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Rd., Room B–116, N Syracuse, NY and 

Crystal Park 5, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 

804, Arlington, VA will assist the Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT) in evaluating the exposure of 

new chemical substances, including 

microorganisms and nanomaterials. 

They will also assist in evaluating the 

fate and exposure of existing chemicals 

and review data bearing on the fate and 

exposure of such chemicals. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA 

has determined that under Contract 

Number (EP–W–10–005), Versar and its 

subcontractor will require access to CBI 

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 

and 8 of TSCA to perform successfully 

the duties specified under the contract. 

Versar and its subcontractor’s personnel 

will be given access to information 

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 

and 8 of TSCA. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under 

sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA that EPA 

may provide Versar and its 

subcontractor access to these CBI 

materials on a need-to-know basis only. 

All access to TSCA CBI under this 

contract will take place at EPA 

Headquarters and SRC’s sites located at 

7502 Round Pond Rd., Room B–116, N 

Syracuse, NY and Crystal Park 5, 2451 

Crystal Drive, Suite 804, Arlington, VA 

in accordance with EPA’s TSCA CBI 

Protection Manual. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until December 31, 2014. 

If the contract is extended, this access 

will also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. 

Versar and its subcontractor’s 

personnel will be required to sign 

nondisclosure agreements and will be 

briefed on appropriate security 

procedures before they are permitted 

access to TSCA CBI. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Confidential business information. 

Dated: January 13, 2010. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–958 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 a.m.] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0129; FRL–8806–7] 

Sulfometuron Methyl Amendment to 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

decision to modify certain risk 

mitigation measures that were specified 

in the 2008 Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision (RED) for the herbicide 

sulfometuron methyl. EPA conducted 

this reassessment of the Sulfometuron 

Methyl RED in response to public 

comments and risk reduction proposals 

received during the comment period 

following the Sulfometuron Methyl 

RED. Based on the new information 

received, and in a continuing effort to 

mitigate risk, the Agency has made 

certain modifications to the 

Sulfometuron Methyl RED. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rusty Wasem, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6979; fax number: 

(703) 308–7070; e-mail address: 

wasem.russell@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, farm 

worker and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users, and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since other parties may also 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 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–2008–0129. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2008–0129), or 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. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

directs EPA to reevaluate existing 

pesticides to ensure that they meet 

current scientific and regulatory 

standards. In 2008, EPA issued a RED 

for sulfometuron methyl under section 

4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. In response to a 

notice of availability published in the 

Federal Register of November 12, 2008 

(73 FR 219) (FRL–8388–5), the Agency 

received comments and mitigation 

proposals submitted by the technical 

registrant, user groups, and individuals. 

The Agency’s response to comments is 

available for viewing in the docket. The 

amended Sulfometuron Methyl RED 

reflects changes resulting from Agency 

consideration of these comments and 

mitigation proposals. The RED 

amendment for sulfometuron methyl 

concludes EPA’s reregistration 

eligibility decision making process for 

this herbicide. 

Stakeholder comments, mitigation 

proposals, and other information 

received by the Agency following the 

publication of the Sulfometuron Methyl 

RED allowed EPA to further refine the 

ecological risk assessment for non-target 

plant species and to revise the buffer 

zone requirements for sulfometuron 

methyl. Based on the comments and 

proposals, EPA also refined the 

occupational handler exposure risk 

estimates and revised the personal 

protective equipment (PPE) 

requirements for sulfometuron methyl. 

The label table incorporated into the 

Sulfometuron Methyl RED amendment 

includes modifications which specify 

label language for required application 

parameters, buffer zones, and PPE 

requirements. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing the active 

ingredient are eligible for reregistration,’’ 

before calling in product specific data 

on individual end-use products and 


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either reregistering products or taking 

other ‘‘appropriate regulatory action.’’ 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Sulfometuron methyl. 

Dated: January 12, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–834 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0091; FRL–8806–8] 

Issuance of an Experimental Use 

Permit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted an 

experimental use permit (EUP) to the 

following pesticide applicant. An EUP 

permits use of a pesticide for 

experimental or research purposes only 

in accordance with the limitations in 

the permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susanne Cerrelli, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8077; e-mail address: 

cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. 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 conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, 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 information in this action, 

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–2009–0091. 

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. EUP 

EPA has issued the following EUP: 

29964-EUP-6 —Issuance. Pioneer HiBred International, Incorporated, 2450 

Southeast Oak Tree Court, Ankeny, IA 

50021. This EUP allows the use of the 

following plant-incorporated 

protectants: 

1. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F 

protein and the genetic material 

necessary (vector PHP8999) for its 

production in corn event TC1507 

[Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development (OECD) Unique 

Identifier: DAS-01507-1] 

2. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 

and Cry35Ab1 proteins and the genetic 

material necessary (vector PHP17662) 

for their production in corn event DAS59122-7 (OECD Unique Identifier: DAS59122-7) 

3. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab 

delta-endotoxin protein and the genetic 

material necessary (vector pZO1502) for 

its production in corn event Bt11 (OECD 

Unique Identifier: SYN-BT011-1) 

4. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab 

delta-endotoxin protein and the genetic 

material necessary (vector PV-ZMCT01) 

for its production in corn event MON 

810 (OECD Unique Identifier: MON00810-6) 

5. Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 

insecticidal protein and the genetic 

material necessary (vector pNOV1300) 

in corn event MIR162 (OECD Unique 

Identifier: SYN-IR162-4) 

6. Bacillus thuringiensis mCry3A 

protein and the genetic material 

necessary (vector pZM26) in corn event 

MIR604 (OECD Unique Identifier: SYNIR604-5) 

These plant-incorporated protectants 

will be planted in the following 

combinations: 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 

• TC1507 x MON 810 

• DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 

• TC1507 

• DAS-59122-7 

• MON 810 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 

• Bt11 

• MIR604 

• MIR162 

• Bt11 x MIR604 

• Bt11 x MIR162 

• Bt11 x MIR162 x MIR604 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 

x MIR162 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 

x MIR604 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MIR162 x 

MIR604 

• TC1507 x MON 810 x MIR162 x 

MIR604 

• DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 x MIR162 

x MIR604 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MIR162 

• TC1507 x DAS-59122-7 x MIR604 

• TC1507 x MON 810 x MIR162 

• TC1507 x MON 810 x MIR604 

• TC1507 x MIR162 x MIR604 

• DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 x MIR162 

• DAS-59122-7 x MON 810 x MIR604 

• DAS-59122-7 x MIR162 x MIR604 

• MON 810 x MIR162 x MIR604 

• TC1507 x MIR162 

• TC1507 x MIR604 

• DAS-59122-7 x MIR162 

• DAS-59122-7 x MIR604 

• MON 810 x MIR162 

• MON 810 x MIR604 

• MIR162 x MIR604 

The quantity authorized equates to 

68,066 pounds of corn seed [containing 

62 grams (0.137 pounds) of Cry1F 

protein, 787 grams (1.74 pounds) of 

Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 proteins, 27 

grams (0.060 pounds) of Cry1Ab 

protein, 347 grams (0.765 pounds) of 

Vip3Aa20 protein, and 11 grams (0.024 

pounds) of mCry3A protein] on 4,126 

acres. The program is authorized only in 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 

the States of Arkansas, California, 

Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, 

Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, 

Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, 

Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and 

Wisconsin. The EUP is effective from 

April 22, 2009, to March 31, 2010, and 

allows for trial protocols—concentrating 

on nursery/breeding observation, yield 

and agronomic evaluation, efficacy, 

insect resistance management, seed 

production, and regulatory studies—to 

be conducted. Under 40 CFR Part 174, 

permanent exemptions from tolerance 

have been established for residues of 

each of the active ingredients in or on 

all corn commodities. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: January 7, 2010. 

Keith A. Matthews, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–956 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am] 

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