17052 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 57 / Friday, March 23, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Aimee Hessert, 

Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7031 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0038; FRL–9339–2] 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and Department of 

Agriculture; Memorandum of 

Understanding Regarding Genetically 

Engineered Plants; Clarification and 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; clarification and 

correction. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of February 1, 2012, 

concerning a Memorandum of 

Understanding between the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and the Department of 

Agriculture regarding genetically 

engineered plants. This document is 

being issued to clarify and correct the 

notice announcing the Memorandum of 

Understanding. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mario Steadman, Information 

Technology and Resources Management 

Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–8338, 

steadman.mario@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

The Agency included in the notice a 

list of those who may be potentially 

affected by this action. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0038. 

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 Office of 

Pesticide Programs (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. 

II. What does this correction do? 

In the SUMMARY of the notice 

published on February 1, 2012, (77 FR 

5012) (FRL–9328–7), announcing the 

Memorandum of Understanding, it was 

stated that the Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention and the Food 

and Drug Administration would 

perform work for EPA’s Office of 

Pesticide Programs. However, under the 

Memorandum of Understanding neither 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention nor the Food and Drug 

Administration will perform any work 

for OPP; therefore EPA is correcting the 

SUMMARY to the notice announcing the 

Memorandum of Understanding. 

FR Doc. 2012–2198, published in the 

Federal Register of February 1, 2012, at 

page 5012 is corrected as follows: 

On page 5012, in the third column, in 

EPA document ‘‘EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 

0038,’’ the SUMMARY for the 

Memorandum of Understanding is 

corrected to read: SUMMARY: This notice 

announces that pesticide-related 

information submitted to EPA’s Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA), including information that 

may have been claimed as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) by 

submitters in accordance with 40 CFR 

2.309(c) and 2.308(h)(2) will be shared 

with the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). The 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

will support and encourage cooperation 

and communication between USDA, 

HHS’ Food and Drug Administration 

and Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and EPA in the regulatory 

oversight over genetically engineered 

plants and the foods derived from such 

plants. Under the MOU, USDA’s Office 

of Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service/Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services (APHIS/BRS) and EPA agree to 

share with each other information about 

genetically engineered plants and the 

foods derived from such plants, 

including non-public information 

exempt from public disclosure usually 

referred to as ‘‘confidential business 

information’’ and/or ‘‘trade secrets.’’ 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Confidential business information, 

Interagency agreements, Memorandum 

of Understanding, Pesticides and pests. 

Dated: March 8, 2012. 

Michael Hardy, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6926 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0231; FRL–9342–6] 

Metaldehyde; Notice of Receipt of 

Request To Voluntarily Amend a 

Registration To Terminate Certain 

Uses 

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 receipt of a request by the 

registrant to voluntarily amend its 

metaldehyde product registration to 

terminate or delete one or more uses. 

The request would delete metaldehyde 

use in or on all but the following sites: 

Artichokes, blueberries, caneberries 

(bingleberry, black raspberry, 

blackberry, boysenberry, dewberry, 

lowberry, marionberry, olallieberry, red 

raspberry, youngberry) and other berries 

(currant, elderberry, gooseberry, 

huckleberry, loganberry, lingonberry, 

juneberry, salal), citrus, lettuce, cole 

crops and other leafy greens (broccoli, 

Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, 

cavalo, broccolo, collards, kale, 

kohlrabi, mizuna, mustard greens, 

mustard spinach, rape greens), grass 

grown for seed, ornamentals, prickly 

pear cactus, tomato, strawberry, 

watercress, and use sites with directions 

for use in state and/or Federal invasive 

mollusk eradication operations. The 

request would not terminate the last 

metaldehyde product registered for use 

in the United States. EPA intends to 

grant this request at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the request, or unless the registrant 

withdraws its request. If this request is 

granted, any sale, distribution, or use of 

products listed in this notice will be 

permitted after the uses are terminated 


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