[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16562-16563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04827]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0720; FRL-11657-01-OCSPP]
Pesticide Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for
Review and Comment; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the EPA's work plans
and registration review case dockets for the following chemicals:
Nucleopolyhedroviruses and Granuloviruses (Insect Viruses). EPA is
opening a 60-day public comment period for these work plans and case
dockets.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0720, 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:
For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review
Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in Table 1 of Unit IV.
For general questions on the registration review program, contact:
Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0701;
email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This notice 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 identified in Table 1 of Unit IV.
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the 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 the 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low-income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. Background
Registration review is the EPA's periodic review of pesticide
registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the
statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human
health or the environment. Registration review dockets contain
information that will assist the public in understanding the types of
information and issues that the agency may consider during registration
reviews. As part of the registration review process, the Agency has
completed preliminary workplans for all pesticides listed in Table 1 in
Unit IV. EPA initiates a registration review by establishing a public
docket for a pesticide registration review case. The docket contains a
Preliminary Work Plan (PWP) summarizing information EPA has on the
pesticide and the anticipated path forward. Through this program, the
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.
III. Authority
EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed
in Table 1 of Unit I pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 3(g) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) and the
Procedural Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155,
subpart C. FIFRA section 3(g) provides, among other things, that
pesticide registrations are to be reviewed every 15 years. Consistent
with 40 CFR 155.57, in its final registration review decision, EPA will
ultimately determine whether a pesticide continues to meet the
registration standard in FIFRA section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)).
IV. Registration Review
A. What action is the Agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.50(b), this notice announces the
availability of the EPA's work plans and registration review case
dockets for the pesticides shown in Table 1 and opens a 60-day public
comment period on the work plans and case dockets.
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Table 1--Work Plans Being Made Available for Public Comment
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Chemical review manager
Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. and contact information
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Nucleopolyhedroviruses and EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0436....................... Jennifer Odom-Douglas,
Granuloviruses (Insect Viruses), Case odomdouglas.jennifer@epa.
Number 4106. gov, (202) 566-1536.
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B. Docket Content
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.50, EPA initiates a registration review by
establishing a public docket for a pesticide registration review case.
Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the
public in understanding the types of information and issues that the
Agency has consider during registration review. Consistent with 40 CFR
155.50(a), these dockets may include information from the Agency's
files including, but not limited to, an overview of the registration
review case status, a list of current product registrations and
registrants, any Federal Register notices regarding any pending
registration actions, any Federal Register notices regarding current or
pending tolerances, risk assessments, bibliographies concerning current
registrations, summaries of incident data, and any other pertinent data
or information. EPA includes in these dockets a Preliminary Work Plan
(PWP), and in some cases a continuing work plan (CWP), summarizing
information EPA has on the pesticide and the anticipated path forward.
Consistent with 40 CFR 155.50(b), EPA provides for at least a 60-
day public comment period on work plans and registration review
dockets. This comment period is intended to provide an opportunity for
public input and a mechanism for initiating any necessary changes to a
pesticide's workplan. During this public comment period, the Agency is
asking that interested persons identify any additional information they
believe the agency should consider during the registration reviews of
these pesticides. The Agency identifies in each docket the areas where
public comment is specifically requested, though comment in any area is
welcome.
All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES and
must be received by the EPA on or before the closing date. These
comments will become part of the docket for the pesticides included in
Table 1 of Unit I. The Agency will consider all comments received by
the closing date and may respond to comments in a ``Response to
Comments Memorandum'' in the docket or the Final Work Plan (FWP), as
appropriate.
For additional background on the registration review program, see:
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Timothy Kiely,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-04827 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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