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Natives, as well as additional 

information on endosulfan 

bioaccumulation, persistence, toxicity, 

monitoring and transport, and 

ecological incidents. This information 

will support EPA compliance with 

Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions 

to Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations. 

To-date, EPA has received and 

reviewed the following studies to better 

assess dietary risk to Alaska Natives 

from endosulfan residues: 

1. Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation Fish 

Monitoring Program: Analysis of 

Organic Contaminants; 

2. EPA Region 10 Columbia River 

Basin Fish Contaminant Survey 1996- 

1998; 

3. EPA Region 10 Survey of Chemical 

Contaminants in Fish, Invertebrates, and 

Plants Collected in the Vicinity of 

Tyonek, Seldovia, Port Graham and 

Nanwalek and Cook Inlet, Alaska; 

4. National Park Service Western 

Airborne Contaminants Assessment 

Project (WACAP) data; and 

5. Kelly, et al. ‘‘Food Web-Specific 

Biomagnification of Persistent Organic 

Pollutants,’’ published July 13, 2007 in 

Science , vol. 317, no. 5835, pp. 236 –

239. 

The studies listed in this unit are 

available in docket ID number EPA–

HQ–OPP–2008–0615. 

EPA asks that comments on the NRDC 

and PANNA petitions’ requests to 

revoke all tolerances for residues of 

endosulfan be submitted within 60 

days. Submission of information on 

endosulfan residues in/on commodities 

consumed by Alaska Natives should 

also be submitted within 60 days. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 

346a(d)(3) 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–19166 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0536; FRL–8377–5] 

Metam Sodium, Metam Potassium and 

Chloropicrin; Notice of Receipt of 

Requests for Amendments to Delete 

Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of request for 

amendments by registrants to delete 

uses in certain pesticide registrations. 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a 

registrant of a pesticide product may at 

any time request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be amended to delete one 

or more uses. FIFRA further provides 

that, before acting on the request, EPA 

must publish a notice of receipt of any 

request in the Federal Register. 

DATES: The deletions are effective 

February 17, 2009, unless the Agency 

receives a written withdrawal request 

on or before February 17, 2009. The 

Agency will consider a withdrawal 

request postmarked no later than 

February 17, 2009. 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant on or before February 17, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal 

request, identified by docket 

identification (ID) and chemical name 

for the pesticide of interest, as shown in 

the table below, by one of the following 

methods: 

•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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

metam sodium, metam potassium and 

MITC, (EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0125) 

contact Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials 

Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0034; e-mail address: 

garvie.heather@epa.gov. 

For chloropicrin, (EPA–HQ–OPP–

2007–0350) contact Andrea Carone, 

Special Review and Reregistration 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0122; e-mail address: 

carone.andrea@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to persons who 

produce or use pesticides, 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 information in this notice, 

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 a 

docket for this action under docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005-0125 for 

metam sodium, metam potassium and 

MITC; and EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0350 

for chloropicrin. 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 Office of 

Pesticide Programs (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. 

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. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of applications from registrants 

to delete uses in certain pesticide 

registrations. These registrations are 

listed in Table 1 of this unit by 

registration number, product name, 

active ingredient, and specific uses 

deleted: 


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TABLE 1.—REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Registration 

No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete from Label 

1448-361 Busan 1236 Metam sodium Organic sludge fumigation 

1448-371 Busan 1020L Metam sodium Leather and hide processing 

1448-93 Busan 1016 Metam sodium Cane and beet sugar mills 

1448-52 Busan 40 Metam potassium Water-based drilling, completion 

and packer fluids; 

leather and hide processing (this 

use deletion is not 

inclusive of the tanning drum 

leather use); preservation 

of protective colloids, emulsion 

resins and water-thinned 

paints; cutting fluids (metalworking fluids) 

1448-47 Busan 52 Metam potassium Water-based drilling, completion 

and packer fluids; 

leather and hide processing (this 

use deletion is 

not inclusive of the tanning drum 

leather use); 

preservation of protective colloids, emulsion resins and 

waterthinned paints; cutting fluids 

(metalworking fluids) 

1448-74 PNMDC Metam potassium Leather and hide processing (this 

use deletion is not 

inclusive of the tanning drum 

leather use); preservation of 

protective colloids, emulsion resins and water-thinned paints; 

cutting fluids (metalworking 

fluids); cane and beet sugar 

mills; petroleum secondary recovery operations; once-through 

cooling water applications 

1448-53 Busan 881 Metam Potassium Cane and beet sugar mills; petroleum secondary recovery 

operations; once-through cooling 

water 

applications 

1448-382 NABE-M Metam potassium Cane and beet sugar mills; petroleum secondary 

recovery operations; oncethrough cooling water 

applications 

8536-2 Chloropicrin 100 Fumigant Chloropicrin Treatment of wood, timbers, 

poles, piles, 

and glue-laminated beams; fumigation of enclosed 

spaces 

58266-2 Tri-Clor Fumigant Chloropicrin Treatment of wood, timbers, 

poles, piles, and 

glue-laminated beams; fumigation 

of enclosed 

spaces 

66330-47 NUTRAPIC Chloropicrin Fumigation of enclosed spaces 

5785-17 Chloro-O-Pic Chloropicrin Fumigation of enclosed spaces 


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Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant before February 17, 2009 to 

discuss withdrawal of the application 

for amendment. This 180–day period 

will also permit interested members of 

the public to intercede with registrants 

prior to the Agency’s approval of the 

deletion. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and addresses of record for all 

registrants of the products listed in 

Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA 

company number. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN

CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Company Number Company Name and 

Address 

1448 Buckman Laboratories 

1256 North McLean 

Blvd. 

Memphis, TN 

38108-1241 

Tel: 901-278-0330 

8536 Soil Chemicals Corporation 

8770 Highway 25 

P.O. Box 782 

Hollister, CA 95024- 

0782 

Tel: 831-637-1992 

58266 Shadow Mountain 

Products Corporation 

8770 Highway 25 

P.O. Box 1327 

Hollister, CA 95024- 

1327 

Tel: 831-637-0195 

66330 Arysta Lifescience 

North America 

Corporation 

15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150 

Cary, North Carolina 

27513 

Tel: 919-678-2194 

5785 Great Lakes Chemical a Chemtura 

Co. 

P.O. Box 2200 

West Lafayette, Indiana 47996-2200 

Tel: 765-497-6391 

III. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be amended to 

delete one or more uses. The FIFRA 

further provides that, before acting on 

the request, EPA must publish a notice 

of receipt of any such request in the 

Federal Register. Thereafter, the 

Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for use deletion must submit the 

withdrawal in writing to Heather Garvie 

(for metam sodium, metam potassium 

and MITC) or Andrea Carone (for 

chloropicrin) using the methods in 

ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider 

written withdrawal requests postmarked 

no later than February 17, 2009. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

The Agency has authorized the 

registrants to sell or distribute product 

under the previously approved labeling 

for a period of 18 months after approval 

of the revision, unless other restrictions 

have been imposed, as in special review 

actions. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: August 13, 2008. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–19305 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket# EPA–RO4–SFUND–2008–0611, 

FRL–8707–1] 

Seven Out Tank Superfund Site; 

Waycross, Ware County, GA; Notice of 

Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Settlement. 

SUMMARY: Under Section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency has 

entered into a settlement for 

reimbursement of past response costs 

concerning the Seven Out Tank 

Superfund Site located in Waycross, 

Ware County, Georgia for publication. 

DATES: The Agency will consider public 

comments on the settlement until 

September 19, 2008. The Agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are 

available from Ms. Paula V. Painter. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–RO4–SFUND–2008–

0611 or Site name Seven Out Tank 

Superfund Site by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Painter.Paula@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 404/562–8842/Attn Paula V. 

Painter. 

Mail: Ms. Paula V. Painter, U.S. EPA 

Region 4, SD–SEIMB, 61 Forsyth Street, 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ‘‘In 

addition, please mail a copy of your 

comments on the information collection 

provisions to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: 

Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20503.’’ Instructions: 

Direct your comments to Docket ID No. 

EPA–R04–SFUND–2008–0611. EPA’s 

policy is that all comments received 

will be included in the public docket 

without change and may be made 

available online at 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 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

www.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 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 


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