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Requirements,’’ which referenced under 

the ‘‘Guideline Number’’ column the 91 

series of test guidelines. EPA’s intention 

is to replace the 91 series test guideline 

designations with the appropriate 810 

series test guideline designations. 

Therefore, at the time of the publication 

of the final rule, appropriate references 

to the 810 series test guideline numbers 

and names will be incorporated into the 

final rule. 

IV. Are there any applicable voluntary 

consensus standards that EPA should 

consider? 

This notice of availability does not 

involve a proposed regulatory action 

that would require the Agency to 

consider voluntary consensus standards 

pursuant to section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104– 

113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

Section 12(d) of NTTAA directs EPA to 

use voluntary consensus standards in its 

regulatory activities unless to do so 

would be inconsistent with applicable 

law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary 

consensus standards are technical 

standards (e.g., materials specifications, 

test methods, sampling procedures, and 

business practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. NTTAA requires EPA 

to provide an explanation to Congress, 

through OMB, when the Agency decides 

not to use available and applicable 

voluntary consensus standards when 

NTTAA directs the Agency to do so. 

These test guidelines represent an 

Agency effort to harmonize the test 

guidelines within OCSPP, as well as to 

harmonize the OCSPP test guidelines 

with those of OECD. The process for 

developing and amending these test 

guidelines, which began in 1991, 

includes public participation and the 

extensive involvement of the scientific 

community, including peer review by 

SAP and the SAB and other expert 

scientific organizations. 

In the future, these test guidelines 

could be incorporated into regulatory 

actions taken by EPA under TSCA, i.e., 

with regard to the TSCA section 4 

testing program. Although, NTTAA 

requirements do not specifically apply 

to the issuance of these particular test 

guidelines, EPA invites your comment 

on whether or not there are any 

voluntary consensus standards that 

should be considered during the 

development of the final test guidelines 

or any future regulatory action that may 

be taken under TSCA. Future regulatory 

actions under TSCA section 4 may 

involve notice and comment rulemaking 

or negotiated voluntary testing 

enforcement consent agreements/orders/ 

decrees. Nevertheless, However, the 

Agency is interested in whether or not 

there are any voluntary consensus 

standards that EPA should consider 

either as part of the development of the 

final test guidelines themselves or in 

lieu of these final test guidelines when 

the Agency develops any future 

regulatory action that incorporates these 

test guidelines. Any comments provided 

will assist the Agency in complying 

with NTTAA by facilitating the 

Agency’s identification of voluntary 

consensus standards that should be 

addressed in the test guideline or 

considered during the development of a 

proposed regulatory action that 

incorporates any standards included in 

the final test guidelines. Please submit 

your comments as directed under 

ADDRESSES. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Antimicrobial agents, Chemicals, 

Harmonized test guidelines, Health and 

safety. 

Dated: September 7, 2011. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23666 Filed 9–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9465–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0671] 

Draft Toxicological Review of nButanol: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period and Listening Session; 

Extension. 

SUMMARY: EPA announced a 60-day 

public comment period and a listening 

session on August 31, 2011 (76 FR 

54227) for the external review draft 

human health assessment titled, 

‘‘Toxicological Review of n-Butanol: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–11/081A). EPA is 

extending the public comment period 

one week because of a one-week delay 

in the release of the Toxicological 

Review to the public. The draft 

assessment was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft 

assessment solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This draft assessment has 

not been formally disseminated by EPA. 

It does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. After public 

review and comment, an EPA contractor 

will convene an expert panel for 

independent external peer review of this 

draft assessment. The public comment 

period and external peer review meeting 

are separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the assessment. The 

external peer review meeting will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register. Public 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period will be provided to the 

external peer reviewers before the panel 

meeting and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. Public 

comments received after the public 

comment period closes will not be 

submitted to the external peer reviewers 

and will only be considered by EPA if 

time permits. 

The listening session will be held on 

October 26, 2011, during the public 

comment period for this draft 

assessment. The purpose of the listening 

session is to allow all interested parties 

to present scientific and technical 

comments on draft IRIS health 

assessments to EPA and other interested 

parties attending the listening session. 

DATES: The public comment period will 

be extended to end November 7, 2011. 

Comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by November 

7, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft 

assessment for n-Butanol will be held 

on October 26, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time or when the last presentation has 

been completed. To attend the listening 

session, interested parties should 

register no later than October 19, 2011, 

following the instructions in the August 

31 Federal Register Notice (76 FR 

54227). The location and instructions 

for entering the building can be found 

in the August 31, 2011, Federal Register 

Notice (76 FR 54227). 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of n-Butanol: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the NCEA home page under the Recent 

Additions and Publications menus at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 

number of paper copies are available 

from the Information Management Team 

(Address: Information Management 


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Team, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 

8691). If you request a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the draft assessment title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

the August 31, 2011, Federal Register 

Notice (76 FR 54227). 

Additional Information: For 

information on the docket, http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the public 

comment period, please contact the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the draft 

assessment, please contact Ambuja Bale, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment [Mail Code: (8601–P)], U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, Office of Research and 

Development, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8643; facsimile: 

703–347–8689; or e-mail: 

FRN_Questions@epa.gov. 

Dated: September 9, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23664 Filed 9–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0005; FRL–8887–7] 

Pesticide Products; Receipt of 

Applications To Register New Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of applications to register new uses for 

pesticide products containing currently 

registered active ingredients, pursuant 

to the provisions of section 3(c) of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. 

EPA is publishing this Notice of such 

applications, pursuant to section 3(c)(4) 

of FIFRA. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number specified within the table 

below, 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 

the docket ID number specified for the 

pesticide of interest as shown in the 

registration application summaries. 

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 Web site 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 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: A 

contact person is listed at the end of 

each registration application summary 

and may be contacted by telephone or 

e-mail. The mailing address for each 

contact person listed is: Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001 or 

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention 

Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 


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