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[FR Doc No: 94-6169]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00373; FRL 4758-5]
Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Boric Acid and
Its Sodium Salts, et al.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision
documents; opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the following active
ingredients from List A, List C and List D, and this notice also starts
a 60-day public comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed are
the Agency's formal regulatory assessments of the health and
environmental data base of the subject chemicals and present the
Agency's determination regarding which pesticidal uses are eligible for
reregistration.
DATES: Written comments on the REDs must be submitted by May 16, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number
``OPP-00373'' and the case number should be submitted to: By mail: OPP
Pesticide Docket, 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, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide Docket, Rm. 1132, Crystal
Mall 2 (CM#2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the listed RED
documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review
Managers:
Boric Acid and Its Sodium Salts - Mario Fiol - (703) 308-8049
Butylate - Judy Loranger - (703) 308-8056
Daminozide - Andrew Ertman - (703) 308-8063
Eugenol - Ruby Whiters - (703) 308-8079
Glyphosate - Eric Feris - (703) 308-8049 (TDD)
Inorganic Halides - Mark Wilhite - (703) 308-8586
Lauryl Sulfate Salts - Ron Kendall - (703) 308-8068
Phenyl-Ethyl-Propionate - Virginia Dietrich - (703) 308-8157
Sulfuryl Fluoride - Robert Richards- (703) 308-8057
Thymol - Kathleen Depukat - (703) 308-8587
Tris (Hydroxymethyl) Nitromethane - Ernestine Dobbins - (703)
308-8071
Wood Oils and Gums - Virginia Dietrich - (703) 308-8157.
Information submitted as a comment in response to this Notice may
be claimed confidential by marking any part 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 docket. Information not marked
confidential will be included in the public docket without prior
notice. The public docket and docket index will be available for public
inspection in Rm 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active
ingredients listed below. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting an accelerated
reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to make sure
they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. The data base to
support the reregistration of each of the chemicals listed above is
substantially complete. EPA has determined that all currently
registered products subject to reregistration containing these active
ingredients are eligible for reregistration.
List A -
Case 0024 Boric Acid, Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate (Borax
Decahydrate), Sodium Tetraborate Pentahydrate (Borax Pentahydrate),
Sodium Tetraborate (Anhydrous Borax), Disodium Octaborate
Tetrahydrate, Disodium Octaborate (Anhydrous), and Sodium Metaborate
Case 0071 Butylate;
Case 0032 Daminozide;
Case 0178 Glyphosate
Case 0172 Sulfuryl Fluoride;
List C -
Case 3110 Phenyl-Ethyl-Propionate;
Case 3143 Thymol;
Case 3149 Tris (Hydroxymethyl) Nitromethane;
Case 3150 Wood Oils and Gums;
List D -
Case 4038 Eugenol;
Case 4051 Inorganic Halides (Sodium Bromide and Sodium
Chloride);
Case 4061 Lauryl Sulfate Salts
To request a copy of any of the listed RED documents, or a RED Fact
Sheet, contact the OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Response and Program
Resources Branch, in Rm 1132 at the address given above or call (703)
305-5805.
All registrants of products containing one or more of the above
listed active ingredients have been sent the appropriate RED documents
and must respond to labeling requirements and product specific data
requirements (if applicable) within 8 months of receipt, with the
exception of eugenol and phenyl-ethyl-propionate. Products containing
the other active ingredients will not be reregistered until adequate
product specific data have been submitted and all necessary product
label changes are implemented.
For products containing eugenol and phenyl-ethyl-propionate, the
Agency is considering these products for exemption from registration
under Section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide Act.
Therefore, no product specific labeling or data are being required at
this time.
The reregistration program is being conducted under Congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes both the need to make timely
reregistration decisions and to involve the public. Therefore, EPA is
issuing these REDs as final documents with a 60-day comment period.
Although the 60-day public comment period does not affect the
registrant's response due date, it is intended to provide an
opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any
necessary amendments to the RED. All comments will be carefully
considered by the Agency. If any comment significantly affect a RED,
EPA will amend the RED by publishing the amendment in the Federal
Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: March 8, 1994.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-6169 Filed 3-16-94; 8:45 am]
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