69550 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 

approved and due to expire on August 

31, 2006. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection activity 

and its expected burden and costs. 

Abstract: The use of pesticides to 

increase crop production often results in 

pesticide residues in or on the crop. To 

protect the public health from unsafe 

pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on 

the nature and level of residues 

permitted pursuant to section 408 of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used 

on food or feed crops unless the Agency 

has established a tolerance (maximum 

residue limit) for the pesticide residues 

on that crop, or established an 

exemption from the requirement to have 

a tolerance. 

It is EPA’s responsibility to ensure 

that the maximum residue levels likely 

to be found in or on food/feed crops are 

safe for human consumption through a 

careful review and evaluation of residue 

chemistry and toxicology data. In 

addition it must ensure that adequate 

enforcement of the tolerance can be 

achieved through the testing of 

submitted analytical methods. Once the 

data are deemed adequate to support the 

findings, EPA will establish the 

tolerance or grant an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance. 

There are basically three types of 

tolerance actions: 

• Permanent tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

permanent tolerance) for residues which 

would result from a pesticide use 

registered under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). 

• Temporary tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

temporary tolerance) to permit the sale 

of commodities containing residues 

resulting from authorized experimental 

use of an unregistered pesticide. 

• Time-limited tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

time-limited tolerance) to permit the 

sale of commodities containing residues 

resulting from a pesticide whose use 

was authorized under section 18 of 

FIFRA. 

This ICR only applies to the 

information collection activities 

associated with the submission of a 

petition for a tolerance action. 

V. What are EPA’s Burden and Cost 

Estimates for this ICR? 

Under the PRA, ‘‘burden’’ means the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal Agency. 

For this collection it includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized in this notice. 

The annual public burden is 258,900 

hours. The following is a summary of 

the estimates taken from the ICR: 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

person seeking a tolerance action. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 150. 

Frequency of response: A petition is 

required only once for each raw or 

processed commodity on which the 

pesticide is used. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

258,900. 

Estimated total annual burden costs: 

$23,973,150. 

VI. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

Respondent costs for this ICR have 

increased due to inflationary 

adjustments in labor rates for both 

respondents and Agency personnel. As 

a result, there is an increase of $537,450 

in the estimated total annual respondent 

cost (from $23,435,700 to $23,973,150). 

VII. What is the Next Step in the 

Process for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 3, 2005. 

Susan B. Hazen, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. 05–22549 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7996–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

and Meeting of the Science Advisory 

Board Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) RadNet Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference and face-to-face 

meeting of the SAB Radiation Advisory 

Committee (RAC) RadNet Review Panel 

of the SAB to discuss the Office of 

Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) draft 

report ‘‘Expansion and Upgrade of the 

RadNet Air Monitoring Network,’’ (Vols. 

1 & 2), dated October 2005. The RAC 

will also receive a program update and 

briefings. 

DATES: A public teleconference of the 

SAB Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) RadNet Review Panel will be 

held on December 1, 2005 from 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. eastern standard time. The 

face-to-face public meeting will be held 

December 19 and 20, 2005 from 8:30 

a.m to 5:30 p.m. central time. Upon 

completion of the RadNet Review, the 

RAC will receive a program update and 

briefing from ORIA on December 21, 

2005 from 8:15 a.m. to no later than 1 

p.m central time. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will take place via telephone only. The 

public face-to-face meeting will be held 

at the U.S. EPA National Air and 

Radiation Environmental Laboratory 

(NAREL), 540 South Morris Avenue, 

Montgomery, AL 36115. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code for the December 1, 2005 

teleconference, or further information 

concerning the public face-to-face 

meeting in Montgomery, AL may 

contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by 

mail at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), 

U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 343–9984; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or by e-mail at: 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 69551 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. Technical Contact: 

For questions and information 

concerning the document being 

reviewed, contact Dr. Mary E. Clark, 

U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202) 

343–9348, fax at (202) 243–2395, or email at clark.marye@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary: EPA’s ORIA has requested 

EPA’s Science Advisory Board to review 

its draft report ‘‘Expansion and Upgrade 

of the RadNet Air Monitoring Network,’’

(Vols. 1 & 2), dated October 2005. The 

purpose of the upcoming teleconference 

is for the RAC’s RadNet Review Panel to 

be briefed on the document to be 

reviewed and to clarify the charge to the 

Panel. The purpose of the upcoming 

face-to-face meeting is to allow the SAB 

RAC RadNet Review Panel to conduct a 

peer review of the document. Meeting 

agendas and background information for 

the teleconference and face-to-face 

meetings will be posted on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab 

prior to the meetings. 

The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

review will be conducted by the RAC’s 

RadNet Review Panel, consisting of 

current SAB RAC members and 

additional outside experts. The Panel 

will comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and all appropriate SAB 

procedural policies. As such, all public 

meetings will be announced in the 

Federal Register at least 15 days prior 

to their scheduled times. 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the SAB Staff Office hereby 

gives notice of a public meeting of the 

Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) 

RadNet Review Panel. The EPA ORIA 

requested the SAB to provide advice on 

RadNet, which is the National 

Monitoring System (NMS) upgrade, 

formerly known as the Environmental 

Radiation Ambient Monitoring System 

(ERAMS). The RAC’s RadNet Review 

Panel will review the draft document 

entitled ‘‘Expansion and Upgrade of the 

RadNet Air Monitoring Network,’’ (Vols. 

1 & 2), dated October 2005. 

Additionally, the RAC will receive a 

program update and briefing related to 

ORIA program activities within the EPA 

for the coming year on the morning of 

December 21, 2005. 

Additional background information 

on this review include notification of a 

public teleconference meeting of the 

RAC to receive briefings from the 

Agency and discuss its advisory agenda 

for FY 2005 [70 FR 4847, January 31, 

2005], as well as a request for 

nominations of experts [70 FR 15083, 

March 24, 2005]. 

Persons who wish to obtain additional 

background materials on the current 

ERAMS network may find them at the 

following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

narel/erams/index.html. Copies of the 

materials provided to the RAC’s RadNet 

Review Panel, including the Agency’s 

draft document entitled ‘‘Expansion and 

Upgrade of the RadNet Air Monitoring 

Network,’’ (Vols. 1 & 2), dated October 

2005, as well as briefing materials and 

other background materials pertinent to 

the activities announced in this notice 

may be requested from Dr. Mary E. Clark 

of the U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at 

(202) 343–9348, fax at (202) 243–2395, 

or e-mail at clark.marye@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comment: The SAB Staff Office accepts 

written public comments of any length 

for consideration by the Panel and 

accommodates oral comments whenever 

possible. The EPA SAB Staff Office 

expects the public statements presented 

at SAB meetings will not repeat 

previously-submitted oral or written 

statements. Oral Comments: Requests to 

provide oral comment must be in 

writing (e-mail or fax) and received by 

Dr. Kooyoomjian at the contact 

information noted above no later than 

November 23, 2005 for the December 1, 

2005 teleconference call, and December 

12, 2005 for the December 19 to 21, 

2005 meeting. Oral presentation at a 

teleconference meeting will usually be 

limited to three minutes per speaker or 

organization for a total of no more than 

fifteen minutes for all speakers. Written 

Comments: Written comments should 

be received by Dr. Kooyoomjian at the 

contact information noted above no later 

than November 23, 2005 for the 

December 1, 2005 teleconference call, 

and December 12, 2005 for the 

December 19 to 21, 2005 meeting so that 

comments may be made available to the 

Panelists for their consideration. 

Written comments should be received 

by Dr. Kooyoomjian (preferably by email) at the address and contact 

information provided above in the 

following formats: one hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, 

Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/ 

Windows 98/2000/XP format)). Those 

providing written comments and who 

attend the meeting are also asked to 

bring 35 copies of their comments for 

public distribution. 

Meeting Access: Individuals requiring 

special accommodation to access the 

public teleconference or public meeting 

should contact Dr. Kooyoomjian at least 

five business days prior to the meeting, 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. For information on access or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. K. Jack 

Kooyoomjian at 202–343–9984 or 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov to request 

accommodation of a disability. Such 

accommodation is required by sections 

504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 794d, EPA’s 

implementing regulations, 40 CFR part 

12, and the federal standards for 

‘‘Electronic and Information Technology 

Accessibility,’’ 36 CFR part 1194, which 

govern accessibility and accommodation 

in relation to EPA programs and 

activities, such as Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 05–22702 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0265; FRL–7746–4] 

Dicloran Risk Assessments; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s risk assessment(s), 

and related documents for the 

nitroanaline pesticide dicloran, and 

opens a public comment period on these 

documents. The public is encouraged to 

suggest risk management ideas or 

proposals to address the risks identified. 

EPA is developing a Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) for dicloran 

through a modified, 4–Phase 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. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2005–

0265, must be received on or before 

January 17, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in