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and is holding a meeting on March 6, 

2007. The Spray Drift Work Group, cochaired by EPA Offices of Water and 

Pesticide Programs, is improving 

understanding of the perspectives of all 

stakeholders regarding spray drift and 

will provide recommendations on ways 

to mitigate spray drift is chairing a 

meeting on March 7 and 8, 2007. The 

Registration Review Implementation 

Work Group which is developing 

recommendations for the Registration 

Review initial docket opening process 

will chair a meeting on March 8, 2007. 

Future meetings will be announced on 

the work group’s Web sites (see: Active 

Workgroups menu at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/). 

PPDC was established under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463, in 

September 1995 for a 2–year term and 

has been renewed every 2 years since 

that time. PPDC provides advice and 

recommendations to OPP on a broad 

range of pesticide regulatory, policy, 

and program implementation issues that 

are associated with evaluating and 

reducing risks from use of pesticides. 

The following sectors are represented on 

the PPDC: pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental/public 

interest and consumer groups; farm 

worker organizations; pesticide user, 

grower, and commodity groups; federal/ 

state/local/ and tribal governments; the 

general public; academia; and public 

health organizations. 

Copies of the PPDC charter are filed 

with appropriate committees of 

Congress, the Library of Congress, and 

are available upon request. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated Febrary 12, 2007. 

James Jones, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–2871 Filed 2–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0694; FRL–8115–9] 

Pine Oil and Propylene Glycol and 

Dipropylene Glycol Reregistration 

Eligibility Decisions; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Reregistration 

Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for the 

pesticides pine oil and propylene glycol 

and dipropylene glycol and opens a 

public comment period on these 

documents. The Agency’s risk 

assessments and other related 

documents also are available in the pine 

oil and propylene glycol and 

dipropylene glycol Dockets. Pine oil is 

an antimicrobial used for sanitizing and 

disinfecting in residential and 

commercial/institutional settings. 

Propylene glycol is used in air 

sanitization and hard surface 

disinfection and dipropylene glycol is 

used in air sanitization. EPA has 

reviewed pine oil and propylene glycol 

and dipropylene glycol 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. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number, by one of the following 

methods: For pine oil, docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2004–0302 and for propylene 

glycol and dipropylene glycol, docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2006–0831. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket telephone number is (703) 305- 

5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the following docket ID numbers: for 

pine oil docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ– OPP–2004–0302; and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene 

glycol, docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ– OPP–2006–0831. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send an 

e-mail comment directly to EPA without 

going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the docket 

and made available on the Internet. If 

you submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., 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 in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Pine Oil: ShaRon Carlisle, 

Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 308–

6427; fax number: (703) 308–8481; email address: carlisle.sharon@epa.gov. 

For Propylene Glycol and Dipropylene 

Glycol: Michelle Centra, Antimicrobials 

Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide 


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Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–2476; fax number: 

(703) 308–8481; e-mail address: 

centra.michelle@epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, 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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, 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 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes 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. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 4 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), EPA is reevaluating 

existing pesticides to ensure that they 

meet current scientific and regulatory 

standards. EPA has completed 

Reregistration Eligibility Decisions 

(REDs) for the pesticides, pine oil and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol 

under section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. Pine 

oil is an antimicrobial used for 

sanitizing and disinfecting in residential 

and commercial/institutional settings. 

Propylene glycol is used in air 

sanitization and hard surface 

disinfection and dipropylene glycol is 

used in air sanitization. Pest (fleas, 

mites, red lice, and various bacteria and 

viruses) control for pets (cats, dogs, and 

birds) is also a major active use for 

propylene glycol. 

EPA has determined that the data base 

to support reregistration is substantially 

complete and that products containing 

pine oil and propylene glycol and 

dipropylene glycol are eligible for 

reregistration, provided the risks are 

mitigated either in the manner 

described in the RED or by another 

means that achieves equivalent risk 

reduction. Upon submission of any 

required product specific data under 

section 4(g)(2)(B) and any necessary 

changes to the registration and labeling 

(either to address concerns identified in 

the RED or as a result of product 

specific data), EPA will make a final 

reregistration decision under section 

4(g)(2)(C) for products containing pine 

oil and propylene glycol and 

dipropylene glycol. 

EPA must review tolerances and 

tolerance exemptions that were in effect 

when the Food Quality Protection Act 

(FQPA) was enacted in August 1996, to 

ensure that these existing pesticide 

residue limits for food and feed 

commodities meet the safety standard 

established by the new law. Tolerances 

are considered reassessed once the 

safety finding has been made or a 

revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed 

and made the requisite safety finding for 

the pine oil and propylene glycol and 

dipropylene glycol tolerances included 

in this notice. 

EPA is applying the principles of 

public participation to all pesticides 

undergoing reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide 

Tolerance Reassessment and 

Reregistration; Public Participation 

Process, published in the Federal 

Register on May 14, 2004, (69 FR 

26819)(FRL–7357–9) explains that in 

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, pine oil and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol 

were reviewed through the modified 4- 

Phase process. Through this process, 

EPA worked extensively with 

stakeholders and the public to reach the 

regulatory decisions for pine oil and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene 

glycol. 

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 pine oil and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol 

REDs for public comment. This 

comment period is intended to provide 

an additional opportunity for public 

input and a mechanism for initiating 

any necessary amendments to the RED. 

All comments should be submitted 

using the methods in ADDRESSES, and 

must be received by EPA on or before 

the closing date. These comments will 

become part of the Agency Docket for 

pine oil and propylene glycol and 

dipropylene glycol. 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 

and will provide a Response to 

Comments Memorandum in the Docket 

and regulations.gov. If any comment 

significantly affects the document, EPA 

also will publish an amendment to the 

RED in the Federal Register. In the 

absence of substantive comments 

requiring changes, the pine oil and 

propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol 

REDs 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 


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concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration, before calling in product 

specific 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 was completed by August 3, 

2006. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Pine oil, Propylene glycol 

and Dipropylene glycol. 

Dated: February 12, 2007. 

Betty Shackleford, 

Acting Director, Antimicrobials Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 07–791 Filed 2–16–07; 2:27 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8279–1] 

Virginia State Prohibition on 

Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Final 

Affirmative Determination 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Final Determination. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

III has affirmatively determined, 

pursuant to section 312(f) of Public Law 

92–500, as amended by Public Law 95–

217 and Public Law 100–4 (the Clean 

Water Act), that adequate facilities for 

the safe and sanitary removal and 

treatment of sewage from all vessels are 

reasonably available for the navigable 

waters of the Lynnhaven River, Virginia 

Beach, Virginia. Virginia will 

completely prohibit the discharge of 

sewage, whether treated or not, from 

any vessel in the Lynnhaven River. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Ambrogio, EPA Region III, 

Office of State and Watershed 

Partnerships, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. Telephone: 

(215) 814–2758. Fax: (215) 814–2301. Email: ambrogio.edward@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An 

application was made by the Virginia 

Secretary of Natural Resources on behalf 

of the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality (VDEQ) to EPA 

Region III to approve a no discharge 

zone for the Lynnhaven River. Upon 

publication of this final affirmative 

determination, VDEQ will completely 

prohibit the discharge of sewage, 

whether treated or not, from any vessel 

in the Lynnhaven River in accordance 

with section 312(f)(3) of the Clean Water 

Act and 40 CFR 140.4(a). Notice of the 

Receipt of Application and Tentative 

Determination was published in the 

Federal Register on November 21, 2006 

(71 FR 67352, Nov. 21, 2006). 

Comments on the tentative 

determination were accepted during the 

30-day comment period which closed 

on December 21, 2006. Comment letters 

from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation 

and Lynnhaven River 2007 were 

received endorsing the proposed 

affirmative determination. The 

remainder of this Notice summarizes the 

location of the no discharge zone, the 

available pumpout facilities and related 

information. 

Lynnhaven River 

The Lynnhaven River is located in the 

northern part of the city of Virginia 

Beach, Virginia. It is connected to the 

Chesapeake Bay through the Lynnhaven 

Inlet, just east of the Chesapeake Bay 

Bridge-Tunnel. The Lynnhaven River, 

including the Eastern Branch, the 

Western Branch, and Broad Bay/ 

Linkhorn Bay encompasses an area of 

land and water of approximately 64 

square miles with nearly 150 miles of 

shoreline. The upstream portions of the 

Lynnhaven River system flow either 

north to the Chesapeake Bay or south to 

North Carolina depending on wind and 

tidal patterns. The Lynnhaven River is 

oligohaline and subject to the action of 

tides. The majority of the waters outside 

the bays are shallow with maintained 

channel depths of six to 10 feet. 

Many people enjoy the Lynnhaven 

River watershed for a variety of 

activities, including boating, fishing, 

crabbing, water skiing, and swimming. 

The shoreline surrounding the 

Lynnhaven River includes 4,478 private 

waterfront homes, public access areas, 

marinas, boat launch facilities, 

waterside restaurants, and a state park. 

Large and small boats, personal 

watercraft, canoes, kayaks, water skiers, 

and swimmers enjoy the river for its 

recreational benefits. There are several 

waterfront access areas within First 

Landing State Park for swimming during 

summer months. The Lynnhaven River 

was also once a prime oyster harvesting 

area known throughout the world for 

the famous Lynnhaven oyster. Oyster 

habitat restoration projects are presently 

being implemented in the Lynnhaven 

River. Lynnhaven River 2007, an 

advocacy group, in partnership with the 

city of Virginia Beach, the Chesapeake 

Bay Foundation, and the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers initiated an oystergrowing program in the summer of 2004 

to assist in repopulating the river with 

this valuable living resource. 

Portions of the Lynnhaven River were 

listed for bacteriological impairments 

from fecal coliform and enterococci 

bacteria in Virginia’s 1998 section 

303(d) list requiring the development of 

a total maximum daily load (TMDL). 

Consequently in 2004, EPA Region III 

and the Virginia State Water Control 

Board approved a TMDL for the 

shellfish harvest use impairments on 

Lynnhaven, Broad, and Linkhorn Bays 

prepared by the VDEQ. The 

establishment of a no discharge zone for 

the Lynnhaven River is one component 

of the TMDL Implementation Plan. 

For the purpose of this Notice, the 

Lynnhaven River no discharge zone is 

defined as all contiguous waters south 

of the Lesner Bridge at Lynnhaven Inlet 

(Latitude 36°54′27.90′′ N and Longitude 

76°05′30.90′′W) and north of the 

watershed break point defined as the 

intersection of West Neck Creek at Dam 

Neck Road (Latitude 36°47′17.60′′ N and 

Longitude 76°04′14.62′′ W). 

Information submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Virginia states that 

there are six waterfront marinas 

operating sanitary pumpouts in the 

Lynnhaven River. Each of these 

facilities also provides dump stations, 

restrooms, and informational signage. 

Details of these facilities’ location, 

availability and hours of operation are 

as follows: Long Bay Pointe marina is 

located on the north side of Long Creek, 

west of the West Great Neck Road 

Bridge over the creek (2101 West Great 

Neck Rd., Virginia Beach). The marina 

currently operates a Chesapeake Bay 

Marine pumpout system on the fuel 

dock accessible to all boaters. There is 

a sign on the pump station. The marina 

also has a dump station adjacent to the 

dock for portable toilets. The marina’s 

sewage disposal hours of operation are 

10 am–6 pm, 7 days a week, 12 months 

per year. Lynnhaven Dry Storage marina 

is located on the north side of Long 

Creek between the West Great Neck 

Road and North Great Neck Road 

bridges over the creek (2150 West Great 

Neck Rd., Virginia Beach). The marina 

currently operates a SaniSailor pumpout 

system on the fuel dock accessible to all 

boaters. A sign for the pumpout is 

posted on the side of the building 

adjacent to the dock. The marina has a 

dump station adjacent to the dock for 


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