Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Notices 58071

that may be submitted during an

applicable comment period, is available

for inspection in the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

III. How Can I Participate in this

Meeting?

CARAT meetings are open to the

public under section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463. Outside statements by

observers are welcome. Oral statements

will be limited to 3–5 minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person per

organization present the statement. Any

person who wishes to file a written

statement may do so before or after a

CARAT meeting. These statements wil

become part of the permanent record

and will be provided to CARAT

members. The permanent record will be

available for public inspection at the

address in Section II.2 ‘‘In person’’

above.

IV. Background

CARAT was established in

accordance with the Federal Advisory

Committee Act as as a subcommittee

under the auspices of the EPA National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT. The

purpose of CARAT is to provide advice

and counsel to the Administrator of EPA

and the Secretary of Agriculture

regarding strategic approaches for pest

management planning and tolerance

reassessment for pesticides as required

by the Food Quality Protection Act of

1996 (FQPA). CARAT is preceded by

the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory

Committee and is guided by the

principles set forth by the Vice

President for EPA and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to

work together to ensure smooth

implementation of FPQA through use of

sound science, consultation with

stakeholders, increased transparency,

and reasonable transition for

agriculture. CARAT is co-chaired by

EPA Deputy Administrator Michael

McCabe and USDA Deputy Secretary

Richard Rominger. CARAT is composed

of experts that include farmers,

environmental/public interest groups,

public health officials, pediatric experts,

pesticide trade associations and

manufacturers, food processors and

distributors, academicians, and tribal,

State and local governments.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agriculture, Chemicals, Foods,

Pesticides, and Pests.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

Susan H. Wayland

Acting Administrator for Prevention,

Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 00–24783 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00678A; FRL–6748–8]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel,

Notice of Public Meeting; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

location of the October 18, 19, and 20,

2000, open meeting of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality

Protection Act (FQPA) Scientific

Advisory Panel (SAP) in which the

FIFRA SAP is reviewing a set of issues

being considered by the Agency

pertaining to the Bt plant pesticides risk

and benefit assessments.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Crystal City Marriott Hotel, 1999

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

The telephone number for the Crystal

City Marriott Hotel is (703) 413–5500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Lewis, Designated Federal Officer

(DFO), Office of Science Coordination

and Policy (7101C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 305–5369; fax

number: (703) 605–0656; e-mail address:

lewis.paul@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

chemical substances under the Federal

Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Since

other entities 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 Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

A meeting agenda is currently

available; copies of EPA primary

background documents for this meeting

will be available by late September. You

may obtain electronic copies of these

documents, and certain other related

documents that might be available

electronically, from the FIFRA SAP

Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

meeting under docket control number

OPP–00678A. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this notice, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, and other information

related to the Bt plant pesticides risk

and benefit assessments, including any

information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This official

record includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

II. Background

The original notice announcing the

FIFRA SAP meeting for October 18, 19,

and 20, 2000 (FR Doc. 00–22818) was

published in the Federal Register of

September 6, 2000 (65 FR 54001) (FRL–

58072 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Notices

6743–3). Through an administrative

error, the document contains the wrong

address for this meeting.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Martha Shimkin,

Acting Director, Office of Science

Coordination and Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–24678 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34224; FRL–6559–7]

Certain Chemicals; Completion of

Comment Period for Reregistration

Eligiblity Decision Documents

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to

section 4(g)(2) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), concludes the comment period

for the Reregistration Eligibility

Decision (RED) documents for several

pesticide chemical cases.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical questions on the RED

documents should be directed to the

appropriate Chemical Review Mangers

listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Notice Apply to Me

This notice is directed to the public

in general. As such, 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 notice,

consult the appropriate chemical review

manager listed in the table in Unit II. of

this document.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and the REDs?

You may obtain copies of this

document from the EPA Internet Home

Page at http://www.epa.gov/. On the

Home Page select ‘‘Laws and

Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations and

Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up the

entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at http:/

/www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

Copies of these RED documents are

available from EPA’s National Service

Center for Environmental Publications

(NSCEP), PO Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH

45242–2419, telephone number 1–800–

490–9198. To obtain copies you must

provide the EPA publication number

that has been assigned to the RED, as

listed in the table in Unit II. of this

document.

Copies of the REDs also are available

from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road,

Springfield, VA 22161, ATTN: Order

Desk; telephone number 1–800–553–

6847. To obtain copies you must

provide the EPA publication number

that has been assigned to the RED, as

listed in the table in Unit II. of this

document.

These REDs and RED fact sheets are

available electronically from the EPA

web site at www.epa.gov/REDs/. For

related information, see the EPA Office

of Pesticide Programs’ home page, http:/

/www.epa.gov/pesticides.

II. Background

During fiscal year 1999, EPA

completed reregistration eligibility

decisions for 14 pesticides, and issued

Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED)

documents for the pesticide active

ingredients listed below. The Agency

published a Notice in the Federal

Register on December 3, 1999 (64 FR

67902) (FRL–6395–6), announcing the

availability of RED documents for six of

these pesticides (Captan, S-Ethyl

dipropylthiocarbamate (EPTC), Folpet,

Niclosamide and 3-trifluoromethyl-4-

nitrophenol (TFM or Lamprecide), and

Pebulate). These REDs were issued as

final documents with a 60-day comment

period, which closed on February 1,

2000. In these REDs, EPA provided its

regulatory position on the current

registered uses of these pesticides and

set forth certain requirements for

product reregistration eligibility.

The Agency also published separate

Federal Register notices announcing the

availability of REDs for Sulfotepp (a

voluntary cancellation) on December 22,

1999 (64 FR 71754) (FRL–6391–2), and

triphenyltin hydroxide (TPTH) on

December 1, 1999 (64 FR 67265) (FRL–

6395–3), the latter for 90 days of public

comment. EPA will announce in the

Federal Register the cancellation of

Sulfotepp when it becomes effective in

September 2002.

No comments were submitted for the

following RED documents:

Folpet

Pebulate

Comments were submitted for the

following REDs but did not significantly

affect EPA’s regulatory position:

EPTC

Niclosamide

TFM

TPTH

Sulfotepp

These comments and the Agency’s

responses are included in the dockets

for these pesticides.

Comments were submitted for the

following REDs that changed EPA’s

regulatory position:

(none so far)

Comments were submitted and are

still under review for the following

REDs:

Captan

The EPA publication numbers for the

REDs subject to this notice are presented

below.

Chemical Name Chemical Review Manager/Phone No./

E-mail address Case Number RED Signature Date EPA Publication Number

Captan ........................ Kylie Rothwell; 703–308–8055;

Rothwell.Kylie@epa.gov

0120 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–015

EPTC .......................... Jamil Mixon; 703–308–8032; Mixon.Jamil@epa.gov 0064 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–006

Folpet ......................... Christina Scheltema; 703–308–2201;

Scheltema.Christina@epa.gov

0630 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–011

Niclosamide ................ Laura Parsons; 703–308–5776; Parsons.Laura@epa.gov2455 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–007

TFM ............................ Laura Parsons; 703–308–5776; Parsons.Laura@epa.gov3082 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–007

TPTH .......................... Phil Budig; 703–308–8029; Budig.Phil@epa.gov 0099 9/99 EPA–738–R–99–010