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Unless the provisions of an earlier order 

apply, existing stocks already in the 

hands of dealers or users can be 

distributed, sold, or used legally until 

they are exhausted, provided that such 

further sale and use comply with the 

EPA-approved label and labeling of the 

affected product. Exception to these 

general rules will be made in specific 

cases when more stringent restrictions 

on sale, distribution, or use of the 

products or their ingredients have 

already been imposed, as in a Special 

Review action, or where the Agency has 

identified significant potential risk 

concerns associated with a particular 

chemical.

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests.

Dated: April 1, 2003. 

Linda Vlier Moos 

Acting Director, Information Resources 

Services Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs.

[FR Doc. 03–8959 Filed 4–15–03; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2002–0281; FRL–7299–1] 

Pesticides; North American Free Trade 

Agreement Guidance Document on 

Requirements for Tolerances on 

Imported Commodities; Notice of 

Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document provides 

detailed guidance on data requirements 

that meet North American Free Trade 

Agreement (NAFTA) standards for the 

establishment of pesticide import 

tolerances or maximum residue levels in 

Canada, Mexico, and the United States. 

It has been developed consistently with 

the goals of the North American Free 

Trade Agreement. This guidance 

document does not change the U.S. data 

requirements for obtaining a U.S. import 

tolerance. This notice starts a 60–day 

public comment period, during which 

the public is encouraged to submit 

comments to EPA in accordance with 

procedures described in Unit I. of this 

document.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

ID number OPP–2002–0281, must be 

received on or before June 16, 2003.

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:

Robert McNally, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 308–

8085; fax number: (703) 308–8041; email address: mcnally.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you sell, distribute, 

manufacture, or use pesticides for 

agricultural applications, produce food, 

distribute or sell food, or implement 

governmental pesticide regulations. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

• Food manufacturers (NAICS 311), 

e.g., commercial processors 

• Pesticide manufacturers (NAICS 

32532), e.g., pesticide registrants and 

pesticide producers 

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. 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 identification (ID) number 

OPP–2002–0281. 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, 1921 Jefferson Davis 

Hwy., 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/. 

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. 

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’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will 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’s electronic public 

docket. 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’s electronic public docket. 

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. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

For members of the public submitting 

comments, 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’s electronic public 

docket 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’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket. 

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Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket 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 person who submitted 

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’s electronic public docket. 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’s 

electronic public docket 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–2002–0281. 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–

2002–0281. In contrast to EPA’s 

electronic public docket, 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’s electronic public docket, 

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’s electronic 

public docket. 

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), Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(7502C), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001, Attention: 

Docket ID number OPP–2002–0281. 

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, Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson 

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA., Attention: 

Docket ID number OPP–2002–0281. 

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’s electronic public docket 

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’s electronic public 

docket. 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’s 

electronic public docket 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 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 your 

estimate. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternatives. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

identify the appropriate docket ID 

number in the subject line on the first 

page of your response. It would also be 

helpful if you provided the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation related to 

your comments. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice constitutes and announces 

the availability of the NAFTA Guidance 

Document on Data Requirements for 

Tolerances on Imported Commodities. It 

has been developed consistently with 

the goals of the NAFTA. A common 

NAFTA approach to import tolerances 

will promote trade between North 

America and the rest of the world. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

In the Federal Register of June 1, 2000 

(65 FR 35069) (FRL–6559–30, EPA 

issued a guidance on import tolerances. 

The NAFTA Guidance Document on 

Data Requirements for Tolerances on 

Imported Commodities is consistent 

with the earlier U.S. guidance. 

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EPA regulates pesticides under two 

major statutes: The Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

and the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). FIFRA requires 

that pesticides be registered (licensed) 

by EPA before they may be sold or 

distributed for use in the U.S. Section 

408 of the FFDCA authorizes EPA to 

establish, modify, or maintain 

tolerances or tolerance exemptions for 

pesticide residues in or on food. Any 

food with pesticide residues not covered 

by a tolerance or tolerance exemption or 

with residues in excess of the tolerance 

may be subject to regulatory action by 

the U.S. government (including seizure). 

Pesticide tolerances and exemptions are 

enforced by individual States and the 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 

most foods, and by the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture for meat, poultry, and 

some egg products. 

EPA has an obligation under section 

408 of the FFDCA to establish tolerances 

for pesticide chemicals at levels that are 

‘‘safe.’’ EPA also has an obligation to 

ensure that the tolerances continue to be 

‘‘safe’’ over time, since new information 

may alter EPA’s earlier safety finding 

under the FFDCA.

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, NAFTA 

pesticides and tolerances.

Dated: March 27, 2003. 

Lois A Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 03–9338 Filed 4–15–03; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7484–5] 

Toxicological Review of Benzene—

Noncancer Effects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the final document, 

Toxicological Review of Benzene—

Noncancer Effects (EPA/635/R–02/

001F), prepared by the Office of 

Research and Development’s (ORD) 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA).

ADDRESSES: The document is available 

on NCEA’s Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/ncea under the What’s 

New and Publications menus. A limited 

number of paper copies will be available 

from EPA’s National Service Center for 

Environmental Publications (NSCEP), 

P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; 

telephone: 1–800–490–9198 or 513–

489–8190; facsimile: 513–489–8695. 

Please provide your name and mailing 

address and the title and EPA number 

of the requested publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

David Bayliss, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment-Washington 

(8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 202–564–3294; facsimile: 

202–565–0078; e-mail: 

bayliss.david@epa.gov. For general 

information contact: Technical 

Information Staff, NCEA–W (8623D), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202–

564–3261; facsimile: 202–565–0050; email: nceadc.comment@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Toxicological Review of Benzene—

Noncancer Effects characterizes the 

potential noncancer health hazards 

associated with environmental exposure 

to benzene. This toxicological review 

will serve as a scientific document for 

hazard identification and dose-response 

assessment in updating the noncancer 

health effects summary on benzene in 

the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information 

System (IRIS). 

The Toxicological Review concludes 

that chronic benzene exposure may pose 

several types of noncancer human 

health hazards. Hematotoxicity, e.g., 

progressive deterioration of 

hematopoietic function, has been 

consistently reported to be the most 

sensitive indicator of noncancer toxicity 

in both experimental animal studies and 

occupationally exposed humans. The 

hazards can result from inhalation, oral 

or dermal exposure, though the 

exposure circumstances vary. The 

Toxicological Review includes estimates 

of chronic exposure levels for oral 

exposure (reference dose) and 

inhalation exposure (reference 

concentration) that are thought to be 

without appreciable risk. 

Earlier drafts of the assessment were 

subjected to independent expert peer 

review, as well as to public review and 

comment. The comments of the expert 

panel and the public are addressed in 

the revisions of the draft document.

Dated: April 10, 2003. 

Peter W. Preuss, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment.

[FR Doc. 03–9341 Filed 4–15–03; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7484–4] 

Anniston Lead Superfund Site; Notice 

of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) proposes to enter into a 

Prospective Purchaser Agreement 

(‘‘PPA’’) regarding the Anniston Lead 

Superfund Site in Anniston, Calhoun 

County, Alabama. EPA proposes to enter 

into the PPA with Habitat for Humanity 

of Calhoun County, Inc. (Habitat). 

Pursuant to the PPA, Habitat will 

conduct time-critical removal actions at 

the properties (‘‘Properties’’) covered by 

the PPA under EPA oversight. The PPA 

provides Habitat with a covenant not to 

sue from the United States for Existing 

Contamination on the Properties and 

releases any Superfund liens on the 

Properties as well. EPA will consider 

comments on the proposed PPA until 

May 16, 2003. 

EPA may withdraw from or modify 

the proposed PPA should such 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate the 

proposed PPA is inappropriate, 

improper, or inadequate. Copies of the 

proposed settlement are available from: 

Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region IV, Waste Management Division, 

61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303, 404/562–8887. 

Written comments may be submitted 

to Ms. Batchelor at the above address 

within 30 days of the date of 

publication.

Dated: April 3, 2003. 

Archie Lee, 

Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, 

Waste Management Division.

[FR Doc. 03–9349 Filed 4–15–03; 8:45 am] 

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