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be found in a Federal Register Notice 

published March 14, 2005 (70 FR 

12476–12477). The purpose of this 

meeting is for the Committee to: Initiate 

discussion about the scientific issues 

underlying the environmental problems 

due to reactive nitrogen in the 

environment; learn more about Agency 

nitrogen research and control strategies; 

and to plan its future work. 

Availbility of Meeting Materials 

A roster of committee members, their 

biographical sketches, the meeting 

agenda, and any other materials in 

support of this meeting will be placed 

on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab in advance of this 

meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than one hour for all 

speakers. Interested parties should 

contact Ms. White, DFO, at the contact 

information provided above, by January 

23, 2007, to be placed on the public 

speaker list for the January 30–31, 2007 

meeting. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be received in the 

SAB Staff Office by January 23, 2007, so 

that the information may be made 

available to the SAB for their 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: one 

hard copy with original signature at the 

mailing address provided above, and 

one electronic copy via e-mail to 

white.kathleen@epa.gov (acceptable file 

format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). 

Meeting Accommodations 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Ms. Kathleen White at (202) 

343–9878, or via e-mail at 

white.kathleen@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Ms. White, preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–524 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–1002; FRL–8110–6] 

Antimycin A Risk Assessments; Notice 

of Availability, and Risk Reduction 

Options 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s risk assessments, 

and related documents for the pesticide 

antimycin A, and opens a public 

comment period on these documents. 

The public is encouraged to suggest risk 

management ideas or proposals to 

address the risks identified. EPA is 

developing a Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision (RED) for antimycin A through 

a modified, 4-Phase public participation 

process that the Agency uses to involve 

the public in developing pesticide 

reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment decisions. Through these 

programs, EPA is ensuring that all 

pesticides meet current health and 

safety standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–1002, 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–

1002. 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: 

Lance Wormell, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

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

telephone number: (703) 603-0523; fax 

number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail 

address:wormell.lance@epa.gov. 

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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. 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 releasing for public comment 

its human health and environmental 

fate and effects risk assessments and 

related documents for antimycin A and 

soliciting public comment on risk 

management ideas or proposals. 

Antimycin A is a restricted use 

pesticide derived as a fermentation 

product from Streptomyces mold. The 

chemical is primarily used to renovate 

recreational fish populations and to 

remove scaled fish from catfish 

fingerling and food-fish production 

ponds. Over the past decade antimycin 

has been used successfully to restore 

Federally-listed, threatened or 

endangered fish to their native habitats. 

EPA developed the risk assessments and 

risk characterization for antimycin A 

through a modified version of its public 

process for making pesticide 

reregistration eligibility and tolerance 

reassessment decisions. Through these 

programs, EPA is ensuring that 

pesticides meet current standards under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA), as amended by the Food 

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). 

EPA is providing an opportunity, 

through this notice, for interested 

parties to provide comments and input 

on the Agency’s risk assessments for 

antimycin A. Such comments and input 

could address, for example, the 

availability of additional data to further 

refine the risk assessments, such as 

environmental fate data or residue (i.e., 

the amount of antimycin A in treated 

fish) data, or could address the Agency’s 

risk assessment methodologies and 

assumptions as applied to this specific 

pesticide. 

Through this notice, EPA also is 

providing an opportunity for interested 

parties to provide risk management 

proposals or otherwise comment on risk 

management for antimycin A. In 

particular, EPA seeks public input on 

potential strategies to prevent human 

exposure and to reduce the 

uncertainties regarding the chemical’s 

environmental fate and ecological 

effects. EPA is working with the 

technical registrant and other Federal 

agencies to develop a rigorous use 

(standard operating procedures) manual 

for both fish restoration and catfish 

uses. The manual would be part of the 

labeling required by the RED and would 

require users to follow the procedures 

specified therein. The manual is 

intended to ensure the responsible use 

of antimycin A in targeted treatment 

areas and minimize mortality to nontarget species. It is EPA’s expectation 

that proper use through a detailed 

manual and revised product label will 

virtually eliminate recreational (e.g., 

swimming) exposure, drinking water 

exposure, and exposure from consuming 

treated fish. The manual will also 

ensure minimal exposure to workers. In 

addition, efforts to develop an analytical 

detection method and identify potential 

routes of degradation are currently 

underway by the U. S. Geological 

Survey, EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development, and EPA’s Office of 

Pesticide Programs’ Biologic and 

Economic Assessment Division 

laboratories. In targeting these 

uncertainties, the Agency solicits 

information on effective and practical 

risk reduction measures. 

EPA seeks to achieve environmental 

justice, the fair treatment and 

meaningful involvement of all people, 

regardless of race, color, national origin, 

or income, in the development, 

implementation, and enforcement of 

environmental laws, regulations, and 

policies. To help address potential 

environmental justice issues, the 

Agency seeks information on any groups 

or segments of the population who, as 

a result of their location, cultural 

practices, or other factors, may have 

atypical, unusually high exposure to 

antimycin A, compared to the general 

population. 

EPA is applying the principles of 

public participation to all pesticides 

undergoing reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide 

Tolerance Reassessment and 

Reregistration; Public Participation 

Process, published in the Federal 

Register on May 14, 2004 (69 FR 26819) 

(FRL–7357–9), explains that in 

conducting these programs, the Agency 

is tailoring its public participation 

process to be commensurate with the 

level of risk, extent of use, complexity 

of the issues, and degree of public 

concern associated with each pesticide. 

For antimycin A, a modified, 4-Phase 

process with one comment period and 

ample opportunity for public 

consultation seems appropriate in view 

of its limited use and small number of 

users. However, if as a result of 

comments received during this 

comment period EPA finds that 

additional issues warranting further 

discussion are raised, the Agency may 

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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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