Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements
This document notifies the public as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the...
Notification of submission to the Secretary of Agriculture.
SUMMARY:
This document notifies the public as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) a draft regulatory document concerning “Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements (RIN 2070-AK49).” The draft regulatory document is not available to the public until after it has been signed and made available by EPA.
DATES:
See Unit I. under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
.
ADDRESSES:
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543, is available at
http://www.regulations.gov.
That docket contains historical information and this
Federal Register
document; it does not contain the draft final rule.
Please note that due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19,
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the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FIFRA section 25(a)(2)(B) requires the EPA Administrator to provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft final rule at least 30 days before signing it in final form for publication in the
Federal Register
. The draft final rule is not available to the public until after it has been signed by EPA. If the Secretary of USDA comments in writing regarding the draft final rule within 15 days after receiving it, the EPA Administrator must include the comments of the Secretary of USDA, if requested by the Secretary of USDA, and the EPA Administrator's response to those comments with the final rule that publishes in the
Federal Register
. If the Secretary of USDA does not comment in writing within 15 days after receiving the draft final rule, the EPA Administrator may sign the final rule for publication in the
Federal Register
any time after the 15-day period.
II. Do any Statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this notification?
No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the Secretary of USDA. As such, none of the regulatory assessment requirements apply to this document.
Dated: October 2, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
85 FR 63449
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements,” thefederalregister.org (October 8, 2020), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2020-22280/notification-of-submission-to-the-secretary-of-agriculture-pesticides-agricultural-worker-protection-standard-revision-o.