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contains a certified detergent at its LAC

is delivered to the consumer. The EPA

maintains a list of certified gasoline

detergents, which is publicly available.

As of March 2000 there were

approximately 225 certified detergents

and 16 detergent manufacturers.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

at 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: EPA estimates that

the average burden for detergent

certification is 60 hours and $3869, and

that there will be approximately 50

applications for detergent certification

each year for the next three years. Thus,

the annual burden is estimated at 3000

hours and $193,450.

Most of the burden is incurred by the

blenders of detergent into gasoline or

PRC. The regulations require that they

generate and maintain records of the

amount of detergent blended and the

amount of gasoline into which it is

blended. These records are known as

volumetric additive reconciliation

(VAR) records and must demonstrate

that the proper amount of a certified

detergent has been used. For blenders

with automated equipment, the annual

burden is estimated at 150 hours and

$8,373. There are approximately 1300

blenders which use automated

equipment. Thus the annual burden is

195,000 hours and $10.9 million. For

blenders with non-automated

equipment, the annual burden is

estimated at 500 hours and $27,910. It

is estimated that there are 50 blenders

in this category, for an annual burden of

25,000 hours and $1,395,500.

The other requirements are customary

business practices, and thus do not

incur additional burden. For example,

the regulations require the generation,

transfer, and storage of product transfer

documents (PTDs) indicating the

detergent status of a shipment of

gasoline. PTDs containing a variety of

information about the gasoline shipment

are a standard business practice.

Research, racing, and aviation gasolines

are exempt.

There are no capital or start-up costs

beyond those incurred by industry at

the program’s inception in 1995. There

are no operating and maintenance costs

beyond copying and postage. The total

annual estimated burden for industry is

223,000 hours and $12.5 million.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; develop,

acquire, install, and utilize technology

and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Merrylin Zaw-Mon,

Director, Transportation and Regional

Programs Division.

[FR Doc. 00–11675 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34203B; FRL–6559–2]

Chlorpyrifos, Revised Pesticide Risk

Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA will hold a public

meeting to present the revised risk

assessments for one organophosphate

pesticide, chlorpyrifos, to interested

stakeholders. This public meeting,

called a ‘‘Technical Briefing,’’ will

provide an opportunity for stakeholders

to learn about the data, information, and

methodologies that the Agency used in

revising its risk assessments for

chlorpyrifos. In addition,

representatives of the Department of

Agriculture (USDA) will also provide

ideas on possible risk management for

chlorpyrifos.

DATES: The technical briefing will be

held on Thursday, June 8, 2000, from 1

p.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The technical briefing will

be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol at the

Smithsonian, 550 C St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 479–4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Karen Angulo, Special Review and

Registration Division (7508C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8004; email address: angulo.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action applies to the public in

general. As such, the Agency has not

attempted to specifically describe all the

entities potentially affected by this

action. The Agency believes that a wide

range of stakeholders will be interested

in technical briefings on

organophosphate pesticides, including

environmental, human health, and

agricultural advocates, the chemical

industry, pesticide users, and members

of the public interested in the use of

pesticides on food. 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 Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

To access information about

organophosphate pesticides, you can

also go directly to the Home Page for the

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) at

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record under

docket control number OPP–34203B.

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The official record consists of the

documents specifically referenced in

this action, and other information

related to this action, including any

information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This official

record includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

This document announces the

Agency’s intention to hold a technical

briefing for the organophosphate

pesticide, chlorpyrifos. The Agency is

presenting the revised risk assessments

for chlorpyrifos to interested

stakeholders. This technical briefing is

designed to provide stakeholders with

an opportunity to become even more

informed about an organophosphate’s

risk assessment. EPA will describe in

detail the revised risk assessments:

Including the major points (e.g.,

contributors to risk estimates); how

public comment on the preliminary risk

assessment affected the revised risk

assessment; and the pesticide use

information/data that was used in

developing the revised risk assessment.

Stakeholders will have an opportunity

to ask clarifying questions. In addition,

representatives of the USDA will

provide ideas on possible risk

management.

The technical briefing is part of the

pilot public participation process that

EPA and USDA are now using for

involving the public in the reassessment

of pesticide tolerances under the Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and the

reregistration of individual

organophosphate pesticides under the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The pilot

public participation process was

developed as part of the EPA-USDA

Tolerance Reassessment Advisory

Committee (TRAC), which was

established in April 1998 as a

subcommittee under the auspices of

EPA’s National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology.

A goal of the pilot public participation

process is to find a more effective way

for the public to participate at critical

junctures in the Agency’s development

of organophosphate pesticide risk

assessment and risk management

decisions. EPA and USDA began

implementing this pilot process in

August 1998 in response to Vice

President Gore’s directive to increase

transparency and opportunities for

stakeholder consultation.

The Agency will issue a Federal

Register notice to provide an

opportunity for public viewing of the

chlorpyrifos revised risk assessments

and related documents in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch and on the OPP Internet web site

that are described in Unit I.B.1, and to

provide an opportunity for a 60-day

public participation period during

which the public may submit risk

management and mitigation ideas, and

recommendations and proposals for

transition.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Pesticides and pests.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Lois A. Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–11839 Filed 5–8–00; 2:48 pm]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30464A; FRL–6553–8]

Chlorfenapyr; Withdrawal of an

Application To Register a Pesticide

Product Containing a New Active

Ingredient

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: American Cyanamid

Company has withdrawn its application

to register chlorfenapyr (4-bromo-2-(4-

chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-

(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-

carbonitrile) pesticide products for use

on cotton (EPA File Symbols 241–GAT

and 241–GAI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Sibold, Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: 703–305–6502; fax number:

703–305–6596; e-mail address:

sibold.ann@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

You may be affected by this action if

you are an agricultural producer, food

manufacturer, or pesticide

manufacturer. Potentially affected

categories and entities may include, but

are not limited to:

CategoriesNAICS

codes

Examples of potentially affected entities

Industry 111 Crop production

112 Animal production

311 Food manufacturing

32532 Pesticide manufacturing

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 the table could also

be affected. The North American

Industrial Classification System

(NAICS) codes have been provided to

assist you and others in determining

whether or not this action might apply

to certain entities. If you have 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 Additional

Information, Including Copies of This

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–34162. The official record consists

of the documents specifically referenced

in this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public