[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44405-44406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20327]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0729; FRL-9966-50]
Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several
Pesticides; 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 for the following pesticides:
Carfentrazone-ethyl, clodinafop-propargyl, copper compounds,
cyclanilide, flumiclorac-pentyl, metaflumizone, nitrapyrin,
noviflumuron, pendimethalin, spinetoram, spinosad, and sodium, calcium,
and potassium hypochlorites. 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 November 21, 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: Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 347-8827; 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. For noviflumuron,
this notice also opens a comment period on the ecological risk
assessment.
Table--Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions Being Issued
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Chemical review manager
Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. and contact information
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Carfentrazone-ethyl, Case Number 7422....... EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0815..................... Jordan Page,
[email protected],
(703) 347-0467.
Clodinafop-propargyl, Case Number 7250...... EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0424..................... Wilhelmena Livingston,
[email protected], (703) 308-
8025.
Copper Compounds, Case Numbers 0636, 0649, EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212..................... Jordan Page,
4025, 4026. [email protected],
(703) 347-0467,
Kimberly Wilson,
[email protected], (703) 347-0495.
Cyclanilide, Case Number 7018............... EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0153..................... Leigh Rimmer,
[email protected],
(703) 347-0553.
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Flumiclorac-pentyl, Case Number 7232........ EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0084..................... Christian Bongard,
[email protected], (703) 347-0337.
Metaflumizone, Case Number 7446............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0417..................... Nathan Sell,
[email protected],
(703) 347-8020.
Nitrapyrin, Case Number 0213................ EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0170..................... Thomas Harty,
[email protected],
(703) 347-0338.
Noviflumuron, Case Number 7434.............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0566..................... Kyle Morford,
[email protected],
(703) 347-8895.
Pendimethalin, Case Number 0187............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0219..................... Nicole Zinn,
[email protected],
(703) 308-7076.
Sodium, Calcium, and Potassium EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0004 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- Jessica Bailey,
Hypochlorites, Case Numbers 0029, 5076. 0157. [email protected]
, (703) 347-0148.
Spinetoram, Case Number 7448................ EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0666..................... Roy Johnson,
[email protected],
(703) 347-0492.
Spinosad, Case Number 7421.................. EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0667..................... Maria Piansay,
[email protected],
(703) 308-8063.
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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 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 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: August 22, 2017.
Charles Smith,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-20327 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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