[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24116]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-170004; FRL-4978-9]
Reinventing EPA's Pesticide Export Notification Program; Notice
of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability for comment, a paper
discussing options for reinventing the export notification procedures
in the pesticide export policy.
DATES: Written comments may be submitted to EPA by November 28, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted By mail, to Public
Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC
20460. In person, deliver comments to Room 1132, Crystal Mall #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 5.1 file format or ASCII file format.
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the
docket number OPP-170004. No Confidential Business Information (CBI)
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice
of availability may be filed online at many Federal Depository
Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions can be
found in Supplementary Information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hartman, Office of Pesticide
Programs, (7501C), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460 U.S.A.; telephone (703) 305-7100; e-mail:
hartman.deborah@epamail.epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is making available for comment an
options paper on pesticide export notification issues. EPA is
considering modifications to it export notification policy. EPA
believes that certain modifications are necessary because (1) EPA's
current policy has resulted in too many export notices on pesticides
which may be of little or no concern to other governments; (2) the
increasing numbers of export notices undermines the effectiveness of
the international Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures, an
international information exchange and chemical management program
developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); (3) the costs of implementing the
existing program on the U.S. government, other governments, and
industry, should be reduced.
A record has been established for this notice of availability
under docket number OPP-170004 (including comments and data submitted
electronically as described below). 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 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 of availability, 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.
Dated: September 20, 1995.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-24116 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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