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potato at 2.0 ppm; potato, wet peel at 

6.0 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.8 ppm; sheep, 

liver at 0.3 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.1 

ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.1 

ppm. The proposed tolerance levels are 

based on results of studies on the 

magnitude of 2,6-DIPN in potatoes and 

processed potatoes and in livestock 

edible commodities. EPA issued a final 

rule, published in the Federal Register 

of September 1, 2006 (71 FR 52003) 

(FRL–8081–9), which announced that it 

established time-limited tolerances for 

residues of the biochemical pesticide 

2,6-DIPN in or on the above-listed 

commodities, with an expiration date of 

August 1, 2009. Because of a thenexisting data gap, all initial tolerances 

were time-limited. The time limitation 

was established to provide sufficient 

time for the development and review of 

additional data, specifically a study on 

the nature of 2,6-DIPN residues in 

potatoes and animals, an independent 

laboratory validation of analytical 

methods in animal tissues, and a 

multiresidue method tryout. Loveland 

Products Inc. submitted the study on the 

nature of the residues in plants and 

animals on July 24, 2009, and a 

multiresidue method tryout report on 

October 8, 2009. 

EPA is providing a shortened 

comment period of 10 days on this 

notice of filing. EPA is expediting action 

on this petition because the time-limited 

tolerances for 2,6-DIPN have expired. 

EPA has determined that 2,6-DIPN is a 

reduced risk pesticide and, given its 

wide-scale use on potatoes in cold 

storage, that it is in the public interest 

to have this reduced risk pesticide 

available as soon as possible for use on 

this valuable commodity. Application of 

2,6-DIPN on stored potatoes decreases 

the number of applications necessary for 

a conventional pesticide on stored 

potatoes, thus posing less risks and 

providing better efficacy. EPA has 

previously evaluated the toxicity of 2,6- 

DIPN and determined that there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result from dietary exposure to residues 

of 2,6-DIPN at the requested tolerance 

levels. Thus, EPA does not anticipate 

receiving any adverse comments on the 

subject petition. For these reasons, EPA 

is expediting the processing of this 

petition and is confident that a 

shortened 10–day comment period on 

the petition is appropriate. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural commodities, Feed 

additives, Food additives, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: October 15, 2009. 

Keith A. Matthews, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–25347 Filed 10–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0347; FRL–8795–2] 

Carbaryl; Notice of Receipt of a 

Request To Voluntarily Cancel 

Pesticide Registrations To Terminate 

Use of Certain Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of a request by the 

registrant to voluntarily cancel their 

registrations to terminate uses of pet 

collar products containing the pesticide 

carbaryl. The request would terminate 

carbaryl use in or on pet collars for 

domestic pets, and would terminate the 

last carbaryl pet products registered for 

use in the United States. EPA intends to 

grant this request at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the request, or unless the registrant 

withdraws its request within the 

comment period. Upon acceptance of 

this request, any sale, distribution, or 

use of products listed in this notice will 

be permitted only if such sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 

the terms as described in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0347, 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 EPA–HQ–OPP–2008– 

0347. 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 website 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. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Guerry, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (215) 814– 

2184; fax number: (215) 814–3113; 

e-mail address: 

guerry.jacqueline@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, 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. 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). 

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. Background on the Receipt of 

Requests To Cancel and/or Amend 

Registrations to Delete Uses 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from Wellmark 

International to cancel two carbaryl 

product registrations. Carbaryl is a 

carbamate insecticide registered for use 

in agriculture, professional turf 

management and ornamental 

production, public health mosquito 

abatement programs, and residential 

areas. All carbaryl products registered 

for use on pet products, except collars, 

were voluntarily canceled by the 

registrants on February 17, 2006. 

Wellmark International is the only 

registrant with any remaining carbaryl 

pet products. In a letter dated 

September 30, 2009, Wellmark 

International requested EPA to cancel 

the affected product registrations 

identified in Table 1 of this notice. 

Specifically, Wellmark International has 

requested the cancellation of its pet 

collars treated with the active ingredient 

carbaryl effective September 30, 2010. 

This action will terminate the last 

carbaryl pesticide products registered in 

the United States for use on pets. 

III. What Action Is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from a registrant to cancel 

certain carbaryl product registrations. 

The affected products and the registrant 

making this request are identified in 

Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. 

Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, 

registrants may request, at any time, that 

their pesticide registrations be canceled 

or amended to terminate one or more 

pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of 

FIFRA requires that before acting on a 

request for voluntary cancellation, EPA 

must provide a 30–day public comment 

period on the request for voluntary 

cancellation or use termination. In 

addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA 

requires that EPA provide a 180–day 

comment period on a request for 

voluntary cancellation or termination of 

any minor agricultural use before 

granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrants request a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The Administrator determines that 

continued use of the pesticide would 

pose an unreasonable adverse effect on 

the environment. 

The carbaryl registrants have 

requested that EPA waive the 180–day 

comment period. EPA will provide a 

30–day comment period on the 

proposed requests. 

Unless a request is withdrawn by the 

registrant within 30 days of publication 

of this notice, or if the Agency 

determines that there are substantive 

comments that warrant further review of 

this request, an order will be issued 

canceling the affected registrations. 

Wellmark International requested the 

cancellation of the registrations listed in 

the following Table 1: 

TABLE 1—CARBARYL PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration 

Number 

Product 

Name Company 

2724-272 Flea Collar RF76 for 

Cats 

Wellmark 

International 

2724-273 Flea Collar RF75 for 

Dogs 

Wellmark 

International 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the products listed in Table 1 of this 

unit. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR

AMENDMENTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and 

Address 

2724 Wellmark International 

1501 E. Woodfield 

Road, Suite 200 West 

Schaumburg, Illinois, 

60173 

IV. What Is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

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following the public comment period, 

the Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request and Considerations for 

Reregistration of Carbaryl 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for cancellation must submit 

such withdrawal in writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked 

before [30 days after date of publication 

in the Federal Register]. This written 

withdrawal of the request for 

cancellation will apply only to the 

applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request 

listed in this notice. If the products have 

been subject to a previous cancellation 

order, the effective date of cancellation 

and all other provisions of any earlier 

cancellation order are controlling. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation order. 

In any order issued in response to this 

request for cancellation of product 

registrations, EPA proposes to include 

the following provisions for the 

treatment of any existing stocks of the 

products identified or referenced in 

Table 1 in Unit III. Wellmark 

International may sell or distribute such 

existing stocks until December 30, 2010. 

All sale or distribution of existing stocks 

by Wellmark is prohibited after 

December 30, 2010, unless that sale or 

distribution is solely for the purpose of 

facilitating disposal or export of the 

product. 

The Agency will allow persons other 

than the registrant to continue to sell 

and/or use existing stocks of canceled 

products until such stocks are 

exhausted, provided that such use is 

consistent with the terms of the 

previously approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the canceled product. The 

order will specifically prohibit any use 

of existing stocks that is not consistent 

with such previously approved labeling. 

If, as the Agency currently intends, the 

final cancellation order contains the 

existing stocks provision just described, 

the order will be sent only to the 

affected registrants of the canceled 

products. If the Agency determines that 

the final cancellation order should 

contain existing stocks provisions 

different than the ones just described, 

the Agency will publish the cancellation 

order in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: October 13, 2009. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–24897 Filed 10–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8970–8] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office; Request for Nominations of 

Experts for the SAB Polycyclic 

Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures 

Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office is requesting public 

nominations of experts to form an SAB 

Ad Hoc Panel to review EPA’s draft 

technical document entitled 

Development of a Relative Potency 

Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic 

Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by November 12, 2009 per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 343–9878; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

EPA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) is an 

electronic database containing 

descriptive and quantitative 

toxicological information on human 

health effects that may result from 

chronic exposure to various substances 

in the environment. This information 

supports human health risk assessments 

and includes hazard identification and 

dose-response data and derivations of 

oral reference doses (RfDs) and 

inhalation reference concentrations 

(RfCs) for noncancer effects and oral 

slope factors and oral and inhalation 

unit risks for cancer effects. IRIS is 

prepared and maintained by EPA’s 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of 

Research and Development (ORD). 

NCEA’s IRIS Program has developed a 

draft technical document entitled 

Development of a Relative Potency 

Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic 

Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures 

for cancer risk from exposure to PAH 

mixtures. The relative potency factor 

approach assumes that individual PAH 

potencies relative to an index 

compound (i.e., benzo[a]pyrene, [BaP]) 

are added together to yield a cancer risk 

estimate for the whole mixture. ORD has 

requested that the SAB conduct a 

review of this draft document. 

The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice, consultation and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB Staff Office will form an expert 

Panel to review ORD’s draft IRIS PAH 

Mixtures document. The SAB Panel will 

comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and all appropriate SAB 

procedural policies. Upon completion, 

the Panel’s report will be submitted to 

the chartered SAB for final approval for 

transmittal to the EPA Administrator. 

The PAH Mixtures Review Panel is 

being asked to comment on the 

scientific soundness of the Agency’s 

draft IRIS document. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The EPA draft IRIS document to be 

reviewed by the PAH Mixtures Review 

Panel will be made available by ORD at 

the following URL: http://epa.gov/ncea 

(under ‘‘Recent Additions’’). For 

questions concerning the review 

materials, please contact Dr. Lynn 

Flowers, at (703) 347–8537, or 

flowers.lynn@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise in one or more of the 

following areas, particularly with 

respect to PAH Mixtures: chemistry; 

general toxicology; toxicokinetics; 

carcinogenesis and mode of action; 

genetic toxicology; dose response 

assessment; biostatistics; risk 

assessment, specifically for chemical 

mixtures; and application of the relative 

potency factor methodology. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

PAH Mixtures Review Panel in the areas 

of expertise described above. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format (which is preferred 

over hard copy) following the 


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