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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 

www.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. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Ohio 

Department of Agriculture (DOA) has 

requested the Administrator to issue a 

public health exemption for the use of 

propoxur on indoor residential single or 

multiple unit dwellings, apartments, 

hotels, motels, office buildings, modes 

of transportation, and commercial 

industrial buildings to control bed bugs. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that an emergency exemption is 

warranted because of the prevalence of 

control failures with other existing 

labeled insecticides, in part due to 

pyrethroid resistance in the bed bug 

population. Bed bugs are parasitic, 

blood-sucking insects that prefer 

humans as a host and tend to inhabit 

human dwellings. For several decades, 

pyrethroids have been used to manage 

the bed bug population in the United 

States. Since the late 1990s, bed bugs 

have begun making a comeback, largely 

due to their development of extremely 

high levels of resistance to pyrethroid 

insecticides. Thus, these parasitic 

insects have been growing rapidly and 

have re-emerged as a major pest in many 

towns and cities in Ohio. The ODA 

states that currently available 

insecticides are inadequate for the 

control of bed bugs and resulted in a 

crisis that poses grave economic 

concerns, quality of life issues, and 

potential health risks to the residents of 

the state. The ODA claims propoxur is 

one of the few insecticidal ingredients 

showing excellent activity against bed 

bugs and would provide an effective 

insecticide in a different chemical class 

for bed bug control. 

The Applicant proposes to make 

applications year-round with a 14–day 

retreatment restriction. Three propoxur 

products will be used (all containing 

1% propoxur): 

• Prenbay 1% Oil Solution (EPA Reg. 

No. 655–546) manufactured by Prentiss 

Inc. 

• Invader HPX (EPA Reg. No. 9444– 

186) manufactured by FMC Corp. 

• Prescription Treatment Brand 250 

Propoxur (EPA Reg. No. 499–501) 

manufactured by Whitmire Micro-gen 

Research Lab. Inc. 

These products would be applied as a 

crack and crevice or spot treatment to 

indoor residential single or multiple 

unit dwellings, apartments, hotels, 

motels, office buildings, modes of 

transportation, and commercial 

industrial buildings. Application of the 

products would be applied in quantities 

sufficient to manage the bed bug 

infestation in Ohio. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA require publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

public health exemption proposing a 

use of a pesticide which was voluntarily 

canceled under section 6(f) of FIFRA, 

and which poses a risk similar to the 

risk which was voluntarily canceled 

under section 6(f) of FIFRA. 

The notice provides an opportunity 

for public comment on the application. 

The Agency, will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the public health 

exemption requested by the ODA. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: December 24, 2009. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–31395 Filed 1–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879; FRL–8806–4] 

Exposure Modeling Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation and 

Rescheduling of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Exposure Modeling Public Meeting 

(EMPM), scheduled for January 26, 

2010, has been cancelled and that the 

next EMPM will be held in July 2010. 

DATES: The next EMPM meeting will be 

held in July 2010. The specific date of 

the next meeting will be announced in 

a February 2010 issue of the Federal 

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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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