This document is scheduled to be published in the

Federal Register on 04/04/2014 and available online at

http://federalregister.gov/a/2014-07458, and on FDsys.gov

 

 

 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0906; FRL-9905-60] 

Pesticides; Final Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Web-Distributed Labeling 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of a Pesticide Registration 

Notice (PR Notice) titled “Web-Distributed Labeling for Pesticide Products.” This PR 

Notice was issued by the Agency on March 24, 2014, and is identified as PR Notice 

2014-1. PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform 

pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, 

and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants 

and OPP personnel. This particular PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant 

concerning the process by which registrants can make legally-valid versions of pesticide 

labeling available through the Internet. Web-distributed labeling would allow users to 

retrieve a streamlined version of the pesticide product labeling, containing the directions 

for use and necessary information related to the user’s specific state and intended site of 

use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Arling, Field & External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308-5891; email address: arling.michelle@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
2

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 those persons who register and use pesticide products and to state 

regulators of pesticide products. Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency 

has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 

 The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPAHQ-OPP-2012-0906, is available either electronically through 

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPP Docket in the Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), located in EPA West, Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 

additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What Guidance Does this PR Notice Provide? 

 This final PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant concerning how EPA 

intends to implement web-distributed labeling under this voluntary system. Shorter, 

relevant labeling could be clearer and easier for the user to understand, improving 

compliance with pesticide labeling requirements and thereby protecting human health and 

the environment from unintentional misuse of pesticides. Web-distributed labeling 

would also allow for more rapid updates to pesticide labeling, meaning risk mitigation 
3

measures and new uses can reach the user more quickly than under the current paperbased system. First, the PR Notice defines terms used related to web-distributed labeling 

in this notice. It includes suggested language that registrants can use on the labeling 

affixed to or accompanying the pesticide container to reference the web-distributed 

labeling portion of labeling. It recommends content, function, and security for the 

website associated with a product’s web-distributed labeling. Finally, the PR Notice 

suggests a process by which registrants can request that a product’s labeling include webdistributed labeling and outlines what information EPA expects to receive. 

III. Do PR Notices Contain Binding Requirements? 

 The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide guidance to EPA 

personnel and decision makers and to pesticide registrants. While the requirements in the 

statutes and Agency regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is 

not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart from the 

guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

registrants may assert that the guidance is not appropriate generally or not applicable to a 

specific pesticide or situation. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y.
4

List of Subjects 

 Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Agricultural 

commodities, Pesticides and pests. 

Dated: March 24, 2014. 

Marty Monell 

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014-07458 Filed 04/03/2014 at 8:45 am; Publication Date: 04/04/2014]