98-31250. Pesticide Registration Reinvention Measures

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65201-65202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31250]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00555; FRL-6038-9]


Pesticide Registration Reinvention Measures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA has issued updated policies and procedures concerning 
certain types of registration amendments. This document is available in 
a Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice entitled ``Notifications, Non-
notifications, and Minor Formulation Amendments'' which is available 
upon request. EPA proposed this policy for 30 days of public comment on 
October 1, 1997 (62 FR 51467) (FRL-5742-1). Interested parties may 
request a copy of the Agency's final policy as set forth in the 
ADDRESSES unit of this notice.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available from Linda Arrington; by mail: 
Registration Division (7505C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 
Rm. 713D, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA (703) 305-
5446, e-mail: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Linda Arrington (7505C), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 713D, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA [phone], e-mail: 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Availability

A. Internet

    Electronic copies of this document and the PR Notice also 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/).

B. Fax-on-Demand

    For Fax-on-Demand, use a faxphone to call 202-401-0527 and select 
item 6118 for a copy of the PR Notice.

II. Purpose

    This Federal Register notice announces the availability of the 
final PR Notice which reinvents the registration process by expanding 
the types of minor amendments which may be accomplished by 
notification, non-notification or minor formula changes. This PR Notice 
supersedes PR Notice 95-2 (May 31, 1995). The goal of this notice is to 
increase the efficiency and timeliness of the registration amendment 
process so as to reduce regulatory burdens while maintaining protection 
to human health and the environment.

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III. Applicability

    The PR Notice applies to all applicants seeking minor registration 
amendments which meet the criteria in the notice.

IV. Contents of the PR Notice

    The PR Notice simply expands the current PR Notice 95-2 to include 
more kinds of minor labeling amendments which may be accomplished by 
notification or non-notification. In addition, the notice revises the 
process for submission and review of notifications to reflect the new 
requirements of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996, which 
required a new process be established for antimicrobial products. 
Finally, the notice describes a process for expediting the review of 
minor formulation amendments.

V. Public Record

    Public comments submitted concerning the draft PR Notice were fully 
considered before this notice was made final. All public comments, as 
well as a summary of the Agency's responses to those comments, are 
filed in the Office of Pesticide Programs Docket Office under docket 
control number ``OPP-00555.'' The public record is available for 
inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The public record is located in Rm. 119, CM#2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. To contact the docket office by 
mail, telephone, or e-mail: Public Information and Records Integrity 
Branch, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460; [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: October 23, 1998.

Arnold E. Layne,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-31250 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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