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conducting these programs, EPA 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. Due to its uses, 

risks, and other factors, dodine was 

reviewed through a modified process. 

Through this process, EPA worked 

extensively with stakeholders and the 

public to reach the regulatory decisions 

for dodine. 

The reregistration program is being 

conducted under Congressionally 

mandated time frames, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. The 

Agency is issuing the dodine RED for 

public comment. This comment period 

is intended to provide an opportunity 

for public input and a mechanism for 

initiating any necessary amendments to 

the RED. 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 

dodine. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

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

consider these late comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

in the Docket and electronic EDOCKET. 

If any comment significantly affects the 

document, EPA will also publish an 

amendment to the RED in the Federal 

Register. In the absence of substantive 

comments requiring changes, the dodine 

RED will be implemented as it is now 

presented. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA as amended 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration, before calling in productspecific data on individual end-use 

products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’

Section 408(q) of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (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: November 16, 2005. 

Peter Caulkins, 

Acting Director, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–23420 Filed 11–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0308; FRL–7747–2] 

Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition 

for the Establishment of Regulations 

for Residues of the Fungicide Metiram 

in or on Food Commodities 

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 the fungicide 

metiram: a mixture of 5.2 parts by 

weight of ammoniates of 

ethylenebis(dithiocarbamato) zinc with 

1 part by weight ethylenebis 

(dithiocarbamic acid) bimolecular and 

trimolecular cyclic anhydrosulfides and 

disulfides, calculated as zinc 

ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in or on 

imported bananas (whole fruit) and 

grapes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 30, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number OPP–

2005–0308 and pesticide petition (PP) 

number PP9E6006, may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery or courier. Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in Unit I. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Jones, Registration Division (7505C), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, U. S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; phone number: 703–

308–9424; e-mail address: 

jones.lisa@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 code 

112). 

• 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 ID number OPP–2005–

0308. 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 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, to 

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 

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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 

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–2005–0308. 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–

2005–0308. 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–2005–0308. 

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–2005–0308. 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. 

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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. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

notice. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action and the pesticide 

petition number of the summary 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 

comment. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is printing notice of filing of a 

pesticide petition received under 

section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 

346a, proposing the establishment of 

regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for 

residues of the fungicide metiram: a 

mixture of 5.2 parts by weight of 

ammoniates of 

ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate) zinc with 

1 part by weight 

ethylenebis(dithiocarbamic acid) 

bimolecular and trimolecular cyclic 

anhydrosulfides and disulfides, 

calculated as zinc 

ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in or on 

bananas (whole fruit) and grapes. EPA 

has determined that the pesticide 

petition contains data or information 

regarding the elements set forth in 

FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA 

has not fully evaluated the sufficiency 

of the submitted data at this time or 

whether the data support granting of the 

pesticide petition. Additional data may 

be needed before EPA rules on this 

pesticide petition. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of the petition, prepared by 

the petitioner along with a description 

of the analytical methods available for 

the detection and measurement of the 

pesticide chemical residues is available 

on EPA’s Electronic Docket at http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. To locate this 

information, on the home page of EPA’s 

Electronic Docket select ‘‘Quick Search’’

and type the OPP docket ID number for 

the pesticide petition (as specified in 

Unit I.B.1.) in the search field. Once the 

search has located the docket, clicking 

on the ‘‘Docket ID’’ will bring up a list 

of all documents in the docket for the 

pesticide including the petition 

summary. 

New Tolerance 

PP 9E6006. BASF Corporation, 26 

Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709, proposes to establish tolerances 

for the combined residues of the 

fungicide metiram: a mixture of 5.2 

parts by weight of ammoniates of 

ethylenebis(dithiocarbamato) zinc with 

1 part by weight 

ethylenebis(dithiocarbamic acid) 

bimolecular and trimolecular cyclic 

anhydrosulfides and disulfides, 

calculated as zinc 

ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in or on the 

food commodities imported bananas 

(whole fruit) at 5.0 parts per million 

(ppm) and grapes at 7.0 ppm. The 

nature of the residue in grapes and 

bananas is also adequately understood. 

The residues of concern are the parent 

compound, metiram and its metabolite 

ethylenethiourea (ETU). BASF has 

developed an analytical method 

converting metiram to carbon disulfide 

(CS2) and quantitating using 

photometric measurement of the 

Ultraviolet (UV) absorption at 302 nm. 

An analytical method using high 

performance liquid chromatography 

with electrochemical detection for the 

determination of ETU was also 

developed. These methods have been 

confirmed through independent 

laboratory validations. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural commodities, Feed 

additives, Food additives, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: November 16, 2005. 

Donald R. Stubbs, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–23444 Filed 11–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0312; FRL–7747–6] 

Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition 

for the Establishment of Regulations 

for Residues of the Fungicide 

Prothioconazole and its Metabolites in 

or on Food Commodities 

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 the fungicide 

prothioconazole and its desthio 

metabolite in or on barley, bran/grain/ 

hay/pearled/straw; black mustard/ 

borage/canola/ crambe/field mustard/ 

flax/Indian mustard/Indian rapeseed/ 

rapeseed, seed; flax, grain and aspirated 

fractions; peas and beans, dried shelled 

(except soybeans); peanut, nutmeat/hay/ 

meal; rice, grain/straw/hulls; and wheat, 

grain/bran/forage/germ/hay/straw; and 

for residues of prothioconazole, its 

desthio and 4–hydroxy metabolites, and 

conjugates of each in cattle, meat/meat 

byproducts/fat/milk. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 30, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number OPP–

2005–0312 and pesticide petition (PP) 

number PP 4F6830, may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery or courier. Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in Unit I. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Coppolino, Registration Division 

(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: 703–305–0086; e-mail address: 

coppolino.lana@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 code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532).