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prior to its meeting; comments received

too close to the meeting date will

normally be provided to the committee

or subcommittee at its meeting, except

for teleconferences, where brief written

materials may be FAXed to the

participants, with more detailed or

lengthy materials received too close to

the teleconference to be mailed to the

subcommittee or committee participants

shortly after the teleconference. Written

comments may be provided up until the

time of the meeting.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

John R. Fowle III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11075 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

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Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee, Science Advisory Board;

Notification of Public Advisory

Committee Meeting

May 16–17, 1996.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Clean Air

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

of the Science Advisory Board (SAB)

will meet on Thursday and Friday, May

16 and 17, 1996. On May 16th, the

meeting will be held at the Omni

Europa Hotel, One Europa Drive, Chapel

Hill, NC, 27514. The hotel phone

number is (919) 968–4900. On May

17th, the meeting will be held at the

USEPA, Main Auditorium,

Environmental Research Center (ERC),

corner of Route 54 and Alexander Drive,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. The

meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end

no later than 5:00 p.m. on both days

(times noted are Eastern Time). The

meeting is open to the public. Due to

limited space, seating at the meeting

will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

Important Notice: Documents that are

the subject of SAB reviews are normally

available from the originating EPA office

and are not available from the SAB

Office—information concerning

document availability from the relevant

Program area is included below. See 60

FR 62089–62090 for further information.

Purpose of the Meeting

At this meeting, the Committee will

review and provide advice to EPA on

the draft staff paper for particulate

matter (Review of National Ambient Air

Quality Standards for Particulate

Matter: Policy Assessment of Scientific

and Technical Information). The

purpose of the staff paper is to evaluate

and interpret the most relevant

scientific and technical information

reviewed in the air quality criteria

document in order to better specify the

critical elements which the EPA staff

believes should be considered in any

possible revisions to the national

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)

for particulate matter. This document is

intended to bridge the gap between the

scientific review contained in the

criteria document and the judgments

required of the Administrator in setting

a NAAQS. The Committee will also

review draft the technical support

document: A Particulate Matter Risk

Analysis for Philadelphia and Los

Angeles. The Committee will consider

presentations from Agency staff and the

interested public prior to making

recommendations to the Administrator.

Availability of Review Materials

(a) Review of National Ambient Air

Quality Standards for Particulate

Matter: Policy Assessment of Scientific

and Technical Information (The Draft

Staff Paper)—Single copies of the draft

particulate matter staff paper may be

obtained from Ms. Tricia Crabtree,

Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards (MD–15), U.S. EPA, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711. Ms. Crabtree

can also be reached by telephone at

(919) 541–5655 or by fax at (919) 541–

0237. The Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards (OAQPS) will accept

written comments from the public on all

aspects of their revised external review

draft particulate matter staff paper

through June 7, 1996. Written comments

should be sent to Dr. Jane Caldwell at

address stated above.

This draft document will also be

available on the Agency’s TTN Bulletin

Board (reachable via modem on (919)

541–5742). To access the TTN Bulletin

Board, a modem and communications

software will be necessary. The terminal

emulation needs to be VT100, VT102 or

ANSI. The following parameters on the

communications software are required:

Data bits–8; Parity–N; and Stop Bits–1.

The document will be located under the

Clean Air Act Amendments BBS under

Title I, Policy and Guidance. For

INTERNET access—go to Telenet Site

and enter TTNBBS.RTPNC.EPA.GOV or

IP Number 134.67.234.17. For

INTERNET, we do not have FTP to

download documents. Requester must

have Kermit Protocol Program or pay a

fee for SLIP account for downloading

capabilities. Once in the TTN Bulletin

Board, you must register (there is no

charge for this). At the prompt for name,

you should enter your name; at the

prompt for password, make up a

password (8 characters); select

registration and enter registration

information including company name.

Then follow instructions. For assistance

in assessing the draft materials, please

contact the Help Desk at (919) 541–5384

in Research Triangle Park, NC. To

arrange for copies of specific figures/

graphs, not adequately reproduced with

the TTN Bulletin Board, contact Ms.

Trish Crabtree at the previously stated

location/phone number.

(b) A Particulate Matter Risk Analysis

for Philadelphia and Los Angeles.—

Single copies of this draft document

will be available from Ms. Tricia

Crabtree (see above). The OAQPS will

accept written comments from the

public on both documents through June

7, 1996. Written comments should be

sent to Mr. Eric Smith at the above

address.

For Further Information

Members of the public desiring

additional information about the

meeting should contact Mr. Robert

Flaak, Designated Federal Official,

Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee, Science Advisory Board

(1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice

mail at (202) 260–5133; fax at (202) 260–

7118; or via the INTERNET at

FLAAK.ROBERT@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

Those individuals requiring a copy of

the draft Agenda should contact Ms.

Dorothy Clark at (202) 260–6552 or by

FAX at (202) 260–7118 or via the

INTERNET at CLARK.DOROTHY @

EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Additional

information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found in The

Annual Report of the Staff Director

which is available from the SAB

Publications Staff at (202) 260–8414.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to the

Committee must contact Mr. Flaak in

writing (by letter or by fax—see

previously stated information) no later

than 12 noon Eastern Time, Friday, May

10, 1996 in order to be included on the

Agenda. Public comments will be

limited to five minutes per speaker or

organization. The request should

identify the name of the individual who

will make the presentation, the

organization (if any) they will represent,

any requirements for audio visual

equipment (e.g., overhead projector,

35mm projector, chalkboard, etc), and at

least 35 copies of an outline of the

issues to be addressed or the

presentation itself.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its
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meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of five

minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment are

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments of any

length (at least 35 copies) received in

the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to

a meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of its meeting, unless

other publicly announced arrangements

have been made.

Dated: April 23, 1996.

John R. Fowle, III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11076 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

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Propargite; Voluntary Deletion of Ten

uses in Response to EPA’s Concerns

of Risk from Dietary Exposure to the

U.S. Population

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Request to

Delete Uses.

SUMMARY: This notice, issued pursuant

to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1),

announces EPA’s receipt of a request

from Uniroyal Chemical Company to

delete 10 uses from its propargite labels.

EPA invites public comment on the

proposed use deletions.

DATES: Public comment on the use

deletions will be accepted until July 2,

1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit comments

to Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations

Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. In person, deliver comments

to Room 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by docket number

[OPP–64029]. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found below in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Jeff Morris, Special Review

Branch, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508W), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Special Review Branch, 3rd floor, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, (703) 308–

8029; e-mail:

morris.jeff@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background Information

EPA determined that long-term

exposure to propargite (trade names

Omite, Ornamite, and Comite), a

pesticide registered in 1969 for the

control of mites on a number of

agricultural commodities and

ornamental plants, posed an

unacceptable dietary cancer risk to

persons who consumed propargitetreated foods. EPA classifies propargite

as a B2 (probable) human carcinogen.

EPA’s risk assessment estimates overall

dietary risk to the U.S. general public

from exposure to all propargite uses

(including the 10 uses that Uniroyal has

now deleted from its labels) at 1.6 x 10-5

This was based on an intensive dietary

assessment that includes exposure

estimates based on actual residues

found in foods. The commodities with

the largest contributions to the overall

risk are apples at 9.2 x 10-6, and peaches

at 2.5 x 10-6. Accordingly, based on the

foregoing information as well as

information on the benefits of propargite

use, EPA determined that continued use

of propargite products would cause

unreasonable adverse effects. However,

based on a voluntary agreement reached

with Uniroyal, which includes the

deletion of the apple and peach uses,

EPA believes the overall dietary risk has

been reduced to a level that EPA

considers negligible.

II. Uniroyal Request to Amend

Registrations

EPA discussed its risk findings with

Uniroyal Chemical Company, the sole

propargite registrant, and Uniroyal

responded by agreeing in an April 5,

1996 letter to EPA to amend propargite

product labels with EPA registration

numbers 400–82, 400–83, 400–89, 400–

104, 400–154, 400–426, and 400–427 to

delete the following uses: apples,

apricots, cranberries, figs, green beans,

lima beans, peaches, pears, plums

(including plums grown for prune

production), and strawberries. These

proposed use deletions are the subject of

the Notice. Uniroyal further requested

that its propargite registrations be

immediately amended to incorporate a

number of new terms and conditions.

These amended terms and conditions

(reproduced in section IV below) were

accepted by EPA and made immediately

effective as of April 5, 1996.

III. Deletions Pursuant to Voluntary

Requests, and Opportunity for Public

Comment

Under section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA, a

registrant may request at any time that

EPA amend a pesticide registration to

delete one or more uses (7 U.S.C.

136d(f)(1)). EPA must publish in the

Federal Register a notice of receipt of

the request and allow public comment.

In accordance with FIFRA section

6(f)(1)(C)(ii), Uniroyal has requested that

the 90-day comment period for the

proposed deletions be waived. However,

the Administrator has determined that a

60-day comment period is appropriate

for the proposed action. Accordingly,

persons wishing to comment may do so

by July 2, 1996. In addition, because

propargite is undergoing reregistration,

any comments received in response to

this notice will be considered in EPA’s

determination of propargite’s eligibility

for reregistration.

EPA believes the deletions proposed

by Uniroyal in conjunction with the

new terms and conditions described

below will, in the short term,

substantially reduce the risk of

unreasonable adverse effects from

continued use of products containing

propargite. EPA further believes that for

most of the uses proposed for deletion

there are adequate alternative products

and pest control practices available as

substitutes for propargite products. For

these uses and those for which

alternatives are not available, EPA has

determined that potential economic

loses are outweighed by the risks posed

by continued use. It is EPA’s intention

to uphold Uniroyal’s request for

deletion of the specified uses unless

during the comment period convincing

information is received that

demonstrates that approval of

Uniroyal’s request is inappropriate.

Based on the large and persuasive

record already assembled regarding the