[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22444]
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[Federal Register: September 14, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34064; FRL-4908-9]
Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Maleic
Hydrazide; Availability for Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision
document; opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the following active ingredient
from List A, and this notice also starts a 60-day public comment
period. The RED for the chemical listed are the Agency's formal
regulatory assessments of the health and environmental data base of the
subject chemical and present the Agency's determination regarding which
pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration.
DATES: Written comments on the RED must be submitted by November 14,
1994.
ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number
``OPP-34064'' 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., 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above
listed RED document should be directed to the appropriate Chemical
Review Manager:
Maleic Hydrazide - Susanne Cerrelli - (703) 308-8077
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) document for the pesticidal active
ingredient 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 the chemical 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 0381 - Maleic Hydrazide
To request a copy of any of the above listed RED document, 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 the listed active ingredient
have been sent the appropriate RED document and must respond to
labeling requirements and product specific data requirements (if
applicable) within 8 months of receipt. 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.
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: August 26, 1994.
Jay S. Ellenberger,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-22444 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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