[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39517-39518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14149]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125; FRL-9880-01-OCSPP]


Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual 
Progress Report for 2019; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's progress 
report in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide 
reregistration during fiscal year 2019. This progress report also 
presents the total number of products registered under the ``fast-
track'' provisions of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA).

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 30, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information 
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose Kyprianou, Antimicrobials 
Division (7510M), Office of Pesticide Programs,

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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0684; email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef84969f9d868e81809ac19d809c8aaf8a9f8ec1888099">[email protected]</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. 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, farm 
worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the integration of 
tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and the status 
of various regulatory activities associated with reregistration and 
tolerance reassessment. Given the broad interest, the Agency has not 
attempted to identify all the specific entities that may be interested 
in this action.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    EPA is announcing the availability of EPA's progress report in 
meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration 
during fiscal year 2019. The report for fiscal year 2019 discusses the 
completion of tolerance reassessment and describes the status of 
various regulatory activities associated with reregistration. The 2019 
report also provides the total number of products reregistered and 
products registered under the ``fast-track'' provisions of FIFRA.

III. What is EPA's authority for taking this action?

    The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 
U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires EPA to publish information about EPA's 
annual achievements in meeting its performance measures and goals for 
pesticide reregistration.

IV. How can I get a copy of the report?

    1. Docket. The 2019 report is available at https://www.regulations.gov, under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125.
    2. EPA Website. The 2019 report is also available on EPA's website 
at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/reregistration-and-other-review-programs-predating-pesticide-registration.

V. Can I comment on this report?

    EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public, see 
ADDRESSES for instructions. Any written comments received will be taken 
into consideration in the event that EPA determines that further action 
is warranted. EPA does not expect this report to lead to any particular 
action, and therefore is not seeking particular public comment.
    1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not 
submit Confidential Business Information (CBI) information to EPA 
through regulations.gov or through email. 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 email to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or 
CD-ROM as CBI 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 preparing your comments, 
see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a-1(l).

    Dated: June 28, 2022.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
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