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information about distribution systems 

issues that may impact water quality. 

The TCRDSAC advises and makes 

recommendations to the Agency on 

revisions to the TCR, and on what 

information should be collected, 

research conducted, and/or risk 

management strategies evaluated to 

better inform distribution system 

contaminant occurrence and associated 

public health risks. 

During this meeting the TCRDSAC 

will discuss the Committee’s revisions 

to the draft Agreement in Principle 

(AIP), which includes recommended 

revisions to the TCR and 

recommendations for research and 

information collection to better 

understand and address possible public 

health impacts from potential 

degradation of drinking water quality in 

the distribution system. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Thursday, September 18, 2008 (9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time (ET)). The 

Agency expects to conclude discussions 

on the AIP on September 18; however, 

if discussions are not completed on 

September 18, the TCRDSAC will also 

meet on Friday, September 19, 

beginning at 9 a.m. (ET) to finalize 

discussions. Attendees should register 

for the meeting by calling Kate Zimmer 

at (202) 965–6387 or by e-mail to 

kzimmer@resolv.org no later than 

September 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

The Churchill Hotel, 1914 Connecticut 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information, contact Kate 

Zimmer of RESOLVE at (202) 965–6387. 

For technical inquiries, contact Sean 

Conley (conley.sean@epa.gov, (202) 

564–1781), Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; fax number: (202) 564–3767. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

Committee encourages the public’s 

input and will take public comment 

starting at 11:30 a.m. on September 18, 

2008, for this purpose. It is preferred 

that only one person present the 

statement on behalf of a group or 

organization. To ensure adequate time 

for public involvement, individuals 

interested in presenting an oral 

statement may notify Crystal RodgersJenkins, the Designated Federal Officer, 

by telephone at (202) 564–5275, no later 

than September 12, 2008. Any person 

who wishes to file a written statement 

can do so before or after a Committee 

meeting. Written statements received by 

September 12, 2008, will be distributed 

to all members before any final 

discussion or vote is completed. Any 

statements received on or after 

September 13, 2008, will become part of 

the permanent meeting file and will be 

forwarded to the members for their 

information. 

Special Accommodations 

For information on access or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Crystal 

Rodgers-Jenkins at (202) 564–5275 or by 

e-mail at rodgers-jenkins.crystal@ 

epa.gov. Please allow at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA time to 

process your request. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. E8–20394 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008-0610; FRL–8378–1] 

Nosema locustae Registration Review 

Proposed Decision; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed 

registration review decision for the 

pesticides case, Nosema locustae, and 

opens a public comment period on the 

proposed registration review decision. 

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 November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

numbers EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0997 for 

Nosema locustae, 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 

the docket ID number and the regulatory 

contact listed under Table 1 for the case 

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 


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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; email 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 

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 decision. 

The Agency is proposing a registration 

review decision for the pesticide case 

shown in the following Table 1. 

TABLE 1.—REGISTRATION REVIEW DOCKETS; PROPOSED FINAL DECISIONS

Registration Review Case Name and Number Pesticide Docket ID Number Regulatory Contact name, Phone Number, E-mail 

Address 

Nosema locustae; Case 4104 EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0997 Jeannine Kausch 

(703) 347–8920; 

kausch.jeannine@epa.gov 

The docket for registration review of 

this pesticide case includes earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of the subject case. 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 Nosema locustae. This proposed 

registration review decision now 

included in the docket continues to be 

supported by those rationales included 

in documents in the initial docket. 

Following public comment, the Agency 

will issue a final registration review 

decision for this 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 

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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. 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 Nosema locustae. 

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/registration_review/. 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: August 21, 2008. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–20395 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–1072; FRL–8346–4] 

Pesticide Reregistration Performance 

Measures and Goals 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

progress in meeting its performance 

measures and goals for pesticide 

reregistration during fiscal year 2007. 

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires EPA 

to publish information about EPA’s 

annual achievements in this area. This 

notice discusses the integration of 

tolerance reassessment with the 

reregistration process, and describes the 

status of various regulatory activities 

associated with reregistration and 

tolerance reassessment. The notice gives 

total numbers of chemicals and 

products reregistered, tolerances 

reassessed, Data Call-Ins issued, and 

products registered under the ‘‘fasttrack’’ provisions of FIFRA. This notice 

also contains the schedule for 

completion of activities for specific 

chemicals during fiscal year 2008. 

DATES: This notice is not subject to a 

formal comment period. Nevertheless, 

EPA welcomes input from stakeholders 

and the general public. Written 

comments, identified by the docket 

identification (ID) number [EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2007–1072], should be received on 

or before November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2007–1072, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 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 Building), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, 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 number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2007–1072. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public 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 captured automatically 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/docket.htm/. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the index. Although listed 

in the index, some information is not 

publicly available, i.e., 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 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 

Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 

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: 

Carol P. Stangel, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 


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