95-12566. Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Ethephon, et. al.; Availability for Comment  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 27504-27505]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-12566]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [OPP-34076; FRL-4954-8]
    
    
    Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Ethephon, et. 
    al.; Availability for Comment
    
    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 active ingredients 
    Ethephon, Linuron and Metolachlor. This notice starts a 60-day public 
    comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed above 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 these decisions must be submitted by July 
    24, 1995.
    
    ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number 
    ``OPP-34076'' and the case number (noted below), 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., S.W., 
    Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide 
    Docket, Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall 2 (CM#2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
    Arlington, VA.
        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 in 5.1 file format or ASCII file 
    format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
    the docket number ``OPP-34076''. No Confidential Business Information 
    (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
    notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
    Additional information on electronic submissions can be found in FOR 
    FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT of this document.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above 
    listed decisions should be directed to the appropriate Chemical review 
    managers:
    
    
                                                                                                                    
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                                                                            Chemical Review                         
             List              Chemical Name             Case No.               Manager             Telephone No.   
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    List A...............  Ethephon.............  Case 0382............  Judy Loranger........  (703) 308-8056.     
    List A...............  Linuron..............  Case 0047............  Karen Jones..........  (703) 308-8047.     
    List A...............  Metolachlor..........  Case 0001............  Jane Mitchell........  (703) 308-8061.     
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        Information submitted as a comment in response to this Notice may 
    be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
    as CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in 
    accordance with [[Page 27505]] 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 (including 
    comments and data submitted electronically). The public docket and 
    docket index, including printed paper versions of electronic comments, 
    which does not include any information claimed as CBI 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.
        To request a copy of any of the above 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.
        Electronic copies of the REDs and RED fact sheets can be downloaded 
    from the Pesticide Special Review and Reregistration Information System 
    at 703-308-7224, and also can be reached on the Internet via 
    fedworld.gov and EPA's gopher server, gopher.epa.gov.
        Electronic comments can 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, as well as the public version, 
    as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will 
    transfer all 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.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration 
    Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active 
    ingredients listed above. 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.
        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. Products 
    containing other active ingredients will not be reregistered until 
    those other active ingredients are determined to be eligible for 
    reregistration.
        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 affects a RED, 
    EPA will amend the RED by publishing the amendment in the Federal 
    Register.
    
    List of Subjects
    
        Environmental protection.
    
        Dated: May 16, 1995.
    
    Lois Rossi,
    Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
    Pesticide Programs.
    
    [FR Doc. 95-12566 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/24/1995
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision documents; opening of public comment period.
Document Number:
95-12566
Dates:
Written comments on these decisions must be submitted by July 24, 1995.
Pages:
27504-27505 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OPP-34076, FRL-4954-8
PDF File:
95-12566.pdf