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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EPA’s, Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

1st Floor South Conference Room, 2777 

S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chuck Peck, Environmental Fate and 

Effects Division (7507P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 347– 

8064; fax number: (703) 305–6309; email address: peck.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). 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 Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0879. As the meeting 

has been indefinitely postponed, no 

materials will be posted on the docket. 

Publicly available docket materials for 

future EMPM conferences 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. Background 

The purpose of the Exposure 

Modeling Public Meetings is to share 

new information among stakeholders 

through presentations on current issues 

in modeling pesticide fate, transport, 

and exposure in support of pesticide 

exposure assessment in a regulatory 

context. The meetings began in 2002, 

with typically 5 to 10 presentations 

made at each meeting on topics such as 

assessing risks to non-target terrestrial 

invertebrates, drinking water well 

contamination, plans for national 

monitoring of streams and ground 

water, and examination of nonagricultural pesticide use by means of 

GIS coverages. Meeting dates and 

abstract requests are announced in 

advance through the ‘‘empmlist’’ forum 

on the LYRIS list server at https:// 

lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/ as well as 

through notice in the Federal Register. 

At the October 2009 meeting, EPA 

proposed to modify the frequency of the 

meetings from three to two meetings per 

year, to ensure a full agenda and the 

most productive use of the meeting 

time. Because of the timing of the 

January 2010 meeting and proposed 

presentations, EPA is cancelling that 

meeting and will hold the next EMPM 

in July 2010. The specific date of the 

next meeting will be announced in a 

February 2010 issue of the Federal 

Register. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in future meetings to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit 

any information in your request that is 

considered CBI. Requests to participate 

in future meetings must be received on 

or before January 21, 2010. 

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting 

Presentations submitted for the 

January 2010 EMPM will be tentatively 

scheduled for the July 2010 EMPM, 

provided the presenters are available. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: December 23, 2009. 

D. J. Brady, 

Director, Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31094 Filed 01–05–10; 8:45 

a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0777; FRL–8806–3] 

Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request 

to Voluntarily Cancel a Pesticide 

Registration of a Certain Product 

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 cancel their 

registration of a product containing the 

pesticide maneb. The request would 

terminate the last maneb technical 

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 their request 

within this period. Upon acceptance of 

this request, any sale, distribution, or 

use of the product listed in this notice 

will be permitted only if the sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 

the terms as described in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0777, 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– 

0777. 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 


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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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8177; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; e-mail address: 

briscoe.barbara@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, 

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 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 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 on the Receipt of 

Requests to Cancel and/or Amend 

Registrations to Delete Uses 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from Drexel Chemical 

Company to cancel a maneb product 

registration. In a letter dated November 

15, 2009, and an electronic mail 

message dated December 15, 2009, 

Drexel Chemical Company requested 

that EPA cancel the product registration 

of the pesticide product identified in 

Table 1 of Unit III. 

III. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from a registrant to cancel 

a maneb product registration. The 

affected product and the registrant 

making the request are identified in 

Table 1 and Table 2 of this unit. 

Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, 

registrants may request, at any time, that 

their pesticide registrations be canceled 

or amended to terminate one or more 

pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of 

FIFRA requires that before acting on a 

request for voluntary cancellation, EPA 

must provide a 30–day public comment 

period on the request for voluntary 

cancellation. In addition, section 

6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA 

provide a 180–day comment period on 

a request for voluntary cancellation or 

termination of any minor agricultural 

use before granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrant requests a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The Administrator determines that 

continued use of the pesticide would 

pose an unreasonable adverse effect on 

the environment. 

The maneb registrant has requested 

that EPA waive the 180–day comment 

period. EPA will provide a 30–day 

comment period on the proposed 

request. 

Unless a request is withdrawn by the 

registrant on or before 30 days of 

publication of this notice, or if the 

Agency determines that there are 

substantive comments that warrant 

further review of this request, an order 

will be issued canceling the affected 

registrations. Once this cancellation is 

effective there will be no other 

registered maneb manufacturing use 

products. 

TABLE 1.—MANEB PRODUCT REGISTRATION WITH PENDING REQUESTS

FOR CANCELLATION

Registration 

Number 

Product 

Name Company 

019713-00377 Maneb 

Technical 

Drexel 

Chemical 

Company 


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TABLE 2.—REGISTRANT REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

EPA Company Number Company Name and 

Address 

019713-00377 Drexel Chemical 

Company 

1700 Channel Avenue 

P.O. Box 13327 

Memphis, TN 38113 

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of the request in the 

Federal Register. Thereafter, following 

the public comment period, the 

Administrator may approve the request. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Voluntary Cancellation 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for cancellation must submit the 

withdrawal, in writing, to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, postmarked before February 5, 

2010. This written withdrawal of the 

request for cancellation will apply only 

to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) 

request listed in this notice. If the 

products have been subject to a previous 

cancellation action, the effective date of 

cancellation and all other provisions of 

any earlier cancellation action are 

controlling. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products that are 

currently in the United States and were 

packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the cancellation action. EPA anticipates 

allowing sale, distribution, and use in 

the cancellation order as described in 

Unit III.: 

1. The registrant will be allowed to 

sell or distribute existing stocks of the 

maneb technical product identified in 

Table 1 of Unit III., until February 10, 

2010. 

2. The registrant will be allowed to 

use existing stocks to formulate end-use 

products from the maneb technical 

product identified in Table 1 of Unit III., 

until March 10, 2010. 

3. Persons other than the registrant 

may use the maneb end use products 

until exhausted. Any use of existing 

stocks must be in a manner consistent 

with the previously approved labeling 

for that product. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: December 23, 2009 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–31282 Filed 1–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007-1026; FRL–8804–5] 

Bacillus subtilis; 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 Bacillus subtilis (case 6012) 

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 February 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–1026 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 identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2007–1026. 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 

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 for 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. 


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