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completed prior to FQPA, or a pesticide

initially registered after 1984 and not

subject to reregistration), the Agency

will produce a document explaining the

basis for these decisions. During FY

2000 and FY 2001, the Agency expects

to complete tolerance reassessment

decision documents for the pesticides in

Lists 5 and 6 below.

List 5. Tolerance Reassessment

Decisions for Fiscal Year 2000

1. Butylate

2. Lactofen

3. Several OPs going through the pilot

process, including Cadusafos and

Chlorethoxyfos

List 6. Tolerance Reassessment

Decisions for Fiscal Year 2001

1. Acetochlor

2. Amitraz

3. Asulam

4. Bromine

5. Chlorpropham

6. Cyhexatin

7. Desmedipham

8. Diphenamid

9. Inorganic Bromide

10. Linuron

11. Norflurazon

12. Oxadixyl

13. Procymidone

14. Propamide

15. Triadimenol

16. Tribenuron methyl

17. Tridiphane

H. Projected Year of Completion of

Reregistrations

EPA is now conducting reregistration

in conjunction with tolerance

reassessment, which FQPA mandates be

completed by 2006. EPA plans to

complete reregistration of pesticide

active ingredients and products prior to

the statutory deadline for completing

tolerance reassessment.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 00–15034 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00654; FRL–6553–4]

Pesticides; Guidance for Pesticide

Registrants on Disposal Instructions

on Residential/Household Use

Pesticide Product Labels

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Agency seeks public

comment on a draft Pesticide

Registration (PR) Notice entitled

‘‘Disposal Instructions on Residential/

Household Use Product Labels.’’ This

draft notice would provide guidance to

registrants concerning disposal

instructions for residential/household

products and how to determine what is

a residential/household product. The

Agency has discovered that the existing

instructions may conflict with the laws,

regulations, or practices of some states

and localities which tell consumers to

direct these materials away from their

landfills and instead to their local

household hazardous waste (HHW)

management facilities or programs.

Through the revised instructions in the

PR Notice, EPA addresses this issue.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–00654, must be

received on or before August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I.C. of the

‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.’’

To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00654 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Breedlove (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg.,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (703) 308–9069; fax number:

(703) 305–5884; e-mail address:

breedlove.amy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. Although this action may be

of particular interest to those persons

who are required to register, regulate, or

label pesticides, or who manage or

regulate household hazardous waste

facilities or collection events, 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 information in this notice,

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

the PR Notice from the Office of

Pesticide Programs’ Home Page at http:/

/www.epa.gov/pesticides. You can also

go directly to the listings 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. Fax-on-demand. You may request a

faxed copy of the draft PR Notice

entitled ‘‘Disposal Instructions on

Residential/Household Use Pesticide

Product Labels,’’ by using a faxphone to

call (202) 401–0527 and selecting item

6127. You may also follow the

automated menu.

3. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–00654. 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

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 Highway,

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.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00654 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460.

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2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by e-mail

to: opp-docket@epa.gov, or you can

submit a computer disk as described

above. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

Wordperfect 6, Suite 8, or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–00654. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI That I

Want to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI by marking any part or

all of that information as 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

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public version

of the official record without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult the person identified

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 copies of 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 the

estimate that you provide.

5. Provide specific examples to

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve

the notice or collection activity.

7. Make sure to submit your

comments by the deadline in this

notice.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,

be sure to identify the docket control

number assigned to this action in the

subject line on the first page of your

response. You may also provide the

name, date, and Federal Register

citation.

II. Background

A. What Guidance Does this PR Notice

Provide?

Since the early 1980’s, the Agency has

directed that products intended for

residential or household-use-only

contain the following, or a similar,

disposal instruction: ‘‘Securely wrap

original container in several layers of

newspaper and discard in trash.’’ Some

registered disinfectant product disposal

instructions were allowed to say

instead, ‘‘pour down the drain with

plenty of water.’’

In 1996, EPA began the Consumer

Labeling Initiative (CLI) to foster

pollution prevention, empower

consumer choice, and improve

consumer understanding of safe use,

environmental, and health information

on household consumer product labels,

including indoor insecticides, outdoor

pesticides, and household hard surface

cleaners. To achieve this goal, the CLI

conducted consumer research, with its

project Partners, to identify how to

provide consumers with clear

information on product labels.

During Phase I of the CLI research, the

Agency discovered that states and

localities often direct the disposal of

residential/household use pesticides to

their local household hazardous waste

(HHW) management facilities or

programs rather than to landfills. While

some HHW management programs are

based on State laws, more frequently

municipal codes, local practices and

educational programs have been

developed that tell consumers what to

do with these materials.

Understandably, the differences in

disposal instructions may confuse

consumers, complicate local

educational efforts, and interfere with

state and local responsibilities.

Consensus could not be reached by the

CLI partners on revised disposal

language, so this issue was removed

from the CLI project and is being

addressed through this PR Notice

process instead.

In this PR Notice, the Agency is

proposing instructions that direct

consumers to call their local solid waste

agency or a toll-free phone number for

disposal instructions for partly filled

containers.

B. What Questions/Issues Should You

Consider?

1. Toll-free numbers. (a) When

considering issues related to label

language, it may be relevant to

remember the average size of consumer

product labels and the other labeling

requirements that already exist. Is there

value in including a toll-free number (or

an optional web site reference) in the

disposal instruction?

(b) The Agency has proposed the 1–

800–CLEANUP number for consumer

information. Is this an appropriate

number? Are there others that should be

considered or allowed?

2. Providing a reason for correct

disposal. Should the label provide

information telling consumers why they

should follow the instructions? For

example, the Agency could encourage

the use of statements concerning the

potential for water pollution or hazards

to people or wildlife.

3. Additional statements. Is a

statement needed telling people not to

dispose of aerosol products in home

trash compacters?

4. Instructions for partly filled

containers. (a) EPA has proposed to use

‘‘solid waste agency’’as the preferred

term for consumers to identify their

local authority. Should the Agency also

refer to public health, environmental, or

recycling agencies in order to provide

consumers with other options?

(b) Should the instructions say ‘‘call

your local solid waste agency . . .’’ and

not make any reference to putting

products in the trash at all? What

instructions should be included to

address the situation where there may

be no local source of information?

(c) The Agency proposes instructions

that are generic for all products,

regardless of risk profile. If such

instructions were, instead, based on an

Agency evaluation of risk of individual

products, how would such instructions

differ among products of significantly

different risk? If a risk assessment

approach were used, what data or

information would the Agency need,

and what level of risk assessment

should be used to arrive at a risk-based

disposal instruction?

(d) Should products with certain

physical characteristics, such as ant or

roach baits, flea collars, or traps

containing pheromones, be excluded

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automatically from the requirement to

‘‘call your local solid waste agency’’? If

so, what types of products should be

excluded?

5. Rinsing and recycling of containers.

(a) Many ready-to-use products are in

containers that can’t be opened, so

rinsing the container or removing the

sprayer head is not feasible.

Furthermore, recycling of pesticide

containers, where it occurs, is very

much a market-driven activity. For these

reasons, should the Agency simply

direct consumers to call their local

authorities for recycling instructions?

(b) Is the phrase ‘‘Do not rinse, unless

required for recycling’’ useful?

C. Why is a PR Notice Guidance and Not

a Rule?

The draft PR Notice discussed in this

notice is intended to provide guidance

to EPA personnel and decision-makers,

and to the public. As a guidance

document and not a rule, this policy is

not binding on either EPA or any

outside parties. Although the guidance

document provides a starting point for

EPA decisions, EPA will depart from

this policy where the facts or

circumstances warrant. In such cases,

EPA will explain why a different course

was taken. Similarly, outside parties

remain free to assert that this policy is

not appropriate for a specific pesticide

or that the specific circumstances

demonstrate that this policy should be

modified.

EPA has stated in this notice that it

will make available revised guidance

after consideration of public comment.

Public comment is not being solicited

for the purpose of converting this

guidance document into a binding rule.

EPA will not be codifying this policy in

the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA is

soliciting public comment so that it can

make fully informed decisions regarding

the content of this guidance.

The ‘‘revised’’ guidance will not be an

unalterable document. Once a ‘‘revised’’

guidance document is issued, EPA will

continue to treat it as guidance, not a

rule. Accordingly, on a case-by-case

basis EPA will decide whether it is

appropriate to depart from the guidance

or to modify the overall approach in the

guidance. In the course of commenting

on this guidance document, EPA would

welcome comments that specifically

address how the guidance document

can be structured so that it provides

meaningful guidance without imposing

binding requirements.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Pesticides and pest.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Marcia E. Mulkey,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–14870 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6716–1]

New York State Prohibition on Marine

Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Notice

of Final Affirmative Determination

Notice is hereby given that a final

affirmative determination has been

made by the Regional Administrator,

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), pursuant to Section 312(f) of

Public Law 92–500, as amended by

Public Law 95–217 and Public Law

100–4 (the Clean Water Act), that

adequate facilities for the safe and

sanitary removal and treatment of

sewage from all vessels are reasonably

available for the waters of the Greater

Huntington-Northport Bay Complex,

County of Suffolk, State of New York.

The waterbodies included in this

determination are Lower Huntington

Bay, Northport Bay, Centerport Harbor,

Northport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor

and Price Bend. A Notice of Receipt of

Petition and Tentative Determination

was published in the Federal Register

on April 3, 2000 and public comments

regarding the tentative determination

were accepted through May 3, 2000. No

comments were received by EPA as of

May 15, 2000.

This petition was made by the New

York State Department of

Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

in cooperation with the Town of

Huntington. Upon receipt of this

affirmative determination, NYSDEC will

completely prohibit the discharge of

sewage, whether treated or not, from

any vessel in Greater HuntingtonNorthport Bay Complex in accordance

with Section 312(f)(3) of the Clean

Water Act and 40 CFR 140.4(a).

The Greater Huntington-Northport

Bay Complex is located on the north

shore of Long Island with approximately

64 miles of tidal shoreline contiguous to

Long Island Sound. Huntington’s

marine waters are comprised of

approximately 8,000 acres of harbors,

bays and tidal wetlands that support

some of the most productive shellfish

growing lands in New York State.

Adjacent shores also serve as private

and public bathing beaches. The

northern boundary line for the No

Discharge Area (NDA) shall extend from

the southernmost point at East Beach

(Lloyd Harbor) easterly to the

southernmost point at West Beach or

‘‘Sand City Beach’’.

Information submitted by the State of

New York and the Town of Huntington

indicate that there are ten existing

pumpout facilities and two pumpout

boats available to service vessels which

use the Greater Huntington-Northport

Bay Complex. Mill Dam Marina

(Huntington Harbor), located on Mill

Dam Road, Huntington, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available 24

hours a day beginning May 1 through

October 31 and is self-service. No fee is

charged for the use of the pumpout.

Halesite Marina (Huntington Harbor),

located on Route 110, Halesite, operates

a pumpout. The pumpout is available 24

hours a day and twelve months a year

and is self-service. No fee is charged for

the use of the pumpout. South Town

Dock (Huntington Harbor), located on

Route 110, Halesite, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available

from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. beginning

May 1 through October 31 and is selfservice. No fee is charged for the use of

the pumpout. Gold Star Mooring and

Launch Service (Huntington Harbor),

located at West Shore Road and Browns

Road, Huntington, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available from 8:00 a.m.

to 8:00 p.m. beginning April 1 through

November 15 and is self-service. No fee

is charged for the use of the pumpout.

West Shore Marina (Huntington

Harbor), located at 100 West Shore

Road, Huntington, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available by

appointment only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

year round. A $10.00 fee is charged for

the use of the pumpout. Huntington

Yacht Club (Huntington Harbor), located

at 95 East Shore Road, Huntington Bay,

operates a pumpout. The pumpout is

available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

beginning March 1 through November.

A fee of $5.00 is charged for the use of

the pumpout. Knutson’s West Marine

(Huntington Harbor), located at 41 East

Shore Road, Halesite, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. beginning

May 30 through October 31. A fee of

$10.00 is charged for the use of the

pumpout. The Town of Huntington

operates a mobile pumpout vessel

which serves the Greater Bay Complex

from May 15 through October 12. No fee

is charged for the service. The Town of

Huntington is in the process of

procuring an additional mobile

pumpout vessel. Woodbine Marina

(Northport Harbor), located at Woodbine

Avenue, Northport, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available 24 hours a

day beginning May 1 through October

31 and is self-service. No fee is charged