80 FR 16675 - Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 60 (March 30, 2015)

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With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period for several registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the public in understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment. This document also announces the Agency's intent to close the registration review case for tebufenpyrad, imazamethabenz, and 2-((hydroxymethyl)-amino)ethanol (also known as HMAE). These pesticides do not currently have any actively registered pesticide products and, therefore, the Agency is closing the registration review cases for tebufenpyrad, imazamethabenz, and HMAE. For phenmedipham, EPA is seeking comment on the preliminary work plan, the ecological problem formulation, and the human health draft risk assessment.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0057; FRL-9922-79]

Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period
for several registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic
review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide
continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is,
the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review
dockets contain information that will assist the public in
understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may
consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this
program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on
current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human
health and the environment. This document also announces the Agency's
intent to close the registration review case for tebufenpyrad,
imazamethabenz, and 2-((hydroxymethyl)-amino)ethanol (also known as
HMAE). These pesticides do not currently have any actively registered
pesticide products and, therefore, the Agency is closing the
registration review cases for tebufenpyrad, imazamethabenz, and HMAE.
For phenmedipham, EPA is seeking comment on the preliminary work
plan, the ecological problem formulation, and the human health draft
risk assessment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the
table in Unit III.A., by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review
Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the table in Unit
III.A.
For general information contact: Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8015; fax number: (703) 308-8005;
email address: dumas.richard@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farmworker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a

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copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as
CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information
so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures
set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. Authority

EPA is initiating its reviews of the pesticides identified in this
document pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) and the
Procedural Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155,
subpart C. Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the
use of a pesticide in or on food.

III. Registration Reviews

A. What action is the Agency taking?

As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations identified in the table in this unit to assure that they
continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, they
can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. A pesticide's registration review begins when the
Agency establishes a docket for the pesticide's registration review
case and opens the docket for public review and comment. At present,
EPA is opening registration review dockets for the cases identified in
the following table.

Table 1--Registration Review Dockets Opening
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Registration review case name and Chemical review manager,
No. Pesticide docket ID No. telephone number, email address
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Bioban P-1487 (Case 3028)........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0802..................... SanYvette Williams, 703-305-
7702,
williams.sanyvette@epa.gov.
Bis(bromoacetoxy)-2-butene (BBAB) EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0799..................... Tina Pham, 703-308-0125,
(Case 3030). pham.thao@epa.gov.
Carboxin and Oxycarboxin (Case 0012) EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0144..................... Dana L. Friedman, 703-347-8827,
friedman.dana@epa.gov.
Copper HDO (Case 5106).............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0800..................... Donna Kamarei, 703-347-0443,
kamarei.donna@epa.gov.
Chondrostereum Purpureum (Case 6091) EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0051..................... Kathleen Martin, 703-308-2857,
kathleen.martin@epa.gov.
Creosote (Case 0139)................ EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0823..................... Sandra O'Neill, 703-347-0141,
oneill.sandra@epa.gov.
Cyazofamid (Case 7656).............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0128..................... Jose Gayoso, 703-347-8652,
gayoso.jose@epa.gov.
Famoxadone (Case 7038).............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0094..................... Christina Scheltema, 703-308-
2201,
scheltema.christina@epa.gov.
Lufenuron (Case 7627)............... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0098..................... Bonnie Adler, 703-308-8523,
adler.bonnie@epa.gov.
Myclobutanil (Case 7006)............ EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0053..................... Benjamin Askin, 703-347-0503,
askin.benjamin@epa.gov.
Novaluron (Case 7615)............... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0171..................... Margaret Hathaway, 703-305-
5076,
hathaway.margaret@epa.gov.
Phenmedipham (Case 0277)............ EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0546..................... Miguel Zavala, 703-347-0504,
zavala.miguel@epa.gov.
Sethoxydim (Case 2600).............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0088..................... James Parker, 703-306-0469,
parker.james@epa.gov.
Spirodiclofen (Case 7443)........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0262..................... Julia Stokes, 703-347-8966,
stokes.julia@epa.gov.
Spiromesifen (Case 7442)............ EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0263..................... Julia Stokes, 703-347-8966,
stokes.julia@epa.gov.
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For phenmedipham (Case 0277) EPA is seeking comment on the
preliminary Work Plan, the ecological problem formulation, and the
human health draft risk. For Forchlorfenuron (Case 7057), EPA is
seeking comment on the Combined Work Plan, Summary Document, and
Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision, which includes the human
health and ecological risk assessments. The Agency also is announcing
the intent to close the registration review cases for tebufenpyrad,
imazamethabenz, and 2-(hydroxymethyl)- amino)ethanol also known as
HMAE. These pesticides do not currently have any actively registered
pesticide products and, therefore, the Agency is closing the
registration review cases for tebufenpyrad, imazamethabenz, and HMAE.
The tebufenpyrad registration review case is being closed because the
last products were canceled in the Federal Register notice dated
September 24, 2014 (79 FR 57087) (FRL-9916-69). The ``Notice of
Registration Review Case Closure'' for tebufenpyrad is available in
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0218 at http://www.regulations.gov. For
phenmedipham (Case 0277), EPA is seeking comment on the preliminary
work plan, the ecological problem formulation, and the human health
draft risk assessment. The imazamethabenz registration review case is
being closed because the last products were canceled in the Federal
Register. The ``Notice of Registration Review Case Closure'' for
imazamethabenz is available in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0394 at http://www.regulations.gov.

B. Docket Content

1. Review dockets. The registration review dockets contain
information that the Agency may consider in the course of the
registration review. The Agency may include information from its files
including, but not limited to, the following information:
An overview of the registration review case status.
A list of current product registrations and registrants.
Federal Register notices regarding any pending
registration actions.

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Federal Register notices regarding current or pending
tolerances.
Risk assessments.
Bibliographies concerning current registrations.
Summaries of incident data.
Any other pertinent data or information.
Each docket contains a document summarizing what the Agency
currently knows about the pesticide case and a preliminary work plan
for anticipated data and assessment needs. Additional documents provide
more detailed information. During this public comment period, the
Agency is asking that interested persons identify any additional
information they believe the Agency should consider during the
registration reviews of these pesticides. The Agency identifies in each
docket the areas where public comment is specifically requested, though
comment in any area is welcome.
2. Other related information. More information on these cases,
including the active ingredients for each case, may be located in the
registration review schedule on the Agency's Web site at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. Information on the Agency's
registration review program and its implementing regulation may be seen
at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/registration-review-schedules.
3. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or
videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions
required in the final decision on the registration review case have
been completed.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

Dated: March 18, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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• Federal Register notices regarding information in the pesticide’s of Management and Budget (OMB)
current or pending tolerances. registration review. control number.
• Risk assessments. As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the DATES: Written PRA comments should
• Bibliographies concerning current registration review docket for each be submitted on or before April 29,
registrations. pesticide case will remain publicly 2015. If you anticipate that you will be
• Summaries of incident data. accessible through the duration of the submitting comments, but find it
• Any other pertinent data or registration review process; that is, until difficult to do so within the period of
information. all actions required in the final decision time allowed by this notice, you should
Each docket contains a document on the registration review case have advise the contact listed below as soon
summarizing what the Agency currently been completed. as possible.
knows about the pesticide case and a
preliminary work plan for anticipated Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments
data and assessment needs. Additional Dated: March 18, 2015. to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
documents provide more detailed Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
information. During this public 395–5167 or via Internet at Nicholas_
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
comment period, the Agency is asking Office of Pesticide Programs. A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Benish
that interested persons identify any Shah, Federal Communications
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Agency should consider during the Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To submit your
registration reviews of these pesticides. PRA comments by email send them to:
The Agency identifies in each docket PRA@fcc.gov.
the areas where public comment is FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
specifically requested, though comment COMMISSION Benish Shah, Office of Managing
in any area is welcome. [3060–0207] Director, (202) 418–7866.
2. Other related information. More SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information on these cases, including Information Collection Being OMB Control Number: 3060–0207.
the active ingredients for each case, may Submitted for Review and Approval to Title: Part 11—Emergency Alert
be located in the registration review the Office of Management and Budget System (EAS).
schedule on the Agency’s Web site at Form Number: Not applicable.
http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide- AGENCY: Federal Communications Type of Review: Extension of a
reevaluation. Information on the Commission. currently approved collection.
Agency’s registration review program ACTION: Notice and request for Respondents: Businesses or other for-
and its implementing regulation may be comments. profit; not-for-profit institutions; and
seen at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide- state, local or tribal governments.
reevaluation/registration-review- SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort Number of Respondents and
schedules. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as Responses: 3,569,028 respondents;
3. Information submission required by the Paperwork Reduction 3,569,028 responses.
requirements. Anyone may submit data Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– Estimated Time per Response:
or information in response to this 3520), the Federal Communications .0229776 hours.
document. To be considered during a Commission (FCC or the Commission) Frequency of Response: On occasion
pesticide’s registration review, the invites the general public and other reporting requirement and
submitted data or information must Federal agencies to take this recordkeeping requirement.
meet the following requirements: opportunity to comment on the Obligation to Respond: Voluntary
• To ensure that EPA will consider following information collection. response for business or other for-profit
data or information submitted, Comments are requested concerning: and not-for-respondents. Mandatory
interested persons must submit the data Whether the proposed collection of response for state, local or tribal
or information during the comment information is necessary for the proper governments. Statutory authority for
period. The Agency may, at its performance of the functions of the this information collection is contained
discretion, consider data or information Commission, including whether the in 47 U.S.C. sections 154(i) and 606 of
submitted at a later date. information shall have practical utility; the Communications Act of 1934, as
• The data or information submitted the accuracy of the Commission’s amended.
must be presented in a legible and burden estimate; ways to enhance the Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours.
useable form. For example, an English quality, utility, and clarity of the Total Annual Cost: N/A.
translation must accompany any information collected; ways to minimize Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
material that is not in English and a the burden of the collection of Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
written transcript must accompany any information on the respondents, There is no need for confidentiality.
information submitted as an including the use of automated Needs and Uses: The Commission
audiographic or videographic record. collection techniques or other forms of seeking an extension of this information
Written material may be submitted in information technology; and ways to collection in order to obtain the full
paper or electronic form. further reduce the information three year approval from OMB. There
• Submitters must clearly identify the collection burden on small business are no changes in any of the reporting
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• Submitters may request the Agency collection of information unless it previous burden estimated.
to reconsider data or information that displays a currently valid control The Commission established a
the Agency rejected in a previous number. No person shall be subject to voluntary electronic method of
review. However, submitters must any penalty for failing to comply with complying with the reporting that EAS
explain why they believe the Agency a collection of information subject to the participants must complete as part of
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2015.
Contact		For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the table in Unit III.A. For general information contact: Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460- 0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8015; fax number: (703) 308-8005;
FR Citation		80 FR 16675