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lengthen the process and include a 

second comment period, as needed. 

All comments should be submitted 

using the methods in ADDRESSES, and 

must be received by EPA on or before 

the closing date. Comments will become 

part of the Agency Docket for antimycin 

A. Comments received after the close of 

the comment period will be marked 

‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to consider 

these late comments. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA as amended 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration,’’ before calling in 

product-specific data on individual enduse products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’

Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21 

U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to review 

tolerances and exemptions for pesticide 

residues in effect as of August 2, 1996, 

to determine whether the tolerance or 

exemption meets the requirements of 

section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. 

This review is to be completed by 

August 3, 2006. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 3, 2007. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–411 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0955; FRL–8104–7] 

Rodenticides; Proposed Risk 

Mitigation Decision; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed risk 

mitigation decision for nine 

rodenticides, the economic impact 

assessment for the proposed risk 

mitigation decision, the revised 

comparative ecological risk assessment, 

updated human health and ecological 

incident reports, and other related 

documents, and opens a 60–day public 

comment period on the proposed risk 

mitigation decision. The nine 

rodenticides covered by this risk 

mitigation decision are brodifacoum, 

bromadiolone, difethialone, 

chlorophacinone, diphacinone, 

warfarin, zinc phosphide, bromethalin, 

and cholecalciferol. As part of the 

proposed risk mitigation decision, EPA 

anticipates classifying all products 

containing the active ingredients 

brodifacoum, bromadiolone, and 

difethialone as restricted use products. 

EPA also anticipates requiring that all 

products available for sale to consumers 

be sold only in refillable tamperresistant bait stations. Furthermore, EPA 

is proposing certain additional 

restrictions and labeling improvements 

to mitigate the risks associated with 

these nine rodenticides. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0955, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460-0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket telephone number is (703) 305- 

5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–

0955. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send an 

e-mail comment directly to EPA without 

going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the docket 

and made available on the Internet. If 

you submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, 

One Potomac Yard (South Building), 

2777 S. Crystal Drive, 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 telephone number 

is (703) 305-5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Sherman, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305-8401; fax 

number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: 

sherman.kelly@epa.gov or Laura 

Parsons, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305-5776; fax 

number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: 

parsons.laura@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 

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of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is making available the proposed 

risk mitigation decision document and 

related supporting documents for the 

following nine rodenticides: 

brodifacoum, bromadiolone, 

difethialone, chlorophacinone, 

diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, 

bromethalin, and cholecalciferol. 

Based on an evaluation of the 

ecological risks associated with the use 

of these nine rodenticides, and 

consideration of the public health and 

other important benefits of the use of 

rodenticides, EPA anticipates 

classifying all products containing the 

active ingredients brodifacoum, 

bromadiolone, and difethialone as 

restricted use products. To decrease the 

incidence of childrens’ exposure to 

rodenticide products used in homes, 

EPA also anticipates requiring that all 

products available for sale to consumers 

and labeled for indoor residential use be 

sold only in refillable tamper-resistant 

bait stations. Furthermore, EPA is 

proposing certain additional restrictions 

and labeling improvements to mitigate 

the risks associated with these nine 

rodenticides. 

The proposed decision document, 

including the Agency’s supporting 

rationale for the proposed decision, can 

be found in docket identification 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0955 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Older 

documents and previous public 

comments can be found in docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2004–0033 or 

docket EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0049 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

EPA is providing an opportunity, 

through this notice, for interested 

parties to provide comments and input 

on the Agency’s proposed decision for 

rodenticides. Comments should be 

limited to issues raised by the proposed 

decision and associated documents. 

All comments should be submitted 

using the methods in ADDRESSES, and 

must be received by EPA on or before 

the closing date. These comments will 

become part of the Agency Docket for 

rodenticides. Comments received after 

the close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and will provide a Response to 

Comments Memorandum in the Docket 

and regulations.gov. After consideration 

of the comments, the Agency will 

publish its final mitigation decision for 

these nine rodenticides. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

EPA is reevaluating the use of these 

nine rodenticides pursuant to section 4 

of FIFRA. The Agency’s authority for 

implementing the risk mitigation 

measures identified in the proposed risk 

management decision would derive 

from various sections of FIFRA, 

including, but not limited to, sections 3, 

4 and 6. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 8, 2007. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–351 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0349; FRL–8105–7] 

Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of 

Application 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of an application 264–EUP–140 from 

Bayer CropScience LP (BCS) requesting 

an experimental use permit (EUP) for 

the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab 

protein and the genetic material 

necessary for its production in Events 

T303–3 and T304–40 cotton plants. The 

Agency has determined that the 

application may be of regional and 

national significance. Therefore, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency is soliciting comments on this 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0349, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

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