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TABLE — REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED FINAL DECISIONS—Continued 

Registration Review 

Case 

Name and 

Number 

Pesticide 

Docket 

ID Number 

Chemical Review 

Manager,Telephone 

Number, E-mail 

Address 

Wood Oils 

and 

Gums 

(3150) 

EPA– 

HQ– 

OPP– 

2009– 

0258 

Sadaf Shaukat, 

(703) 347–8670, 

shaukat.sadaf@epa.gov 

The registration review docket for a 

pesticide includes earlier documents 

related to the registration review of the 

case. For example, the review opened 

with the posting of a Summary 

Document, containing a Preliminary 

Work Plan, for public comment. A Final 

Work Plan was posted to the docket 

following public comment on the initial 

docket. The documents in the initial 

dockets described the Agency’s 

rationales for not conducting additional 

risk assessments for the registration 

review of the pesticides included in the 

table in Unit II.A. These proposed 

registration review decisions continue 

to be supported by those rationales 

included in documents in the initial 

dockets. 

Following public comment, the 

Agency will issue final registration 

review decisions for products 

containing the pesticides listed in the 

table in Unit II.A. 

The registration review program is 

being conducted under congressionally 

mandated time frames, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. 

Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, required EPA to 

establish by regulation procedures for 

reviewing pesticide registrations, 

originally with a goal of reviewing each 

pesticide’s registration every 15 years to 

ensure that a pesticide continues to 

meet the FIFRA standard for 

registration. The Agency’s final rule to 

implement this program was issued in 

August 2006 and became effective in 

October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR 

part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2003 

(PRIA) was amended and extended in 

September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by 

PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete 

registration review decisions by October 

1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as 

of October 1, 2007. 

The registration review final rule at 40 

CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 

60–day public comment period on all 

proposed registration review decisions. 

This comment period is intended to 

provide an opportunity for public input 

and a mechanism for initiating any 

necessary amendments to the proposed 

decision. All comments should be 

submitted using the methods in 

ADDRESSES, and must be received by 

EPA on or before the closing date. These 

comments will become part of the 

docket for the pesticides included in the 

table in Unit II.A. Comments received 

after the close of the comment period 

will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not 

required to consider these late 

comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and will provide a ‘‘Response to 

Comments Memorandum’’ in the docket. 

The final registration review decision 

will explain the effect that any 

comments had on the decision and 

provide the Agency’s response to 

significant comments. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of these pesticides are provided 

at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/ 

reg_review_status.htm. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Pesticides and pests, Streptomyces 

Strain K 61, Wood Oils and Gums. 

Dated: June 16, 2010. 

W. Michael McDavit, 

Acting Director, Biopesticide and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18542 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008-0723; FRL–8838–1] 

Methidathion; Registration Review 

Proposed Decision; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed 

registration review decision for the 

pesticide methidathion and opens a 

public comment period on the proposed 

decision. Registration review is EPA’s 

periodic review of pesticide 

registrations to ensure that each 

pesticide continues to satisfy the 

statutory standard for registration, that 

is, that the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on human health or the 

environment. Through this program, 

EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s 

registration is based on current 

scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 27, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0723, 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’s telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2008–0723. 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 e-mail. 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 


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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’s 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide-specific information, contact: 

Jose Gayoso, Chemical Review Manager, 

Pesticide Re-evaluation Division 

(7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 347–8652; fax number: (703) 308– 

8005; e-mail address: 

gayoso.jose@epa.gov. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–5026; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; e-mail address: 

costello.kevin@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, 

farmworkers, 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 

chemical review manager 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 as 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 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

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. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice 

announces the availability of EPA’s 

proposed registration review decision 

for the pesticide, methidathion, case 

number 0034, and opens a 60–day 

public comment period on the proposed 

decision. Methidathion is a nonsystemic, organophosphate (OP) used as 

an insecticide/acaricide on a wide 

variety of terrestrial food and feed crops 

and terrestrial non-food crops. The 

pesticide acts through inhibition of 

acetylcholinesterase and is used to kill 

a broad range of insects and mites. 

There are no residential uses. 

The registration review docket for a 

pesticide includes earlier documents 

related to the registration review of the 

case. For example, the review opened 

with the posting of a Summary 

Document, containing a Preliminary 

Work Plan for public comment. A Final 

Work Plan was posted to the docket 

following public comment on the initial 

docket. 

As stated in the Methidathion 

Preliminary Work Plan and 

Methidathion Final Work Plan for 

registration review, the Agency had 

intended to revise the existing risk 

assessments for methidathion. However, 

after the publication of the 

Methidathion Final Work Plan, 

pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended, the Agency 

announced receipt of requests to 

voluntarily cancel all methidathion 

product registrations from the 

registrants of methidathion. After a 30– 

day comment period, EPA granted the 

voluntary cancellation requests 

establishing effective cancellation dates 

(75 FR 30824) (FRL–8828–4) for all of 

the products registered for use in the 

United States containing the active 

ingredient methidathion. 

Following public comment, the 

Agency will issue a final registration 

review decision for products containing 

methidathion. 

The registration review program is 

being conducted under congressionally 

mandated timeframes, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA, as amended, 

required EPA to establish, by regulation, 

procedures for reviewing pesticide 

registrations, originally with a goal of 

reviewing each pesticide’s registration 

every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide 

continues to meet the FIFRA standard 

for registration. The Agency’s final rule 

to implement this program was issued 

in August 2006, and became effective in 


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October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR 

part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2003 

(PRIA) was amended and extended in 

September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by 

PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete 

registration review decisions by October 

1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as 

of October 1, 2007. 

The registration review final rule at 40 

CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 

60–day public comment period on all 

proposed registration review decisions. 

This comment period is intended to 

provide an opportunity for public input 

and a mechanism for initiating any 

necessary amendments to the proposed 

decision. All comments should be 

submitted using the methods in 

ADDRESSES, and must be received by 

EPA on or before the closing date. These 

comments will become part of the 

docket for methidathion. Comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not 

required to consider these late 

comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and will provide a ‘‘Response to 

Comments Memorandum’’ in the docket. 

The final registration review decision 

will explain the effect that any 

comments had on the decision and 

provide the Agency’s response to 

significant comments. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of methidathion are provided at: 

http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/methidathion/ 

index.htm. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Pesticides and pests, Methidathion. 

Dated: July 21, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18539 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9181–4] 

EPA Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of 

Candidates for the National 

Environmental Education Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education Staff Office is 

soliciting applications for 

environmental education professionals 

for consideration on the National 

Environmental Education Advisory 

Council (NEEAC). There is currently a 

vacancy on the Advisory Council that 

must be filled: one College and 

University representative (2010–2013). 

Additional avenues and resources may 

be utilized in the solicitation of 

applications. 

DATES: Applications should be 

submitted by September 30, 2010 per 

instructions below. 

ADDRESSES: Submit non-electronic 

application materials to Ginger Potter, 

Designated Federal Officer, National 

Environmental Education Advisory 

Council, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education (MC:1704A), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, Ph: 202–564– 

0443, FAX: 202–564–2754, e-mail: 

potter.ginger@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations, please contact Ms. Ginger 

Potter, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA National Environmental 

Education Advisory Council, at 

potter.ginger@epa.gov or (202) 564– 

0443. General information concerning 

NEEAC can be found on the EPA Web 

site at: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Section 9(a) and (b) of the 

National Environmental Education Act 

of 1990 (Pub. L. L–101–619) mandates a 

National Environmental Education 

Advisory Council. The Advisory 

Council provides the Administrator 

with advice and recommendations on 

EPA implementation of the National 

Environmental Education Act. In 

general, the Act is designed to increase 

public understanding of environmental 

issues and problems, and to improve the 

training of environmental education 

professionals. EPA will achieve these 

goals, in part, by awarding grants and/ 

or establishing partnerships with other 

Federal agencies, state and local 

education and natural resource 

agencies, not-for-profit organizations, 

universities, and the private sector to 

encourage and support environmental 

education and training programs. The 

Council is also responsible for preparing 

a national biennial report to Congress 

that will describe and assess the extent 

and quality of environmental education, 

discuss major obstacles to improving 

environmental education, and identify 

the skill, education, and training needs 

for environmental professionals. 

The National Environmental 

Education Act requires that the Council 

be comprised of eleven (11) members 

appointed by the Administrator of EPA. 

Members represent a balance of 

perspectives, professional 

qualifications, and experience. The Act 

specifies that members must represent 

the following sectors: Primary and 

secondary education (one of whom shall 

be a classroom teacher)—two members; 

colleges and universities—two 

members; business and industry—two 

members; non profit organizations 

involved in environmental education— 

two members; state departments of 

education and natural resources—one 

member each; senior Americans—one 

member. Members are chosen to 

represent various geographic regions of 

the country, and the Council strives for 

a diverse representation. The 

professional backgrounds of Council 

members should include education, 

science, policy, or other appropriate 

disciplines. Each member of the Council 

shall hold office for a one (1) to three 

(3) year period. Members are expected 

to participate in up to two (2) meetings 

per year and monthly or more 

conference calls per year. Members of 

the Council shall receive compensation 

and allowances, including travel 

expenses, at a rate fixed by the 

Administrator. 

Expertise Sought: The NEEAC staff 

office seeks candidates with 

demonstrated experience and/or 

knowledge in any of the following 

environmental education issue areas: (a) 

Integrating environmental education 

into state and local education reform 

and improvement; (b) state, local and 

tribal level capacity building; (c) crosssector partnerships; (d) leveraging 

resources for environmental education; 

(e) design and implementation of 

environmental education research; (f) 

evaluation methodology; professional 

development for teachers and other 

education professionals; and (g) 


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