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Triisopropanolammonium salt of 

aminopyralid to be used as a herbicide 

for control of annual and perennial 

broadleaf weeds, including invasive and 

noxious weeds, on range permanent 

grass pastures, Conservation Reserve 

Program (CRP) acres, non-cropland 

areas (such as rights-of-way, roadsides 

and non- irrigation ditch banks), natural 

areas (such as wildlife management 

areas, recreation areas, campgrounds, 

trail heads and trails), and grazed areas 

in and around these sites; and for 

control of annual and perennial 

broadleaf weeds in wheat (including 

spring wheat, winter wheat, and 

durum). These active ingredients have 

not been included in any previously 

registered pesticide product. 

These applications were conditionally 

approved and the following pesticide 

products were conditionally registered 

on August 10, 2005: 

1. Aminopyralid Technical, EPA 

Registration Number 62719–518, 

2. MilestoneTM, EPA Registration 

Number 62719–519. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: November 15, 2005. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–23108 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0296; FRL–7746–1] 

Pesticide Product; Registration 

Application 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of an application to register a pesticide 

product containing a new active 

ingredient not included in any 

previously registered product pursuant 

to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. 

DATES: Written comments, identified by 

the docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0296, must be received on or 

before December 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: 

Raderrio Wilkins, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–1259; e-mail address: 

Wilkins.Raderrio@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111) 

• Animal production (NAICS 

code112) 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311) 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 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 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. 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–2005–0296. 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. 

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 

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 

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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–2005–0296. 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–

2005–0296. 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), Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(7502C), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001, Attention: 

Docket ID Number OPP–2005–0296. 

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–2005–0296. 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 part 2. 

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 copies of 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 the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the registration activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

notice. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA received an application as 

follows to register pesticide product 

containing an active ingredient not 

included in any previously registered 

products pursuant to the provision of 

section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. Notice of 

receipt of this application does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on the 

application. 

Product Containing an Active Ingredient 

not Included in any Previously 

Registered Product 

File Symbol: 79766–R. Applicant: 

Falcon Lab, LLC. 1103 Norbee Drive, 

Wilmington, DE 19803. Product Name: 

Falcon Lab LLC. Racer TM Concentrate 

Non-Selective Herbicide. Type Product: 

Contact herbicide. Active ingredient: 

Ammonium pelargonate at 40%. 

Proposed classification/Use: For the 

suppression and control of weeds, vines 

and underbrush. 

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List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: November 10, 2005. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–23107 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7999–1] 

Proposal of addition of certain 

substances to the 1998 Aarhus 

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 

Protocol under the Long-Range 

Transboundary Air Pollution 

Convention of the United Nations 

Economic Commission for Europe 

(UNECE): Notice of Data Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability 

(NODA). 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of data and information 

concerning dossiers (or proposals) for 

the addition of hexachlorobutadiene, 

octabromo diphenyl ether (octaBDE), 

pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated 

napthalenes, short-chain chlorinated 

parrafins (SCCPs), dicofol, 

pentabromodiphenyl ether (PeDBE), and 

perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) as 

persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 

submitted to the Secretariat of the 1998 

Aarhus POPs Protocol Under the LongRange Transboundary Air Pollution 

(LRTAP) Convention of the UNECE. We 

are issuing this NODA to alert interested 

and potentially affected parties of these 

proposals; to announce the substances 

proposed for inclusion in the Protocol; 

to provide the Web site where these 

proposals may be reviewed; to provide 

the addresses where comments or 

information may be submitted; and to 

provide the deadline for submitting 

comments and information. We are also 

issuing the NODA to solicit names and 

contact information for those parties 

who would like to be notified when 

proposals under the Aarhus POPs 

Protocol occur. 

DATES: Comments and information on 

these proposals must be received on or 

before December 9, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The proposals can be found 

at the following Web site: http:// 

www.unece.org/env/popsxg/ 

proposals%20for%20NEW%20pops. 

htm. Comments and information on 

these proposals should be submitted to 

the UNECE Secretariat for the POPs 

Task Force via e-mail at 

air.env@unece.org. Please provide a 

copy of your comments and information 

submitted to Paul Almodo ́var of the U.S. 

EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards via e-mail at 

almodovar.paul@epa.gov. If you are 

interested in being contacted in the 

future when proposals under this 

Protocol occur, please notify Paul 

Almodo ́var directly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Almodo ́var of the U.S. EPA, Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Information Transfer Program 

Implementation Division, C304–03, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711, telephone number (919) 541–

0283, e-mail at 

almodovar.paul@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Outline: The information presented in 

this NODA is organized as follows: 

I. 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol Under the 

Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution 

Convention of the UNECE 

a. What Is the Long-Range Transboundary 

Air Pollution (LRTAP) Convention of the 

UNECE? 

b. What Is the 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol? 

II. Proposals for New POPs 

a. Who Are the Nominating Countries? 

b. What Do the Proposals Address? 

c. What Is Involved in the Technical 

Review of These Proposals? 

d. Other Proposals 

I. 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol Under 

the Long-Range Transboundary Air 

Pollution Convention of the UNECE 

a. What Is the LRTAP Convention of the 

UNECE? 

The LRTAP Convention functions to 

foster intergovernmental cooperation 

and has created the essential framework 

for controlling and reducing the damage 

to human health and the environment 

caused by transboundary air pollution. 

Since entry into force of the Convention 

8 specific Protocols have also been 

completed to address transboundary air 

pollution, one of which is the 1998 

Aarhus POPs Protocol, which today’s 

NODA addresses. The United States is 

a Party to the LRTAP Convention. The 

focus of the Parties to the Convention 

over the next several years will be to 

ensure implementation of these 

protocols. Participation in this 

Convention allows the United States to 

continue to assert its leadership role in 

shaping the substance and structure of 

LRTAP protocols as they continue to 

tackle complex pollution issues and 

serve as models for action in other 

regional bodies, as well as for global 

environmental agreements. 

b. What Is the 1998 Aarhus POPs 

Protocol? 

The 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol 

under the LRTAP Convention was 

established with the objective of 

controlling, reducing or eliminating 

discharges, emissions, and losses of 

POPs. POPs are defined in the Protocol 

as organic substances that (i) possess 

toxic characteristics; (ii) are persistent; 

(iii) bioaccumulate; (iv) are prone to 

long-range transboundary atmospheric 

transport and deposition; and (v) are 

likely to cause significant adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

near to and distant from their sources. 

The Protocol outlines basic obligations 

for countries that are Parties to the 

Protocol (have ratified the Protocol) for 

achieving this objective, and includes 

methods by which Parties to the 

Protocol can fulfill the basic obligations, 

including identifying best available 

techniques and emission limit values for 

stationary sources of POPs, and effective 

measures to control POPs emissions 

from mobile sources. The Protocol 

identifies POPs that have been targeted 

and scheduled for elimination (aldrin, 

chlorodane, clordecone, DDT, deildrin, 

endrin, heptachlor, hexabromobiphenyl, 

hexachlorobenzene, mirex, PCB, and 

toxaphene; Annex I of the Protocol); for 

use restrictions (DDT, HCH, PCB; Annex 

II of the Protocol); and for annual 

reductions in emissions from a specified 

reference year, achieved by taking 

effective measures as appropriate 

(polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 

(PAHs), Dioxins/furans, and 

hexachlorobenzene). The Protocol in its 

entirety can be viewed at the LRTAP 

POPs Web site at http://www.unece.org/ 

env/lrtap/pops_h1.htm. The United 

States is currently not a Party to the 

Aarhus POPs Protocol. Legislation is 

being developed that would allow the 

United States to become Parties to, and 

implement the protocol. 

II. Proposals To Include Substances as 

POPs 

a. Who Are the Nominating Countries? 

The Protocol provides procedures by 

which Parties to the Protocol can 

propose to amend annex I, II, or III by 

adding substances to the Protocol. These 

procedures are outlined in Article 14 of 

the Protocol. 

This year, the European Commission 

has submitted proposals for 

hexachlorobutadiene, OctaBDE, 

pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated 

napthalenes, and SCCPs, and the 

Netherlands has submitted a proposal 

for dicofol.