Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2005 / Notices 49597

DATES: September 6 and 7, 2005. 

Time: September 6, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 

September 7, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Location: Room 100, 80 F St., NW, 

Washington, DC 20208–7564.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Grace Lucier, Designated Federal 

Official, National Board for Education 

Sciences, Washington, DC 20208. Tel.: 

(202) 219–2253; fax: (202) 219–1466; email: Mary.Grace.Lucier@ed.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 

The Board advises the Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on 

the establishment of activities to be 

supported by the Institute, on the 

funding of applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research after the completion of peer 

review, and reviews evaluates the work 

of the Institute. On September 6, the 

Board will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. to hear 

an update on the work of IES and a 

presentation of the proposed research 

priorities for FY 2006 by the Director. 

On September 7, at 8:30 a.m. the 

Board will review the activities of the 

previous day and the present day’s 

agenda. Starting at 8:45 a.m., the Board 

will review and discuss public 

comments on the IES research priorities. 

From 10:30 to noon the Board will 

consider its response to the priorities 

and take action on them. At 1 p.m. the 

Board will hold a presentation and 

discussion of a plan to examine the IES 

technical and peer review system, and 

at 2:15 p.m. the Board will conduct a 

retrospective on Board activities for 

2005 and planning for 2006. 

Adjournment is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. 

Further meetings of the Board are 

scheduled for January 23 and 24, 2006, 

and May 8 and 9, 2006. 

Records will be kept of all Board 

proceedings and will be available for 

public inspection at the office of the 

National Board for Education Sciences, 

555 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20208.

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Grover J. Whitehurst, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences.

[FR Doc. 05–16770 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2005–0232; FRL–7732–4]

Procymidone; Tolerance 

Reassessment Decision for Low Risk 

Pesticide; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Tolerance 

Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the 

pesticide procymidone, and opens a 

public comment period on this 

document. EPA has reviewed the 

pesticide procymidone through a 

modified, streamlined version of the 

public participation process that the 

Agency uses to involve the public in 

developing pesticide tolerance 

reassessment and reregistration 

decisions. Through the tolerance 

reassessment program, EPA is ensuring 

that all pesticides meet current health 

and food safety standards.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket identificaiton (ID) number OPP–

2005–0232, may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in Unit I. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Demson Fuller, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 308–

8062; fax number: (703) 308–7042; email address: fuller.demson@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. 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, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may 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?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2005–

0232. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ 

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

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intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit I.D. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute.

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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.

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPP–2005–0232. The 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment.

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2005–0232. In contrast to EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket.

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.C.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption.

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2005–0232.

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2005–0232. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation as 

identified in Unit I.B.1.

D. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency?

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, 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 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part2.

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 

docket and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket 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 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 your 

estimate.

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternatives.

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

identify the appropriate docket ID 

number in the subject line on the first 

page of your response. It would also be 

helpful if you provided the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation related to 

your comments.

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II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

EPA has reassessed the uses of 

procymidone, and on July 7, 2005, 

reached a tolerance reassessment 

decision for this pesticide. Procymidone 

is a fungicide used to treat wine grapes 

outside of the United States. A tolerance 

of 5 parts per million for wine grapes 

has been established, with no U.S. 

registrations, to permit the import of 

wine produced from procymidone 

treated grapes. Currently, procymidone 

exposures to the U.S. general population 

exist only through drinking imported 

wine made from procymidone treated 

grapes. Since there are no registered 

uses of procymidone in the U.S., no 

occupational, residential, or drinking 

water exposures are expected. EPA has 

not made a common mechanism of 

toxicity finding and therefore, has not 

assumed that procymidone has a 

common mechanism of toxicity with 

other substances for the purposes of this 

tolerance action.

The Agency is now issuing for 

comment the resulting Report on Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) 

Tolerance Reassessment Progress and 

Risk Management Decision for 

procymidone, known as a TRED, as well 

as related risk assessments and 

technical support documents. EPA 

developed the procymidone TRED 

through a modified, streamlined version 

of its public process for making 

tolerance reassessment and 

reregistration eligibility decisions. 

Through these programs, the Agency is 

ensuring that pesticides meet current 

standards under the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended 

by FQPA. EPA must review tolerances 

and tolerance exemptions that were in 

effect when the FQPA was enacted, to 

ensure that these existing pesticide 

residue limits for food and feed 

commodities meet the safety standard 

established by the new law. Tolerances 

are considered reassessed once the 

safety finding has been made or a 

revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed 

and made the requisite safety finding for 

the procymidone tolerance included in 

this notice.

EPA is applying the principles of 

public participation to all pesticides 

undergoing reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide 

Tolerance Reassessment and 

Reregistration; Public Participation 

Process, published in the Federal 

Register of May 14, 2004 (69 FR 26819) 

(FRL–7357–9), explains that in 

conducting these programs, the Agency 

is tailoring its public participation 

process to be commensurate with the 

level of risk, extent of use, complexity 

of issues, and degree of public concern 

associated with each pesticide. EPA can 

expeditiously reach decisions for 

pesticides like procymidone, which 

pose no risk concerns and require no 

risk mitigation. Once EPA assesses uses 

and risks for such pesticides, the 

Agency may go directly to a decision 

and prepare a document summarizing 

its findings, such as the procymidone 

TRED.

The tolerance reassessment program 

is being conducted under 

Congressionally mandated time frames, 

and EPA recognizes the need both to 

make timely decisions and to involve 

the public in finding ways to effectively 

mitigate pesticide risks. Procymidone, 

however, poses no risks that require 

mitigation. The Agency therefore is 

issuing the procymidone TRED, its risk 

assessments, and related support 

documents simultaneously for public 

comment. The comment period is 

intended to provide an opportunity for 

public input and a mechanism for 

initiating any necessary amendments to 

the TRED. All comments should be 

submitted using the methods in Unit I. 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, and 

must be received by EPA on or before 

the closing date. These comments will 

become part of the Agency Docket for 

procymidone. Comments received after 

the close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments.

EPA will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and will provide a Response to 

Comments Memorandum in the Docket 

and electronic EDOCKET. If any 

comment significantly affects the 

document, EPA also will publish an 

amendment to the TRED in the Federal 

Register. In the absence of substantive 

comments requiring changes, the 

decisions reflected in the TRED will be 

implemented as presented. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action?

Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21 

U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to review 

tolerances and exemptions for pesticide 

residues in effect as of August 2, 1996, 

to determine whether the tolerance or 

exemption meets the requirements of 

section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. 

This review is to be completed by 

August 3, 2006.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests.

Dated: August 15, 2005.

Debra Edwards,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 05–16685 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2005–0206; FRL–7726–3]

Fipronil; Notice of Filing a Pesticide 

Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a 

Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on 

Food

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

initial filing of a pesticide petition 

proposing the establishment of 

regulations for residues of a certain 

pesticide chemical in or on various food 

commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2005–

0206, must be received on or before 

September 23, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Sibold, Registration Division (7505C), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 703 

305–6502; e-mail 

address:sibold.ann@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to:

• Crop production (NAICS 111)

• Animal production (NAICS 112)

• Food manufacturing (NAICS 311) 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

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