80 FR 36336 - Registration Review; Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 121 (June 24, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 121 (June 24, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 36336-36338] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-15526] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0385; FRL-9929-21] Registration Review; Dockets Opened for Review and Comment AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 not to open registration review dockets for pyrazon, trypsin modulating oostatic factor, and xanthine and oxypurinol. These pesticides do not currently have any actively registered pesticide products and are not, therefore, scheduled for review under the registration review program. DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 24, 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 person identified as a contact in the table in Unit III.A. Also include the docket ID number listed in the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest. 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; 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 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 [[Page 36337]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Registration review case Contact and contact name and No. Docket ID No. information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acequinocyl, 7621........... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0203 Margaret Hathaway, hathaway.margaret@epa.gov, (703) 305- 5076. Aspergillus flavus, 6008.... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0281 Michael Glikes, glikes.michael@epa.gov, (703) 305- 6231. n-Butyl Mercaptan, 6055..... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0262 Menyon Adams, adams.menyon@epa.gov, (703) 347-8496. Chlorine Dioxide (includes EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0267 Stephen Savage, Sodium Chlorite), 4023. savage.stephen@epa.gov, (703) 347- 0345. Cycloate, 2125.............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0288 Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@epa.gov, (703) 347- 0411. Diclosulam, 7249............ EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0285 Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@epa.gov, (703) 347- 0411. Furfural, 2305.............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0764 Jolene Trujillo trujillo.jolene@epa.gov, (303) 312- 6579. Mancozeb, 0643.............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0291 Steve Snyderman, snyderman.steven@epa.gov, (703) 347- 0249. Metiram, 0644............... EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0290 Brittany Pruitt, pruitt.brittany@epa.gov, (703) 347- 0289. Propanil, 0226.............. EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0052 Joel Wolf, wolf.joel@epa.gov, (703) 347-0228. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EPA is also announcing that it will not be opening dockets for pyrazon, trypsin modulating oostatic factor, and xanthine and oxypurinol because these pesticides are not included in any products currently registered under FIFRA section 3. The Agency will take separate actions to cancel any remaining FIFRA section 24(c) Special Local Needs registrations (7 U.S.C. 136v) with this active ingredient and to propose revocation of any affected tolerances that are not supported for import purposes only. 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 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://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm. Information on the Agency's registration review program and its implementing regulation may be seen at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review. 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 a diographic 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 [[Page 36338]] 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: June 17, 2015. Neil G. Anderson, Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2015-15526 Filed 6-23-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to statutory standard for registration, that I. General Information
consider these late comments. is, the pesticide can perform its
A. Does this action apply to me?
If you submit an electronic comment, intended function without unreasonable
EPA recommends that you include your adverse effects on human health or the This action is directed to the public
name, mailing address, and an email environment. Registration review in general, and may be of interest to a
address or other contact information in dockets contain information that will wide range of stakeholders including
the body of your comment and with any assist the public in understanding the environmental, human health,
disk or CD ROM you submit. This types of information and issues that the farmworker, and agricultural advocates;
ensures that you can be identified as the Agency may consider during the course the chemical industry; pesticide users;
submitter of the comment and allows of registration reviews. Through this and members of the public interested in
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot program, EPA is ensuring that each the sale, distribution, or use of
read your comment due to technical pesticide’s registration is based on pesticides. Since others also may be
difficulties or needs further information current scientific and other knowledge, interested, the Agency has not
on the substance of your comment. Any including its effects on human health attempted to describe all the specific
identifying or contact information and the environment. This document entities that may be affected by this
provided in the body of a comment will also announces the Agency’s intent not action.
be included as part of the comment that to open registration review dockets for B. What should I consider as I prepare
is placed in the official public docket, pyrazon, trypsin modulating oostatic my comments for EPA?
and made available in EPA’s electronic factor, and xanthine and oxypurinol.
public docket. If EPA cannot read your These pesticides do not currently have 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
comment due to technical difficulties any actively registered pesticide information to EPA through
and cannot contact you for clarification, products and are not, therefore, regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
EPA may not be able to consider your scheduled for review under the the part or all of the information that
comment. registration review program. you claim to be CBI. For CBI
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web information in a disk or CD–ROM that
DATES: Comments must be received on
site to submit comments to EPA you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
or before August 24, 2015. disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
electronically is EPA’s preferred method ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
for receiving comments. The electronic identify electronically within the disk or
identified by the docket identification CD–ROM the specific information that
public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous (ID) number for the specific pesticide of
access’’ system, which means EPA will is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
interest provided in the table in Unit complete version of the comment that
not know your identity, email address, III.A., by one of the following methods: includes information claimed as CBI, a
or other contact information unless you • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// copy of the comment that does not
provide it in the body of your comment. www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
In contrast to EPA’s electronic public contain the information claimed as CBI
instructions for submitting comments. must be submitted for inclusion in the
docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) Do not submit electronically any
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ public docket. Information so marked
information you consider to be will not be disclosed except in
system. If you send an email comment Confidential Business Information (CBI)
directly to the Docket without going accordance with procedures set forth in
or other information whose disclosure is 40 CFR part 2.
through www.regulations.gov, your restricted by statute. 2. Tips for preparing your comments.
email address is automatically captured • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental When preparing and submitting your
and included as part of the comment Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ comments, see the commenting tips at
that is placed in the official public DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
docket, and made available in EPA’s NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. comments.html.
electronic public docket. • Hand Delivery: To make special 3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
Dated: June 17, 2015. arrangements for hand delivery or achieve environmental justice, the fair
Lorie J. Schmidt, delivery of boxed information, please treatment and meaningful involvement
Associate General Counsel.
follow the instructions at http:// of any group, including minority and/or
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. low income populations, in the
[FR Doc. 2015–15523 Filed 6–23–15; 8:45 am]
Additional instructions on development, implementation, and
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commenting or visiting the docket, enforcement of environmental laws,
along with more information about regulations, and policies. To help
dockets generally, is available at address potential environmental justice
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
http://www.epa.gov/dockets. issues, the Agency seeks information on
AGENCY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For any groups or segments of the
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0385; FRL–9929–21] pesticide specific information contact: population who, as a result of their
The person identified as a contact in the location, cultural practices, or other
Registration Review; Dockets Opened table in Unit III.A. Also include the
for Review and Comment factors, may have atypical or
docket ID number listed in the table in disproportionately high and adverse
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest. human health impacts or environmental
Agency (EPA). For general information contact: effects from exposure to the pesticides
ACTION: Notice.
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation discussed in this document, compared
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Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide to the general population.
SUMMARY: With this document, EPA is Programs, Environmental Protection
opening the public comment period for Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., II. Authority
several registration reviews. Registration Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone EPA is initiating its reviews of the
review is EPA’s periodic review of number: (703) 308–8015; email address: pesticides identified in this document
pesticide registrations to ensure that dumas.richard@epa.gov. pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal
each pesticide continues to satisfy the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
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review. However, submitters must • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// accordance with procedures set forth in
explain why they believe the Agency www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 40 CFR part 2.
should reconsider the data or instructions for submitting comments. 2. Tips for preparing your comments.
information in the pesticide’s Do not submit electronically any When preparing and submitting your
registration review. information you consider to be comments, see the commenting tips at
As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the Confidential Business Information (CBI) http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
registration review docket for each or other information whose disclosure is comments.html.
pesticide case will remain publicly restricted by statute. II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
accessible through the duration of the • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
registration review process; that is, until Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ EPA is taking public comment on a
all actions required in the final decision DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. document entitled, Risk Management
on the registration review case have NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. Approach to Identifying Options for
Protecting the Monarch Butterfly, a copy
been completed. • Hand Delivery: To make special
of which is available in the docket at
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. arrangements for hand delivery or
http://www.regulations.gov under
delivery of boxed information, please
Dated: June 17, 2015. docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
follow the instructions at http:// 0389. The document identifies the types
Neil G. Anderson,
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. of information that EPA believes may be
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Additional instructions on important to have in order to identify
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
commenting or visiting the docket, appropriate actions to take under the
[FR Doc. 2015–15526 Filed 6–23–15; 8:45 am]
along with more information about Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
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dockets generally, is available at Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to protect
http://www.epa.gov/dockets. monarch butterflies (including
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: milkweed resources) while also
AGENCY Khue Nguyen, Pesticide Re-Evaluation enabling pesticide users to meet
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide important weed management needs.
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389; FRL–9929–01] Programs, Environmental Protection EPA is initiating efforts focused
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., specifically on the monarch butterfly for
Pesticides; Risk Management Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone several reasons.
Approach To Identifying Options for number: (703) 347–0248; email address: First, the U.S. has been engaged in an
Protecting the Monarch Butterfly; nguyen.khue@epa.gov. effort with Canada and Mexico through
Notice of Availability and Public the Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comment Opportunity Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem
I. General Information Conservation and Management, where
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
A. Does this action apply to me? the three partner nations have agreed to
Agency (EPA).
make natural resource conservation a
ACTION: Notice. This action is directed to the public priority. Consistent with its objective to
in general, and may be of interest to a conserve and manage natural resources
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the wide range of stakeholders including
availability of a document for public across North America, the committee
environmental, human health, has recognized the monarch butterfly as
review and comment that describes the farmworker, and agricultural advocates;
Agency’s management approach for an emblematic species shared by the
the chemical industry; pesticide users; three countries and renewed their
understanding and identifying and members of the public interested in
protections for the monarch butterfly. collaborative effort to protect the species
the sale, distribution, or use of and its required resources.
This document is the start of an pesticides. Since others also may be Secondly, in addition to the efforts of
approach for monarch butterfly interested, the agency has not attempted the Trilateral Committee, President
protection and weed management to describe all the specific entities that Obama issued a memorandum on
which will depend upon (i) input from may be affected by this action. pollinator protection entitled, Creating a
a diverse group of stakeholders to
Federal Strategy to Promote the Health
identify and integrate information with B. What should I consider as I prepare
of Honey Bees and other Pollinators.
respect to influences on the population my comments for EPA?
The memorandum highlights the
dynamics of the monarch butterfly and 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this importance of the monarch butterfly and
the milkweed plant; and, (ii) information to EPA through http:// establishes a task force of Federal
cooperation and collaboration from www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly agencies to develop a strategy to
these diverse stakeholders to identify mark the part or all of the information conserve pollinators and the monarch
activities that will balance weed that you claim to be CBI. For CBI butterfly in particular. The
management needs across varied information in a disk or CD–ROM that memorandum states that the task force
landscapes with conservation of the you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the is to develop a strategy that looks to
milkweed plant. EPA is soliciting public disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then developing partnerships with external
comment on which potential action or identify electronically within the disk or stakeholders such as state, tribal and
a combination of actions would be the CD–ROM the specific information that local governments, farmers,
most effective in reducing the impacts is claimed as CBI. In addition to one corporations, and non-governmental
of herbicides on the monarch butterfly.
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complete version of the comment that organizations to achieve the goal of
DATES: Comments must be received on includes information claimed as CBI, a protecting and conserving the monarch
or before July 24, 2015. copy of the comment that does not butterfly and its habitat.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, contain the information claimed as CBI Finally, in February 2014, EPA’s
identified by docket identification (ID) must be submitted for inclusion in the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389, by public docket. Information so marked received a petition from the Natural
one of the following methods: will not be disclosed except in Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 36336 |
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