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mechanism, the FIFRA SAP provides 

comments, evaluations and 

recommendations to improve the 

effectiveness and quality of analyses 

made by Agency scientists. Members of 

the FIFRA SAP are scientists who have 

sufficient professional qualifications, 

including training and experience, to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendation to the Agency. 

B. Public Meeting 

The FIFRA SAP will meet to consider 

and review guidance on test methods for 

demonstrating the efficacy of 

antimicrobial products for inactivating 

Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) spores 

on environmental surfaces. EPA 

regulations require that product 

performance (efficacy) studies be 

submitted to support registration of an 

antimicrobial product for which public 

health claims, such as ‘‘disinfect’’ or 

‘‘sterilize’’ (40 CFR 158.640), are made. 

In addition, any claim of inactivation of 

a specific microorganism should be 

supported by valid data that 

demonstrate the efficacy of the product 

against that particular microorganism. 

At this SAP meeting, the EPA will 

present draft guidance concerning 

efficacy testing to support a claim that 

an antimicrobial product inactivates B. 

anthracis spores on inanimate 

environmental surfaces. EPA is seeking 

the assistance of the FIFRA SAP to 

review and comment on the scientific 

basis for efficacy data requirements to 

support registration of products that 

make such claims. Specific topics the 

FIFRA SAP will be asked to consider 

include available qualitative and 

quantitative sporicidal efficacy test 

methods, the use of various coupon 

materials to conduct tests, use of test 

surrogates for B. anthracis, and the 

adequacy of performance standards for 

quantitative sporicidal testing. Further, 

EPA is seeking assistance of the SAP to 

review and comment on the scientific 

basis for using a ‘‘simulated use test’’ for 

gases and vapors to support registration 

of sterilants and sporicides. 

C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting 

Minutes 

EPA’s background paper, related 

supporting materials, charge/questions 

to the FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP 

composition (i.e., members and ad hoc 

members for this meeting), and the 

meeting agenda will be available by 

mid-June. In addition, the Agency may 

provide additional background 

documents as the materials become 

available. You may obtain electronic 

copies of these documents, and certain 

other related documents that might be 

available electronically, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA 

SAP homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ 

scipoly/sap. 

The FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting 

minutes summarizing its 

recommendations to the Agency 

approximately 90 days after the 

meeting. The meeting minutes will be 

posted on the FIFRA SAP web site or 

may be obtained from the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Clifford J. Gabriel, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. E7–4276 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0191; FRL–8119–7] 

Pesticide Program Dialogue 

Committee, Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act Process 

Improvement Workgroup; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Pesticide Program 

Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) 

Process Improvement Workgroup will 

hold a public meeting on April 10, 2007. 

An agenda for this meeting is being 

developed and will be posted on EPA’s 

website. The workgroup is developing 

advice and recommendations on topics 

related to EPA’s registration process. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, April 10, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Leovey, Immediate Office, 

7501P, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7328; fax number: (703) 308–

4776; e-mail address: 

leovey.elizabeth@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 particular 

interest to persons who are concerned 

about implementation of the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). Other potentially affected 

entities may include but are not limited 

to agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry trade associations; 

environmental, consumer and 

farmworker groups; pesticide users and 

growers; pest consultants; State, local 

and Tribal governments; academia; 

public health organizations; food 

processors; and the public. Since other 

entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

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? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPPT–2007–0191. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket athttp:// 

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 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. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under theFederal Register listings 

athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. Background 

The Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) is entrusted with the 

responsibility of ensuring the safety of 

the American food supply, protection 

and education of those who apply or are 

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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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