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Cryolite. January 31, 1997. Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) Document for Comment. Federal Register.
[Federal Register: January 31, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 21)] [Notices] [Page 4762-4763] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPP-34099; FRL-5374-5] Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Comment; Certain Chemicals AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision documents; opening of public comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients Alkyl Imidazolines, Amitraz, Amitrole, Ancymidol, Bronopol, Chlorhexidine diacetate, Chlorpropham, Coumaphos, Cryolite, Desmedipham, Dibromodicyanobutane, Dimethoxane, Hydroxyethyl octyl sulfide, Hydroxypropylmethanethiosulfonate, Methyloxazolidine, Mitin-FF, Norflurazon, O-benzyl-p-chlorophenol and salts, Prometryn, Propamocarb hydrochloride, Starlicide, Tetrachlorvinphos, and Trifluralin. This notice starts a 60-day public comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed above are the Agency's formal regulatory assessments of the health and environmental data base of the subject chemicals and present the Agency's determination regarding which pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration. Please note that these REDs were finalized and signed prior to August 3, 1996. On that date, the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (``FQPA'') became effective, amending portions of both the pesticide law (FIFRA) and the food and drug law (FFDCA). These REDs don't address any issues raised by FQPA, and any tolerance-related statements in the RED did not take into account any changes in tolerance assessment procedures required under FQPA. To the extent that these REDs indicate that a change in any tolerance is necessary, that determination will be reassessed by the Agency under the standards set forth in FQPA before a proposed tolerance is issued. To the extent that the RED does not indicate that a change in the tolerance is necessary, that tolerance, too, will be reassessed in the future pursuant to the requirements of FQPA. DATES: Written comments on these decisions must be submitted by April 1, 1997. ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number ``OPP-34099'' 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-34099''. 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'' at the end 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 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above listed decisions should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review Managers: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chemical Review Chemical Name Case No. Manager Telephone No. E-mail Address ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alkyl Imidazolines.............. 3010.............. Margaret Rice..... 308-8039.......... Rice.margaret@epam Amitraz......................... 0234.............. Mario Fiol........ 308-8049.......... Fiol.mario@epamail .epa.gov. Amitrole........................ 0095.............. Mario Fiol........ 308-8049.......... Fiol.mario@epamail .epa.gov. Ancymidol....................... 3017.............. Rieman Rhinehart.. 308-8584.......... Rhinehart.rieman@e pamail.epa.gov. Bronopol........................ 2770.............. Ron Kendall....... 308-8068.......... Kendall.ron@epamai l.epa.gov. Chlorhexidine diacetate......... 3038.............. Bonnie Adler...... 308-8523.......... Adler.bonnie@epama il.epa.gov. Chlorpropham.................... 0271.............. Margery Exton..... 308-8042.......... Exton.margery@epam ail.epa.gov. Coumaphos....................... 0018.............. Dennis McNeilly... 308-8066.......... McNeilly.dennis@ep amail.epa.gov. Cryolite........................ 0087.............. Dana Lateulere.... 308-8044.......... Lateulere.dana@epa mail.epa.gov. Desmedipham..................... 2150.............. Richard Gebken.... 308-8591.......... Gebken.richard@epa mail.epa.gov. Dibromodicyanobutane............ 2780.............. Yvonne Brown...... 308-8073.......... Brown.yvonne@epama il.epa.gov. Dimethoxane..................... 3064.............. CP Moran.......... 308-8590.......... Moran.cp@epamail.e pa.gov. Hydroxyethyl octyl sulfide...... 3103.............. Ron Kendall....... 308-8068.......... Kendall.ron@epamai l.epa.gov. Hydroxypropylmethanethiosulfonat 3033.............. Pat Dobak......... 308-8180.......... Dobak.pat@epamail. e. epa.gov. Methyloxazolidine............... 3095.............. Margaret Rice..... 308-8039.......... Rice.margaret@epam ail.epa.gov. Mitin-FF........................ 3097.............. Rieman Rhinehart.. 308-8584.......... Rhinehart.rieman@e pamail.epa.gov. Norflurazon..................... 0229.............. Karen Jones....... 308-8047.......... Jones.karen@epamai l.epa.gov. [[Page 4763]] O-benzyl-p-chloroplenol and 2045.............. Barbara Briscoe... 308-8177.......... Briscoe.barbara@ep salts. amail.epa.gov. Propamocarb hydrochloride....... 3124.............. Kathleen Depukat.. 308-8587.......... Depukat.kathleen@e pamail.epa.gov. Prometryn....................... 0467.............. Mario Fiol........ 308-8049.......... Fiol.mario@epamail .epa.gov. Starlicide...................... 2610.............. Margaret Rice..... 308-8039.......... Rice.margaret@epam ail.epa.gov. Tetrachlorvinphos............... 0321.............. Bill Wooge........ 308-8794.......... Wooge.bill@epamail .epa.gov. Trifluralin..................... 0179.............. Connie Childress.. 208-8076.......... Childress.connie@e pamail.epa.gov. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active ingredients listed above. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting an accelerated reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to make sure they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. The data base to support the reregistration of each of the chemicals listed above is substantially complete. 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 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. A record has been established for this notice under docket number ``OPP-34099'' (including comments and data submitted electronically as described below). A public version of this record, including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public record is located in Rm. 1132 of the Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. 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 of 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: January 22, 1997. Lois A. Rossi, Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 97-2467 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F