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k. Reutter, S.A., Mioduszewski, R.J.,

and Thomson, S.A. 2000. Evaluation of

airborne exposure limits for VX: worker

and general population exposure

criteria. ECBC-TR-074. Edgewood

Chemical Biological Center, U.S. Army

Soldier and Biological Chemical

Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground,

MD.

IV. Next Steps

The NAC/AEGL Committee plans to

publish ‘‘Proposed’’ AEGL values for

five-exposure periods for other

chemicals on the priority list of 85 in

groups of approximately 10 to 20

chemicals in future Federal Register

notices during the calendar year 2001.

The NAC/AEGL Committee will

review and consider all public

comments received on this notice, with

revisions to the ‘‘Proposed’’ AEGL

values as appropriate. The resulting

AEGL values will be established as

‘‘Interim’’ AEGLs and will be forwarded

to the NRC/NAS, for review and

comment. The ‘‘Final’’ AEGLs will be

published under the auspices of the

NRC/NAS following concurrence on the

values and the scientific rationale used

in their development.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Hazardous

substances.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–140289; FRL–6777–5]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by GEOMET Technologies

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized Versar,

Incorporated’s (Versar) wholley owned

subsidiary GEOMET Technologies,

Incorporated (GEOMET) of

Germantown, MD access to information

which has been submitted to EPA under

sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of

the information may be claimed or

determined to be confidential business

information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data

will occur no sooner than May 7, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara A. Cunningham, Acting

Director, Environmental Assistance

Division (7408), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Notice 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 Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA).’’ 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

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

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/.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

Under contract number 68–W–99–

041, Versar’s subsidiary, GEOMET of

20251 Century Boulevard, Germantown,

MD, will assist the Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS)

providing exposure assessments for new

and existing chemicals.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j),

EPA has determined that under EPA

contract number 68–W–99–041,

GEOMET will require access to CBI

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6,

and 8 of TSCA to perform successfully

the duties specified under the contract.

GEOMET personnel will be given

access to information submitted to EPA

under sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA.

Some of the information may be claimed

or determined to be CBI.

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of information under

sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA that the

Agency may provide GEOMET access to

these CBI materials on a need-to-know

basis only. All access to TSCA CBI

under this contract will take place at

EPA Headquarters and at the Versar site

located at 6850 Versar Center,

Springfield, VA.

GEOMET will be required to adhere to

all provisions of EPA’s TSCA

Confidential Business Information

Security Manual.

Clearance for access to TSCA CBI

under this contract may continue until

April 30, 2004.

GEOMET personnel will be required

to sign nondisclosure agreements and

will be briefed on appropriate security

procedures before they are permitted

access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Confidential business information.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Deborah A. Williams,

Acting Director, Information Management

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34171B; FRL–6770–9]

Ethyl Parathion; Receipt of Request

For Registration Cancellations and

Amendments

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 request by a number

of registrants, including Cheminova,

Inc. and Cheminova A/S, for the

following actions: to immediately cancel

the registrations for their manufacturing

use products containing O, O-Diethyl-Op-nitrophenyl thiophosphate (ethyl

parathion), to immediately cancel the

use on corn grown for seed by amending

their ethyl parathion end-use product

registrations; and to cancel all of their

ethyl parathion end-use products

effective as of December 31, 2002. EPA

will decide whether to approve the

requests after consideration of public

comment.

DATE: Comments on the requested

cancellation of product and use

registrations must be submitted to the

address provided below by June 1, 2001.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Parsons, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 305–5776; fax

number: (703) 308–7042; e-mail address:

parsons.laura@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. Although this action may be

of particular interest to persons who

produce or use pesticides, 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 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/. To access

information about the risk assessment

for ethyl parathion, go to the Home Page

for the Office of Pesticide Programs or

go directly http://www.epa.gov/

pesticides/op/ethylparathion.htm.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–34171B. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this action, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, and other information

related to this action, 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.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–34171B in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by e-mail

to: opp-docket@epa.gov, or you can

submit a computer disk as described

above. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–34171B. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI that I Want

to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI 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.

In addition to one complete version of

the comment that includes any

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

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public version

of the official record without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult the person listed under

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare

My Comments for EPA?

You may find the following

suggestions helpful for preparing your

comments:

1. Explain your views as clearly as

possible.

2. Describe any assumptions that you

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical

information and/or data you used that

support your views.

4. If you estimate potential burden or

costs, explain how you arrived at the

estimate that you provide.

5. Provide specific examples to

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve

the notice or collection activity.

7. Make sure to submit your

comments by the deadline in this

notice.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,

be sure to identify the docket control

number assigned to this action in the

subject line on the first page of your

response. You may also provide the

name, date, and Federal Register

citation.

II. Registrants Request to Cancel

Product and Use Registrations

A. Background Information

Ethyl parathion is an

organophosphate insecticide/miticide

currently registered for use on alfalfa,

barley, corn, cotton, canola, sorghum,

soybean, sunflower, and wheat crops. In

1991, EPA and the registrants reached

an agreement that limited ethyl

parathion use to these nine current crop

sites, and restricted application and

post-application practices to mitigate

extreme acute toxicity risks to workers.

As a result, to protect workers, ethyl

parathion may only be handled by

trained, certified applicators using

closed mixing and loading systems, may

only be applied aerially, and crops

treated with the pesticide may only be

harvested mechanically.

Even with the post 1991 use

restrictions, EPA’s revised risk

assessment completed in September,

1999 showed high levels of worker and

ecological risk from legal uses of ethyl

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parathion. There were also several

unfulfilled data requirements. After

viewing the revised risk assessment and

outstanding data requirements,

Cheminova, Inc. and Cheminova, A/S

and EPA signed a memorandum of

agreement (MOA) effective October 10,

2000. In accordance with this MOA,

Cheminova, Inc. and Cheminova, A/S

have requested to amend their end-use

products registrations to immediately

terminate the use on corn grown for

seed which can result in higher

exposures to workers and have

requested voluntary cancellation of all

their ethyl parathion registrations. Some

other companies holding registrations

for ethyl parathion products have also

written letters to the EPA requesting

voluntary cancellation of all their ethyl

parathion products.

B. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation

Registrants have requested voluntary

cancellation of all their ethyl parathion

registrations either by signing a MOA or

by letter to the Agency. 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 termination of any minor

agricultural use before granting the

request, unless (1) the registrants

request 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 registrant has

requested that EPA waive the 180-day

comment period. EPA is granting the

registrants’ request to waive the 180-day

comment period and is providing a 30-

day public comment period before

taking action on the requested

cancellations. Given the potential

worker and ecological risk that ethyl

parathion use poses, EPA anticipates

granting the requested cancellations at

the close of the comment period for this

announcement. The specific

cancellation requests are set forth

below.

1. Requests for termination of use on

corn grown for seed. In accordance with

the MOA, Cheminova, Inc. has

requested that its end-use products

registrations be amended to

immediately terminate the use of corn

grown for seed. EPA anticipates granting

the requested termination shortly after

the end of the 30 day comment period

for this notice. This use termination was

requested for the end-use products

identified in the following Table 1.

TABLE 1.—END USE PRODUCT REGISTRATION DELETING USE ON CORN

GROWN FOR SEED

Company Reg.

No. Product

Cheminova,

Inc.

67760–

37

Parathion 4EC

67760–

38

Parathion 8EC

67760–

39

Ethyl-Methyl

Parathion 6-3 EC

2. Requests for voluntary cancellation

of manufacturing use product

registrations. Pursuant to the Agreement

and FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A),

Cheminova, A/S, the only registrant

with a manufacturing use product

registration, has submitted a request for

voluntary cancellation of registrations

for all ethyl parathion manufacturinguse products. EPA anticipates granting

the cancellation request shortly after the

end of the 30 day comment period for

this notice. The registrations for which

cancellations were requested are

identified in the following Table 2.

TABLE 2.—MANUFACTURING USEPRODUCT REGISTRATION CANCELLATION REQUESTS

Company Reg.

No. Product

Cheminova,

A/S

4787–

17

Parathion Technical

3. Requests for voluntary cancellation

of end-use product registrations. Several

registrants have submitted requests for

immediate voluntary cancellation of

their registrations for end-use pesticide

products containing ethyl parathion.

The registrants who signed the MOA

requested for cancellation of their ethyl

parathion end-use product registrations

effective as of December 31, 2002. EPA

expects that end-use product

registrations canceled by letter of

voluntary cancellation are to be

canceled shortly after the end of the 30-

day comment period for this notice. The

end-use registrations for which

cancellation was requested by MOA or

letter are identified in the following

Table 3.

TABLE 3.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATION CANCELLATION REQUESTS

Company Reg.

No. Product

Cheminova,

Inc.

67760–

37

Parathion 4EC

67760–

38

Parathion 8EC

67760–

39

Ethyl-Methyl

Parathion 6-3 EC

Universal

Cooperatives, Inc.

1386–

646

Red Panther

Parathion 8

Wilbur Ellis,

Co.

2935–

481

Parathion 4 Spray

2935–

483

Parathion 8 Aqua

Amvac,

Chemical

Co.

5481–

435

Parathion 8

5481–

436

Parathion 4E

Helena

Chemical

5905–

513

Parathion 4E Emulsifiable Insecticide

Concentrate

5905–

514

Parathion 8E Emulsifiable Insecticide

Concentrate

5905–

515

Parathion — Methyl

Parathion 6-3 Insecticide Concentrate

5905–

516

Helena Parathion 8

Flowable Insecticide Concentrate

Agriliance,

LLC

9779–

322

Parathion 8

Micro-Flo,

Co.

51036–

180

Micro Flo Co./

Parathion 8E

III. Potential Actions Relative to

Remaining End-Use Products

Registrations

EPA is contemplating various

enforcement and regulatory actions with

respect to the remaining end-use

product registrations after EPA grants

the voluntary cancellation requests set

forth in Unit II. of this Notice. These

remaining registrations cite the

manufacturing use product listed in

Table 2 as the source of active

ingredient in these products. Because

EPA intends to limit the sale,

distribution and use of the existing

stocks of this source in the order

canceling its registration, production of

these remaining end-use products may

be illegal under the cancellation order

or the current registrations for these

end-use products. Accordingly, EPA

may initiate appropriate enforcement

actions to ensure that the remaining

end-use products are not being

produced illegally after the source is

canceled. As shown in the Agency’s

revised risk assessment dated

September 1999, EPA is concerned with

the risks associated with the use of

pesticide products containing ethyl

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parathion. Because of these concerns,

EPA is contemplating initiating a

proceeding to cancel these remaining

registrations. The remaining end-use

product registrations that may be subject

to enforcement and regulatory actions

discussed in this Unit are identified in

the following Table 4.

TABLE 4.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS POTENTIALLY SUBJECT

TO INVOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

Company Reg.

No. Product

Drexel

Chemical

Co.

19713–

322

Seis-Tres 6-3

19713–

323

Drexel Parathion 8

19713–

324

Ida Seis-Tres 6-3

19713–

325

Drexel Parathion

4EC

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

pesticide uses. FIFRA section 6(f)(1)

further provides that, before acting on

the request, EPA must publish a notice

of receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register, make reasonable

efforts to inform persons who rely on

the pesticide for minor agricultural uses,

and provide a 30-day period in which

the public may comment. Thereafter,

the Administrator may approve such a

request.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of

Request

Registrants may withdraw a request

for cancellation only in conformance

with the memoranda of agreement.

Registrants must submit such

withdrawal in writing to the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 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

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.

VI. Proposed Existing Stocks Provision

Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA

intends to grant the requests for

voluntary amendment and cancellation

identified in Unit II. For purposes of the

cancellation order that the Agency

proposes to issue at the close of the

comment period for this announcement,

the term ‘‘existing stocks’’ will be

defined, pursuant to EPA’s existing

stocks policy published in the Federal

Register on June 26, 1991 at 56 FR

29362, as those stocks of a registered

pesticide product which are currently in

the United States and which have been

packaged, labeled, and released for

shipment prior to the effective date of

the amendment or cancellation. Any

distribution, sale, or use of existing

stocks after the effective date of the

cancellation order that the Agency

intends to issue that is not consistent

with the terms of that order will be

considered a violation of section

12(a)(2)(K) and/or 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.

A. Distribution, Sale and Use of EndUse Products Bearing Old Labeling

Permitting Use on Corn Grown for Seed

In any cancellation order issued in

response to registrants’ request for

registration amendment to terminate the

use on corn grown for seed, EPA does

not intend to prohibit the sale,

distribution and use of the existing

stocks of these products. Based on the

registrants’s assurance, EPA anticipates

that most of these products will be

relabeled to eliminate the canceled use.

B. Distribution, Sale and Use of

Manufacturing-Use Products

EPA anticipates that any cancellation

order issued in response to the

registrants’ request for voluntary

cancellation of manufacturing-use

product registrations would:

(1) Prohibit, as of the effective date of

the cancellation order, all sale,

distribution and use of existing stocks of

manufacturing use products imported

into the United States after July 7, 2000;

(2) Prohibit, as of the effective date of

the cancellation order, all sale and

distribution of ethyl parathion

manufacturing use products imported

into the United States prior to July 7,

2000 to pesticide registrants who have

not executed the MOA or an agreement

equivalent to the MOA, and prohibit use

by such registrants, unless the sale,

distribution or use is for the purpose of

manufacturing a product intended

solely for export consistent with the

requirements of FIFRA Section 17; and

(3) Prohibit, as of December 31, 2002,

all sale, distribution and use of existing

stocks of manufacturing-use products

imported prior to July 7, 2000, unless

the sale or distribution is solely for

purposes of export consistent with the

requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or

for proper disposal.

C. Distribution, Sale and Use of End-Use

Products

EPA anticipates that any cancellation

order issued in response to the

registrants’ request for voluntary

cancellation of end-use product

registrations would:

(1) Prohibit, as of December 31, 2002,

registrants from distributing or selling

existing stocks of the end-use products;

(2) Prohibit, as of August 31, 2003, all

sale and distribution of existing stocks

of the end-use products; and

(3) Prohibit, as of October 31, 2003, all

use of existing stocks of the end-use

products.

VII. Future Tolerance Revocations

EPA anticipates drafting a future

Federal Register notice proposing to

separate the parathion tolerances for

residues found in 40 CFR 180.121 into

180.121 for ethyl parathion and 180.122

for methyl parathion. This future notice

will additionally propose revocation of

tolerances on commodities on which

there are no registered uses of either

ethyl parathion or methyl parathion.

With this present notice, EPA seeks

comment as to whether any individuals

or groups want to support continuation

of these tolerances. For the nine crops

on which ethyl parathion may be used

until October 31, 2003, ethyl parathion

tolerances will be revoked with an

expiration date which will allow

commodities with residues resulting

from lawful applications to clear the

channels of trade.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: February 22, 2001.

Lois A. Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34225D; FRL–6781–1]

Diazinon Products; Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.