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Federal Register). Under the existing 

EUP, plantings are permitted through 

January 31, 2009. Bayer CropScience is 

now proposing to amend the 

experimental program by conducting 

testing on 152 acres (out of 1,602 total 

acres) planted to Cry1Ab-containing 

cotton, with up to 0.03 pound of Cry1Ab 

protein and the genetic material 

necessary for its production in events 

T303–3 and T304–40; and to extend the 

amended program to run from January 

1, 2009 until December 31, 2010. The 

Cry1Ab protein is effective in 

controlling lepidopteran larvae such as 

bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) and tobacco 

budworm (Heliothis virescens), which 

are common pests of cotton. The 

proposed program will be carried out in 

the States of Alabama, Arizona, 

Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and 

in Puerto Rico. The proposed 

experimental program includes trials to 

evaluate insect and herbicide efficacy 

and agronomic performance. Also 

proposed is the production of sample 

material for regulatory studies and seed 

production for future experimental field 

trial plantings. 

A copy of the application and any 

information submitted is available for 

public review in the docket established 

for this EUP application as described 

under ADDRESSES. 

Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the EUP request, and if issued, the 

conditions under which it is to be 

conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: September 19, 2008. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–23860 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008-0610; FRL–8381–8] 

Pseudomonas fluorescens and 

Pseudomonas syringae 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 decisions for the 

pesticides cases,Pseudomonas 

fluorescens and Pseudomonas syringae, 

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 December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

numbers EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0567 for 

Pseudomonas fluorescens, and EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2007–0509 for Pseudomonas 

syringae, 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, 


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DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

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

7026. 

For general questions on the 

registration review program, contact 

Kevin Costello 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– 

5026; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: costello.kevin@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 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, E-mail Address 

Pseudomonas fluorescens; Case 

6006 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0567 Susanne Cerrelli; (703) 308-8077; 

cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov 

Pseudomonas syringae; Case 

6007 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0509 Susanne Cerrelli; (703) 308-8077; 

cerrelli.susanne@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 Pseudomonas fluorescens, and 

Pseudomonas syringae. 

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. 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 Pseudomonas 

fluorescens, and Pseudomonas syringae. 

Comments received after the close of the 

comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ 

EPA is not required to consider these 


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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: September 29, 2008. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–23386 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0722; FRL–8385–2] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests to 

Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 

Registrations and Amend to Terminate 

Certain Uses 

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 requests by the 

registrants to voluntarily cancel and 

amend their registrations to terminate 

uses of certain products. EPA intends to 

grant these requests at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the requests, or unless the registrants 

withdraw their requests within this 

period. Upon acceptance of these 

requests, any sale, distribution, or use of 

products listed in this notice will be 

permitted only if such sale, distribution, 

or use is consistent with the terms as 

described in the final order. 

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by 

November 7, 2008, orders will be issued 

canceling these registrations. The 

Agency will consider withdrawal 

requests postmarked no later than 

November 7, 2008. Comments must be 

received on or before November 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0722, 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 

Facility’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–OPP–2008– 

0722. 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 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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: 

Product Manager Pesticides Office Location for Mail 

and Special Courier 

Telephone 

Number E-mail Address 

Susan Bartow ETO, 

methamidophos 

Special Review and Registration Div. 

Office of Pesticide Programs (7508P) 

Environmental Protection Agency 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 

Washington, DC 20460–0001 

(703) 603–0065 bartow.susan@epa.gov 


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