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CCL%204?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning EPA’s draft CCL 4 

should be directed to Ms. Meredith 

Russell in the EPA Office of Water, by 

telephone at (202) 564–0814 or by email 

at Russell.Meredith@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, agenda and other materials 

will be accessible through the calendar 

link on the blue navigation bar at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab/. Materials may 

also be accessed at the URL provided 

above. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of this advisory activity, and/or the 

group conducting the activity, for the 

SAB to consider during the advisory 

process. Input from the public to the 

SAB will have the most impact if it 

provides specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for SAB 

committees and panels to consider or if 

it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the 

technical information. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comment 

should contact the DFO directly. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at the teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes. Interested parties 

wishing to provide comments should 

contact Ms. Sanzone, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by July 27, 

2015, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements will be 

accepted throughout the advisory 

process; however, for timely 

consideration by Committee members, 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO (preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by July 27, 

2015. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for advisory meetings. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Ms. Sanzone 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Ms. Sanzone 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 30, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0393; FRL–9929–24] 

Registration Review Interim Decisions; 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s interim registration 

review decisions for the pesticides 

listed in the table in Unit II of this 

notice. 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, that the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without causing 

unreasonable adverse effects on human 

health or the environment. 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 closure of 

the registration review docket diclofopmethyl. All pesticide products 

containing diclofop-methyl have been 

cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide specific information, contact 

the Chemical Review Manager 

identified in the table in Unit II. for the 

pesticide of interest. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, 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, farm 

worker, 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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

Chemical Review Manager identified in 

the table in Unit II. for the pesticide of 

interest. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0393, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this 

notice announces the availability of 

EPA’s interim registration review 

decisions for the pesticides in the 

following table: 


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TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW INTERIM DECISIONS

Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact 

information 

Acetic acid and sodium diacetate, 4001 ........... EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0016 ............................. Cathryn Britton, britton.cathryn@epa.gov, 

(703) 308–0136. 

Fosetyl-Al, 0646 ................................................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0379 ............................. Ricardo Jones, jones.ricardo@epa.gov, (703) 

347–0493. 

Picaridin, 7433 ................................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0341 ............................. Ricardo Jones, jones.ricardo@epa.gov, (703) 

347–0493. 

Sodium fluoride, 3132 ....................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0655 ............................. SanYvette Williams, williams.Sanyvette@

epa.gov, (703) 305–7702. 

Yellow mustard seed/sulfonic acid salts, 7619/

7618.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0762 ............................. Roy Johnson, johnson.roy@epa.gov, (703) 

347–0492. 

The registration review final decisions 

for these cases are dependent on the 

assessments of listed species under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), 

determinations on the potential for 

endocrine disruption, and/or pollinator 

risk assessments. 

Acetic acid and sodium diacetate 

(Interim Decision). The registration 

review docket for acetic acid and 

sodium diacetate opened in March 

2008. Acetic acid and sodium diacetate 

are two different active ingredients; 

sodium diacetate is a salt of acetic acid. 

Acetic acid is used as a preservative for 

post-harvest stored grains and hay 

intended for livestock feed. It is also 

applied as a non-selective herbicide for 

control of broadleaf weeds and grasses. 

Sodium diacetate is a fungicide and 

bactericide registered to control molds 

and bacteria. It is applied to hay to 

prevent spoilage and to silage as an aid 

in fermentation. The Agency has 

determined that previous human health 

assessments for acetic acid and sodium 

diacetate are sufficient for registration 

review and no human health risks of 

concern have been identified. The 

Agency completed a comprehensive 

ecological risk assessment for the 

nonselective herbicide use of acetic 

acid, including an endangered species 

assessment, and a qualitative ecological 

risk assessment for sodium diacetate. 

The Agency has made a No Effect 

determination for acetic acid used as a 

nonselective herbicide and all currently 

registered uses of sodium diacetate for 

all non-target organisms. EPA published 

the Acetic Acid and Sodium Diacetate 

Proposed Interim Decision in December 

2014. One comment was received from 

the Center for Biological Diversity 

concurring with EPA’s No Effect 

determination. No risk mitigation 

measures for human health or ecological 

effects are included in the interim 

decision. 

Fosetyl-Al (Interim Decision). FosetylAl is a phosphonate fungicide registered 

for use to control various oomycyete 

pathogens that cause fungal diseases on 

numerous crops. Fosetyl-Al is registered 

for use on agricultural crops including 

avocado, caneberries, citrus, grape, 

stone fruit, strawberry, certain tree nuts, 

tobacco, and certain vegetables. It is also 

registered for commercial use on 

ornamentals, turf, and conifer nurseries. 

EPA conducted quantitative risk 

assessments for both human health and 

ecological risk. The Agency also 

completed a partial screening level 

endangered species assessment, making 

a No Effects determination for listed 

species of fish, aquatic invertebrates, 

aquatic plans, and monocot plants. No 

human health risks of concern were 

identified. The ecological risk 

assessment indicated potential risks to 

birds, mammals, terrestrial and aquatic 

plants, and terrestrial invertebrates. In 

the Federal Register of December 24, 

2014 (79 FR 77480) (FRL–9919–24), the 

Agency issued its Proposed Interim 

Registration Review Decision for fosetylAl for public comment. Fourteen 

comments were received, including 

comments on the Agency’s proposal to 

increase the Restricted Entry Interval, 

require additional pollinator data and 

add pollinator advisory language to 

labels. The Agency’s Interim Decision 

modifies the application directions for 

fosetyl-Al to mitigate ecological risks 

and updates labels to reflect current 

Agency policy for worker protection. It 

does not require additional pollinator 

data or pollinator advisory language on 

the product labels. 

Picaridin (Interim Decision). Picaridin 

is a broad-spectrum insect repellent 

registered for use against biting flies, 

chiggers, fleas, mosquitoes, and ticks. 

Picaridin is labeled for use on human 

skin and footwear. The Agency 

completed qualitative ecological and 

human health risk assessments for 

picaridin, and found no risks of 

concern. The Agency has made a No 

Effects determination under the 

Endangered Species Assessment (ESA) 

for all listed species and No 

Modification of designated critical 

habitat for such species. In the Federal 

Register of December 24, 2014 (79 FR 

77480) (FRL–9919–24), EPA issued the 

Combined Work Plan and Proposed 

Interim Registration Review Decision, 

indicating that no additional data would 

be needed for the picaridin registration 

review. Two comments were received, 

neither of which modified the proposed 

decision or work plan for picaridin. No 

risk mitigation measures for human 

health or ecological effects are included 

in the interim decision. 

Sodium fluoride (Interim Decision). 

Sodium fluoride is registered for use as 

a wood preservative to protect the 

groundline portion of existing wooden 

utility poles. It is formulated as an 

impregnated pole wrap material. This 

use is not expected to result in direct or 

indirect food or drinking water 

exposure. Occupational and residential 

exposure is minimal by the dermal and 

inhalation routes, and the Agency has 

determined that a human health risk 

assessment was not needed. Based on 

the lack of potential exposure and toxic 

effects to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and 

birds, the Agency has made a No Effect 

determination for federally listed 

species and designated critical habitat. 

Yellow mustard seed/sulfonic acid 

salts (Interim Decision). Yellow mustard 

seed and sulfonic acid salts are coformulated as a rodenticide registered 

for the control of ground squirrels in 

rangelands, ornamental plantings, seed 

orchards and nurseries, golf courses, 

parks, and rights-of-way. The product is 

delivered into burrows occupied by 

these rodents through a modified handheld spray wand with an aspirating 

muzzle to facilitate foaming action. The 

Agency relied on qualitative 

assessments conducted for yellow 

mustard seed/sulfonic acid salts at the 

time of the initial registration, and the 

Agency did not believe that updated or 

quantitative assessments were needed 

for registration review. No human 

health risks of concern or risks of 


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concern to non-listed species have been 

identified. No risk mitigation measures 

for human health or ecological effects 

are included in the interim decision. 

Case Closure for Diclofop-methyl (PC 

Code: 110902, Case: 2160). Diclofopmethyl is an herbicide which was 

labeled for use on wheat, barley, and 

golf course turf. On October 23, 2014, 

the Agency received a request for 

voluntary cancellation of diclofopmethyl from the technical and end-use 

registrants; Bayer CropScience and 

Bayer Environmental Science, 

respectively. EPA subsequently issued a 

Federal Register notice announcing 

receipt of the request (FRL–9396–04), 

and allowed a 30-day period for public 

comment on the request. No substantive 

comments were received, and on June 

10, 2015, EPA issued the cancellation 

order for all remaining registrations of 

products containing diclofop-methyl 

(FRL–9968–03), which sets out the 

existing stocks policy for such products. 

With the cancellation of all remaining 

diclofop-methyl products, the Agency is 

announcing the closure of the 

registration review case for the active 

ingredient. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a 

registration review decision is the 

Agency’s determination whether a 

pesticide meets, or does not meet, the 

standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA 

has considered the pesticides listed in 

the table in this unit in light of the 

FIFRA standard for registration. The 

Interim Decision documents for these 

pesticides in the docket describe the 

Agency’s rationale for issuing a 

registration review interim decision for 

this pesticide. 

In addition to an interim registration 

review decision document, the 

registration review docket for each of 

these pesticides may also include other 

relevant documents related to the 

registration review of the case. A 

proposed interim registration review 

decision was previously posted to each 

docket and the public was invited to 

submit any comments or new 

information relevant to the proposal. 

EPA has addressed the substantive 

comments and information received 

during the 60-day comment period in 

the discussion for each pesticide listed 

in this document. During the 60-day 

comment period, no public comments 

were received for any of these cases that 

resulted in changes in the Agency’s 

interim decisions. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the 

registration review case docket for each 

pesticide discussed in this notice will 

remain open until all actions required in 

the interim decision have been 

completed. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http://

www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

Links to earlier documents related to the 

registration review of the pesticide cases 

identified in this notice are provided in 

the Pesticide Chemical Search data base 

accessible at: http://iaspub.epa.gov/

apex/pesticides/f?p=chemicalsearch. 

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

Dated: June 26, 2015. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0386; FRL–9929–23] 

Registration Review; Draft Human 

Health and Ecological Risk 

Assessments; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s draft human health 

and ecological risk assessments for the 

registration reviews of flufenacet, 

flurprimidol, propoxur, and sodium 

acifluorfen, and opens a public 

comment period on these documents. In 

addition, this notice announces both the 

opening of the registration review 

docket for thidiazuron and the 

availability of the registration review 

draft human health and ecological risk 

assessments for thidiazuron. The 

Agency is opening a public comment 

period on both the Preliminary Work 

Plan and the draft risk assessments for 

thidiazuron. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 8, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number for the specific pesticide of 

interest provided in Table 1 of Unit III, 

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 listed as 

the contact in Table 1 of Unit III. 

For general questions on the 

registration review program, 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, farm 

worker, 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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

Chemical Review Manager for the case 

in question, listed in Table 1 of Unit III 

of this notice. 

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 


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