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Therefore, captan is not likely to be a 

human carcinogen nor pose cancer risks 

of concern when used in accordance 

with approved product labels.

For further information and 

discussion about the cancer 

reclassification see the September 22, 

2004 report, ‘‘CAPTAN: Fourth Report 

of the Cancer Assessment Review 

Committee.’’ In addition, the ‘‘Reader’s 

Guide to the Captan E-Docket’’ provides 

an organized list to help readers 

navigate the documents in the docket, 

including scientific supporting 

documents and registrant and thirdparty submissions.

All comments should be submitted 

using the methods in Unit I. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, and must 

be received by EPA on or before the 

closing date. Comments and proposals 

will become part of the Agency Docket 

for captan. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. EPA will 

carefully consider all comments 

received by the closing date and will 

provide a Response to Comments 

Memorandum in the Docket and 

electronic EDOCKET. If any comment 

significantly affects the document, EPA 

also will publish an amendment to the 

RED in the Federal Register. In the 

absence of substantive comments 

requiring changes, the captan RED will 

be implemented as it is now presented.

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action?

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration,’’ before calling in product 

specific data on individual end-use 

products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’

Section 408(q) of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 

U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to review 

tolerances and exemptions for pesticide 

residues in effect as of August 2, 1996, 

to determine whether the tolerance or 

exemption meets the requirements of 

section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. 

This review is to be completed by 

August 3, 2006.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Pesticides and pests.

Dated: November 12, 2004.

Debra Edwards,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–26083 Filed 11–24–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0234; FRL–7370–8]

Cycloate; Availability of Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision Document for 

Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

availability and starts a 60–day public 

comment period on the Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) document for 

the pesticide active ingredient cycloate 

(S-ethyl 

cyclohexyl(ethyl)thiocarbamate). The 

RED represents EPA’s formal regulatory 

assessment of the health and 

environmental data base of the subject 

chemical and presents the Agency’s 

determination regarding which 

pesticidal uses are eligible for 

reregistration.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2004–

0234, must be received on or before 

January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carmen Rodia, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: 703–306–0327; 

e-mail address: rodia.carmen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) or the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; pesticides users; 

and members of the public interested in 

the use of pesticides. Since other 

entities may also 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 person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2004–

0234. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Room 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell Street, Arlington, VA 

22202–4501. This docket facility is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To access 

RED documents and RED fact sheets 

electronically, go directly to the REDs 

table on the EPA Office of Pesticide 

Programs Home Page, at http://

www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/

status.htm.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in EPA’s Dockets. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute, 

which is not included in the official 

public docket, will not be available for 

public viewing in EPA Dockets. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA Dockets but will

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be available only in printed, paper form 

in the official public docket. To the 

extent feasible, publicly available 

docket materials will be made available 

in EPA Dockets. When a document is 

selected from the index list in EPA 

Dockets, the system will identify 

whether the document is available for 

viewing in EPA Dockets. Although not 

all docket materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the docket facility 

identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA intends to 

work towards providing electronic 

access to all of the publicly available 

docket materials through EPA Dockets.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA Dockets as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA Dockets. The entire printed 

comment, including the copyrighted 

material, will be available in the public 

docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA Dockets. Public 

comments that are mailed or delivered 

to the docket will be scanned and 

placed in EPA Dockets. Where practical, 

physical objects will be photographed, 

and the photograph will be placed in 

EPA Dockets along with a brief 

description written by the docket staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit I.D. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute.

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA Dockets. If 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment.

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA 

Dockets to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. Go directly to 

EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/

edocket/, and follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ and 

then key in docket ID number OPP–

2004–0234. The system is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity, 

e-mail address, or other contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment.

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2004–0234. In contrast to EPA Dockets, 

EPA’s e-mail system is not an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you 

send an e-mail comment directly to the 

docket without going through EPA 

Dockets, EPA’s e-mail system 

automatically captures your e-mail 

address. E-mail addresses that are 

automatically captured by EPA’s e-mail 

system are included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA Dockets.

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.C.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption.

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001, Attention: 

Docket ID Number OPP–2004–0234.

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Room 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell 

Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4501, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2004–0234. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the docket’s normal 

hours of operation as identified in Unit 

I.B.1.

D. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency?

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA Dockets or by e-mail. You 

may claim information that you submit 

to EPA as CBI by marking any part or 

all of that information as CBI (if you 

submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, 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 CBI). Information so 

marked will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

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 and EPA Dockets. If you submit 

the copy that does not contain CBI on 

disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM clearly that it does not 

contain CBI. Information not marked as 

CBI will be included in the public 

docket and EPA Dockets without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA?

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments:

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible.

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views.

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the notice or collection activity.

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7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

document.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

The Agency has issued a RED for the 

pesticide active ingredient cycloate (Sethyl cyclohexyl(ethyl)thiocarbamate) 

listed in this document. Under the 

FIFRA, 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 cycloate is substantially 

complete, and the pesticide’s risks have 

been mitigated so that it will not pose 

unreasonable risks to people or the 

environment when used according to its 

approved labeling. In addition, EPA is 

reevaluating existing pesticides and 

reassessing tolerances under the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. 

The pesticide included in this notice 

has been found to meet the FQPA safety 

standard.

The registrant of pesticide products 

containing the active ingredient cycloate 

will be sent a copy of the RED, and must 

respond to labeling requirements and 

product-specific data requirements (if 

applicable) within 8 months of receipt.

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 

this RED as a final document 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. If any comment significantly 

affects the RED, EPA will amend the 

RED by publishing the amendment in 

the Federal Register.

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action?

The legal authority for this RED falls 

under FIFRA, as amended in 1988 and 

1996. Section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration,’’ before calling in 

product-specific data on individual enduse products, and either reregistering 

products or taking ‘‘other appropriate 

regulatory action.’’

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Pesticides and pests.

Dated: November 17, 2004.

Debra Edwards,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–26084 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0265; FRL–7678–2]

Thiophanate-methyl; Availability of 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision 

Documents for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

availability and starts a 60–day public 

comment period on the Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for 

the pesticide active ingredient 

thiophanate-methyl. The RED represents 

EPA’s formal regulatory assessment of 

the health and environmental data base 

of the subject chemical and presents the 

Agency’s determination regarding 

which pesticidal uses are eligible for 

reregistration.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2004–

0265, must be received on or before 

January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathan Mottl, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

0208; e-mail address: 

mottl.nathan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) or the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; pesticides users; 

and members of the public interested in 

the use of pesticides. Since other 

entities may also 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 person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2004–

0265. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal 

Mall#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. 

This docket facility is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305 –5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To access 

RED documents and RED fact sheets 

electronically, go directly to the REDs 

table on the EPA Office of Pesticide 

Programs Home Page, at http://

www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/

status.htm.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search, ’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets.