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TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION—Continued

EPA

Company

No.

Company Name and Address

050534 .. GB Biosciences Corp., c/o Zeneca Ag Products, 1800 Concord Pike, Box 15458, Wilmington, DE 19850.

058185 .. Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co, Attn: Vincent Snyder, Jr, 14111 Scottslawn Rd, Marysville, OH 43041.

058266 .. Shadow Mountain Products Corp., Box 1327, Hollister, CA 95024.

062719 .. Dow Agrosciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd 308/3E, Indianapolis, IN 46268.

066222 .. Makhteshim-Agan of North America Inc., 551 Fifth Ave.- Ste 1100, New York, NY 10176.

069575 .. Dekalb Genetics Corp., Biotechnology Regulatory Affairs, 3100 Sycamore Rd, Dekalb, IL 60115.

III. 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 amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.

IV. Loss of Active Ingredient

Unless the request for cancellation is

withdrawn, one pesticide active

ingredient will no longer appear in any

registered products. Those who are

concerned about the potential loss of

this active ingredient for pesticidal use

are encouraged to work directly with the

registrant to explore the possibility of

withdrawing their request for

cancellation. The active ingredient is

listed in the following Table 3, with the

EPA company and CAS number.

TABLE 3.—DISAPPEARING ACTIVE INGREDIENT

CAS No. Chemical Name EPA Company No.

Unknown ............................................................................. Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA 069575

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of

Request

Registrants who choose to withdraw a

request for cancellation must submit

such withdrawal in writing to James A.

Hollins, at the address given above,

postmarked before December 11, 2000.

This written withdrawal of the request

for cancellation will apply only to the

applicable 6(f)(1) request listed in this

notice. If the product(s) have been

subject to a previous cancellation

action, the effective date of cancellation

and all other provisions of any earlier

cancellation action are controlling. The

withdrawal request must also include a

commitment to pay any reregistration

fees due, and to fulfill any applicable

unsatisfied data requirements.

VI. Provisions for Disposition of

Existing Stocks

The effective date of cancellation will

be the date of the cancellation order.

The orders effecting these requested

cancellations will generally permit a

registrant to sell or distribute existing

stocks for 1 year after the date the

cancellation request was received by the

Agency. This policy is in accordance

with the Agency’s statement of policy as

prescribed in Federal Register (56 FR

29362) June 26, 1991; (FRL 3846–4).

Exception to this general rule will be

made if a product poses a risk concern,

or is in noncompliance with

reregistration requirements, or is subject

to a data call-in. In all cases, productspecific disposition dates will be given

in the cancellation orders.

Existing stocks are those stocks of

registered pesticide products which are

currently in the United States and

which have been packaged, labeled, and

released for shipment prior to the

effective date of the cancellation action.

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(s). Exceptions 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 Special

Review actions, or where the Agency

has identified significant potential risk

concerns associated with a particular

chemical.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Associate Director, Information Resources

Services Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–15035 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34221; FRL–6556–5]

Pesticide Reregistration Performance

Measures and Goals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

progress in meeting its performance

measures and goals for pesticide

reregistration during 1999. The Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to publish

this information annually. The notice

discusses the integration of tolerance

reassessment with the reregistration

process, and describes the status of

various regulatory activities associated

with reregistration and tolerance

reassessment. The notice gives total

numbers of chemicals and products

reregistered, tolerances reassessed, Data

Call-Ins issued, and products registered

under the ‘‘fast-track’’ provisions of

FIFRA. Finally, this notice contains the

schedule for completion of activities for

specific chemicals during the next two

fiscal years.

DATES: This notice is not subject to a

formal comment period. Nevertheless,

EPA welcomes input from stakeholders

and the general public. Written

comments, identified by the docket

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number [OPP–34221], should be

received on or before August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by regular mail,

electronically, or in person. Please

follow the detailed instructions for each

method as provided in Unit I of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol P. Stangel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (7508C), Ariel Rios

Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone:

(703) 308–8007, e-mail:

stangel.carol@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Important Information

A. Does this apply to me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. Although this action may be

of particular interest to persons who are

interested in the progress and status of

EPA’s pesticide reregistration and

tolerance reassessment programs, 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 in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section.

B. How can I get additional information

or copies of support documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document and

various support documents from the

EPA Internet Home page at

www.epa.gov. On the Home Page, select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

To access information about pesticide

reregistration, go directly to the Home

Page for the Office of Pesticide Programs

at www.epa.gov/pesticides and select

‘‘Pesticide Reregistration’’ under ‘‘Select

Topic From List,’’ the pull-down menu

at the top of the screen.

2. In person. The official record for

this notice, as well as the public

version, has been established under

docket control number [OPP–34221]

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as

Confidential Business Information (CBI),

is available for inspection in Rm. 119,

Crystal Mall #2 (CM #2), 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, from

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch telephone number is

(703) 305–5805.

C. How and to whom do I submit

comments to?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically:

1. By mail. Submit written comments

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person. Deliver written

comments to Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, in Rm. 119,

CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

3. Electronically. Submit your

comments and/or data electronically to

opp-docket@epa.gov. Please note that

you should not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number [OPP–

34221]. Electronic comments on this

notice may also be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

D. How should I handle information

that I believe is confidential?

You may claim information that you

submit in response to this document as

confidential 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. A copy of the

comment that does not contain CBI

must be submitted for inclusion in the

public record. Information not marked

confidential will be included in the

public docket by EPA without prior

notice.

II. Background

EPA must establish and publish

annually in the Federal Register its

performance measures and goals for

pesticide reregistration, tolerance

reassessment, and expedited

registration, under section 4(l) of FIFRA,

as amended by the Food Quality

Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

Specifically, such measures and goals

are to include:

a. The status of reregistration;

b. The number of products

reregistered, canceled, or amended;

c. The number and type of data

requests or Data Call-In notices (DCIs)

under section 3(c)(2)(B) issued to

support product reregistration by active

ingredient;

d. Progress in reducing the number of

unreviewed, required reregistration

studies;

e. The aggregate status of tolerances

reassessed;

f. The number of applications for

registration submitted under subsection

(k)(3), expedited processing and review

of similar applications, that were

approved or disapproved;

g. The future schedule for

reregistrations in the current and

succeeding fiscal year; and

h. The projected year of completion of

the reregistrations under section 4.

FIFRA, as amended in 1988,

authorizes EPA to conduct a

comprehensive pesticide reregistration

program—a complete review of the

human health and environmental effects

of older pesticides originally registered

prior to November 1, 1984. Those

pesticides meeting today’s scientific and

regulatory standards may be declared

‘‘eligible’’ for reregistration. In order to

be so designated, an older pesticide

must have a substantially complete data

base, and must be found not to cause

unreasonable risks to human health or

the environment when used in

accordance with Agency approved label

directions and precautions.

In addition, all pesticides with food

uses must meet the safety standard of

the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

of 1996. Under FQPA, EPA must make

a determination that pesticide residues

remaining in or on food are ‘‘safe’’; that

is, ‘‘that there is reasonable certainty

that no harm will result from aggregate

exposure to the pesticide chemical

residue’’ from dietary and other sources.

In determining allowable levels of

pesticide residues in food, EPA must

perform a more comprehensive

assessment of each pesticide’s risks,

considering:

• Aggregate exposure (from food,

drinking water, and residential uses);

• Cumulative effects from all

pesticides sharing a common

mechanism of toxicity;

• Possible increased susceptibility of

infants and children; and

• Possible endocrine or estrogenic

effects.

FQPA requires the reassessment of all

existing tolerances (pesticide residue

limits in food) and tolerance exemptions

within 10 years, to ensure that they

meet the safety standard of the law. EPA

was directed to give priority to the

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1Although the total number of tolerances existing

on August 3, 1996, and subject to FQPA

reassessment was initially reported as 9,728, the

correct number based on the Agency’s more

recently completed Tolerance Reassessment

Tracking System is 9,721.

review of those pesticides that appear to

pose the greatest risk to public health,

and to reassess 33% of the 9,721 1

existing tolerances and exemptions

within three years (by August 3, 1999),

66% within 6 years (by August 3, 2002),

and 100% in 10 years (by August 3,

2006).

EPA is meeting FQPA’s tolerance

reassessment requirements through

reregistration and several other key

program activities. Schedules have been

coordinated and integrated so that, in

the course of making reregistration

eligibility decisions, the Agency also is

completing much of tolerance

reassessment within the time frames

mandated by the new law. Last summer,

EPA met the FQPA goal of reassessing

the first 33% of all food tolerances by

August 3, 1999. Over 66% of these first

completed tolerance reassessments are

for pesticides identified as posing the

greatest potential risks—i.e., pesticides

in priority Group 1. EPA is focusing

attention particularly on priority Group

1 pesticides; over half of the universe of

tolerances to be reassessed are included

in this category, including tolerances for

the organophosphate pesticides (the

Agency’s highest priority for review), as

well as the carbamates, organochlorines,

and B2 (probable human) carcinogens.

EPA’s approach to tolerance

reassessment under FQPA, including

the three priority Groups, is described

fully in the Agency’s document entitled,

‘‘Raw and Processed Food Schedule for

Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment’’ (62

FR 42020, August 4, 1997) (FRL 5734 6).

III. FQPA and Program Accountability

One of the hallmarks of FQPA is

enhanced accountability. EPA has

incurred several additional obligations

under this law, including the

requirement to publish annually a

summary of the program’s performance

measures and goals for reregistration,

tolerance reassessment, and expedited

registration. The following sections

describe EPA’s progress in the areas

specifically identified by FIFRA section

4(l).

A. Status of Reregistration

Through the reregistration program,

EPA is reviewing current scientific data

for older pesticides and requiring

changes to improve their safety.

Pesticides that have sufficient

supporting human health and

environmental effects data and do not

pose unreasonable risks may be

declared ‘‘eligible’’ for reregistration.

EPA presents these findings in

Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED)

documents. At the end of fiscal year

1999 (FY ’99) (that is, as of September

30, 1999), the Agency had completed

198 REDs out of a universe of 612 cases,

or groups of related pesticide active

ingredients subject to reregistration.

Fifteen of the 198 decisions were

voluntary cancellations that were

counted as REDs because significant

progress had been made in developing

RED documents for these pesticides by

the time the requests for their

cancellation were received. An

additional 231 reregistration cases were

voluntarily canceled before EPA

invested significant resources in

developing their REDs. A total of 429

reregistration cases (70%), therefore,

had completed the reregistration

eligibility decision-making process by

the end of the fiscal year, leaving 183

cases (30%) awaiting such decisions.

The 198 REDs completed by the end

of FY ’99 include 296 active ingredients

and encompass over 7,000 pesticide

products. Ninety-three (93) of these

REDs have food uses. Between August 3,

1996, the date when FQPA was enacted,

and September 30, 1999, EPA

completed 57 REDs, 40 with food uses.

According to EPA’s Tolerance

Reassessment Tracking System

(TORTS), which was completed and

began operating during FY ’99, the

Agency has reassessed 999 tolerances

for these post-FQPA REDs.

[Note: Tolerances associated with the 53

food use REDs that were completed before

FQPA was enacted will be revisited to ensure

that they meet the safety standard of the new

law, as set forth in the Agency’s August 4,

1997, Schedule for Pesticide Tolerance

Reassessment.]

The 14 REDs completed during FY ’99

include seven decisions in which some

or all uses of the pesticides were found

to be eligible for reregistration, and

seven voluntary cancellations. The first

organophosphate (OP) pesticide RED,

for Sulfotepp, is among these 14

decisions. The FY ’99 REDs with their

reregistration case numbers are listed

below.

List—Reregistration Eligibility

Decisions (REDs) Completed in FY ’99

1. Bendiocarb (case 0409)—Voluntary

Cancellation

2. Captan (case 0120)

3. S-Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate

(EPTC) (case 0064)

4. Folpet (case 0630)

5. Fonofos (case 0105) Voluntary

Cancellation (OP)

6. Isofenphos (case 2345)—Voluntary

Cancellation (OP)

7. Niclosamide (case 2455)

8. Oxythioquinox (case 2495)—

Voluntary Cancellation

9. Pebulate (case 2500)

10. Ryanodine (case 2595)—Voluntary

Cancellation

11. Sulfotepp (case 0338)—Voluntary

Cancellation (OP) with phase-out

12. 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol

(TFM or Lamprecide) (case 3082)

13. Triphenyltin Hydroxide (TPTH)

(case 0099)

14. Vernolate (case 2735)—Voluntary

Cancellation

While not completed REDs, highlights

of the reregistration program during FY

’99 included EPA’s actions in early

August to increase protection for

children and families by mitigating the

risks posed by two OP pesticides,

methyl parathion and azinphos-methyl.

Agreements with the registrants resulted

in voluntary cancellation of many of the

most significant food crop uses of

methyl parathion, one of the most toxic

and widely used OPs. Removing all fruit

and many vegetable crop uses

considerably reduced risks to children

from residues in food, as well as risks

to workers and the environment. The

Agency also accepted voluntary

measures to reduce both food and

worker risks of azinphos-methyl, an OP

used on a wide variety of fruits and

vegetables. Both methyl parathion and

azinphos-methyl currently are part of

the Agency’s ongoing review of all OP

pesticides.

EPA also intends to issue ‘‘interim

REDs’’ for most OPs which will include

risk management decisions to address

occupational and ecological risks, as

well as food/water/residential risks on

an individual chemical basis. The first

two of these, for profenofos and

bensulide, will be issued shortly. Final

regulatory decisions or final REDs

cannot be made until a cumulative risk

assessment is conducted for all OPs,

which are being analyzed on the basis

of a common mechanism of toxicity.

At the end of FY ’99, the Agency also

had recently reached an agreement with

the registrant to reduce dietary, worker,

and ecological risks of the carbamate

pesticide, formetanate hydrochloride.

Reducing pesticide risks is an

important aspect of the reregistration

program. In developing REDs, EPA

works with stakeholders including

pesticide registrants, growers, USDA,

and others to develop voluntary

measures or regulatory controls needed

to effectively reduce risks of concern.

Every RED includes some measures or

modifications to reduce risks. The

options for such risk reduction are

extensive and include voluntary

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cancellation of pesticide products or

deletion of uses; declaring certain uses

ineligible or not yet eligible (and then

proceeding with follow-up action to

cancel the uses or require additional

supporting data); restricting use of

products to certified applicators;

limiting the amount or frequency of use;

improving use directions and

precautions; adding more protective

clothing and equipment requirements;

requiring special packaging or

engineering controls; requiring notreatment buffer zones; employing

ground water, surface water, or other

environmental and ecological

safeguards; and other measures.

EPA’s current goal in conducting the

reregistration program is to complete 20

REDs in FY 2000 and 30 in FY 2001.

EPA intends to reassess tolerances

within time frames set forth in FQPA,

building on the reassessment of 33% of

the existing tolerances by August 3,

1999, giving priority to those food use

pesticides that appear to pose the

greatest risk. As noted above, the

integration of these two programs has

added complexity to the reregistration

process for food use pesticides.

B. Product Reregistration; Numbers of

Products Reregistered, Canceled, and

Amended

At the end of the reregistration

process, after EPA has issued a RED and

declared a pesticide reregistration case

eligible for reregistration, individual

end-use products that contain pesticide

active ingredients included in the case

still must be reregistered. This

concluding part of the reregistration

process is called ‘‘product

reregistration.’’

In issuing a completed RED

document, EPA calls in any productspecific data and revised labeling

needed to make final reregistration

decisions for each of the individual

pesticide products covered by the RED.

Based on the results of EPA’s review of

this data and labeling, products that are

found to meet FIFRA and FQPA

standards may be reregistered.

A variety of outcomes are possible for

pesticide products completing this final

phase of the reregistration process.

Ideally, in response to the Data Call-In

(DCI) accompanying the RED document,

the pesticide producer, or registrant,

will submit the required productspecific data and revised labeling,

which EPA will review and find

acceptable. At that point, the Agency

may reregister the pesticide product. If,

however, the product contains multiple

active ingredients, the Agency instead

issues an amendment to the product’s

registration, incorporating the labeling

changes specified in the RED; a product

with multiple active ingredients may

not be fully reregistered until the last

active ingredient in its formulation is

eligible for reregistration. In other

situations, the Agency may temporarily

suspend a product’s registration if the

registrant has not submitted required

product specific studies within the time

frame specified. The Agency may cancel

a product’s registration because the

registrant did not pay the required

registration maintenance fee.

Alternatively, the registrant may request

a voluntary cancellation of their end-use

product registration.

1. Product reregistration actions in FY

’99. EPA counts each of the outcomes

described above as a product

reregistration action. A single pesticide

product may be the subject of several

product reregistration actions within the

same year. For example, through this

process, a product’s registration initially

may be amended, then the product may

be reregistered, and later the product

may be voluntarily canceled, all within

the same year. During FY ’99, EPA

completed 748 product reregistration

actions, as detailed in the following

Table 1. The program nearly met its

goal, to complete 750 product

reregistration actions during the fiscal

year.

TABLE 1.—PRODUCT REREGISTRATION

ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING FY 1999

Product Reregistration Actions 167

Product Amendment Actions .... 70

Product Cancellation Actions ... 511

TOTAL Actions in FY ’99 ....... 748

2. Status of the product reregistration

universe. At present, a universe of over

7,000 pesticide products is subject to

product reregistration based on REDs

completed as of September 30, 1999.

The current status of these products is

shown in Table 2 below. This overall

status information is not

‘‘cumulative’’— it is not derived from

summing up a series of annual actions.

Adding annual actions would result in

a larger overall number since each

individual product is subject to multiple

actions—it can be amended,

reregistered, and/or canceled, over time.

Instead, the ‘‘big picture’’ status

information in Table 2 should be

considered a snapshot in time. As

registrants and EPA make marketing and

regulatory decisions in the future, the

status of individual products may

change, and numbers in this table are

expected to fluctuate.

TABLE 2.—STATUS OF THE UNIVERSE

OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO PRODUCT REREGISTRATION, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1999.

Products Reregistered .............. 1,281

Products Amended ................... 185

Products Canceled ................... 2,671

Products Sent for Suspension .. 144

TOTAL Products with Actions

Completed ............................. 4,281

Products with Actions Pending 2,764

TOTAL Products in Product

Reregistration Universe ..... 7,045

The universe of 7,045 products in

product reregistration at the end of FY

’99 represents an increase of 249

products from the FY ’98 universe of

6,796 products. The increase consists of

237 products associated with FY ’99

REDs, plus 12 products that were added

as a result of data call-in activities and

processing for several previously issued

REDs.

At the end of FY ’99, 2,764 products

had product reregistration decisions

pending. Some of these products are

awaiting science reviews, label reviews,

or reregistration decisions by EPA.

Other products are not yet ready for

product reregistration actions; they are

associated with more recently

completed REDs, and their product

specific data are not yet due to be

submitted to or reviewed by the Agency.

EPA’s goal is to complete 750 product

reregistration actions during fiscal year

2000.

C. Number and Type of DCIs Issued to

Support Product Reregistration by

Active Ingredient.

The number and type of data requests

or Data Call-In notices (DCIs) issued by

EPA under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to

support product reregistration for

pesticide active ingredients included in

FY 1999 REDs are shown in Table 3.

The FY ’99 REDs that consisted of

voluntary cancellations are not included

in this table because products

containing these pesticides will not be

reregistered and therefore do not require

DCIs.

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TABLE 3.—DATA CALL-INS ISSUED TO SUPPORT PRODUCT REREGISTRATION FOR FY 1999 REDS

Case No. Case Name

Number of

Products

Covered by

the RED 1

Number of

Product

Chemistry

Studies Required 2

Number of Acute Toxicology Studies

Required 3

Number of

Efficacy

Studies Required

0120 ....................................................... Captan 159 21 384 (17 batches/47 not batched) 0

0064 ....................................................... EPTC 31 21 30 (2 batches/3 not batched) 0

0630 ....................................................... Folpet 16 17 66 (2 batches/ 9 not batched) 0

2455 ....................................................... Niclosamide 7 21 18 (3 batches) 0

2500 ....................................................... Pebulate 2 21 12 (2 not batched) 0

3082 ....................................................... TFM 2 21 12 (2 batches) 0

0099 ....................................................... TPTH 2 0 21 30 (3 batches/ 2 not batched) 0

1 The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The number of products that appears in

the RED document (counted when the RED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the RED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each RED, as they are being

tracked for product reregistration. 2 This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the RED. 3 In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ‘‘batches’’ products

that can be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if sixacute

toxicology studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the sorting process include each product’s active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type

of formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular, etc.), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary labeling, etc.). The Agency does not describe batched products as ‘‘substantially similar,’’ because all products within a batch may not

be considered chemically similar or have identical use patterns.

D. Progress in Reducing the Number of

Unreviewed, Required Reregistration

Studies

EPA is making good progress in

reviewing scientific studies submitted

by registrants in support of pesticides

undergoing reregistration. As of October

1999, 27,926 studies have been received

by the Agency through the reregistration

program. Over 75% (21,001) of these

studies either have been reviewed

(19,732 or 70.7%), or have been found

to be extraneous (1,269 or 4.5%).

(Extraneous studies is a term used to

classify those studies that are not

needed because the guideline or data

requirement has been satisfied by other

studies or has changed.) Less than 25%

(6,925) of all studies received are

‘‘awaiting review’’ for future REDs, to

complete the reregistration program. A

more detailed account of the number

and percent of studies received,

reviewed, and awaiting review by

reregistration list appears in Table 4

below.

The overall universe of studies to be

reviewed has increased during the past

two years, while the proportion of

studies reviewed by EPA has also

increased somewhat. A number of

studies have been submitted voluntarily

by pesticide registrants, to address new

FQPA provisions during reregistration

and tolerance reassessment. At the end

of 1999, over 75% of all studies received

by the Agency in support of

reregistration had been reviewed,

compared to less than 75% at the end

of 1997. Thus, the reregistration study

review ‘‘backlog’’ decreased slightly

during 1999 but remained fairly

constant.

TABLE 4.—REVIEW STATUS OF STUDIES SUBMITTED FOR PESTICIDE REREGISTRATION

List Studies Reviewed + Extraneous Studies Awaiting

Review

Total Studies Received

List A ...................................................................................................... 10,490 + 292 = 10,782 (80.2%) 2,656 (19.8%) 13,438

List B ...................................................................................................... 5,795 + 655 = 6,450 (68.8%) 2,924 (31.2%) 9,374

List C ...................................................................................................... 2,140 + 228 = 2,368 (70%) 1,012 (30%) 3,380

List D ...................................................................................................... 1,307 + 94 = 1,401 (80.8%) 333 (19.2%) 1,734

TOTAL Lists A–D ................................................................................. 21,001 (75.2%) 6,925 (24.8%) 27,926

E. Aggregate Status of Tolerances

Reassessed

Last summer, EPA met and surpassed

the FQPA goal of reassessing 33% of all

food tolerances by August 3, 1999,

including many tolerances for pesticides

identified as posing the greatest

potential risks. At the end of FY ’99,

EPA had completed 3,430 tolerance

reassessment decisions, covering over

35% of the 9,721 tolerances that require

reassessment. The Agency is well on its

way to meeting the next FQPA goal to

complete 66% of all tolerance

reassessment decisions by August 3,

2002.

As required by FQPA, 2 years ago, the

Agency announced its general schedule

for tolerance reassessment in the

Federal Register on August 4, 1997.

This document identified three groups

of pesticides to be reviewed; the

grouping reflects EPA’s overall

scheduling priorities for tolerance

reassessment. The Agency has given

priority to pesticides in Group 1,

particularly to the organophosphate

pesticides (OPs).

1. Tolerance reassessment and the

organophosphates. Because of the

intense public interest in tolerance

reassessment for the OPs, EPA and

USDA created the Tolerance

Reassessment Advisory Committee

(TRAC) in 1998, to advise us on the best

way to enhance public participation in

the tolerance reassessment process,

beginning with this class of pesticides

(see List 1). With guidance from TRAC,

EPA piloted an approach to tolerance

reassessment that allows for much

greater transparency and public

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involvement in developing both our risk

assessments and risk management

decisions. Scientific analyses, risk

assessments and related information for

the OPs have been made far more

accessible to the public through a

systematic notice and comment process,

complemented by an Agency website

(www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/) and

supplemented by public meetings and

technical briefings.

List 1. The Organophosphate

Pesticides

Acephate

Azinphos-methyl

Bensulide

*++Cadusafos

++Chlorethoxyfos

**Chlorfenvinphos

Chlorpyrifos

++Chlorpyrifos-methyl

**Chlorthiophos

+Coumaphos

**Dialifor

Diazinon

Dichlorvos (DDVP)

Dicrotophos

Dimethoate

**Dioxathion

Disulfoton

Ethion

Ethoprop

Ethyl parathion

Fenamiphos

+Fenitrothion

Fenthion

**+Fonofos

**++Isazophos

**+Isofenphos

Malathion

Methamidophos

Methidathion

Methyl parathion

**+Mevinphos

**Monocrotophos

Naled

Oxydemeton-methyl

Phorate

**Phosalone

Phosmet

**+Phosphamidon

++Phostebupirim

Pirimiphos-methyl

Profenofos

Propetamphos

**+Sulfotepp

**+Sulprofos

Temephos

Terbufos

+Tetrachlorvinphos

Tribufos (DEF)

+Trichlorfon

* Import tolerances only; no U.S.

registrations.

** Canceled or proposed for cancellation;

will be included in the organophosphate

risk assessment if import tolerances remain

after other tolerances are revoked.

+ Reregistration Eligibility Decision has been

completed.

++ Registered post-’84 (not subject to

reregistration).

During FY ’99, through the ongoing

public participation process for the OPs,

EPA obtained additional health and

environmental effects data, use data,

and other information that has been

valuable in revising and completing

many of our risk assessments. EPA

initiated action in early August 1999 to

reduce the risks associated with two

OPs, methyl parathion and azinphos

methyl, based partly on information

developed through this process. Near

the end of the fiscal year, EPA began

examining the results of the pilot

process, and considering ways to amend

the process so that it will be most

effective in the future. During FY 2000,

the Agency proposed for comment (65

FR 14199, March 15, 2000) and plans to

establish a final public participation

process for pesticides in tolerance

reassessment and reregistration,

encompassing both the OPs and other

types of chemicals. Our goal is to

develop a process that fully involves

stakeholders, starting early and

continuing throughout the development

of risk assessments and risk mitigation

options, for all pesticides still awaiting

reregistration and tolerance

reassessment decisions.

EPA expects to present its risk

management conclusions for the first

several OP pesticides early in 2000,

elucidating both risk mitigation

measures and possible transition

strategies to alternative pest control

approaches. The Agency also is

developing an approach for assessing

cumulative risk for the OPs as a group

as required by FQPA, and expects to

issue draft guidance in 2000 for review

and comment. EPA presented a

comprehensive guidance document on

cumulative risk assessment to the

Scientific Advisory Panel in December

1999, and will revise its guidance as

necessary based on the panel’s

recommendations.

Although all individual OP tolerances

were not reassessed in the first onethird, EPA is making significant

progress with this group of chemicals.

We expect to complete the risk

assessments for each of the individual

OP pesticides during calendar year

2000. The Agency will develop a

cumulative assessment for all the OPs

once the individual assessments are

complete and a cumulative assessment

methodology is available.

2. Fiscal Year 1999 accomplishments.

During FY ’99, EPA reassessed 1,445

tolerances through the reregistration and

registration programs and in conducting

follow-up activities to revoke tolerances

for pesticides that had been canceled

previously, many as a result of

reregistration. EPA also completed the

Tolerance Reassessment Tracking

System (TORTS), which is making it

possible for the Agency to compile and

report, accurately and consistently,

numbers of tolerance reassessment

accomplishments. We have a high

degree of confidence in TORTS, which

was designed, created, and quality

controlled internally and is being

operated in-house. Based on records for

all 9,721 permanent tolerances subject

to reassessment under FQPA, TORTS is

providing timely, detailed, accurate

reports highlighting many important

aspects of completed tolerance

reassessments.

Of EPA’s 1,445 tolerance reassessment

actions during FY ’99, 513 were

tolerance revocation decisions,

implemented through rule-making. The

Agency made decisions to revoke these

tolerances, signed final rule-making to

effect these decisions, and published the

relevant rules in the Federal Register

during the fiscal year. Other FY ’99

reassessments occurred through

reregistration/REDs (359), through

registration (340), and through other

actions not directly related to either

registration or reregistration (233).

During FY ’99, over 61% of the

tolerance reassessment decisions

completed were for pesticides in

priority Group 1 (883); others were for

pesticides in Group 2 (216) and Group

3 (346). EPA reassessed 180 OP

tolerances, 77 carbamate tolerances, 50

organochlorine tolerances, and 266

carcinogen tolerances during FY ’99.

The Agency completed 243 tolerance

reassessments for children’s foods (i.e.,

foods among the top 20 raw agricultural

commodities eaten by children age one

to six years old, and among the top 20

commodities consumed by infants,

according to a 1989–1991 survey). Of

the tolerances reassessed, 837 were for

pesticide minor uses. Please see the

following Table 5 for a summary of

these FY ’99 accomplishments.

Sources of FY ’99 Tolerance Reassessments.

Reregistration/ REDs .. 359

Registration Actions .... 340

Tolerance Revocations 513

Other ........................... 233

TOTAL ............................ 1,445

Numbers of Reassessments by Priority

Group.

Group 1 ....................... 883 (61%)

Group 2 ....................... 216 (15%)

Group 3 ....................... 346 (24%)

TOTAL ............................ 1,445 (100%)

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Tolerances Reassessed

for Certain Types of

Pesticides and Groups.

Organophosphates ...... 180

Carbamates ................. 77

Organochlorines .......... 50

Carcinogens ................ 266

Kids Foods .................. 243

Minor Uses .................. 837

3. Cumulative accomplishments. EPA

is conducting a variety of tolerance

reassessment activities throughout the

pesticide program that are enabling the

Agency to meet its FQPA goals. As of

September 30, 1999, of the 9,721

tolerances subject to reassessment, EPA

had reassessed a net total of 3,430, over

35% of all tolerances requiring

reassessment. The Agency is

accomplishing tolerance reassessment

through the registration and

reregistration programs; by revoking

tolerances for pesticides that have been

canceled (many as a result of

reregistration); and through other

decisions not directly related to

registration or reregistration (described

further below). (Please see Table 6.)

TABLE 6.—TOLERANCE REASSESSMENTS COMPLETED POST-FQPA BY FISCAL YEAR, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

Tolerances Reassessed Through During Late

FY ’96

During FY

’97

During FY

’98

During FY

’99

Total, End

of FY ’99

Reregistration/REDs ................................................................................ 25 337 278 359 999

Registration .............................................................................................. 0 221 311 340 872

Tolerance Revocations ............................................................................ 3 0 809 513 1,325

Other Decisions ....................................................................................... 0 1 0 233 234

TOTAL Tolerances Reassessed .................................................... 28 559 1,398 1,445 3,430

i. Reregistration/REDs. EPA is using

the reregistration program to accomplish

much of tolerance reassessment. As of

September 30, 1999, a total of 999

tolerance reassessment decisions had

been completed through reregistration.

EPA has reviewed each of these existing

tolerances and made the finding that

there is a reasonable certainty of no

harm, as required by FQPA. Many of the

tolerances reassessed through

reregistration will remain the same

while others are subject to modification,

i.e., they may be raised, lowered, or

revoked.

ii. Registration. Like older pesticides,

all new pesticide registrations must

meet the safety standard of FQPA. Many

of the registration applications EPA

receives are for new uses of pesticides

already registered for other uses. To

reach a decision on a proposed new

food use of an already registered

pesticide, EPA must reassess the

existing tolerances, as well as the

proposed new tolerances, to make sure

there is reasonable certainty that no

harm will result to the public from

aggregate exposure from all uses. As of

September 30, 1999, a total of 872

tolerances were reassessed as a result of

the registration process. The Agency has

specifically discouraged submission of

applications and petitions for any new

uses of the organophosphate pesticides,

given the associated risk concerns.

iii. Tolerance Revocations. EPA also

has formally revoked,through rulemaking, a total of 1,325 tolerances.

These revoked tolerances represent uses

of many different pesticide active

ingredients that have been canceled in

the past. Some pesticides were canceled

due to the Agency’s risk concerns.

Others were canceled voluntarily by

their manufacturers, based on lack of

support for reregistration. In this

situation, tolerances were revoked

because there is no longer a need for

them. No registered uses of the

pesticides remain in the U.S., and

tolerances are not required to cover

residues in or on either domestic or

imported food commodities. Tolerance

revocations are important; although

many of the pesticides are no longer

used in the United States, commodities

treated with them could still have been

imported before the revocations became

effective.

iv. Other Reassessment Decisions. In

addition to those described above, a

total of 234 additional tolerance

reassessment decisions have been made,

not directly related to registration or

reregistration. These include 65

tolerances reassessed through the Plant

Growth Regulator Rule which were

scientifically reviewed and the

exemption was retained (64 FR 31501;

June 11, 1999) (FRL–6076–5); 80

organophosphate meat, milk, poultry,

and egg tolerances that were determined

to have no reasonable expectation of

finite residue on July 7, 1999; 73 Inert

Polymer Tolerances that were

determined on July 20, 1999, to meet the

terms and criteria of the Toxic

Substances Control Act Polymer

Exemption Rule (and so they also meet

the FQPA safety standard); 13 tolerance

exemptions for Trichoderma harzianum

KRL-AG2 (64 FR 16856; April 7, 1999)

(FRL–6070–3); one tolerance exemption

for Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies

Kurstake CryIA(c) (62 FR 17722; April

11, 1997) (FRL–5596–7); one tolerance

exemption for Red Pepper (63 FR 66999;

December 4, 1998) (FRL–6039–5); and

one tolerance exemption for

Cinnamaldehyde (64 FR 7801; February

17, 1999) (FRL–6049–9).

F. Applications for Registration

Requiring Expedited Processing;

Numbers Approvedand Disapproved

By law, EPA must expedite its

processing of certain types of

applications for pesticide product

registration, i.e., applications for end

use products that would be identical or

substantially similar to a currently

registered product; amendments to

current product registrations that do not

require review of scientific data; and

products for public health pesticide

uses. During FY ’99, EPA considered

and approved the following numbers of

applications for registration requiring

expedited processing (also known as

‘‘fast track’’ applications):

• Me-too product registrations/fast

track: 513

• Amendments/fast track: 3,141

• Total applications processed by

expedited means: 3,654

Regarding numbers of applications

disapproved, the Agency generally

notifies the registrant of any deficiencies

in the application that need to be

corrected or addressed before the

application can be approved.

Applications may have been withdrawn

after discussions with the Agency, but

none were formally ‘‘disapproved’’

during FY ’99.

On a financial accounting basis, EPA

devoted approximately 33.3 full-time

equivalents (FTEs) to reviewing and

processing applications for me-too

product registrations and fast-track label

amendments. The Agency spent $2.8

million in direct costs (not including

administrative expenses, computer

systems, management overhead, and

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other indirect costs) during FY ’99 on

expedited processing and reviews.

G. Future Schedule for Reregistrations

EPA is now conducting reregistration

in conjunction with tolerance

reassessment under FQPA. That law

requires the Agency to reassess all

existing tolerances over a 10 year period

to ensure consistency with the new

safety standard, and to consider

pesticides that appear to pose the

greatest risk first. In prioritizing

pesticides for reregistration eligibility

review and tolerance reassessment, EPA

is continuing to consider their potential

risks, as reflected in the Agency’s

tolerance reassessment schedule

published in the Federal Register on

August 4, 1997. EPA is giving highest

priority to pesticides in Group 1,

particularly the organophosphates

(OPs).

1. OP REDs. The organophosphate

pesticides are the focal point of EPA’s

reregistration and tolerance

reassessment programs at present. EPA

currently is reviewing the OP pesticides

individually, and expects to complete

individual risk assessments and risk

management decisions for each of these

pesticides during calendar year 2000

(see List 2). Although the Agency is not

making final reregistration decisions for

most of the OP pesticides now, the

results of the individual OP assessments

will include risk mitigation measures,

and any resulting tolerance revocations

will be counted as completed tolerance

reassessments. EPA will conduct a

cumulative assessment for the OP

pesticides when the individual

assessments and necessary methodology

are complete, and will encourage the

public to participate in this assessment.

The Agency’s final decisions for the OP

pesticides will be made at the

conclusion of the cumulative

assessment process.

EPA generally will not count

individual OP decisions as completed

REDs or tolerance reassessments until

the Agency completes the cumulative

risk assessment and risk management

decision for all the OP pesticides.

Decisions for individual OP pesticides

with no FQPA-related uses (i.e., no uses

resulting in food, drinking water,

residential, or bystander exposure) may

be counted as REDs prior to the

cumulative decision. In addition, when

the Agency accept requests for

voluntary cancellation of individual OP

pesticides, EPA will count these actions

as REDs, and will count the associated

tolerances as reassessed when they are

revoked.

List 2. OP RED Candidate Pesticides

1. Acephate

2. Azinphos-methyl

3. Bensulide

4. Chlorpyrifos

5. Diazinon

6. Dichlorvos (DDVP)

7. Dicrotophos

8. Dimethoate

9. Disulfoton

10. Ethion

11. Ethoprop

12. Ethyl Parathion

13. Fenamiphos

14. Fenthion

15. Malathion

16. Methamidophos

17. Methidathion

18. Methyl Parathion

19. Naled

20. Oxydemeton-methyl

21. Phorate

22. Phosmet

23. Pirimiphos-methyl

24. Profenofos

25. Propetamphos

26. Temephos

27. Terbufos

28. Tribufos (DEF)

2. Non-OP RED candidates for FY

2000. REDs for pesticides other than the

OPs also are in preparation. EPA

expects to complete REDs for most or all

of the non-OP RED candidate pesticides

in List 3 below, and perhaps some other

pesticides, during FY 2000.The Agency

will be increasing opportunities for

public involvement in the development

of non-OP REDs during FY 2000 and

beyond.

List 3. Non-OP RED Candidate

Pesticides for Fiscal Year 2000

1. Aldicarb

2. Atrazine

3. Benomyl

4. Bis (bromoacetoxy)-2-butene

5. Carbofuran

6. Diclofop methyl

7. Endosulfan

8. Etridiazole (Terrazole)

9. Imazalil

10. Molinate

11. Omadine Salts

12. Oxamyl

13. Propargite

14. Propylene oxide

15. Sodium acifluorfen

16. Thiabendazole

17. Thiophanate methyl

18. Thiram

19. Triallate

20. Vinclozolin

3. Non-OP RED candidate pesticides

for FY 2001. EPA’s goal is to complete

30 REDs during FY 2001. Although it is

based on many variables and can be

expected to change, our tentative list of

RED candidate pesticides for FY 2001

appears in List 4 below.

List 4. RED Candidate Pesticides for

Fiscal Year 2001

1. Amical 48

2. 4-t Amylphenol

3. Benfluralin

4. Benzisothiazolin-3-one

5. Cacodylic acid

6. Carbaryl

7. Chlorine dioxide

8. Chloropicrin

9. Chromated Arsenicals

10. Coal Tar/Creosote

11. Cycloate

12. Cypermethrin

13. Dazomet

14. Dimethipin

15. Dimethyldithiocarbamate salts including

Ferbam, Ziram, and Sodium

dimethyldithiocarbamate

16. Dinocap

17. Dipropyl isocinchomeronate or MGK 326

18. Ethylene oxide

19. Formetanate hydrochloride

20. Irgasan DP-300

21. Lindane

22. Mancozeb

23. Maneb

24. Methanearsonic acid, salts including

CAMA, DSMA, MSMA

25. Methyl bromide

26. Methyl isothiocyanate

27. Methyldithiocarbamate salts including

metam-sodium

28. Metiram

29. MGK-264

30. Napthaleneacetic acid

31. Oxadiazon

32. Oxyfluorfen

33. Pentachloronitrobenzene or PCNB

34. Pentachlorophenol

35. Permethrin

36. Phenol and salts

37. Phenylphenol

38. Piperonyl butoxide

39. Propiconazole

40. Pyrethrin

41. Simazine

42. TCMTB or 2-(Thiocyanomethylthio)

benzothiazole

43. Triadimefon

4.Voluntary cancellations as REDs.

When for business or other reasons a

pesticide registrant requests that the

Agency cancel all remaining registered

products containing a pesticide in

reregistration, EPA stops work on the

development of a reregistration

eligibility decision document for the

pesticide and counts the RED as

completed. Voluntary cancellations are

counted as REDs on the date when an

Agency official signs and dates a

decision memorandum documenting the

Agency’s intent to accept the registrant’s

request for cancellation. EPA then

publishes in the Federal Register for

public comment a FIFRA section 6(f)

notice of receipt of the request for

voluntary cancellation. The

cancellations requested do not become

effective until a designated time after

the public comment period closes.

5. Tolerance reassessment decision

documents. When EPA reassesses the

tolerances for a pesticide that is not in

the queue for reregistration (that is, a

pesticide for which a RED was

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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.