[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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