[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46278-46279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22055]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34081; FRL 4972-4]
Certain Chemicals; Availability of Reregistration Eligibility
Decision Documents for Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticide chemicals cases
Chloro-m-xylenol, Dowicil CTAC, Fosamine Ammonium, Piperalin,
Polybutene, Terbuthylazine, and (Z)-9-tricosene. It also begins a 60-
day public comment period of these documents. The REDs are the Agency's
summary documents of its scientific assessments of the human health and
environmental data bases for these pesticide chemicals. They also
include the Agency's regulatory conclusions regarding the future
registration of uses and products containing these chemicals as active
ingredients.
DATES: Written comments on these decisions must be submitted by October
6, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number
``OPP-34081'' 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., SW.,
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-34081''. 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
``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' of this document.
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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above
listed RED documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical
Review Managers:
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Chemical Review
Chemical Name Case No. Manager Telephone No. E-mail Address
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Chloro-m-xylenol..... 3045................. Yvonne Brown......... (703) 308-8073....... [email protected]
.epa.gov
Dowicil CTAC......... 3069................. Ron Kendall.......... (703) 308-8068....... Kendall.ron@epamail.
Fosamine Ammonium.... 2355................. Kathy Davis.......... (703) 308-8156....... Davis.kathy@epamail.
Piperalin............ 3114................. Barbara Briscoe...... (703) 308-8177....... Briscoe.barbara@epam
Polybutene........... 4076................. Mark Wilhite......... (703) 308-8586....... [email protected]
.epa.gov
Terbuthylazine....... 2645................. Virginia Dietrich.... (703) 308-8157....... Dietrich.virginia@ep
(z)-9-Tricosene...... 4112................. Tom Myers............ (703) 308-8074....... Myers.tom@epamail.ep
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticide chemical cases
listed above. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting a reregistration program to
reevaluate older pesticides, those initially registered prior to
November 1, 1984, to make sure they meet current scientific and
regulatory standards. If necessary, modifications to use patterns and
application methods may be required to reduce risks to appropriate
levels. 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
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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.
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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: August 29, 1995.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-22055 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]
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