45766 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 6, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–17928 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0037; FRL–8374–9] 

Chitin/Chitosan and Farnesol/Nerolidol 

Registration Review Proposed Final 

Decision; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed 

registration review decisions for the 

pesticides cases Chitin/Chitosan and 

Farnesol/Nerolidol and opens a public 

comment period on the proposed 

registration review decisions. 

Registration review is EPA’s periodic 

review of pesticide registrations to 

ensure that each pesticide continues to 

satisfy the statutory standard for 

registration, that is, that the pesticide 

can perform its intended function 

without unreasonable adverse effects on 

human health or the environment. 

Through this program, EPA is ensuring 

that each pesticide’s registration is 

based on current scientific and other 

knowledge, including its effects on 

human health and the environment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 6, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

numbers EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0566 for 

Chitin and Chitosan, and EPA–HQ–

OPP–2006–0569 for Farnesol and 

Nerolidol, by one of the following 

methods: 

• 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 Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID numbers and the regulatory 

contacts listed under Table 1 for each of 

the cases to which you are submitting a 

comment. 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 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 e-mail 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 available 

in regulations.gov. To access the 

electronic docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced 

Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert 

the docket ID number where indicated 

and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow 

the instructions on the regulations.gov 

website to view the docket index or 

access available documents. 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 Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the biopesticides 

included in this document, contact the 

specific Regulatory contact, as identified 

in the Table in Unit II.A. for the 

biopesticide of interest. The mailing 

address and additional contact 

information is Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division, (7511P); 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8712; fax number: (703) 308–

7026. 

For general questions on the 

registration review program, contact 

Peter Caulkins, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305–6550; fax 

number: (703) 308–8090; e-mail address: 

caulkins.peter@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, farm 

worker, 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 

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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? 

This notice opens a 60–day public 

comment period on the subject 

proposed registration review decisions. 

The Agency is proposing registration 

review decisions for the pesticide cases 

shown in the following Table. 

Table 1.—Registration Review Dockets - Proposed final decisions 

Registration Review Case Name and Number Pesticide Docket ID Number Regulatory Contact name, Phone Number, Email Address 

Chitin and Chitosan; Case 6063 EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0566 Chris Pfeifer 

(703) 308–0031 

pfeifer.chris@epa.gov 

Case 6061; Farnesol and Nerolidol; Case 

6061 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0569 Russell Jones 

(703) 308–5071 

jones.russell@epa.gov 

The dockets for registration review of 

these pesticide cases include earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of the subject cases. For 

example, the review opened with the 

posting of a Summary Document, 

containing a Preliminary Work Plan 

(PWP), for public comment. A Final 

Work Plan (FWP) was posted to the 

docket following public comment on the 

initial docket. The documents in the 

initial docket described the Agency’s 

rationales for not conducting new risk 

assessments for the registration review 

of Chitin/Chitosan (Case 6063) or 

Farnesol/Nerolidol (Case 6061). These 

proposed registration review decisions 

now included in the dockets continue to 

be supported by those rationales 

included in documents in the initial 

dockets. Following public comment, the 

Agency will issue a final registration 

review decision for each case. 

The registration review program is 

being conducted under congressionally 

mandated time frames, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. 

Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

as amended in 1996 required EPA to 

establish by regulation procedures for 

reviewing pesticide registrations, 

originally with a goal of reviewing each 

pesticide’s registration every 15 years to 

ensure that a pesticide continues to 

meet the FIFRA standard for 

registration. The Agency’s final rule to 

implement this program was issued in 

August 2006 and became effective in 

October 2006 and appears at 40 CFR 

155.40 et seq. The Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act of 2003 (‘‘PRIA’’) was 

amended and extended in September 

2007. FIFRA as amended by PRIA in 

2007 requires EPA to complete 

registration review decisions by October 

1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of 

October 1, 2007. The registration review 

final rule provides for a minimum 60–

day public comment period for all 

proposed registration review decisions. 

This comment period is intended to 

provide an opportunity for public input 

and a mechanism for initiating any 

necessary amendments to the proposed 

decision(s). 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 Dockets for Chitin/Chitosan and 

Farnesol/Nerolidol. 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 Dockets and www.regulations.gov. 

The final registration review decisions 

will explain the effect that any 

comments have had on the decisions. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:/ 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registrationlreview/. Quick links to 

earlier documents related to the 

registration review of this pesticide are 

provided at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

oppsrrd1/registration_review/ 

reg_review_status.htm/. Additional 

information about biopesticides can be 

obtained by an alphabetical search of 

the Biopesticide Active Ingredient Fact 

Sheets on http://www.epa.gov/ 

oppbppd1/biopesticides/ingredients/ 

index.htm. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

FIFRA Section 3(g) and 40 CFR 155.40 

provide authority for this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, registration 

review, pesticides, and pests. 

Dated:July 25, 2008. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–17930 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 a.m.] 

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