[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68035-68036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32798]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00448; FRL-5393-5]
Registration Policies Pertaining to Rodenticide Baits and Other
Vertebrate Pesticides
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Draft PR Notice; notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA announces the availability of a draft pesticide regulation
(PR) notice that summarizes policies affecting the registrations of
rodenticide baits and other vertebrate pesticide products, which
include toxicants and repellents. The PR notice outlines historical
policies which are largely or completely specific to vertebrate
pesticides, especially rodenticide baits. Most of these policies
pertain to where the Agency draws distinctions among products based
upon formulations, bait forms, and packaging arrangements. The PR
notice also announces a proposed new policy under which it would be
possible for rodenticide baits of a common formulation to be sold in
placepacks of
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different sizes under a single registration number.
DATES: Written comments, identified by the document control number
[OPP-00448], must be received on or before February 24, 1997.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Response and
Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Copies of the draft
notice may be requested from the Public Response and Program Resources
Branch by telephone (703) 305-5805) or by writing to the Washington,
DC, address indicated above.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be
accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format or ASCII file format.
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the
docket number [OPP-00448]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI)
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this
proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found below in
this document.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be
claimed confidential by marking any or all of that information as
``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI) . Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be
submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked
confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. All
written comments will be available for public inspection in Room 1128
at the Virginia address given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: William W. Jacobs,
Insecticide-Rodenticide Branch, Registration Division (7505C),
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Office location and telephone number: Room 259, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, (703) 305-6406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
EPA has established a record for this notice of availability under
docket number [OPP-00448] (including any comments and data submitted
electronically). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
public record is located in Room 1132 of the Public Response and
Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Electronic comments may be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this notice of availability, as well as the
public version, as described above will be kept in paper form.
Accordingly, EPA will transfer any comments received electronically
into printed, paper form as they are received and will place the paper
copies in the official record which will also include all comments
submitted directly in writing. The official record is the paper record
maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this
document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 18, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-32798 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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