Posting an FDMS Docket without a Federal Register Notice

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: Posting EPA

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- OPP-2011-0668 to Regulations.gov for Public Access

FROM:

Thru: Thomas Harris

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.**~**This memorandum authorizes the posting of EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0668 to Regulations.gov for public access.

The Agency is proposing to register the new activ e ingredient, cyantraniliprole, an insecticide formulated as a technical product and fourteen end use products. The proposed uses for cyantraniliprole include:

Agricultural crops bushberry (subgroup 13-07B); fruit, citrus (group 10-10); fruit, pome (group 11-10); fruit, stone (group 12-12); nut, tree (group 14-12); oilseed (group 20); vegetable, Brassica leafy (group 5); vegetable, bulb (group 3-07); vegetable, cucurbit (group 9); vegetable, fruiting (group 8-10); vegetable, leafy (excep t Brassica) (group 4) vegetable, tuberous and corm (subgroup 1C)

Ornamentals and turf ornamental plants, shrubs, trees in an d around greenhouses, nurseries, lath- and shade-houses, and interior plantscapes landscape and recreational turfgr ass (including golf courses)

sod farms Structures and equipment in and around agricultural, commercial, and residential structures (excluding food/feed handling establishments) transportation equipment

This document will be open for publ ic comment from 6/6/2013 to 7/6/2013.

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0668, by one of the following methods:

• www.regulations.gov : Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protec tion Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Av e., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.

• Hand Delivery: Office of Pesticide Program s Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., 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 th e Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-5805.EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail.

The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 http://www.regulations.gov

, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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, avoid any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm

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Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Thomas Harris at 703-308-9423, or via email at harris.thomas@epa.gov

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