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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 Guidance Does this PR Notice 

Provide? 

This final PR Notice provides 

guidance pertaining to applications for 

registration of antimicrobial products 

that would make labeling claims to 

‘‘inactivate Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) 

spores’’ (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘anthrax-related products’’). This 

guidance should help the United States 

be prepared to respond to incidents 

involving anthrax spores by assuring 

that anthrax-related products are 

registered, that they bear appropriate 

labeling, and that they are effective 

when used as directed. In addition, this 

guidance will help protect public health 

from the potential risks of anthrax 

spores by limiting the use of anthraxrelated products to those who are 

properly trained and determined to be 

competent in their use. 

In summary, this PR notice specifies 

that in order for a product to qualify for 

a claim of inactivating anthrax spores, 

an anthrax-related product should be: 

(a) supported by specific sporicidal 

efficacy studies that are acceptable to 

EPA and (b) subject to specific terms 

and conditions of registration that limit 

the use of these products to certain 

persons. Prospective applicants are 

encouraged to follow the guidance in 

this notice and consult with EPA prior 

to applying for registration or 

amendment of a product when seeking 

such a claim. 

In October 2001, when several letters 

containing Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) 

spores were introduced into the U.S. 

Postal Service mail system, no 

antimicrobial products were specifically 

registered for inactivating the spores of 

this particular pathogen. Since that 

time, EPA/OPP has developed guidance 

on the terms and conditions of 

registration for the labeling of these 

products that will limit their use to 

certain persons, as described below. In 

addition, the EPA/OPP has developed 

guidance on laboratory efficacy test 

methods for demonstrating the 

effectiveness of antimicrobial products 

for inactivating anthrax spores on 

inanimate surfaces. Such efficacy testing 

guidance will be issued separately from 

this PR Notice. It is EPA’s intent that 

registrants will follow the efficacy 

testing guidance and this PR Notice 

when applying for registration of 

anthrax-related products, and that such 

products, when registered, will be made 

available to trained and competent 

civilian and military personnel who 

respond to incidents involving anthrax 

spores. 

The information collection activities 

associated with the activities described 

in this PR Notice are already approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq. The corresponding Information 

Collection Request (ICR) document for 

the training of pesticide applicators has 

been assigned EPA ICR number 0155.09 

and is approved under OMB control 

number 2070–0029. The ICR document 

for the pesticide application process has 

been assigned EPA ICR number 0277.13, 

and is approved under OMB control 

number 2070–0060. The total estimated 

respondent paperwork burden 

associated with the training and 

certification of a pesticide applicator is 

an annual average of 3.1 burden hours. 

The annual average reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for a registration 

applicant respondent is estimated to 

range from 14 hours to 646 hours, 

depending upon the type of activity. For 

‘‘Type A’’ activities, which include new 

active ingredients and new uses, the 

estimated annual applicant burden 

average is 194 hours per application. 

For ‘‘Type B’’ activities, which include 

amendments and notifications, the 

estimated annual applicant burden 

average is 14 hours per application. The 

respondent burden estimate for ‘‘Type 

C’’ reduced risk products is an average 

of 646 hours per product. A copy of the 

most recent version of EPA ICR 

#0155.09 is available under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2003–0357, and a 

copy of the most recent version of EPA 

ICR #0277.13 is available under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2004–0419. Both 

dockets may be accessed at 

www.regulations.gov. 

III. Do PR Notices Contain Binding 

Requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

notice is intended to provide general 

guidance to pesticide applicants and 

registrants. While the requirements in 

the statutes and Agency regulations are 

binding on EPA, registrants, and 

applicants, this PR Notice is not binding 

on either EPA or any outside parties, 

and EPA may depart from the guidance 

where circumstances warrant and 

without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

applicants and registrants may assert 

that the guidance is not appropriate 

generally or not applicable to a specific 

pesticide or situation. Pesticide 

applicants and registrants may propose 

alternatives to the recommendations 

described in the PR Notice, and the 

Agency will assess them for 

appropriateness on a case-by-case basis 

and will respond in writing. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Anthrax, 

Decontamination, Pesticides and pests. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200; FRL–8710–3] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Water 

Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 

Meeting—2008 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Water Quality MidCycle Subcommittee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 9 

a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

The meeting may adjourn early if all 

business is finished. Requests for the 

draft agenda or for making oral 

presentations at the conference call will 

be accepted up to one business day 

before the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee 

Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22209. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 

0200, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 

0224, Attention: Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

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Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention: Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention: Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

Note: This is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 

0200. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 http:// 

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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov 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, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Water Quality Mid-Cycle 

Subcommittee—2008 Docket, EPA/DC, 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the ORD 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104–R, 

Office of Science Policy, Office of 

Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 

mail at: (202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 

565–2911; or via e-mail at: 

peterson.susan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

Any member of the public interested 

in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or 

making a presentation at the meeting 

may contact Susan Peterson, the 

Designated Federal Officer, via any of 

the contact methods listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. In general, each individual 

making an oral presentation will be 

limited to a total of three minutes. 

Proposed agenda items for the 

meeting include, but are not limited to: 

overview of the charge to the 

subcommittee, discussion of the 

bibliometric analysis, report on wrap-up 

of the 2003 Water Quality Multi-Year 

Plan (MYP), and research survey results. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564– 

1077 or peterson.susan@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Susan Peterson, 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Fred Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200; FRL–8710–4] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Water 

Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 

Meeting—2008 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), announces the 

cancellation of a meeting of the Board 

of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Water 

Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee. This 

meeting, a teleconference September 15, 

2008, was announced in a Federal 

Register Notice published on Friday, 

August 15, 2008 (73 FR 47949). The 

purpose of this meeting was to prepare 

for the September 23 face-to-face 

meeting of the subcommittee. The 

proposed agenda topics will be covered 

during the September 4, 2008 meeting 

(telecon). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104–R, 

Office of Science Policy, Office of 

Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 

mail at: (202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 

565–2911; or via e-mail at: 

peterson.susan@epa.gov. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Fred Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. E8–20387 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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Meeting of the Total Coliform Rule 

Distribution System Advisory 

Committee—Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a 

meeting of the Total Coliform Rule 

Distribution System Advisory 

Committee (TCRDSAC). The purpose of 

this meeting is to discuss the Total 

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