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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79888-79889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32326]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0386; FRL-9940-09]

Pesticide Registration Review; Draft Human Health and Ecological 
Risk Assessments for Certain Organophosphates; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of September 25, 
2015, opening a comment period on draft human health and ecological 
risk assessments for certain organophosphate pesticides listed in Table 
1, along with additional chemicals. Following this, EPA issued a notice 
in the Federal Register of November 20, 2015, extending the comment 
period for an additional 45 days, until January 8, 2016. This document 
extends the close of the comment period for an additional 45 days for 
only the chemicals listed in Table 1, from January 8, 2016 to February 
23, 2016. This comment period is being extended in response to comments 
received by the Agency. The Agency is also taking comments on the 
document entitled, ``Literature Review on Neurodevelopment Effects & 
FQPA Safety Factor Determination for the Organophosphate Pesticides'' 
in conjunction with this comment period and not through a separate 
comment period.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) numbers 
identified in Table 1 must be received on or before February 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of September 25, 2015 (80 FR 57812) (FRL-
9933-68).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons listed with individual 
chemicals in Table 1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This document extends the public comment period for certain 
chemicals established in the Federal Register document of September 25, 
2015 (80 FR 57812) (FRL-9933-68). In that document, a public comment 
period opened on EPA's draft human health and ecological risk 
assessments for the registration review of certain members of a group 
of pesticides known collectively as organophosphates (found in Table 1) 
and the document entitled, ``Literature Review on Neurodevelopment 
effects; FQPA Safety Factor Determination for the Organophosphate 
Pesticides,'' and a number of other chemicals. Following this, EPA 
issued a Notice in the Federal Register of November 20, 2015 (80 FR 
72717) (FRL-9936-94), extending the comment period for an additional 45 
days, until January 8, 2016. EPA is hereby further extending the 
comment period for only the chemicals, and their associated support 
documents, found in Table 1, which was set to end on January 8, 2016, 
to February 23, 2016.

            Table 1--Chemicals With Extended Comment Periods
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                                                        Chemical review
  Registration review case name                           manager and
             and No.                 Docket ID No.          contact
                                                          information
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Chlorpyrifos-methyl 8011........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-01  Dana L. Friedman,
                                   19.                 friedman.dana@epa.gov, (703) 347-
                                                       8827.
Dicrotophos Case 0145...........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-04  Khue Nguyen,
                                   40.                 Nguyen.khue@epa.gov, (703) 347-
                                                       0248.
Dimethoate 0088.................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-00  Kelly Ballard,
                                   59.                 ballard.kelly@epa.gov, (703) 305-
                                                       8126.
Ethoprop 0106...................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-05  Tracy Perry,
                                   60.                 perry.tracy@epa.gov, (703) 308-
                                                       0128.
Profenofos 2540.................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-03  Christina
                                   45.                 Scheltema,
                                                       scheltema.christina@epa.gov, (703)
                                                       308-2201.
Terbufos 0109...................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-01  Matthew Manupella,
                                   19.                 manupella.matthew@epa.gov, (703)
                                                       347-0411.
Tribufos 2145...................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08  Marianne Mannix,
                                   83.                 mannix.marianne@epa.gov, (703) 347-
                                                       0275.
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    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of September 25, 2015. If you have questions on individual 
chemicals, consult the person listed in Table 1.

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

    Dated: December 16, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-32326 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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