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through use of products, and the general 

protection of the environment and 

special ecosystems from potential risks 

posed by pesticides. The PPDC was 

established under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92- 

463, in September 1995 for a 2 year–

term and has been renewed every 2 

years since that time. The PPDC 

provides advice and recommendations 

to OPP on a broad range of pesticide 

regulatory, policy, and program 

implementation issues that are 

associated with evaluating and reducing 

risks from the use of pesticides. The 

following sectors are represented on the 

PPDC: Pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental/public 

interest and consumer groups; farm 

worker organizations; pesticide user, 

grower and commodity groups; Federal 

and State/local/Tribal governments; the 

general public; academia; and public 

health organizations. Copies of the 

PPDC charter are filed with appropriate 

committees of Congress and the Library 

of Congress and are available upon 

request. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

This meeting will be open to the 

public and seating is available on a firstcome basis. Persons interested in 

attending do not need to register in 

advance of the meeting. Opportunity 

will be provided for questions and 

comments by the public. Any person 

who wishes to file a written statement 

may do so before or after the meeting by 

giving a copy of the statement to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. These statements 

will become part of the permanent 

record and will be available for public 

inspection at the address listed under 

Unit 1.B.1. Do not submit any 

information in your request that is 

considered CBI. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

James Jones, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–4647 Filed 3–13–07 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0955-FRL–8119–1] 

Rodenticides; Proposed Risk 

Mitigation Decision; Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of January 17, 2007, 

concerning the availability of the 

Proposed Risk Mitigation Decision for 

nine rodenticides. The nine 

rodenticides covered by the Proposed 

Risk Mitigation Decision are 

brodifacoum, bromadiolone, 

difethialone, chlorophacinone, 

diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, 

bromethalin, and cholecalciferol. This 

document is extending the comment 

period for 60 days, from March 19, 

2007, to May 18, 2007. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2006–0955, must be received on or 

before May 18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

document of January 17, 2007. 

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; email 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; email address: parsons.laura@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

The Agency included in the notice a 

list of those who may be potentially 

affected by this action. If you have 

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. 

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

To submit comments, or access the 

official public docket, please follow the 

detailed instructions as provided in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the 

January 17, 2007, Federal Register 

document. If you have questions, 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. What Action is EPA Taking? 

This document extends the public 

comment period established in the 

Federal Register of January 17, 2007 (72 

FR 1992) (FRL–8104–7). In that 

document, EPA announced the 

availability of the availability of the 

Proposed Risk Mitigation Decision for 

nine rodenticides. The nine 

rodenticides covered by the Proposed 


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Risk Mitigation Decision are 

brodifacoum, bromadiolone, 

difethialone, chlorophacinone, 

diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, 

bromethalin, and cholecalciferol. EPA is 

hereby extending the comment period, 

which was set to end on March 19, 

2007, to May 18, 2007. 

III. 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. Further provisions are 

made to allow a public comment period. 

However, the Administrator may extend 

the comment period, if additional time 

for comment is requested. In this case, 

several stakeholders have requested 

additional time to develop comments 

due to the complexity of the issues 

raised by the proposed mitigation 

decision. In addition, the Rodenticide 

Registrants Task Force (RRTF) has 

requested additional time to develop 

comments using information recently 

placed in the docket and provided to the 

RRTF. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and Pests. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration, 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs] 

[FR Doc. E7–4648 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0168; FRL–8117–8] 

Pesticide Product Registrations; 

Conditional Approval – Beauveria 

bassiana HF23 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

Agency approval of applications 

submitted by Jabb of the Carolinas, to 

conditionally register the pesticide 

products Beauveria bassiana HF23 

(Technical) and the End-use Product, 

balEnce containing a new active 

ingredient not included in any 

previously registered products pursuant 

to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308-8097; e-mail address: 

bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. To determine whether 

you or your business may be affected by 

this action, you should carefully 

examine the applicability provisions. 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? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPPT–2007–0168. 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 telephone number 

is (703) 305-5805. 

In accordance with section 3(c)(2) of 

FIFRA, a copy of the approved label, the 

list of data references, the data and other 

scientific information used to support 

registration, except for material 

specifically protected by section 10 of 

FIFRA, are also available for public 

inspection. Requests for data must be 

made in accordance with the provisions 

of the Freedom of Information Act and 

must be addressed to the Freedom of 

Information Office (A-101), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460-0001. Such requests should: 

Identify the product name and 

registration number and specify the data 

or information desired. 

A paper copy of the fact sheet, which 

provides more detail on this 

registration, may be obtained from the 

National Technical Information Service 

(NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Rd., 

Springfield, VA 22161. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. Did EPA Conditionally Approve the 

Application? 

A conditional registration may be 

granted under section 3(c)(7)(C) of 

FIFRA for a new active ingredient where 

certain data are lacking, on condition 

that such data are received by the end 

of the conditional registration period 

and do not meet or exceed the risk 

criteria set forth in 40 CFR 154.7; that 

use of the pesticide during the 

conditional registration period will not 

cause unreasonable adverse effects; and 

that use of the pesticide is in the public 

interest. The Agency has considered the 

available data on the risks associated 

with the proposed use of Beauveria 

bassiana HF23, and information on 

social, economic, and environmental 

benefits to be derived from such use. 

Specifically, the Agency has considered 

the nature and its pattern of use, 

application methods and rates, and level 

and extent of potential exposure. Based 

on these reviews, the Agency was able 

to make basic health and safety 

determinations which show that use of 

Beauveria bassiana HF23 during the 

period of conditional registration will 

not cause any unreasonable adverse 

effect on the environment, and that use 

of the pesticide is, in the public interest. 

Consistent with section 3(c)(7)(C) of 

FIFRA, the Agency has determined that 

these conditional registrations are in the 

public interest. Use of the pesticides are 

of significance to the user community, 

and appropriate labeling, use directions, 

and other measures have been taken to 

ensure that use of the pesticides will not 

result in unreasonable adverse effects to 

man and the environment. 


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