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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. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is making available for comment 

a proposed Stipulated Injunction that 

would establish a series of deadlines for 

the Agency to make ‘‘effects 

determinations’’ and initiate 

consultation, as appropriate, with the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in 

connection with 74 pesticides and 11 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) as either endangered 

or threatened. The species, found in the 

greater San Francisco Bay area, are: 

Alameda whipsnake, bay checkerspot 

butterfly, California clapper rail, 

California freshwater shrimp, California 

tiger salamander, delta smelt, salt marsh 

harvest mouse, San Francisco garter 

snake, San Joaquin kit fox, tidewater 

goby, and valley elderberry longhorn 

beetle. EPA will evaluate all comments 

received during the public comment 

period to determine whether all or part 

of the proposed Stipulated Injunction 

warrants reconsideration or revision. 

This proposed Stipulated Injunction, 

available in the public docket, if entered 

by the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California, 

would resolve a lawsuit brought against 

EPA by CBD. 

III. Background 

On May 30, 2007, CBD filed a lawsuit 

in the Federal District Court for the 

Northern District of California alleging 

that EPA failed to comply with 16 

U.S.C. 1531–1544 in regard to 47 

pesticides and 11 species that are listed 

as endangered or threatened under the 

ESA (Center for Biological Diversity v. 

EPA, No. C 07-02794 JCS (N.D. Cal.)). 

Ultimately, 74 pesticides came to be at 

issue in this case. EPA has reached an 

agreement with CBD that would 

establish a schedule for EPA to come 

into compliance with section 7(a)(2) of 

the ESA for these 74 pesticides and 11 

species, and would include interim 

injunctive relief intended to reduce the 

potential exposure of the 11 species to 

these pesticides during the period of 

time in which EPA will be satisfying its 

section 7(a)(2) consultation obligations. 

The agreement is embodied in the 

proposed Stipulated Injunction that is 

being made available for review and 

comment through this notice. 

The 74 pesticide active ingredients 

named in the lawsuit are: 2,4-D, 

acephate, acrolein, alachlor, aldicarb, 

aluminum phosphide, atrazine, 

azinphos-methyl, bensulide, betacyfluthrin, bifenthrin, brodifacoum, 

bromadiolone, bromethalin, carbaryl, 

carbofuran, chlorophacinone, 

chlorothalonil, cholecalciferol, 

chlorpyrifos, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin 

(lambda), cypermethrin, deltamethrin, 

diazinon, difethialone, dimethoate, 

diphacinone, diquat dibromide, 

disulfoton, endosulfan, EPTC (eptam), 

esfenvalerate, ethoprop, fenpropathrin, 

fipronil, fluvalinate, imidacloprid, 

magnesium phosphide, malathion, 

maneb, mancozeb, metam sodium, 

methamidophos, methidathion, 

methomyl, methoprene, methyl 

bromide, metolachlor, naled, oryzalin, 

oxydemeton-methyl, oxyfluorfen, PCNB, 

pendimethalin, permethrin, phenothrin, 

phomet, phorate, potassium nitrate, 

propargite, resmethrin, s-metolachlor, 

simazine, sodium cyanide, sodium 

nitrate, strychnine, tetramethrin, 

thiobencarb, tralomethrin, trifulralin, 

warfarin, zeta-cypermethrin, and zinc 

phosphide. EPA has already made effect 

determinations for 6 of these pesticides 

relative to a subset of the 11 species: 

2,4-D, alachlor, atrazine, endosulfan, 

permethrin, and phorate. For the 

remaining pesticides, EPA will make 

effect determinations for each of these 

pesticides and some subset of the 11 

species at issue on a rolling basis, 

starting with a first batch of effect 

determinations due October 20, 2009, 

and ending with a last batch of effect 

determinations due no later than June 

30, 2014. 

In addition, and as already mentioned 

above, the Stipulated Injunction would 

(with some exceptions) enjoin, vacate 

and set aside EPA’s authorization of use 

of the pesticides in and adjacent to 

certain habitat features associated with 

each of the 11 species in specific 

geographic areas within 8 California 

counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, 

Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, 

and Sonoma). This interim injunctive 

relief would terminate automatically for 

a pesticide upon the completion of 

EPA’s consultation obligation under 

section 7(a)(2) of the ESA (including a 

‘‘no effect’’ determination) for the 

particular pesticide. The Stipulated 

Injunction would also require EPA to 

develop and distribute a brochure 

regarding the Stipulated Injunction and 

the 11 species, provide certain 

information to certified pesticide 

applicators in California, and provide 

certain information to the public 

through the EPA web site. 

Beginning July 1, 2009, EPA is 

opening a 15–day comment period on 

the proposed Stipulated Injunction. EPA 

will review any comments received to 

determine whether all or part of the 

proposed Stipulated Injunction warrants 

reconsideration or revision. If EPA 

determines that any part of the proposed 

Stipulated Injunction merits 

reconsideration or revision, EPA will 

contact CBD concerning this matter and 

the proposed Stipulated Injunction will 

not be submitted to the Court until EPA 

and CBD reach agreement on any such 

changes. If EPA determines that the 

proposed Stipulated Injunction does not 

need to be reconsidered or revised, the 

proposed Stipulated Injunction will be 

submitted to the Court and shall become 

effective upon entry of an Order by the 

Court ratifying the Stipulated 

Injunction. Once the Stipulated 

Injunction is ratified by Order of the 

Court, EPA will post on its web site at 

http:www.epa.gov/pesticides a notice 

indicating the Stipulated Injunction has 

been so entered. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Endangered species. 

Dated: June 25, 2009. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 

[FR Doc. E9–15531 Filed 6–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0321; FRL–8417–2] 

Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate; 

Notice of Receipt of Requests for 

Amendments to Delete Uses in a 

Pesticide Registration 

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 a pesticide registration. 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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 125 / Wednesday, July 1, 2009 / Notices 31429 

DATES: The deletions are effective July 

31, 2009, unless the Agency receives a 

written withdrawal request on or before 

July 31, 2009. The Agency will consider 

a withdrawal request postmarked no 

later than July 31, 2009. 

Users of this product who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant on or before July 31, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal 

request, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2009–0321, 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 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials (7510P) 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–7279; e-mail address: 

blair.eliza@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–2009–0321. 

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 a pesticide registration. 

This registration is listed in Table 1 of 

this unit by registration number, 

product name, active ingredient, and 

specific uses deleted: 

TABLE 1.—REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN A PESTICIDE REGISTRATION

EPA Registration 

No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete from Label 

1965–8 Vancide 51 Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate Preservation of Cotton Fabric; 

Preservation of Wood Veneer; 

Preservation of Alginate Pastes 

The sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate 

registrant has requested that the Agency 

waive the 180–day comment period. 

The Agency will provide a 30–day 

comment period on the proposed 

requests. 

Users of this product who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant before July 31, 2009 to discuss 

withdrawal of the application for 

amendment. This 30–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 name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the product listed in Table 1 of this 

unit, in sequence by EPA company 

number. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANT REQUESTING

AN AMENDMENT TO DELETE USES IN

A PESTICIDE REGISTRATION

EPA Company Number Company Name and 

Address 

1965 R.T. Vanderbilt Co. 

Inc. 

30 Winfield St 

Norwalk, CT 06856– 

5150 

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 Eliza Blair 

using the methods in ADDRESSES. The 

Agency will consider written 

withdrawal requests postmarked no 

later than July 31, 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, 

Antimicrobials, Pesticides and pests, 

Dimethyldithiocarbamate salts, Sodium 

dimethyldithiocarbamate. 

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1 In 2003, the FEC began a Web site 

redevelopment project that resulted in a redesign of 

both the appearance of the site as well as the 

production process. The revised Web site went live 

in 2004 and the FEC continually seeks and receives 

input on how to improve the Web site. This 

initiative will provide the first forum for formal 

public comments to the Commission. 

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Joan Harrigan Farrelley, 

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–14997 Filed 6–30–09; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2009—10] 

Web Site and Internet Communications 

Improvement Initiative 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission (the ‘‘FEC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) has adopted an 

initiative to seek public comment on 

how to improve all aspects of how the 

Commission discloses information to 

the public on its Web site and through 

the use of Internet communications. 

While the FEC, which was first 

constituted in 1975, continually engages 

in ongoing efforts to improve all aspects 

of how the Commission discloses 

information through the Internet, with a 

primary focus on its Web site, the FEC 

has never before sought formal public 

comment on the means by which the 

Commission discloses information to 

the public.1 As part of these efforts, the 

Commission is seeking written 

comments and will conduct a public 

hearing on ways the Commission can 

improve how it communicates to the 

public using the Internet and, 

specifically, how it can improve its Web 

site to ensure that the FEC Web site is 

a state-of-the-art resource for disclosure 

of information to the public including 

(1) disclosure of campaign finance data, 

(2) information about Federal campaign 

finance laws, and (3) the actions of the 

Commission. 

The Commission seeks comment from 

all segments of the public, including 

representatives of political committees, 

Federal candidates and officeholders, 

members of the media, authors, students 

of all ages, members of the academic 

community, and advocacy groups. 

In addition to comments from the 

public, the Commission specifically 

seeks comment from those with relevant 

technical expertise, including technical 

advisors, consultants, researchers, other 

governmental and non-governmental 

agencies, non-profit entities and 

commercial vendors to assist with the 

Commission’s efforts to improve the 

how it uses the Internet to disclose 

information to the public and 

particularly efforts to improve the FEC 

Web site. Such advice and information 

may include recommendations to the 

Commission for (1) expanding the Web 

site’s disclosure features, (2) improving 

the information available on the Web 

site and ways in which that information 

is organized, and (3) maximizing the 

benefit of current and anticipated 

technology related to Web site services. 

The Commission’s policy regarding 

which documents are placed on the 

public record from closed enforcement, 

administrative fines and alternative 

dispute resolution cases is outside the 

scope of this initiative, and the 

Commission is specifically not seeking 

comments with respect to this issue. See 

Statement of Policy Regarding 

Disclosure of Closed Enforcement and 

Related Files, 68 FR 70426 (Dec. 18, 

2003). The Commission plans to 

conduct a separate hearing with full 

opportunity for public comment on the 

issue later in the year. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 21, 2009. A public hearing 

will be held on Wednesday and 

Thursday, July 29–30, 2009, from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Federal Election 

Commission, 999 E Street, NW., 9th 

floor Hearing Room, Washington, DC 

20463. Anyone seeking to testify at the 

hearing must file written comments by 

the due date and must include in the 

written comments a request to testify. 

Format for Comments and Addresses: 

All comments must be in writing, must 

be addressed to Mr. Robert Hickey, Staff 

Director, and must be submitted in 

either e-mail, facsimile, or paper copy 

form. Commenters are strongly 

encouraged to submit comments by email to ensure timely receipt and 

consideration. E-mail comments must 

be sent to improvefecinternet@fec.gov. If 

e-mail comments include an 

attachment, the attachment must be in 

the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft 

Word (.doc) format. Faxed comments 

must be sent to (202) 208–3333. Paper 

comments must be sent to Mr. Robert 

Hickey, Staff Director, Federal Election 

Commission, 999 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20463. All comments 

must include the full name and postal 

service address of the commenter or 

they will not be considered. The 

Commission will post all comments on 

its Web site at http://www.fec.gov/ 

pages/hearings/internethearing.shtml 

shortly after they are received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Biersack, Special Assistant to the 

Staff Director for Data Integration, 999 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463, 

(202) 694–1658 or (800) 424–9530. The 

Commission’s Web site can be accessed 

at http://www.fec.gov. Technical 

information related to the FEC’s Web 

site, including hardware, software, 

capacity and functionalities can be 

found at http://www.fec.gov/pages/ 

hearings/internethearing.shtml. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Hearing Goals 

The FEC is an independent regulatory 

agency with responsibility for 

administering, enforcing, defending and 

interpreting the Federal Election 

Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (2 

U.S.C. 431 et seq., available at http:// 

www.fec.gov/law/feca/feca.pdf) (FECA). 

The Commission is also responsible for 

administering the Federal public 

funding programs for Presidential 

campaigns and party conventions. This 

responsibility includes certifying and 

auditing all participating candidates and 

committees, and enforcement of the 

public funding laws. The Commission 

strives to discharge its statutory 

mandate by (1) facilitating public 

disclosure of campaign finance activity, 

(2) providing information and policy 

guidance to the public, media, political 

committees, Federal candidates and 

officeholders, and election officials on 

the FECA and Commission regulations, 

(3) encouraging voluntary compliance 

with all of the FECA’s requirements, 

and (4) investigating alleged violations 

of those requirements and seeking civil 

penalties and other remedies when 

necessary to enforce the law. 

The FEC’s Web site is increasingly the 

Commission’s primary vehicle for 

sharing with the public campaign 

finance disclosure data, educational 

materials related to Federal campaign 

finance laws, the development and 

implementation of new rules and 

regulations, Advisory Opinions, and 

closed enforcement actions. 

Accordingly, the FEC’s Web site and 

how the Commission uses the Internet 

to disclose information to the public is 

critical to the Commission’s mission. 

In 2008, the Commission received 

over 5.2 million visits to its Web site, or 

approximately 14,200 per day, an 

increase of over 50% from the year 

before. During the 24-month 2008 

election cycle, the Commission 

received, and disclosed on its Web site, 

approximately 140,000 financial 

disclosure reports from nearly 8,000 

political committees. These reports 

contained the equivalent of 11.7 million 

pages of financial data, disclosing