25036 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 87 /Wednesday, May 6, 1998 / Notices

III. Procedures for Withdrawal of

Request

Registrants who choose to withdraw a

request for cancellation must submit

such withdrawal in writing to James A.

Hollins, at the address given above,

postmarked before November 2, 1998.

This written withdrawal of the request

for cancellation will apply only to the

applicable 6(f)(1) request listed in this

notice. If the product(s) have been

subject to a previous cancellation

action, the effective date of cancellation

and all other provisions of any earlier

cancellation action are controlling. The

withdrawal request must also include a

commitment to pay any reregistration

fees due, and to fulfill any applicable

unsatisfied data requirements.

IV. Provisions for Disposition of

Existing Stocks

The effective date of cancellation will

be the date of the cancellation order.

The orders effecting these requested

cancellations will generally permit a

registrant to sell or distribute existing

stocks for 1 year after the date the

cancellation request was received. This

policy is in accordance with the

Agency’s statement of policy as

prescribed in Federal Register (56 FR

29362) June 26, 1991; [FRL 3846–4].

Exceptions to this general rule will be

made if a product poses a risk concern,

or is in noncompliance with

reregistration requirements, or is subject

to a data call-in. In all cases, productspecific disposition dates will be given

in the cancellation orders.

Existing stocks are those stocks of

registered pesticide products which are

currently in the United States and

which have been packaged, labeled, and

released for shipment prior to the

effective date of the cancellation action.

Unless the provisions of an earlier order

apply, existing stocks already in the

hands of dealers or users can be

distributed, sold or used legally until

they are exhausted, provided that such

further sale and use comply with the

EPA-approved label and labeling of the

affected product(s). Exceptions to these

general rules will be made in specific

cases when more stringent restrictions

on sale, distribution, or use of the

products or their ingredients have

already been imposed, as in Special

Review actions, or where the Agency

has identified significant potential risk

concerns associated with a particular

chemical.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: April 13, 1998.

Linda A. Travers,

Director, Information Resources and Services

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–11760 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–181061; FRL 5787–1]

Carbofuran; Receipt of Application for

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of

Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific

exemption request from the Arkansas

State Plant Board hereafter referred to as

the ‘‘Applicant’’ to use the pesticide

flowable Carbofuran (Furadan 4F

Insecticide/Nematicide) (EPA Reg. No.

279–2876) to treat up to 1 million acres

of cotton, to control cotton aphids. The

Applicant proposes the use of a

chemical which has been the subject of

a Special Review within EPA’s Office of

Pesticide Programs. The granular

formulation of carbofuran was the

subject of a Special Review between the

years of 1986–1991, which resulted in a

negotiated settlement whereby most of

the registered uses of granular

carbofuran were phased out. While the

flowable formulation of carbofuran is

not the subject of a Special Review, EPA

believes that the proposed use of

flowable carbofuran on cotton could

pose a risk similar to the risk assessed

by EPA under the Special Review of

granular carbofuran. Additionally, in

1997 EPA denied requests made under

provisions of section 18 for this use of

flowable carbofuran. Therefore, in

accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is

soliciting public comment before

making the decision whether or not to

grant the exemption.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written

comments, bearing the identification

notation ‘‘OPP–181061,’’ should be

submitted by mail to: Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch, Information Resources and

Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instruction under ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.’’ No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail.

Information submitted in any

comment concerning this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

may be included in the public record by

EPA without prior notice.

The public docket is available for

public inspection in Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: David Deegan, Registration

Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number and e-mail: CM#2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703–308–9358); e-mail:

deegan.dave@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

(7 U.S.C. 136p), the Administrator may,

at her discretion, exempt a state agency

from any registration provision of

FIFRA if she determines that emergency

conditions exist which require such

exemption. The Applicant has requested

the Administrator to issue a specific

exemption for the use of carbofuran on

cotton to control aphids. Information in

accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was

submitted as part of this request.

As part of this request, the Applicant

asserts that the state of Arkansas is

likely to experience non-routine

infestations of aphids during the 1998

cotton growing season. The applicant

further claims that, without a specific

exemption of FIFRA for the use of

flowable carbofuran on cotton to control

cotton aphids, cotton growers in the

state will suffer significant economic

losses. The applicant also details a use

program designed to minimize risks to

pesticide handlers and applicators, nontarget organisms (both Federally-listed

endangered species, and non-listed

species), and to reduce the possibility of

drift and runoff.
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The Applicant proposes to make no

more than two applications of flowable

carbofuran on cotton at the rate of 0.25

lb. active ingredient (a.i.) [(8 fluid oz.)]

in a minimum of 2 gallons of finished

spray per acre by air, or 10 gallons of

finished spray per acre by ground

application. The total maximum

proposed use during the 1998 growing

season June 1, 1998 until September 30,

1998 would be 0.5 lb. a.i. (16 fluid oz.)

per acre. The applicant proposes that

the maximum acreage which could be

treated under the requested exemption

would be 1 million acres, with

approximately half of that acreage

requiring a second application. If all the

proposed acres were treated at the

maximum proposed rate, then 375,000

lbs. a.i. would be used in Arkansas.

This notice does not constitute a

decision by EPA on the application

itself. The regulations governing section

18 require publication of a notice of

receipt of an application for a specific

exemption proposing use of a chemical

(i.e., an active ingredient) which has

been the subject of a Special Review

within EPA’s Office of Pesticide

Programs, and the proposed use could

pose a risk similar to the risk assessed

by EPA under the previous Special

Review. Such notice provides for

opportunity for public comment on the

application.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this notice under docket

number [OPP–181061] (including

comments and data submitted

electronically as described below). A

public version of this record, including

printed, paper versions of electronic

comments, which does not include any

information claimed as CBI is available

for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect in 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket number [OPP–181061].

Electronic comments on this notice may

be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

The Agency, accordingly, will review

and consider all comments received

during the comment period in

determining whether to issue the

emergency exemption requested by the

Arkansas State Plant Board.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Emergency exemptions.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–11761 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OW–FRL–6010–4]

Contaminated Sediment Management

Stategy

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) announces the

availability of EPA’s Contaminated

Sediment Management Strategy, an

Agency workplan issued in support of

EPA’s regulatory and policy initiatives.

The Strategy does not propose new

regulation and is Agency guidance only.

Also available for review is the

Comment and Response Document.

EPA’s Contaminated Sediment

Management Strategy describes the

cross-program policy framework in

which EPA intends to promote

consideration and reduction of

ecological and human health risks

posed by sediment contamination. The

Strategy establishes four goals to

manage the problem of contaminated

sediment, and describes actions the

Agency intends to take to accomplish

those goals. The four goals are: (1)

Prevent the volume of contaminated

sediment from increasing; (2) reduce the

volume of existing contaminated

sediment; (3) ensure that sediment

dredging and dredged material disposal

are managed in an environmentally

sound manner; and (4) develop

scientifically sound sediment

management tools for use in pollution

prevention, source control, remediation,

and dredged material management.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of EPA’s

Contaminated Sediment Management

Strategy (EPA document number EPA

823–R–98–001) should be sent to: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Publications and Information, P.O. Box

42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242;

telephone: 1–800–490–9198, fax: 513–

489–8695. EPA’s Contaminated

Sediment Management Strategy may be

viewed or downloaded form the Office

of Science and Technology’s homepage

on the Internet at http:www.epa.gov/

OST/. The Contaminated Sediment

Management Strategy and Comment and

Response Document are available for

public inspection and copying from 9:00

am to 4:00 pm at the Water Docket, East

Tower Basement, Environmental

Protection Agency, Mail Code 4101, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

Also available are related docket

materials which include: the proposed

Strategy, all public comments received

on the Strategy as well as those received

on an earlier proposal for discussion,

and the proceedings of three national

public forums held to discuss

development of the Strategy. For an

appointment to review Docket materials,

call the Water Docket Clerk at 202–260–

3027 between 9 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. As

provided in 40 CFR Part 2, a reasonable

fee may be charged for copying services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

M. Farris, Risk Assessment and

Management Branch, Office of Science

and Technology, Mail Code 4305, 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460,

Telephone: 202–260–8897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

accepted written comments on the

proposed Contaminated Sediment

Management Strategy for 90 days after

publication of the notice of availability

in the Federal Register on August 30,

1994, and publication of a notice of

extension of comment period in the

Federal Register on October 28, 1994.

At the close of the comment period on

November 30, 1994 through 1997, EPA’s

Office of Science and Technology

within the Office of Water developed

responses to comments received from

126 organizations. The Strategy and

comment/response document have been

reviewed and revised by four staff

workgroups of the EPA Sediment

Steering Committee who also drafted

the proposed Strategy.

Executive Summary—EPA’s

Contaminated Sediment Management

Strategy

Reinventing Government to Streamline

Decision-making

Contaminated sediment poses

ecological and human health risks in

many watersheds throughout the United

States. In these watersheds, sediment

serves as a contaminant reservoir from

which fish and bottom dwelling

organisms can accumulate toxic

compounds and pass them up the food