[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51104-51105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25896]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00492; FRL-5734-5]
Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR Notices
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its final policy in a Pesticide Registration
(PR) Notice entitled ``Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR
Notices.'' EPA proposed this policy for 60 days of public comment on
January 11, 1995. Interested parties may request a copy of the Agency's
final policy by contacting the person listed in the ADDRESSES unit of
this notice.
ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available from: By mail: Melissa L. Chun,
Policy and Regulatory Services Branch, Field and External Affairs
Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office
location and telephone number: Rm. 1116A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-4027, e-mail:
chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Melissa L. Chun, Policy and
Regulatory Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone
number: Rm. 1116A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,
(703) 305-4027, e-mail: chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Electronic Availability
Internet
Electronic copies of this document and the PR Notice are available
from the
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EPA home page at the Federal Register-Environmental Documents entry for
this document under ``Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
Fax on Demand
Using a faxphone call 202-401-0527 and select item 6103 for a copy
of the PR Notice.
II. Background
EPA is announcing its policy in a PR Notice entitled ``Existing
Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR Notices.'' This PR Notice describes
the Agency's policy to establish an annual date by which registrants
will normally implement labeling changes specified in Pesticide
Registration (PR) Notices, Federal Register Notices, or other
documents. The policy outlined in the PR Notice will help streamline
the Agency's processing of labeling changes, improve the coordination
of EPA's labeling activities, and lessen the economic impact on
registrants and supplemental distributors of making labeling changes
throughout the year. The annual compliance date generally provides more
time for registrants and supplemental distributors to distribute or
sell products bearing old labeling than under EPA's current Existing
Stocks Policy. The Agency has determined that generally it will not set
a compliance date for persons other than registrants and supplemental
distributors to comply with labeling changes specified in PR Notices
and similar notices, so that ``old'' labels in channels of trade are
distributed or sold until supplies are exhausted. Further, the Agency
has determined that the existing stocks provisions will normally be
based on the ``released for shipment'' date. EPA will generally follow
these policies unless different measures are necessary to protect human
health and the environment, or it is otherwise in the public interest.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: September 19, 1997.
Anne E. Lindsay,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-25896 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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