61242 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Proposed Rules 

ACTION: Extension of comment period on 

proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department is extending 

through January 30, 2006, the period for 

interested persons to submit comments 

to its proposed rule on medical oxygen 

and portable respiration assistive 

devices. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 30, 2006. Comments received 

after this date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number [OST–

2005–22298] by any of the following 

methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov 

(follow the instructions for submitting 

comments); (2) Web site: http:// 

dms.dot.gov (follow the instructions for 

submitting comments on the DOT 

electronic docket site); (3) Fax: 1–202–

493–2251; (4) Mail: Docket Management 

System; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–001; or (5) Hand 

Delivery: To the Docket Management 

System; Room PL–401 on the plaza level 

of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

You must include the agency name 

and docket number [OST–2005–22298] 

or the Regulatory Identification Number 

(RIN) for this notice at the beginning of 

your comment. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://dms.dot.gov including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act section of this 

document. You may view the public 

docket through the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket 

Management System office at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Blane A. Workie, Office of Assistant 

General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings, 400 7th 

Street, SW., Room 4116, Washington DC 

29590. Phone: 202–366–9342. TTY: 

202–366–0511. Fax: 202–366–7152. Email: blane.workie@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 7, 2005, the Department of 

Transportation (DOT or Department) 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) that proposed to require 

airlines to provide in-flight medical 

oxygen without charge, to test certain 

respiratory assistive devices and to 

permit their use if safe. See 70 FR 

53108. The NPRM would apply to 

certain U.S. and foreign air carriers 

operating to and from the U.S. The 

original comment closing date is 

November 7, 2005. 

The Air Carrier Association of 

America (ACAA), the Air Transport 

Association (ATA), the National Air 

Carrier Association (NACA), and the 

Regional Airline Association (RAA) 

jointly requested an extension of the 

comment period to consider ‘‘the 

enormous technical, operational and 

cost issues raised by the multiple 

actions required by the NPRM.’’ They 

requested an extension of more than 

sixty days to January 30, 2006, at least 

partially because an extension of sixty 

days in this rulemaking would place the 

close of the comment period in the 

holiday season. This request was 

supported by comments from the 

International Air Transport Association 

(IATA), which further explained that 

IATA has begun the process of gathering 

comments from its in-flight, dangerous 

goods, passenger services, operations, 

medical and regulatory contacts but that 

gathering and collating such feedback is 

a significant task that requires time. 

The Department concurs that an 

extension of the comment period is 

necessary to allow members of industry 

sufficient time to analyze the impact of 

the proposed rule and believes that this 

extension would result in more 

thorough comments to the docket than 

might otherwise be possible without 

delaying final action in the rulemaking 

proceeding. We do not anticipate the 

need for any further extensions. 

Accordingly, the Department finds that 

good cause exists to extend the 

comment period on the proposed rule 

from November 7, 2005, to January 30, 

2006. 

Issued in Washington, DC this 17th day of 

October, 2005, under authority assigned to 

me by 14 CFR 385.17(c). 

Neil Eisner, 

Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and 

Enforcement, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 158 

[OPP–2005–0415; FRL–7734–2] 

RIN 2070–AD51 

Pesticides; Data Requirements for 

Biochemical and Microbial Pesticides; 

Notification to the Secretary of 

Agriculture 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification to the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

SUMMARY: This document notifies the 

public that the Administrator of EPA 

has forwarded to the Secretary of 

Agriculture a draft proposed rule as 

required by section 25(a) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). As described in the 

Agency’s semi-annual Regulatory 

Agenda, the draft proposed rule updates 

and revises data requirements for the 

registration of microbial and 

biochemical pesticide products to 

reflect current scientific knowledge and 

understanding. These data requirements 

and those already codified in part 158 

of title 40 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), are intended to 

provide EPA with data and other 

information necessary for the 

registration of biochemical and 

microbial pesticide products. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2005–

0415. All documents in the docket are 

listed in the EDOCKET index at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., 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 

electronically in EDOCKET or in hard 

copy at the Public Information and 

Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 

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

Arlington, VA, Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Brassard, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: 703–305–6598; email address: 

brassard.candace@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. It simply announces the 

submission of a draft proposed rule to 

USDA and does not otherwise affect any 

specific entities. This action may, 

however, be of particular interest to 

producers or registrants of a 

biochemical or microbial pesticide 

product. This proposal also may affect 

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any person or company who might 

petition the Agency for new tolerances 

for biochemical or microbial pesticides, 

or hold a pesticide registration with 

existing tolerances, or any person or 

company who is interested in obtaining 

or retaining a tolerance in the absence 

of a registration, that is, an import 

tolerance for biochemical or microbial 

pesticides. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be interested in this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding this action, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies 

of This Document and Other Related 

Information? 

In addition to using EDOCKET 

(http://www.epa.gov/edocket/), you may 

access this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

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

frequently updated electronic version of 

40 CFR part 180 is available at E–CFR 

Beta Site Two at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/. 

II. What Action Is EPA Taking? 

Section 25(a)(2) of FIFRA requires the 

Administrator to provide the Secretary 

of Agriculture with a copy of any 

proposed regulation at least 60 days 

before signing it for publication in the 

Federal Register. The draft proposed 

rule is not available to the public until 

after it has been signed by EPA. If the 

Secretary comments in writing 

regarding the draft proposed rule within 

30 days after receiving it, the 

Administrator shall include the 

comments of the Secretary and the 

Administrator’s response to those 

comments in the proposed rule when 

published in the Federal Register. If the 

Secretary does not comment in writing 

within 30 days after receiving the draft 

proposed rule, the Administrator may 

sign the proposed regulation for 

publication in the Federal Register 

anytime after the 30-day period. 

III. Do Any Statutory and Executive 

Order Reviews Apply to This 

Notification? 

No. This document is not a proposed 

rule, it is merely a notification of 

submission to the Secretary of 

Agriculture. As such none of the 

regulatory assessment requirements 

apply to this document. 

IV. Will This Notification Be Subject to 

the Congressional Review Act? 

No. This action is not a rule for 

purposes of the Congressional Review 

Act (CRA), 5 U.S.C. 804(3), and will not 

be submitted to Congress and the 

Comptroller General. EPA will submit 

the final rule to Congress and the 

Comptroller General as required by the 

CRA. 

List of Subjects in 40 Part 158 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

James Jones, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–21093 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

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