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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 

mecoprop-p. Such comments and input 

could address, for example, the 

availability of additional data to further 

refine the risk assessments, such as 

typical use rate 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 mecoprop-p. Risks of 

concern associated with the use of 

mecoprop-p are potential effects to some 

terrestrial and aquatic organisms. In 

targeting these risks of concern, 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 

mecoprop-p, compared to the general 

population. 

EPA is applying the principles of 

public participation to all pesticides 

undergoing reregistration. 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 mecoprop-p, a modified, 4-Phase 

process with one comment period and 

ample opportunity for public 

consultation seems appropriate in view 

of its few complex issues. 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 

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 mecopropp. 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.’’

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–7676 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0244; FRL–8125–6] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests for 

Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain 

Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of request for 

amendments by registrants to delete 

uses in certain pesticide registrations. 

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 amended to delete one 

or more uses. FIFRA further provides 

that, before acting on the request, EPA 

must publish a notice of receipt of any 

request in the Federal Register. 

DATES: The deletions are effective by 

October 22, 2007 or May 25, 2007 for 

registrations for which the registrant 

requested a waiver of the 180–day 

comment period. The Agency will 

consider withdrawal requests 

postmarked no later than October 22, 

2007 or May 25, 2007, whichever is 

applicable. Comments must be received 

on or before October 22, 2007 or May 

25, 2007, for those registrations where 

the 180–day comment period has been 

waived. 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant on or before October 22, 2007 

or May 25, 2007 for registrations for 

which the registrant requested a waiver 

of the 180–day comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal 

request, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2007–0244, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Attention: John Jamula, 

Information Technology and Resources 

Management Division (7502P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Jamula, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division 

(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–6426; e-mail address: 

jamula.john@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to persons who 

produce or use pesticides, 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 information in this notice, 

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–

OPP–2007–0244 Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 


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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 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 the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

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

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of applications from registrants 

to delete uses in certain pesticide 

registrations. These registrations are 

listed in Table 1 of this unit by 

registration number, product name, 

active ingredient, and specific uses 

deleted: 

TABLE 1.—REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDES

EPA Reg. No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label 

000352–00342 DuPont Lannate SP Insecticide Methomyl Strawberry 

000352–00384 DuPont Lannate LV Insecticide Methomyl Strawberry 

000432–1288 Baygon Technical Propoxur Crack and Crevice Use 

000769–00978 AllPro Baracide 5PS Pelleted Herbicide Sodium Chlorate Right-of-Ways 

004787–00033 Cheminova Methyl Parathion Technical Methyl Parathion Cabbage, Dried Beans, Dried Peas, Hops, Lentils, 

Pecans, and Sugar Beets 

066222–00003 Pyrinex 4EC Chlorpyrifos All Fire Ant Uses 

066222–00005 Pyrinex 2E Chlorpyrifos All Fire Ant Uses 

066222–00006 Pyrinex 2E Insecticide Chlorpyrifos All Fire Ant Uses 

066222–00018 Chlorpyrifos 15G Chlorpyrifos All Fire Ant Uses 

066222–00019 Chlorpyrifos 4E AG Chlorpyrifos All Fire Ant Uses 

073049–00274 Pyrenone W.B. 5.0 – 0.5 Pyrethrins Food Use 

073409–00101 SBP–1382 T.E.C. 6% Resmethrin Food Use 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant before October 22, 2007 or 

May 25, 2007 for registrations for which 

the registrant requested a waiver of the 

180–day comment period, to discuss 

withdrawal of the application for 

amendment. This time period will also 

permit interested members of the public 

to intercede with registrants prior to the 

Agency’s approval of the deletion. A 

request to waive the 180–day comment 

period has been received for the 

following registrations: 432–1288; 769–

978;66222–3; 66222–5; 66222–6; 66222–

18; 66222–19 4787–33. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and addresses of record for all 

registrants of the products listed in 

Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA 

company number. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE PRODUCTS

EPA Company no. Company Name and Address 

000352 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Dupont Crop Protection (s300/427), PO Box 30, Newark, DE 19714–

0030 

000432 Bayer Environmental Science, A Business Group of Bayer Cropscience LP, PO Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 

000769 Value Gardens Supply, LlC, d/b/a Value Garden Supply, Po Box 585, Saint Joseph, MO 64502 

004787 Cheminova Inc., Agent For: Cheminova A/S, 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209–2510 

066222 Makhteshim-Agan of North America Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Rd Ste 300, Raleigh, NC 27609 

073049 Valent Biosciences Corp., 870 Technology Way, Suite 100, Libertyville, IL 60048–6316 

III. 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 amended to 

delete one or more uses. The Act further 

provides that, before acting on the 

request, EPA must publish a notice of 

receipt of any such request in the 

Federal Register. Thereafter, the 


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Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for use deletion must submit the 

withdrawal in writing to John Jamula 

using the methods in ADDRESSES. The 

Agency will consider written 

withdrawal requests postmarked no 

later than October 22, 2007. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

The Agency has authorized the 

registrants to sell or distribute product 

under the previously approved labeling 

for a period of 18 months after approval 

of the revision, unless other restrictions 

have been imposed, as in special review 

actions. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Robert Forrest, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–7769 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2004–0032; FRL–8124–3] 

Formetanate Hydrochloride; 

Modification and Closure of Interim 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision; 

Notice 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

intention to modify certain risk 

mitigation measures that were imposed 

as a result of the 2006 Interim 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision 

(IRED) for the pesticide formetanate 

hydrochloride (HCl). EPA conducted 

this reassessment of the formetanate HCl 

IRED in response to comments received 

regarding endpoints chosen for the 

assessment. The Agency agreed that the 

toxicity endpoints fo human health risk 

assessment should be re-evaluated. 

Hence, the resulting assessment 

modified the mitigation listed in the 

IRED. Therefore, on formetanate HCl 

labels, there will be no requirement for 

closed cabs for applicators using airblast sprayers on orchard fruit and the 

Restricted Entry Intervals are modified 

for alfalfa (from 9 to 4 days), pome and 

stone fruit (from 8 to 5 days) and citrus 

fruit (from 10 to 9 days). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Parker, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

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

telephone number: (703) 306-0469; fax 

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

parker.james@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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2004–0032. 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. 

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. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

In 2006, EPA issued an IRED for 

formetanate HCl under section 

4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. Subsequent to 

publication of this IRED, the technical 

registrant submitted additional 

information and comments regarding 

the risk assessments. After reviewing 

comments received from the registrant 

(Gowan Company), regarding the use of 

bench mark dose (BMD) modeling as an 

appropriate method for selecting the 

inhalation toxicity endpoint and 

concerns for the dermal endpoint 

selected, the Agency reassessed and 

consequently modified its original 

dermal and inhalation points of 

departure of 0.1 mg/kg for inhalation 

and 10 mg/kg for dermal to 0.18 mg/kg 

for the inhalation endpoint and 15 mg/ 

kg for dermal. This change in endpoint 

selection resulted in acceptable Margins 

of Exposure (MOEs) for orchard air-blast 

applications when using double layer 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

Furthermore, the Restricted Entry 

Intervals (REIs) were reduced (from 9 to 

4 days for alfalfa, 8 to 5 days for pome 

and stone fruit and 10 to 9 days for 

citrus fruit). The Agency has also 

updated the formetanate HCl IRED 

including a Response to Comments 

memorandum and an updated label 

table. 

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, EPA is 

tailoring its public participation process 

to be commensurate with the level of 

risk, extent of use, complexity of issues, 

and degree of public concern associated 

with each pesticide. Due to its uses, 

risks, and other factors, formetanate HCl 

was reviewed through the modified 4- 

Phase public participation process. 

Through this process, EPA worked 

extensively with stakeholders and the 

public to reach the regulatory decisions 

for formetanate HCl. 

There were already two public 

comment periods for formetanate HCl 

and this updated IRED document 

addresses all issues which were raised 

during earlier comment periods. The 

Agency therefore is issuing the updated 

IRED for formetanate HCl without an 

additional comment period. 

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 end-use 

products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’


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