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relevance and potential risk of the 

results observed from initial laboratory 

animal studies. In addition, EPA will be 

updating the assessment of triclosan 

exposure in the 2008 RED using the 

newly released 2005–2006 NHANES 

urinary monitoring results. The Agency 

will pay close attention to this ongoing 

research and will amend the regulatory 

decision if the science supports such a 

change. Also, the Agency has previously 

indicated that because of the amount of 

research being planned and currently in 

progress, it will undertake another 

comprehensive review of triclosan 

beginning in 2013. 

Triclosan is also recognized as an 

emerging contaminant of concern by 

EPA’s Office of Water. Through its 

authority under the Clean Water Act, 

EPA is conducting an effects assessment 

for triclosan that may be used by States 

and authorized Tribes to establish water 

quality standards for triclosan. 

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

EPA evaluated triclosan for inclusion on 

the third contaminant candidate list 

(CCL 3). The CCL 3 was published on 

October 8, 2009 (74 FR 51850) and 

includes contaminants that are currently 

unregulated in drinking water, that are 

known or anticipated to occur in public 

water systems, and which may require 

regulation under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act. EPA developed the CCL 3 

using a multi-step process 

recommended by the National 

Academies of Science and the National 

Drinking Water Advisory Council. EPA 

considered the best available occurrence 

and health effects data to evaluate a 

universe of approximately 7,500 

contaminants, from which EPA 

identified the list of 116 contaminants 

that present the greatest public health 

concern in drinking water. Triclosan 

was included in the universe of 

contaminants evaluated. However, EPA 

determined triclosan did not present as 

great a public health concern in 

drinking water as the contaminants that 

were selected for the CCL 3 list. 

A related petition was filed with FDA 

by the same organizations that filed the 

EPA petition. The Agency is also aware 

of FDA’s ongoing effort to finalize the 

topical antimicrobial over-the-counter 

(OTC) drug monograph under which 

some products containing triclosan are 

regulated. EPA and FDA intend to 

collaborate and share information 

throughout the public comment and 

petition response process as well as 

FDA’s ongoing rule development. 

III. Summary of the Petition 

The Agency received a petition from 

Beyond Pesticides, and Food & Water 

Watch on January 28, 2010 that seeks 

relief under several regulatory statutes. 

Under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

and the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the petitioners 

ask EPA to act to cancel and suspend 

the registration of pesticides containing 

triclosan. Under the Clean Water Act 

(CWA), the petitioners request that the 

Administrator impose technology-based 

effluent limitations, health-based toxic 

pollutant water quality pretreatment 

requirements, and biosolids regulation 

for triclosan. Under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act (SDWA), the petitioners 

request that the Administrator conduct 

a comprehensive assessment of the 

appropriateness of regulating triclosan 

under SDWA. Under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA), the petitioners 

request that the Administrator comply 

fully with ESA, including consultation 

and biological assessment requirements. 

EPA has established a public docket, 

which contains a copy of the petition 

and will contain all comments received 

in response to this Notice. The docket 

may be accessed as described in this 

Notice. The statutes mentioned and the 

specific relief requested under each 

statute is summarized as follows: 

• FIFRA. The petition states that ‘‘The 

hazards associated with Triclosan use 

and exposure during the pendency of a 

long review does not meet EPA’s 

statutory duty to protect health and the 

environment. That is, because scientific 

studies demonstrate that the substance 

is used so pervasively that it is present 

in most people’s bodies, EPA must take 

the most protective steps provided for 

under the statute to protect public 

health. In this regard, petitioners request 

that EPA (1) issue a notice of 

cancellation of the registrations of all 

products containing triclosan, pursuant 

to 7 U.S.C. 136d(b)(1), and (2) at the 

same time issue an emergency order 

pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 136d(c)(3) to 

suspend immediately those 

registrations.’’ 

• Clean Water Act. The petition states 

that ‘‘numerous studies, including those 

of EPA, have established the substantial 

presence, and therefore serious threat, of 

triclosan to human health and the 

environment through the means of 

pollution of the nation’s navigable 

waters. EPA’s failures in this regard, in 

petitioners’ view, are ‘‘arbitrary, 

capricious,’’ and otherwise ‘‘not in 

accordance with law.’’ Therefore, the 

Administrator should use her authority 

under the Act to evaluate these health 

and environmental effects thoroughly 

and act decisively, based on the 

abundance of scientific evidence and 

the express requirements of the CWA, to 

require proper regulation of triclosan. 

She should use her authority to impose 

technology-based effluent limitations, 

health-based pollutant water quality 

pretreatment requirements, and 

biosolids regulation. 

• Safe Drinking Water Act. The 

petition states that ‘‘EPA’s reregistration 

decision sets the stage for a violation of 

the SWDA, in that triclosan would be 

allowed to contaminate drinking water 

at levels that threaten human health and 

the environment. For this reason, 

petitioners request that the 

Administrator conduct a comprehensive 

assessment of the appropriateness of 

regulating triclosan under the SDWA.’’ 

• Endangered Species Act. The 

petition states that ‘‘because triclosan is 

present in the large environment, EPA’s 

registration of that substance creates 

potential jeopardy for listed threatened 

and endangered species and may 

destroy or adversely modify designated 

critical habitats. This presence has been 

abundantly demonstrated throughout 

this petition. Accordingly, Petitioners 

request that the Administrator comply 

fully with the ESA, including the 

consultation and biological assessment 

requirements. Petitioners note, in this 

regard, that notwithstanding FIFRA’s 

primary rule in regulating pesticides, 

courts have held that EPA must comply 

with ESA in its administration of 

FIFRA.’’ 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Antimicrobials, triclosan, Pesticides and 

pests. 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Joan Harrigan-Farrelly, 

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30850 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0008; FRL–8852–5] 

Pesticide Products; Registration 

Applications 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of applications to register new uses for 

pesticide products containing currently 

registered active ingredients, pursuant 

to the provisions of section 3(c) of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. 

EPA is publishing this Notice of such 

applications, pursuant to section 3(c)(4) 

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DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number specified within Unit II., by one 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number specified for the 

pesticide of interest as shown in the 

registration application summaries. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

contact person is listed at the end of 

each registration application summary 

and may be contacted by telephone or 

e-mail. The mailing address for each 

contact person listed is: Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. 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. 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 e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). If you 

are commenting in a docket that 

addresses multiple products, please 

indicate to which registration numbers 

your comment applies. 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA received applications as follows 

to register pesticide products containing 

currently registered active ingredients 

pursuant to the provisions of section 

3(c) of FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these 

applications does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on these applications. 

1. Registration numbers: 100–895, 

100–898, 100–1154, 100–1259, and 100– 


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1351. Docket number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0619. Company name and 

address: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 

P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. 

Active ingredient: Avermectin B1. 

Proposed use: Bulb onion crop subgroup 

3–07A; beans, dry; and chives, fresh and 

dried. Contact: Thomas Harris, (703) 

308–9423, harris.thomas@epa.gov. 

2. Registration number: 241–382. 

Docket number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

0760. Company name and address: 

BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–3582. 

Active ingredient: Dimethomorph. 

Proposed use: Grapes, removal of 

regional restriction. Contact: Shaunta 

Hill, (703) 347–8961, 

hill.shaunta@epa.gov. 

3. Registration number: 241–427. 

Docket number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

0760. Company name and address: 

BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–3582. 

Active ingredient: Dimethomorph. 

Proposed use: Grapes, removal of 

regional restriction. Contact: Shaunta 

Hill, (703) 347–8961, 

hill.shaunta@epa.gov. 

4. Registration numbers: 264–566 and 

264–600. Docket number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2010–0845. Company name and 

address: Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 

Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, 

NC 27709. Active ingredient: 

Isoxaflutole. Proposed use(s): Tolerant 

soybeans. Contact: James M. Stone, 

(703) 305–7391, stone.james@epa.gov. 

5. Registration numbers: 4787–55 and 

67760–75. Docket number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2010–0875. Company name and 

address: Cheminova A/S, C/O 

Cheminova, Inc. and Cheminova Inc., 

1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, 

VA 22209–2510. Active ingredient: 

Flutriafol. Proposed uses: Corn, grapes, 

peanuts, pome fruit (group 11), stone 

fruit (group 12), sugar beets, and wheat. 

Contact: Tamue L. Gibson, (703) 305– 

9096, gibson.tamue@epa.gov. 

6. Registration number: 7969–188. 

Docket number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

0780. Company name and address: 

BASF, 26 Davis Dr., Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709. Active ingredient: 

Prohexadione calcium (calcium 3-oxido5-oxo-4-propionylcyclohex-3- 

enecarboxylate). Proposed use: Sweet 

cherries. Contact: Rose Kearns, (703) 

305–5611, kearns.rose@epa.gov. 

7. Registration number/File symbol: 

11678–57 and 66222–ERT. Docket 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0466. 

Company name and address: 

Makhteshim Agan of North America, 

Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Rd., NC 27609. 

Active ingredient: Novaluron. Proposed 

use: Food or feed handling 

establishments. Contact: Jennifer 

Gaines, (703) 305–5967, 

gaines.jennifer@epa.gov. 

8. Registration numbers: 11678–57 

and 66222–35. Docket number: EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2010–0471. Company name 

and address: Makhteshim Agan of North 

America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Rd., 

NC 27609. Active ingredient: Novaluron. 

Proposed use: Sweet corn. Contact: 

Jennifer Gaines, (703) 305–5967, 

gaines.jennifer@epa.gov. 

9. Registration numbers: 80289–1 and 

80289–8. Docket number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP– 2010–0583. Company name and 

address: Isagro S. p. A., 430 Davis Dr., 

Suite 240, Morrisville, NC 27560. Active 

ingredient: Tetraconazole. Proposed use: 

Small fruit vine climbing subgroup, 

except fuzzy kiwifruit and low growing 

berry subgroup. Contact: Lisa Jones, 

(703) 308–9424, jones.lisa@epa.gov. 

10. Registration numbers: 80289–1 

and 80289–7. Docket number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2010–0864. Company name and 

address: Isagro S. p. A., 430 Davis Dr., 

Suite 240, Morrisville, NC 27560. Active 

ingredient: Tetraconazole. Proposed use: 

Corn, field, forage; field, grain; field, 

stover; pop, grain; and pop, stover. 

Contact: Lisa Jones, (703) 308–9424, 

jones.lisa@epa.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30489 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau; Federal Advisory Committee 

Act; Communications Security, 

Reliability, and Interoperability Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the FCC Communications Security, 

Reliability, and Interoperability Council 

will hold its fourth meeting on 

December 13, 2010, at 9 a.m. in the 

Commission Meeting Room of the 

Federal Communications Commission. 

DATES: December 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305 

(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal 

Officer of the FCC’s CSRIC, (202) 418– 

1096 (voice) or jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov 

(e-mail); or Lauren Kravetz, Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer of the FCC’s 

CSRIC, 202–418–7944 (voice) or 

lauren.kravetz@fcc.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of this meeting was first published in 

the Federal Register on November 30, 

2010, only 14 days in advance of the 

meeting. While the publication did not 

meet the 15-day requirement for 

advance publication, exceptional 

circumstances warrant proceeding with 

the meeting on December 13, 2010. 

CSRIC members were informed of the 

December 13th meeting at the October 

public meeting of the Council and have 

been informed informally of the 

December meeting date on more than 

one occasion since then. A significant 

number of Council members have made 

business and travel plans in accordance 

with this schedule, and there is no date 

within one month of the planned date 

that will accommodate Council 

members’ schedules. Delaying the 

meeting will also cause undue financial 

burdens on many of the members who 

have made travel arrangements. 

In addition, it is not possible at this 

time to schedule a half-day meeting in 

the FCC’s Commission Meeting Room 

for any date within one month of 

December 13, 2010. As the Council’s 

meeting planned for March 2011 is 

scheduled to be the final meeting of the 

CSRIC before expiration of the CSRIC 

charter on March 18, 2011, delaying the 

meeting scheduled for December 13, 

2010 threatens the Council’s ability to 

complete its work. As a significant 

amount of the Council’s work focuses 

on public safety issues, it is critical that 

the December 13, 2010 meeting proceed 

as planned so as not to delay 

implementation of solutions and best 

practices for public safety 

communications and cybersecurity. 

Recognizing the one-day delay in 

Federal Register publication, the agency 

issued a Public Notice of this meeting 

on November 29, 2010 to mitigate the 

late Federal Register publication and as 

an additional way of advising the public 

of this meeting and their right to attend. 

As the December 13, 2010 meeting date 

was announced at the October public 

meeting of the Council, the meeting has 

now been broadly announced to the 

public more than once. The November 

30, 2010, Federal Register notice is 

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