[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 66 (Monday, April 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 19146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07135]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125; FRL-10004-81]
Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual
Progress Report; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's progress
report in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide
reregistration during fiscal year 2017. This progress report also
presents the total number of products registered under the ``fast-
track'' provisions of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA).
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 5, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125, 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: Ram[eacute] Cromwell, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9068; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this action apply to me?
This is directed to the public in general and may be of interest to
a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, farm worker, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the integration of tolerance
reassessment with the reregistration process, and the status of various
regulatory activities associated with reregistration and tolerances
reassessment. Given the broad interest, the Agency has not attempted to
identify all the specific entities that may be interested in this
action.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This document announces the availability of EPA's progress reports
in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide
reregistration during fiscal year 2017.
III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7
U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires EPA to publish information about EPA's
annual achievements in meeting its performance measures and goals for
pesticide reregistration. The report for fiscal year 2017 discusses the
completion of tolerance reassessment and describes the status of
various regulatory activities associated with reregistration. The 2017
report also provides the total number of products reregistered and
products registered under the ``fast-track'' provisions of FIFRA.
IV. How can I get a copy of the report?
1. Docket. The 2017 report is available at http://www.regulations.gov, under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125.
2. EPA website. The 2017 report is also available on EPA's website
at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/reregistration-and-other-review-programs-predating-pesticide-registration.
V. Can I comment on this report?
EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public. Any
written comments received will be taken into consideration in the event
that EPA determines that further action is warranted. EPA does not
expect this report to lead to any particular action, and therefore is
not seeking particular public comment.
VI. 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 email to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI 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 you comments,
see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov//dockets/comments.html.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a-1(l).
Dated: March 31, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
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