[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39517-39518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14149]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125; FRL-9880-01-OCSPP]
Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual
Progress Report for 2019; 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 2019. 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 August 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://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. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose Kyprianou, Antimicrobials
Division (7510M), Office of Pesticide Programs,
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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0684; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. 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, 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
tolerance 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?
EPA is announcing the availability of EPA's progress report in
meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration
during fiscal year 2019. The report for fiscal year 2019 discusses the
completion of tolerance reassessment and describes the status of
various regulatory activities associated with reregistration. The 2019
report also provides the total number of products reregistered and
products registered under the ``fast-track'' provisions of FIFRA.
III. What is EPA'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.
IV. How can I get a copy of the report?
1. Docket. The 2019 report is available at https://www.regulations.gov, under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125.
2. EPA Website. The 2019 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, see
ADDRESSES for instructions. 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.
1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not
submit Confidential Business Information (CBI) information to EPA
through regulations.gov or through 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 your comments,
see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a-1(l).
Dated: June 28, 2022.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-14149 Filed 6-30-22; 8:45 am]
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