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PUMPOUT FACILITIES WITHIN THE NO DISCHARGE AREA

(Camden, Rockport, and Rockland) 

Name Location Contact info. Hours Mean low 

water depth 

Harbormaster ........................... Town Landing Camden .......... 207–236–3353, VHF 16 ......... 8am–5pm, 7 days ................... N/A. 

Wayfarer Marine ...................... 59 Sea Street Camden ........... 207–236–4378, VHF 9 ........... 8am–5pm, 7days .................... 10 ft. 

Journey’s End Marina .............. 120 Tilson Ave. Rockland ....... 207–598–4444, VHF 9 ........... 8am–5pm, 7 days ................... 8 ft. 

Landings Marina ...................... Commercial Street Rockland .. 207–596–6573, VHF 9 ........... 9am–5pm, 7 days ................... 5 ft. 

City of Rockland ...................... Rockland Public Landing 

Rockland.

207–594–0312, VHF 9 ........... 9am–5pm, 7 days ................... 6 ft. 

Trident Yacht Basin ................. 60 Ocean Street Rockland ..... 207–236–8100, VHF 9 ........... 9am–5pm, 7 days ................... 23 ft. 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, New England Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1581 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0681; FRL–8437–2] 

Draft Test Guidelines; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of four draft test guidelines 

for Product Performance of Public 

Health Uses of Antimicrobial Agents for 

public review and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0681, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

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 Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’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 Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009– 

0681. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line 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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. 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 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 Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

Electronic access to the OPPTS Test 

Guidelines: To access the OPPTS 

harmonized test guidelines 

electronically, please go to http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppts and select ‘‘Test 

Methods & Guidelines’’ on the left side 

navigation menu. You may also access 

the guidelines in http:// 

www.regulations.gov grouped by series 

under dockets ID numbers EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2009–0150 through EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2009–0159, and EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2009–0576. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: 

Communications Services Branch 

(7506P), Field and External Affairs 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone numbers: 

(703) 305–5017 and TDD: (202) 554– 

0551; fax number: (703) 305–5558. 

For technical information contact: 

Michele Wingfield, Antimicrobials 

Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–6349; fax number: 

(703) 305–5620; e-mail address: 

wingfield.michele@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

These draft guidelines are part of a 

series of test guidelines established by 

the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 

Toxic Substances (OPPTS) for use in 

testing pesticides and chemical 

substances to develop data for 

submission to the Agency under the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

(15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.), the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136, et seq.), and 

section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug 

and Cosmetic (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 346a). 

The OPPTS test guidelines serve as a 

compendium of accepted scientific 


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methodologies and protocols that are 

intended to provide data to inform 

regulatory decisions under TSCA, 

FIFRA, and/or FFDCA. The test 

guidelines provide guidance for 

conducting the test, and are also used by 

EPA, the public, and the companies that 

are subject to data submission 

requirements under TSCA, FIFRA, and/ 

or the FFDCA. 

As a guidance document, the test 

guidelines are not binding on either 

EPA or any outside parties, and the EPA 

may depart from the test guidelines 

where circumstances warrant and 

without prior notice. The procedures 

contained in the test guidelines are 

recommended for generating the data 

that are the subject of the test guideline, 

but EPA recognizes that departures may 

be appropriate in specific situations. 

You may propose alternatives to the 

recommendations described in the test 

guidelines, and the Agency will assess 

them for appropriateness on a case-bycase basis. 

II. 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 are or may be required to conduct 

testing of pesticides and chemical 

substances for submission to EPA under 

FIFRA and/or FFDCA, 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 

technical 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 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 the 

estimate. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggested 

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. 

III. Overview 

A. What Action is EPA Taking? 

EPA is announcing the availability for 

public review and comment of the 

following four draft test guidelines 

under Series 810–Product Performance 

Test Guidelines for Public Health Uses 

of Antimicrobial Agents: 

• OPPTS 810.2000 - General Considerations 

for Public Health Uses of Antimicrobial 

Agents. 

• OPPTS 810.2100 – Sterilants - Efficacy 

Data Recommendations. 

• OPPTS 810.2200 - Disinfectants for Use 

on Hard Surfaces—Efficacy Data 

Recommendations. 

• OPPTS 810.2300 - Sanitizers for Use on 

Hard Surfaces—Efficacy Data 

Recommendations. 

These guidelines address efficacy 

testing for antimicrobial agents intended 

to be used on hard, inanimate, 

environmental surfaces, and which bear 

label claims as sterilants, disinfectants, 

and/or sanitizers. Data from these 

studies are used to support the labeling 

claims for public health related 

antimicrobial agents. 

B. How Were These Test Guidelines 

Developed? 

The product performance use 

guidelines for antimicrobial agents were 

last updated in 1982 under the 

‘‘Pesticide Assessment Guidelines - 

Subdivision G, Product Performance.’’ 

Since then, the Agency has presented 

several issues at two separate meetings 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific 

Advisory Panel (SAP) (one in September 

1997 and the other in July 2007) related 

to the conduct of studies for 

antimicrobial agents. In addition to 

formatting changes to incorporate the 

guidelines into the OPPTS guidelines 

series 810, EPA has added sections that 

incorporate the recommendations from 

the two SAPs, new guidelines and 

clarifications from other guidance 

documents, and comments from the 

regulated industry. In particular, a new 

section has been added that describes 

the data to be submitted to support 

labeling claims against two spore 

forming bacteria, Bacillus anthracis and 

Clostridium difficile. Altogether, these 

revised guidelines, once final, will 

represent the Agency’s current 

recommendations for conducting 

studies to support antimicrobial 

pesticide label claims. 

On October 8, 2008, EPA published in 

the Federal Register a proposed rule 

entitled ‘‘Data Requirements for 

Antimicrobial Pesticides’’ (73 FR 59382). 

Proposed § 158.2220 (40 CFR part 158) 

contains a table entitled ‘‘Antimicrobial 

Product Performance Data 

Requirements,’’ which referenced under 

the Guidelines Number column the 91 

series of guidelines. EPA’s intention is 

to replace the 91 series designations 

with the appropriate reference to the 

810 series designations under 810.2000. 

Therefore, at the time of the publication 

of the final rule, appropriate references 

to the OPPTS test guideline numbers 

and names will be incorporated into the 

final data requirement regulations. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemical 

testing, Test guidelines. 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 

Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1323 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0091; FRL–8807–3] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Amendment and Extension 

Application; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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