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endpoints; the derivation of the chronic 

reference dose; cancer assessment; and 

EPA’s comments regarding the 

feasibility of the quantitative 

uncertainty analysis from the NAS 

evaluation of the 2003 reassessment. At 

the October 27–29, 2010 meeting the 

SAB Panel will continue its peer review 

of EPA’s draft document. Background 

information on this advisory activity is 

available on the SAB Web site at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

Dioxin%20Reasst%20-%202008- 

2011?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

meeting agenda and other meeting 

material will be placed on the SAB Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab in 

advance of the meeting. For technical 

questions and information concerning 

EPA’s draft document, please contact 

Dr. Glenn Rice at (513) 569–7813 or 

rice.glenn@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

as it develops advice for EPA. They 

should send their comments directly to 

the Designated Federal Officer for the 

relevant advisory committee. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

public meeting will be limited to five 

minutes per speaker. Each person 

making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments so 

that the points presented orally can be 

expanded upon in writing. Interested 

individuals should contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, DFO, in writing (preferably 

via e-mail) at the contact information 

noted above, by Wednesday, October 20, 

2010 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers. Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO via email at the contact 

information noted above, by 

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 so that 

the information may be made available 

to the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBMPC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. 

Submitters are requested to provide 

versions of signed documents, 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage at (202) 564–2155 or 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Armitage preferably at least 

ten days prior to the meeting to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23688 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0639; FRL–8843–4] 

2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (Tris Nitro); Order to 

Amend Registrations to Terminate 

Certain Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the amendment to terminate 

certain uses, voluntarily requested by 

the registrant and accepted by the 

Agency, of the pesticide products listed 

in Table 1, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. 

This order to terminate uses follows a 

June 23, 2010 Federal Register Notice of 

Receipt of Request from the Registrant 

listed in Table 2 to voluntarily amend 

2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (tris nitro) product 

registrations to terminate or delete one 

or more uses. The request would delete 

use in or on metalworking fluids; latex 

paints; resin/latex/polymer emulsions; 

specialty industrial products; livestock 

and poultry premises; paints, emulsions 

and thickener solutions; use as a 

preservative for packaged emulsions, 

solutions, or suspensions such as 

detergents and polishes containing 

water; and use in pulp and paper-mill 

process water systems. The request 

would not terminate the last 2- 

(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (tris nitro) products 

registered for use in the United States 

and would result in retention of some 

registered uses for those products. In the 

June 23, 2010 Notice, EPA indicated 

that it would issue an order 

implementing the amendments to 

terminate uses, unless the Agency 

received substantive comments within 

the 30–day comment period that would 

merit its further review of these 

requests, or unless the registrant 

withdrew the requests within this 

period. The Agency did not receive any 

comments on the notice. Further, the 

registrant did not withdraw the 

requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby 

issues in this notice, an order granting 

the requested amendment to terminate 

uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of 

the products subject to this order is 

permitted only in accordance with the 

terms of this order, including any 

existing stocks provisions. 

DATES: The order is effective September 

22, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Vondem-Hagen, Antimicrobials 

Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6785; e-mail address: 

vondem-hagen.rebecca@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0639. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

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


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through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces the order for 

the amendment to terminate uses, as 

requested by the registrant, of certain 

products registered under section 3 of 

FIFRA. These registrations are listed in 

sequence by registration number in 

Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 1.—2-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-NITRO-1,3-PROPANEDIOL (TRIS NITRO) PRODUCT REGISTRATION AMENDMENTS TO

TERMINATE USES

Registration Number Product Name Company Uses to be Terminated 

464–657 Tris NitroTM Solid Industrial 

Bacteriostat 

The Dow Chemical Company Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints, 

Resin/latex/polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products; Livestock and Poultry 

premises. 

464–658 Tris NitroTM Brand of 50% (Aqueous) 

For Formulating Use 

The Dow Chemical Company Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints; 

Resin/latex/polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products; Livestock and poultry 

premises. 

464–663 Tris NitroTM Brand of 50% Aqueous 

Tris (hydroxymethyl) nitromethane 

The Dow Chemical Company Use in paints, emulsions and thickener solutions; use in metalworking fluids; Use as a 

preservative for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents 

and polishes containing water. 

464–668 Tris NitroTM Brand of 25% Aqueous 

Tris (hydroxymethyl) nitromethane 

The Dow Chemical Company Use in metalworking fluids; use as a preservative for packaged emulsions, solutions, or 

suspensions, such as detergents and 

polishes containing water. 

464–679 Tris NitroTM Brand The Dow Chemical Company Use in paints, emulsions, and thickener solutions; use in metalworking fluids; use as a 

preservative for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents 

and polishes containing water; use in pulp 

and papermill process water systems. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the products in Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED

PRODUCTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and Address 

464 The Dow Chemical Company 

1803 Building 

Midland, MI 48674 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

During the public comment period 

provided, EPA received no comments in 

response to the Federal Register notice 

of June 23, 2010 (75 FR 35807) 

announcing the Agency’s receipt of the 

request to voluntarily amend 

registrations to terminate certain uses of 

products listed in Table 1. 

IV. Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

amendment to terminate certain uses of 

2-(Hyroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (Tris Nitro) registrations 

identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 

Accordingly, the Agency orders that the 

product registrations identified in Table 

1 of Unit II. are hereby amended to 

terminate the affected uses. Any 

distribution, sale, or use of existing 

stocks of the products identified in 

Table 1 of Unit II. in a manner 

inconsistent with any of the provisions 

for disposition of existing Stocks set 

forth in Unit VI., will be considered a 

violation of FIFRA. 

V. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

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

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. Thereafter, 

following the public comment period, 

the Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the action. The existing 

stocks provision for the products subject 

to this order is as follows. 

Once EPA has approved product 

labels reflecting the requested 

amendments to delete uses, registrants 

will be permitted to sell or distribute 

products under the previously approved 

labeling for a period of 18 months after 

the date of Federal Register publication 

of the order to terminate uses, unless 

other restrictions have been imposed. 

Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited 

from selling or distributing the products 

whose labels include the deleted uses 

identified in Table 1 of Unit II., except 

for export consistent with FIFRA section 

17 or for proper disposal. 

Persons other than the registrant may 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of 

the products in Table 1, whose labels 

include the deleted uses until supplies 

are exhausted, provided that such sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 


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the terms of the previously approved 

labeling on, or that accompanied, 

products bearing the deleted uses. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Antimicrobials, Pesticides and pests, 2- 

(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol, Tris Nitro. 

September 14, 2010. 

Joan Harrigan Farrelly, 

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23544 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0760; FRL–8844–9] 

Clofencet; Registration Review Case 

Closure; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s notice of 

registration review case closure for the 

pesticide clofencet, case 7015. 

Registration review is EPA’s periodic 

review of pesticide registrations to 

ensure that each pesticide continues to 

satisfy the statutory standard for 

registration, that is, that the pesticide 

can perform its intended function 

without causing unreasonable adverse 

effects on human health or the 

environment. Through this program, 

EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s 

registration is based on current 

scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide-specific information, contact: 

Wilhelmena Livingston, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 

8025; fax number: (703) 308–8005; email address: 

livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–5026; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; e-mail address: 

costello.kevin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

pesticide-specific contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0760. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

On July 14, 2010 the Agency issued a 

product cancellation order (75 FR 

40825; FRL–8833–4) for all clofencet 

product registrations. Due to the 

cancellation of all registered clofencet 

products in the United States, the 

Agency closed the registration review 

case for clofencet, pursuant to 40 CFR 

155.42(c). This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Notice of 

Registration Review Case Closure for 

clofencet, case 0715. 

In addition to the registration review 

case closure document, the registration 

review docket for clofencet also 

includes other relevant documents 

related to the registration review of this 

case. The Notice of Receipt of a Request 

to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 

Registrations was issued on April 28, 

2010, and the public was invited to 

submit any comments or new 

information. During the 30–day 

comment period, no public comments 

were received which impacted the 

Agency’s decision to grant the 

cancellation request. Subsequently, on 

July 14, 2010, the Agency published the 

Cancellation Order for all clofencet 

product registrations in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 40825). 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of this pesticide are provided at: 

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

registration_review/clofencet/ 

index.html. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Registration review, Pesticides and 

pests, clofencet. 

Dated: September 13, 2010 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23542 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0734; FRL–8845–2] 

Registration Review; Pesticide 

Dockets Opened for Review and 

Comment; Amended Work Plan for 

Imidacloprid 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has established 

registration review dockets for the 

pesticides listed in the table in Unit 

III.A. With this document, EPA is 

opening the public comment period for 

these registration reviews. Registration 

review is EPA’s periodic review of 

pesticide registrations to ensure that 

each pesticide continues to satisfy the 

statutory standard for registration, that 

is, the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on human health or the 

environment. Registration review 

dockets contain information that will 

assist the public in understanding the 

types of information and issues that the 

Agency may consider during the course 

of registration reviews. Through this 

program, EPA is ensuring that each 

pesticide’s registration is based on 


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