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(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008– 

0655 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are food retailers 

that are partners in the GreenChill 

Advanced Refrigeration Partnership. 

Title: Information Collection Request 

for the GreenChill Advanced 

Refrigeration Partnership 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2349.1, 

OMB Control No. 2060-new. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: The GreenChill Advanced 

Refrigeration Partnership (hereafter 

referred to as GreenChill Partnership or 

GreenChill) is an EPA cooperative 

alliance with the supermarket industry 

to promote advanced refrigeration 

technologies, strategies, and practices 

that reduce emissions of ozonedepleting and greenhouse gas 

refrigerants. A food retailer’s decision to 

participate in the GreenChill 

Partnership is completely voluntary. 

After joining GreenChill by submitting a 

signed ‘‘Partnership Agreement,’’ food 

retailers are asked to submit a ‘‘Stocks 

and Emissions Report’’ to an 

independent third party. The form 

requires partners to provide corporatewide, aggregated data on the stocks and 

emissions of all refrigerants used in 

commercial refrigeration and airconditioning appliances. The 

independent third party summarizes the 

information submitted by the food 

retailers, removes any identifying 

information, and sends a summary of 

the information to GreenChill. Partners 

are then asked to submit a ‘‘Corporate 

Refrigerant Management Plan’’ with 

their emissions reductions goals for the 

next year, along with a brief description 

of their plan to meet that goal (such as 

retrofitting old equipment, etc.). These 

two forms are necessary for GreenChill 

to track annual supermarket refrigerant 

emissions rates, allowing GreenChill 

and its food retail partners to 

benchmark partners’ progress on 

reducing emissions. The partner 

emissions data is also the basis for the 

achievement awards that GreenChill 

gives out to its partners. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to be 18.1 hours for the first 

year and 11 hours per year for the 

second and third years per response. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 17. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 2. 

Estimated total annual burden hours 

per respondent: 18.1 hours for the first 

year and 11 hours per year for the 

second and third years. 

Estimated total average annual costs 

per respondent: $1378.29 for the first 

year and $812.91 per year for the second 

and third years. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $1367.86 and 

an estimated cost of $10.43 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs for the first year and 

an estimated burden cost of $808.05 and 

an estimated cost of $4.86 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs for the second and 

third years. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received under this notice and amend 

the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR 

package will then be submitted to OMB 

for review and approval pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will 

issue another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Brian J. McLean, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–12933 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0518; FRL–8414–1] 

Chloropicrin, Dazomet, Metam Sodium/ 

Potassium, and Methyl Bromide; 

Amendments to Reregistration 

Eligibility Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

decision to modify certain risk 

mitigation measures that were specified 

in the 2008 Reregistration Eligibility 

Decisions (REDs) for the soil fumigant 

pesticides chloropicrin, dazomet, 

metam sodium/potassium, and methyl 

bromide. EPA conducted this 

reassessment of the chloropicrin, 

dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and 

methyl bromide REDs in response to 

public comments received during the 

comment period, and new data 

submitted by the Chloropicrin 

Manufacturers’ Task Force and the 

California Department of Pesticide 

Regulation. Based on the new 

information received, and in a 

continuing effort to mitigate risk, the 

Agency has made certain modifications 

in the chloropicrin, dazomet, metam 

sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide 

REDs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide-specific information contact 

the Chemical Review Manager 

identified in the Table in Unit II. For 

general information contact John Leahy, 

Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–6703; fax number: (703) 308– 

8090; e-mail address: 

leahy.john@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. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established 

dockets for this action under the docket 

ID numbers listed in the Table in Unit 

II. 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. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

directs EPA to reevaluate existing 

pesticides to ensure that they meet 

current scientific and regulatory 

standards. In 2008, EPA issued REDs for 

the soil fumigants chloropicrin, 

dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and 

methyl bromide under section 4(g)(2)(A) 

of FIFRA. In response to a notice of 

availability published in the Federal 

Register on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40871) 

(FRL–8372–3), the Agency received 

substantive comments and new data 

and/or information from commenters 

and the registrant(s). The Agency’s 

response to comments is available for 

viewing in the public dockets. The 

amended chloropicrin, dazomet, metam 

sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide 

REDs reflect changes resulting from 

Agency consideration of the comments 

and the new data received on provisions 

of the RED, as well as efforts by the 

Agency to appropriately mitigate overall 

risk. The RED amendments for 

chloropicrin, dazomet, and metam 

sodium/potassium, conclude EPA’s 

reregistration eligibility decisionmaking process for these pesticides. For 

methyl bromide, the RED amendment 

concludes EPA’s reregistration 

eligibility decision-making process for 

the soil uses of this chemical. 

Amendments to the commodity uses of 

methyl bromide will be concluded in 

the near future. 

Due to the broad scope of these 

decision documents the Agency put the 

documents out for comment in 2008 to 

allow stakeholders the opportunity to 

review and provide comments on issues 

related to the implementation of the risk 

management measures. The Agency 

received numerous comments on the 

RED mitigation measures and has made 

changes to the following measures based 

on a review of the impacts and risks 

described in the comments: buffer 

zones, buffer zone posting, respiratory 

protection, tarp perforation and 

removal, good agricultural practices, 

fumigant management plans, fumigant 

site monitoring, response information to 

neighbors, training, and notice to state 

and tribal lead agencies. The Agency 

also received new chloropicrin and 

dazomet flux studies and has taken 

these new studies into consideration 

and revised the chloropicrin and 

dazomet buffer zone tables. The label 

table incorporated into the chloropicrin, 

dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and 

methyl bromide RED amendments 

includes modifications which specify 

label language for the changes to the 

mitigation measures described above. 

TABLE—FUMIGANT CONTACTS

Reregistration Case Name and 

Number Docket ID Number Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address 

Chloropicrin, 0040 EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0350 Andrea Carone 

(703) 308-0122 

carone.andrea@epa.gov 

Dazomet, 2135 EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0128 Dana L. Friedman 

(703) 347-8827 

friedman.dana@epa.gov 

Metam Sodium/Potassium, 2390 EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0125 Karen Santora 

(703) 347-8781 

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TABLE—FUMIGANT CONTACTS—Continued 

Reregistration Case Name and 

Number Docket ID Number Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address 

Methyl Bromide, 0335 EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0123 Susan Bartow 

(703) 603-0065 

bartow.susan@epa.gov 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration,’’ before calling in 

product-specific data on individual enduse products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’ 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: May 15, 2009. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr. 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–12559 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0383; FRL–8411–8] 

L-Lactic Acid Registration Review 

Final Decision; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s final registration 

review decision for the pesticide LLactic Acid, case 6062. 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 causing 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide specific information, contact: 

Andrew Bryceland, Biopesticide and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–6928 ; fax number: (703) 308– 

7026; e-mail address: 

bryceland.andrew@epa.gov. 

For general information 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 

pesticide specific contact 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 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2008–0383. 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. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this 

notice announces the availability of 

EPA’s final registration review decision 

for L-Lactic Acid, case 6062. L-Lactic 

Acid is a low-toxicity acid that occurs 

naturally in several foods and is 

primarily found in fermented milk 

products. However, L-Lactic Acid also 

occurs naturally in meats, fruits, tomato 

juice, beer, wine, molasses, blood and 

muscles of animals, and in the soil. LLactic Acid is registered as a 

biochemical pesticide used as a 

mosquito attractant (in traps). In 

addition, L-Lactic Acid is also used as 

an antimicrobial disinfectant, indirect 

food contact surface sanitizer, fungicide, 

and virucide when applied to hard, nonporous surfaces such as tile, 

countertops, metal, or glass. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a 

registration review decision is the 

Agency’s determination whether a 

pesticide meets, or does not meet, the 

standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA 

has considered L-Lactic Acid in light of 

the FIFRA standard for registration. The 

L-Lactic Acid Final Decision document 

in the docket describes the Agency’s 

rationale for issuing a registration 

review final decision for this pesticide. 

In addition to the final registration 

review decision document, the 

registration review docket for L-Lactic 

Acid also includes other relevant 

documents related to the registration 

review of this case. The proposed 

registration review decision was posted 

to the docket and the public was invited 

to submit any comments or new 

information. During the 60–day 

comment period, no public comments 

were received. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the 

registration review case docket for LLactic Acid will remain open until all 

actions required in the final decision 

have been completed. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

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