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

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. 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. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: June 17, 2015. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0385; FRL–9929–21] 

Registration Review; Dockets Opened 

for Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: With this document, EPA is 

opening the public comment period for 

several registration reviews. 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, the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on human health or the 

environment. Registration review 

dockets contain information that will 

assist the public in understanding the 

types of information and issues that the 

Agency may consider during the course 

of registration reviews. 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 intent not 

to open registration review dockets for 

pyrazon, trypsin modulating oostatic 

factor, and xanthine and oxypurinol. 

These pesticides do not currently have 

any actively registered pesticide 

products and are not, therefore, 

scheduled for review under the 

registration review program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number for the specific pesticide of 

interest provided in the table in Unit 

III.A., 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 person identified as a contact in the 

table in Unit III.A. Also include the 

docket ID number listed in the table in 

Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest. 

For general information 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, 

farmworker, 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. 

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 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

comments.html. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. Authority 

EPA is initiating its reviews of the 

pesticides identified in this document 

pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 

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Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) and the 

Procedural Regulations for Registration 

Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among 

other things, that the registrations of 

pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 

years. Under FIFRA, a pesticide product 

may be registered or remain registered 

only if it meets the statutory standard 

for registration given in FIFRA section 

3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used 

in accordance with widespread and 

commonly recognized practice, the 

pesticide product must perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on the environment; that 

is, without any unreasonable risk to 

man or the environment, or a human 

dietary risk from residues that result 

from the use of a pesticide in or on food. 

III. Registration Reviews 

A. What action is the agency taking? 

As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), 

EPA is reviewing the pesticide 

registrations identified in the table in 

this unit to assure that they continue to 

satisfy the FIFRA standard for 

registration–that is, they can still be 

used without unreasonable adverse 

effects on human health or the 

environment. A pesticide’s registration 

review begins when the Agency 

establishes a docket for the pesticide’s 

registration review case and opens the 

docket for public review and comment. 

At present, EPA is opening registration 

review dockets for the cases identified 

in the following table. 

TABLE 1—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS OPENING

Registration review case 

name and No. Docket ID No. Contact and contact information 

Acequinocyl, 7621 ................ EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0203 ............................................ Margaret Hathaway, hathaway.margaret@epa.gov, 

(703) 305–5076. 

Aspergillus flavus, 6008 ....... EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0281 ............................................ Michael Glikes, glikes.michael@epa.gov, (703) 305– 

6231. 

n-Butyl Mercaptan, 6055 ...... EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0262 ............................................ Menyon Adams, adams.menyon@epa.gov, (703) 347– 

8496. 

Chlorine Dioxide (includes 

Sodium Chlorite), 4023.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0267 ............................................ Stephen Savage, savage.stephen@epa.gov, (703) 

347–0345. 

Cycloate, 2125 ..................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0288 ............................................ Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@epa.gov, 

(703) 347–0411. 

Diclosulam, 7249 ................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0285 ............................................ Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@epa.gov, 

(703) 347–0411. 

Furfural, 2305 ....................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0764 ............................................ Jolene Trujillo trujillo.jolene@epa.gov, (303) 312–6579. 

Mancozeb, 0643 .................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0291 ............................................ Steve Snyderman, snyderman.steven@epa.gov, (703) 

347–0249. 

Metiram, 0644 ...................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0290 ............................................ Brittany Pruitt, pruitt.brittany@epa.gov, (703) 347–0289. 

Propanil, 0226 ...................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0052 ............................................ Joel Wolf, wolf.joel@epa.gov, (703) 347–0228. 

EPA is also announcing that it will 

not be opening dockets for pyrazon, 

trypsin modulating oostatic factor, and 

xanthine and oxypurinol because these 

pesticides are not included in any 

products currently registered under 

FIFRA section 3. 

The Agency will take separate actions 

to cancel any remaining FIFRA section 

24(c) Special Local Needs registrations 

(7 U.S.C. 136v) with this active 

ingredient and to propose revocation of 

any affected tolerances that are not 

supported for import purposes only. 

B. Docket Content 

1. Review dockets. The registration 

review dockets contain information that 

the Agency may consider in the course 

of the registration review. The Agency 

may include information from its files 

including, but not limited to, the 

following information: 

• An overview of the registration review 

case status 

• A list of current product registrations 

and registrants 

• Federal Register notices regarding 

any pending registration actions 

• Federal Register notices regarding 

current or pending tolerances 

• Risk assessments 

• Bibliographies concerning current 

registrations 

• Summaries of incident data 

• Any other pertinent data or 

information 

Each docket contains a document 

summarizing what the Agency currently 

knows about the pesticide case and a 

preliminary work plan for anticipated 

data and assessment needs. Additional 

documents provide more detailed 

information. During this public 

comment period, the Agency is asking 

that interested persons identify any 

additional information they believe the 

Agency should consider during the 

registration reviews of these pesticides. 

The Agency identifies in each docket 

the areas where public comment is 

specifically requested, though comment 

in any area is welcome. 

2. Other related information. More 

information on these cases, including 

the active ingredients for each case, may 

be located in the registration review 

schedule on the Agency’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/

registration_review/schedule.htm. 

Information on the Agency’s registration 

review program and its implementing 

regulation may be seen at http://

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_

review. 

3. Information submission 

requirements. Anyone may submit data 

or information in response to this 

document. To be considered during a 

pesticide’s registration review, the 

submitted data or information must 

meet the following requirements: 

• To ensure that EPA will consider 

data or information submitted, 

interested persons must submit the data 

or information during the comment 

period. The Agency may, at its 

discretion, consider data or information 

submitted at a later date. 

• The data or information submitted 

must be presented in a legible and 

useable form. For example, an English 

translation must accompany any 

material that is not in English and a 

written transcript must accompany any 

information submitted as a diographic 

or videographic record. Written material 

may be submitted in paper or electronic 

form. 

• Submitters must clearly identify the 

source of any submitted data or 

information. 

• Submitters may request the Agency 

to reconsider data or information that 

the Agency rejected in a previous 


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review. However, submitters must 

explain why they believe the Agency 

should reconsider the data or 

information in the pesticide’s 

registration review. 

As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the 

registration review docket for each 

pesticide case will remain publicly 

accessible through the duration of the 

registration review process; that is, until 

all actions required in the final decision 

on the registration review case have 

been completed. 

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

Dated: June 17, 2015. 

Neil G. Anderson, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389; FRL–9929–01] 

Pesticides; Risk Management 

Approach To Identifying Options for 

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly; 

Notice of Availability and Public 

Comment Opportunity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of a document for public 

review and comment that describes the 

Agency’s management approach for 

understanding and identifying 

protections for the monarch butterfly. 

This document is the start of an 

approach for monarch butterfly 

protection and weed management 

which will depend upon (i) input from 

a diverse group of stakeholders to 

identify and integrate information with 

respect to influences on the population 

dynamics of the monarch butterfly and 

the milkweed plant; and, (ii) 

cooperation and collaboration from 

these diverse stakeholders to identify 

activities that will balance weed 

management needs across varied 

landscapes with conservation of the 

milkweed plant. EPA is soliciting public 

comment on which potential action or 

a combination of actions would be the 

most effective in reducing the impacts 

of herbicides on the monarch butterfly. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389, 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: 

Khue Nguyen, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–0248; email address: 

nguyen.khue@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, 

farmworker, 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. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http://

www.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 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

comments.html. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is taking public comment on a 

document entitled, Risk Management 

Approach to Identifying Options for 

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly, a copy 

of which is available in the docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– 

0389. The document identifies the types 

of information that EPA believes may be 

important to have in order to identify 

appropriate actions to take under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to protect 

monarch butterflies (including 

milkweed resources) while also 

enabling pesticide users to meet 

important weed management needs. 

EPA is initiating efforts focused 

specifically on the monarch butterfly for 

several reasons. 

First, the U.S. has been engaged in an 

effort with Canada and Mexico through 

the Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral 

Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem 

Conservation and Management, where 

the three partner nations have agreed to 

make natural resource conservation a 

priority. Consistent with its objective to 

conserve and manage natural resources 

across North America, the committee 

has recognized the monarch butterfly as 

an emblematic species shared by the 

three countries and renewed their 

collaborative effort to protect the species 

and its required resources. 

Secondly, in addition to the efforts of 

the Trilateral Committee, President 

Obama issued a memorandum on 

pollinator protection entitled, Creating a 

Federal Strategy to Promote the Health 

of Honey Bees and other Pollinators. 

The memorandum highlights the 

importance of the monarch butterfly and 

establishes a task force of Federal 

agencies to develop a strategy to 

conserve pollinators and the monarch 

butterfly in particular. The 

memorandum states that the task force 

is to develop a strategy that looks to 

developing partnerships with external 

stakeholders such as state, tribal and 

local governments, farmers, 

corporations, and non-governmental 

organizations to achieve the goal of 

protecting and conserving the monarch 

butterfly and its habitat. 

Finally, in February 2014, EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 

received a petition from the Natural 

Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 


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