10. EPA believes these changes
will be useful to registrants as it presents a clarified and
consolidated explanation for accomplishing these registration changes.
No significant impacts or costs are expected as a result of this
proposed PR Notice. However, the Agency is especially requesting
impacted parties to provide through comments available information on
projected cost implications of this draft updated guidance. The
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) burdens associated with revisions to the
PR Notice are accounted for in the current ICR entitled: Application
for New and Amended Pesticide Registration, OMB ICR 2070-0060; EPA No.
0277.17. As noted above, no increase or decrease in the current PRA
burden inventory is anticipated.
III. Do PR Notices contain binding requirements?
The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide
guidance to EPA personnel and decision makers and to pesticide
registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is
not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice.
Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance is not
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or
situation.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: August 2, 2017.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-18765 Filed 9-5-17; 8:45 am]
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