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proposed 18 month compliance 

extension; and (4) Within 150 days of 

the date the comment period on the 

proposed amendments closes, EPA will 

sign a notice of final rulemaking. 

Petitioners have agreed to dismiss 

their petitions for review if EPA takes 

final action amending the MON in a 

manner substantially the same as the 

amendments set forth in Attachment A 

and not substantially inconsistent with 

the language in Attachment B. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

settlement agreement from persons who 

were not named as parties or interveners 

to the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

settlement agreement if the comments 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that such consent is 

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or 

inconsistent with the requirements of 

the Act. Unless EPA or the Department 

of Justice determine, based on any 

comment which may be submitted, that 

consent to the settlement agreement 

should be withdrawn, the terms of the 

agreement will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement 

A. How Can I Get a Copy of the 

Settlement? 

EPA has established an official public 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. OGC–2005–0015 which contains a 

copy of the settlement. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room B102, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

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 

identification number. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or on 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. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and To Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

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 submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. 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. 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. 

Your use of EPA’s electronic public 

docket to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket 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. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (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, 

your e-mail address is automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

Brenda Mallory, 

Acting Principal Deputy General Counsel, 

Office of General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–21368 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0257; FRL–7742–5] 

Versar, Inc. and EnDyna, BR Stern and 

Associates, Menzie-Cura and 

Associates, and Tetrahedon, Inc.; 

Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be tranferred 

to Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, 

EnDyna, BR Stern and Associates, 

Menzie-Cura and Associates, and 

Tetrahedon, Inc., in accordance with 40 

CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Versar, 

Inc. and its subcontractors, EnDyna, BR 

Stern and Associates, Menzie-Cura and 

Associates, and Tetrahedon, Inc., have 

been awarded a contract to perform 

work for OPP, and access to this 

information will enable Versar, Inc. and 

its subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern 

and Associates, Menzie-Cura and 

Associates, and Tetrahedon, Inc., to 

fulfill the obligations of the contract. 

DATES: Versar, Inc. and its 

subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern and 

Associates, Menzie-Cura and Associates, 

and Tetrahedon, Inc., will be given 

access to this information on or before 

October 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Felicia Croom, Information Technology 

and Resources Management Division 

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

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DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–0786. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, 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 identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0257. 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 from 8:30 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. 

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. Once in 

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

the appropriate docket ID number. 

II. Contractor Requirements 

Under Contract No. EP–W–05057, 

Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, 

EnDyna, BR Stern and Associates, 

Menzie-Cura and Associates, and 

Tetrahedon, Inc., will perform exposure 

assessments and relevant information 

necessary for EPA to fulfill the 

requirements of the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), 

FIFRA, Food Quality Protection Act 

(FQPA), FFDCA, the Pollution 

Prevention Act, and any other Executive 

Order or legislative requirement. These 

objectives shall be obtained by 

providing technical support for 

registration and reregistration activities 

relating to occupational and residential 

exposure and risk assessments. 

OPP has determined that access by 

Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, 

EnDyna, BR Stern and Associates, 

Menzie-Cura and Associates, and 

Tetrahedon, Inc., to information on all 

presticide chemicals is necessary for the 

performance of this contract. 

Some of this information may be 

entitled to confidential treatment. The 

information has been submitted to EPA 

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA 

and under sections 408 and 409 of 

FFDCA. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with 

Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, 

EnDyna, BR Stern and Associates, 

Menzie-Cura and Associates, and 

Tetrahedon, Inc., prohibits use of the 

information for any purpose not 

specified in the contract, prohibits 

disclosure of the information to a third 

party without prior written approval 

from the Agency, and requires that each 

official and employee of the contractor 

sign an agreement to protect the 

information from unauthorized release 

and to handle it in accordance with the 

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In 

addition, Versar, Inc. and its 

subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern and 

Associates, Menzie-Cura and Associates, 

and Tetrahedon, Inc., are required to 

submit for EPA approval a security plan 

under which any CBI will be secured 

and protected against unauthorized 

release or compromise. No information 

will be provided to Versar, Inc. and its 

subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern and 

Associates, Menzie-Cura and Associates, 

and Tetrahedon, Inc., until the 

requirements in this document have 

been fully satisfied. Records of 

information provided to Versar, Inc. and 

its subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern 

and Associates, Menzie-Cura and 

Associates, and Tetrahedon, Inc., will be 

maintained by EPA project officers for 

this contract. All information supplied 

to Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, 

EnDyna, BR Stern and Associates, 

Menzie-Cura and Associates, and 

Tetrahedon, Inc., by EPA for use in 

connection with this contract will be 

returned to EPA when Versar, Inc. and 

its subcontractors, EnDyna, BR Stern 

and Associates, Menzie-Cura and 

Associates, and Tetrahedon, Inc., have 

completed their work. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Business 

and industry, Government contracts, 

Government property, Security 

measures. 

October 17, 2005. 

Robert Forrest, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2004–0370; FRL–7737–7] 

Endothall Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) for the 

pesticide endothall. The Agency’s risk 

assessments and other related 

documents also are available in the 

endothall Docket. Endothall is used as 

an aquatic herbicide to control 

submerged aquatic vegetation and algae 

in lakes, ponds, and irrigation canals 

and is used as a desiccant on cotton, 

hops, potatoes, and seed production for 

alfalfa and clover. Endothall is also used 

as a biocide to control mollusks in 

cooling towers/systems. Endothall is 

applied as either a dipotassium salt or 

an N, N-dimethylalkylamine salt. The 

endothall acid is not directly applied to 

use sites; it is formed as a break-down 

product resulting from application of 

the salt forms. The amine salt is the only 

form applied terrestrially, while both 

the dipotassium and amine salt are 

applied to aquatic use sites. EPA has 

reviewed endothall through the public 

participation process that the Agency 

uses to involve the public in developing 

pesticide reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment decisions. Through these 

programs, EPA is ensuring that all 

pesticides meet current health and 

safety standards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Overstreet, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental