[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26118-26120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13021]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[OPP-300405A; FRL-4996-1]
RIN 2070-AB78
Maleic Hydrazide, Oryzalin, Hexazinone, Streptomycin; Tolerance
Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing a final tolerance rule for maleic hydrazide,
oryzalin, hexazinone, and streptomycin. EPA has completed the
reregistration process and issued a Reregistration Eligibility Decision
(RED). In the reregistration process, all information to support a
pesticide's continued registration is reviewed for adequacy and, when
needed, supplemented with new scientific studies. Based on the RED
tolerance assessments for the pesticide chemicals subject to this rule,
EPA is revoking various tolerances for maleic hydrazide, oryzalin, and
hexazinone. This rule also deletes as surplusage the term
``negligible'' from a regulation on streptomycin.
EFFECTIVE DATES: This regulations is effective June 24, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written objections and hearing requests, identified by the
document control number, [OPP-300405A], may be submitted to: Hearing
Clerk (1900), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460. A copy of any objections and hearing
requests filed with the Hearing Clerk should be identified by the
document control number and submitted to: Public Response and Program
Resources
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Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington ,
DC 20460. In person, bring copy of objections and hearing requests to
Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202. Fees
accompanying objections shall be labeled ``Tolerance Petition Fees''
and forwarded to: EPA Headquarters Accounting Operations Branch, OPP
(Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box 360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. An electronic
copy of objections and hearing requests filed with the Hearing Clerk
may be submitted to OPP by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to:docket@epamail.epa.gov.
Copies of electronic objections and hearing requests must be
submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and
any form of encryption. Copies of electronic objections and hearing
requests will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format
or ASCII file format. All copies of electronic objections and hearing
requests must be identified by the docket number [OPP-300405A] . No
Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-
mail. Copies of electronic objections and hearing requests on this rule
may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional
information on electronic submissions can be found below in this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Jeff Morris, Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508W), Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location: Special Review
Branch, Crystal Station #1, 3rd Floor, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,
VA 22202. Telephone: (703)-308-8029; e-mail:
morris.jeffrey@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of December 6, 1995
(60 FR 62361), EPA issued a proposed rule that gave notice that EPA
intended to revoke various tolerances for maleic hydrazide, oryzalin,
and hexazinone. EPA also proposed to delete as surplusage the term
``negligible'' from a regulation on streptomycin.
There were no comments or requests for referral to an advisory
committee received in response to the proposed rule.
The data submitted with the proposal and other relevant material
have been evaluated and discussed in the proposed rule. Based on the
data and information considered, the Agency concludes that the
tolerances are not needed to protect the public health. Therefore, the
tolerances are being removed as set forth below.
Any person adversely affected by this regulation may, within 30
days after publication of this document in the Federal Register, file
written objections to the regulation and may also request a hearing on
those objections. Objections and hearing requests must be filed with
the Hearing Clerk, at the address given above (40 CFR 178.20). A copy
of the objections and/or hearing requests filed with the Hearing Clerk
should be submitted to the OPP docket for this rulemaking. The
objections submitted must specify the provisions of the regulation
deemed objectionable and the grounds for the objections (40 CFR
178.25). Each objection must be accompanied by the fee prescribed by 40
CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is requested, the objections must include a
statement of the factual issue(s) on which a hearing is requested, the
requestor's contentions on such issues, and a summary of any evidence
relied upon by the objector (40 CFR 178.27). A request for a hearing
will be granted if the Administrator determines that the material
submitted shows the following: There is genuine and substantial issue
of fact; there is a reasonable possibility that available evidence
identified by the requestor would, if established, resolve one or more
of such issues in favor of the requestor, taking into account
uncontested claims or facts to the contrary; and resolution of the
factual issue(s) in the manner sought by the requestor would be
adequate to justify the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).
EPA has established a record for this rulemaking under docket
number [OPP-300405A] (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 a.m. to
4:30 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 rulemaking, as well as the public
version, as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly,
EPA will transfer any copies of objections and hearing requests
received electronically into printed, paper form as they are received
and will place the paper copies in the official rulemaking record which
will also include all comments submitted directly in writing. The
official rulemaking record is the paper record maintained at the
address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant''
and therefore subject to all the requirements of the Executive Order
(i.e., Regulatory Impact Analysis, review by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB)). Under section 3(f), the order defines
``significant'' as those actions likely to lead to a rule (1) having an
annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, or adversely and
materially affecting a sector of the economy, productivity,
competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State,
local or tribal governments or communities (also known as
``economically significant''); (2) creating serious inconsistency or
otherwise interfering with an action taken or planned by another
agency; (3) materially altering the budgetary impacts of entitlement,
grants, user fees, or loan programs; or (4) raising novel legal or
policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's
priorities, or the principles set forth in this Executive Order.
Pursuant to the terms of this Executive Order, EPA has determined
that this rule is not ``significant'' and is therefore not subject to
OMB review.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator
has determined that regulations establishing new tolerances or raising
tolerance levels or establishing exemptions from tolerance requirements
do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities. A certification statement to this effect was published
in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).
This final rule contains no Federal mandates under Title II of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-4, for State, local,
or tribal governments or the private sector, because it would not
impose enforceable duties on them.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
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and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: May 14, 1996.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is amended as follows:
PART 180--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.
Sec. 180.175 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 180.175 Maleic hydrazide; tolerances for residues; by
removing and reserving paragraph (b).
Sec. 180.245 [Amended]
3. By amending Sec. 180.245 Streptomycin; tolerances for residues;
by removing the term ``negligible'' from the text.
Sec. 180.304 [Amended]
4. In Sec. 180.304 Oryzalin; tolerances for residues; by amending
paragraph (a) in the table therein by removing the entries for
``cottonseed,'' ``grain, barley,'' ``grain, wheat,'' ``peas
(succulent),'' ``potatoes,'' and ``soybeans.''
Sec. 180.396 [Amended]
5. In Sec. 180.396 Hexazinone; tolerances for residues; by amending
paragraph (a) in the table therein by removing the entries for
``eggs,'' ``poultry, fat,'' ``poultry, mbyp,'' ``poultry, meat,''
``pineapple, fodder,'' and ``pineapple, forage.''
[FR Doc. 96-13021 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]
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