[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3565-3566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1528]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00461A; FRL-5732-8]
Self-Certification of Product Chemistry Data; Notice of
Availability of PR Notice
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of PR Notice 98-1, entitled
``Self-Certification of Product Chemistry Data.'' This PR Notice
describes the Agency's policy on self-certification of certain product
chemistry data of manufacturing-use products and end-use products
produced by a non-integrated formulation system. Products eligible for
self-certification are formulated from registered sources. This program
is voluntary and is intended to streamline, simplify, and accelerate
the registration of pesticides while protecting public health and the
environment.
ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available from, by mail: Sami Malak,
Technical Review Branch, Registration Division (7505C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. The public record, including all public comments,
as well as a summary of the Agency review of comments are filed in
OPP's Docket Office under docket control number ``OPP-00461,'' located
in Room 1132 of the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch,
Information Resources and Services Division (7506C). The OPP's Docket
Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Sami Malak; at the address
given above. Office location and telephone number: Room 256, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 308-9365; by FAX
(703) 308-9382; by e-mail: malak.sami@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability:
Internet
Electronic copies of this document and the various support
documents are available from the EPA Home Page at the Federal Register-
-Environmental Documents entry for this document under ``Laws and
Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
Fax on Demand
Using a faxphone call 202-401-0527 and select item 6106 for a copy
of the PR Notice.
Under the self-certification program, applicants will submit a one-
page summary of the product's physical/chemical properties, a self-
certification statement, and a Good Laboratory Practice Standards
statement (GLP), but will no longer be required to submit the
supporting data for those studies. However, registrants must retain in
their possession studies conducted in substantial conformity with
Agency regulations and must submit such studies if requested by EPA.
The requirements pertaining to the physical/chemical properties for
chemical (conventional) pesticides are outlined in the table in 40 CFR
158.190, OPPTS Test Guidelines Series 830, Product Properties (EPA
publication 712-C-96-310, 8/96), Series 880, Biochemical Test
Guidelines, and Series 885, Microbial Pesticides Test Guidelines. It
should be noted that OPPTS Test Guidelines, Series 830 supersedes the
Pesticide
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Assessment Guidelines, Subdivision-D, Product Chemistry for chemical
pesticides, and Series 880 and 885 superseded Pesticide Assessment
Guidelines, Subdivision M.
The PR Notice was revised to reflect public comments received by
the Agency on the draft PR Notice, 62 FR 5228, February 4, 1997 (FRL-
5575-3). Generally, revisions included:
(a) Some modifications to the summary form and instructions.
(b) Conversion to the new OPPTS Test Guidelines, Series 830
guideline reference numbers.
(c) Clarification of the GLP requirements.
(d) Revisions to the self-certification statement.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: January 12, 1998.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-1528 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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