Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 23, 1997 / Notices 67071

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information. Respondents/

Affected Entities: Wood Furniture

Manufacturers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

750.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

quarterly, semi-annually and annual

reports are required.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

91,430 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $34,830.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No.1716.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0324 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–33454 Filed 12–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5939–3]

Environmental Laboratory Advisory

Board; Nominees, Meeting Date and

Agenda

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will convene an open

meeting of the Environmental

Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) on

January 16, 1998, from 1 pm to 5 pm.

This meeting immediately follows the

National Environmental Laboratory

Accreditation Conference (NELAC)

Third Interim Meeting and will be held

in the Sheraton National Hotel at 900

South Orme Street in Arlington, VA.

Directions can be obtained from the

hotel by calling 703/521–2122.

The agenda will include discussions

on (1) the fact findings of the Good

Laboratory Practices subcommittee,

which will present its final report; (2)

consideration of a request to establish a

separate fact finding subcommittee on

third party assessors; and (3) a report

from NELAC on issues regarding

implementation. Comments on the

NELAC standards, as discussed during

the Third Interim Meeting, will be

solicited. Standards are scheduled to be

posted on the electronic bulletin board

on December 13, 1997. The Internet site

address for the standards is: http://

ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov/html/nelac/

nelac.htm.

The public is encouraged to attend.

Time will be allotted for public

comment. Written comments are most

valuable and should be directed to Ms.

Jeanne Mourrain; Designated Federal

Officer; USEPA; NERL (MD–75A);

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. If

questions arise, please contact Ms.

Mourrain at 919/541–1120, fax 919/

541–4261, or E-mail

mourrain.jeanne@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Nancy W. Wentworth,

Director, Quality Assurance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–33453 Filed 12–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–64036; FRL 5764–2]

Notice of Termination of the Use of

Methamidophos on All Crops Except

Cotton and Potatoes, and Cancellation

of All Methamidophos 24(c) Food-Use

Registration Not Labeled for Use on

Tomatoes Only

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 its response to requests for

amendment by Bayer Corporation and

Valent USA, the sole U.S. registrants of

the insecticide methamidophos, to

terminate the use of methamidophos on

all agricultural crops except cotton and

potatoes by deleting all other uses from

all methamidophos FIFRA section 3

registrations, and to cancel all section

24(c) food-use registrations not labeled

for use on tomatoes only.

DATES: These terminations and

cancellations are effective on December

31, 1997, subject to the existing stocks

provision specified herein.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Philip Poli, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508W),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location, telephone number, and

e-mail: Special Review Branch, Crystal

Station #1, 3rd floor, 2800 Crystal Drive,

Arlington, VA, (703) 308–8038; e-mail:

poli.philip@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

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 canceled or

amended to terminate 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 and provide for

a 30–day public comment period.

Thereafter, the Administrator of EPA

may approve such a request, unless the

Administrator determines, in the case of

a pesticide that is registered for a minor

agricultural use, that the cancellation or

termination of uses would adversely

affect the availability of the pesticide for

use. If such a determination is made,

unless certain exceptions apply, the

Administrator may not approve or reject

a request until 180 days have passed

from the date of publication in the

Federal Register of the notice of receipt.

Methamidophos is registered for

minor agricultural uses that would be

affected by a termination of uses and

cancellation of registrations.

Accordingly, in a July 2, 1997 Federal

Register notice announcing receipt of

these requests for termination/

cancellation, the Administrator set forth

a 180–day effective schedule for

approval of the requests.

II. Background

EPA conducted an occupational risk

assessment that estimated risks

associated with short-and intermediateterm exposures of agricultural workers

to methamidophos. The assessment

indicated that the risks to workers of