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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). Among other changes, FQPA 

established a stringent health-based 

standard (‘‘a reasonable certainty of no 

harm’’) for pesticide residues in foods to 

assure protection from unacceptable 

pesticide exposure and strengthened 

health protections for infants and 

children from pesticide risks. 

During 1998 and 1999, EPA and the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) established a subcommittee of 

the National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

(NACEPT), the Tolerance Reassessment 

Advisory Committee (TRAC), to address 

FFDCA issues and implementation. 

TRAC comprised more than 50 

representatives of affected user, 

producer, consumer, public health, 

environmental, states, and other 

interested groups. The TRAC met from 

May 27, 1998, through April 29, 1999. 

In order to continue the constructive 

discussions about FFDCA, EPA and 

USDA established, under the auspices 

of NACEPT, the Committee to Advise on 

Reassessment and Transition (CARAT). 

The CARAT provided a forum for a 

broad spectrum of stakeholders to 

consult with and advise the Agency and 

the Secretary of Agriculture on pest and 

pesticide management transition issues 

related to the tolerance reassessment 

process. The CARAT was intended to 

further the valuable work initiated by 

earlier advisory committees toward the 

use of sound science and greater 

transparency in regulatory decisionmaking, increased stakeholder 

participation, and reasonable transition 

strategies that reduce risks without 

jeopardizing American agriculture and 

farm communities. 

As a result of the 1998 and 1999 

TRAC process, EPA decided that the 

implementation process and related 

policies would benefit from providing 

notice and comment on major science 

policy issues. The TRAC identified nine 

science policy areas it believed were key 

to implementation of tolerance 

reassessment. EPA agreed to provide 

one or more documents for comment on 

each of the nine issues by announcing 

their availability in the Federal 

Register. In a notice published in the 

Federal Register of October 29, 1998 (63 

FR 58038) (FRL–6041–5), EPA described 

its intended approach. Since then, EPA 

has issued a series of draft and revised 

documents concerning the nine science 

policy issues. Publication of this notice 

is intended to update the public on the 

status of the science paper ‘‘Guidance 

for Submission of Probabilistic Human 

Health Exposure Assessments to the 

Office of Pesticide Programs.’’ 

III. Why this Policy is No Longer 

Needed 

Historically, assessment of the 

potential health risks associated with 

exposure to pesticides has focused upon 

single pathways of exposure (e.g., from 

pesticide residues in food, water, or 

residential/non-occupational uses) for 

individual chemicals, and not on the 

potential for individuals to be exposed 

to multiple pesticides by all pathways 

concurrently. In 1996, the FQPA 

required EPA to consider potential 

human health risks from all pathways of 

dietary and non-dietary exposures to 

more than one pesticide acting through 

a common mechanism of toxicity. 

The ‘‘Guidance for Submission of 

Probabilistic Human Health Exposure 

Assessments to the Office of Pesticide 

Programs’’ was issued in 1998; http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1998/ 

November/Day-05/6021.pdf. The 

‘‘Guidance for Submission of 

Probabilistic Human Health Exposure 

Assessments’’ provided general 

guidance on the conduct of probabilistic 

risk assessments. The guidance was 

intended to be used chiefly by persons 

conducting human health exposure 

assessments for purposes of registration 

or reregistration of pesticides. 

EPA is withdrawing the ‘‘Guidance 

for Submission of Probabilistic Human 

Health Exposure Assessments to the 

Office of Pesticide Programs’’ because it 

has been superseded by several other 

EPA policy and guidance documents. 

These include: (1) ‘‘General Principles 

for Performing Aggregate Exposure and 

Risk Assessments,’’ http://www.epa.gov/ 

pesticides/trac/science/aggregate.pdf, 

and (2) ‘‘Guidance on Cumulative Risk 

Assessment of Pesticide Chemicals That 

Have a Common Mechanism of 

Toxicity,’’ http://epa.gov/pesticides/

trac/science/cumulative_guidance.pdf. 

The ‘‘General Principles for 

Performing Aggregate Exposure and 

Risk Assessments’’ focus upon 

describing principles to guide the way 

in which aggregate exposure and risk 

assessment may be performed when 

more extensive distributional data and 

more sophisticated exposure 

assessment, methods and tools are 

available. 

The ‘‘Guidance on Cumulative Risk 

Assessment of Pesticide Chemicals That 

Have a Common Mechanism of 

Toxicity’’ provides guidance for OPP 

scientists for evaluating and estimating 

the potential human risks associated 

with such multi-chemical and multipathway exposures to pesticides. 

The policies and guidance mentioned 

above reflect EPA’s most recent 

guidance, thus superseding the 

information in ‘‘Guidance for 

Submission of Probabilistic Human 

Health Exposure Assessments to the 

Office of Pesticide Programs.’’ While the 

information in the document we are 

withdrawing is not necessarily 

inaccurate, it is outdated. 

This action is also responsive to the 

recommendations made by EPA’s Office 

of Inspector General during its review of 

EPA’s implementation of FQPA. In its 

report ‘‘Opportunities to Improve Data 

Quality and Children’s Health through 

the FQPA’’ issued January 10, 2006 

http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2006/

20060110–2006–P–00009.pdf the Office 

of Inspector General Recommended that 

EPA should update the status of its 

science policy issue papers. This 

Federal Register notice updates the 

public on the status of one of the 

science policy papers which has been 

superseded by other guidance. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. E9–16273 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0467; FRL–8424–7] 

Lead Wheel Balancing Weights; TSCA 

Section 21 Petition; Notice of Receipt 

and Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

EPA has received a petition under 

section 21 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA), and requests 

comments on issues raised by the 

petition. The petition was received from 

the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, 

Michigan and the Sierra Club et al., 

(petitioners) on May 29, 2009. The 

petition requests that EPA establish 

regulations prohibiting the manufacture, 

processing, and distribution in 

commerce of lead wheel balancing 

weights. EPA must either grant or deny 

the petition within 90 days of filing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 30, 2009 


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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0467, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0467. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2009–0467. 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. 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 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, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Colby 

Linter, Regulatory Coordinator, 

Environmental Assistance Division 

(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: 

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

For technical information contact: 

Mark Henshall, National Program 

Chemicals Division (7404T), Office 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 566–0523; e-mail address: 

henshall.mark@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to you if you manufacture, 

process, distribute or use lead wheel 

balancing weights or are an automobile 

tire retailer. Since other entities may 

also 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 

technical 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 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. TSCA Section 21 

A. What is a TSCA Section 21 Petition? 

Under section 21 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 

2620), any person can petition EPA to 

initiate a proceeding for the issuance, 

amendment, or repeal of a rule under 

TSCA section 4, 6, or 8 or an order 

under TSCA section 5(e) or 6(b)(2). A 

TSCA section 21 petition must set forth 

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the necessity for the action requested. 

EPA is required to grant or deny the 

petition within 90 days of its filing. If 

EPA grants the petition, the Agency 

must promptly commence an 

appropriate proceeding. If EPA denies 

the petition, the Agency must publish 

its reasons for the denial in the Federal 

Register. A petitioner may commence a 

civil action in a U.S. district court to 

compel initiation of the requested 

rulemaking proceeding within 60 days 

of either a denial or if EPA fails to grant 

or deny the expiration of the 90–day 

period. 

B. What Criteria Apply to a Decision on 

a TSCA Section 21 Petition? 

Section 21(b)(1) of TSCA requires that 

the petition ‘‘set forth the facts which it 

is claimed establish that it is necessary’’ 

to issue the rule or order requested. 15 

U.S.C. 2620(b)(1). Thus, TSCA section 

21 implicitly incorporates the statutory 

standards that apply to the requested 

actions. In addition, TSCA section 21 

establishes standards a court must use 

to decide whether to order EPA to 

initiate rulemaking in the event of a 

lawsuit filed by the petitioner after 

denial of a TSCA section 21 petition. 15 

U.S.C. 2620(b)(4)(B). Accordingly, EPA 

will refer to the standards in TSCA 

section 21 and in the provisions under 

which actions have been requested to 

evaluate this petition. 

III. Summary of TSCA Section 21 

Petition Received 

A. What Action was Requested? 

On May 29, 2009, EPA received a 

petition from the Ecology Center and the 

Sierra Club et al., petitioning EPA to 

establish regulations prohibiting the 

manufacture, processing, and 

distribution in commerce of lead wheel 

balancing weights (‘‘wheel weights’’). 

The petition and information 

submitted by the petitioner(s) is 

included in the docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, under EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2009–0467. 

B. What Support Do the Petitioners 

Offer? 

This petition incorporates by 

reference a previous petition submitted 

by the Ecology Center on May 13, 2005 

(OPPT–2005–0032) (70 FR 35667, June 

21, 2005) (FRL–7720–5), which 

requested a very similar action. In that 

petition, the Ecology Center asked EPA 

to prohibit the manufacturing, 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

and use and improper disposal of lead 

wheel balancing weights. EPA denied 

that petition on August 8, 2005. 

The petitioners note that they have 

previously highlighted that automobiles 

are a significant contributor of ongoing 

lead releases to the environment. The 

previous petition identified lead wheel 

balancing weight failure (weights falling 

off rims into roadways) as one of the 

largest ongoing releases of lead to the 

environment. The previous petition also 

noted that lead is consistently found to 

be in high concentrations on roadways 

and in end-of-life, vehicle waste 

(commonly called Auto Shredder 

Residue (ASR)). The petitioners also 

commented that lead wheel balancing 

weights are the second largest ongoing 

use of lead in vehicles and play a 

significant role in the release of lead to 

the environment. 

The petitioners also note that on 

August 29, 2008 EPA announced its 

voluntary National Lead-Free Wheel 

Weight Initiative (NLFWWI). The 

Initiative’s 40 charter members and four 

subsequent members include every new 

car manufacturer, four domestic lead 

wheel balancing weight producers (3M, 

Hennessy, Perfect, and Plombco), two 

leading tire manufacturers (Bridgestone 

Firestone and Goodyear) and major 

retailers (Bridgestone Firestone, 

Goodyear, Costco, Wal-Mart, and Sam’s 

Club). These organizations committed in 

writing to: 

• Identify the volume of lead to be 

eliminated. 

• Reduce the use of lead for wheel 

balancing weights by December 31, 

2011. 

• Take responsibility for providing 

information, education, and outreach to 

the public, regarding the benefits of 

using lead-free wheel balancing weights. 

• Properly collect and recycle used 

lead wheel balancing weights in their 

current inventory or acquired through 

normal business operation. 

• Publicly endorse the NLFWWI and 

encourage the use of lead-free wheel 

balancing weights by others. 

Petitioners cited EPA’s National LeadFree Wheel Weight Initiative web page 

which states: 

• 12.5 million pounds of lead from 

wheel balancing weight is uncontrolled 

or unmanaged in the environment. 

• 1.6 million pounds of lead is lost 

when wheel balancing weights fall off 

during normal driving conditions such 

as hitting a pot hole. 

• 10.9 million pounds is sold or given 

to hobbyists for recreational purposes. 

Petitioners estimate that no more than 

one-third of the lead wheel weight 

market would potentially be changed to 

lead-free due to the NLFWWI. 

Petitioners also point to recent state 

actions to address wheel balancing 

weights. The petition notes that on 

April 28, 2009, the State of Washington 

instituted a ban on lead wheel balancing 

weights effective January 1, 2011 and 

that California, Iowa, and Maine have 

similar proposals under consideration. 

The petition also stated that in 2008, 

Vermont banned lead wheel balancing 

weights on state-owned vehicles by 

January 1, 2010 and in new motor 

vehicles as of January 1, 2011. 

IV. EPA Seeks Public Comment 

Under TSCA section 21, EPA must 

either grant or deny a petition within 90 

days. EPA is providing this opportunity 

for the public to comment on, or 

provide any additional information 

relevant to, the issues identified in the 

petition. In order for the Agency to 

consider such comments within the 90– 

day petition review period, EPA must 

receive the comments by July 30, 2009 

(see ADDRESSES). 

In particular, EPA seeks information 

on the following: 

• Quantitative information, data and/ 

or case examples (e.g., recent scientific 

and technical studies, including 

analytical data results, analyses of 

environmental impacts, and statistical 

analyses) associated with the potential 

environmental releases to the air, 

surface water, ground water, and soil 

(particularly regarding potential releases 

within 1 mile of roadways, and 

potential releases to particularly 

sensitive environments or human and 

ecological populations) from lead wheel 

balancing weights and the following 

alternatives to lead tire weights: Steel 

tire weights; zinc alloy wheel balancing 

weights; plastic metal composite wheel 

balancing weights; and tin wheel 

balancing weights. 

• Quantitative information and data 

(scientific and technical studies, 

including analytical data results, 

analysis of environmental impacts, 

statistical analyses, etc.) associated with 

releases of lead to the air, surface water, 

ground water, and soil within 1 mile of 

roadways from wheel balancing weights 

and all other sources. 

• Information on whether the 

following list of potential exposure 

routes associated with releases from 

lead (and other alternative material) 

wheel balancing weights is complete or 

accurate, and whether other possible 

exposure routes associated with such 

releases should be considered: Dust in 

and near roadways; dust from roadways 

migrating to residential front yards, 

being tracked into houses and inhaled 

and/or ingested by children; wheel 

balancing weights and/or particles 

swept up by municipal street cleaners 

being incinerated, leading to increased 

levels of lead in air; wheel balancing 

weights and/or particles swept up by 

municipal street cleaners and land 


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filled, leading to increased levels of lead 

in ground water; vapors from home 

smelting of used wheel balancing 

weights obtained from gas stations and 

small tire retailers; wheel balancing 

weights left on cars that may be 

collected and burned in electric arc 

furnaces, releasing lead vapor and 

particulate matter to the air; releases 

associated with auto shredder activities 

(e.g., residues released to air or water); 

and releases from roadways to streams 

resulting in potential exposures to 

aquatic and terrestrial species. 

• Quantitative or anecdotal 

information on the current availability 

and suitability of lead-free wheel 

balancing weights as alternatives, in 

both original equipment and aftermarket 

settings, particularly any comparisons 

between lead-free and lead wheel 

balancing weights in terms of price, ease 

of installation, durability, and other 

attributes of performance and 

suitability. 

In assessing the usability of any data 

or information that may be submitted, 

EPA plans to follow the guidelines in 

EPA’s ‘‘A Summary of General 

Assessment Factors for Evaluating the 

Quality of Scientific and Technical 

Information’’ (EPA 100B–03/001), 

referred to as the ‘‘Assessment Factors 

Document.’’ The ‘‘Assessment Factors 

Document’’ was published in the 

Federal Register issue of July 1, 2003 

(68 FR 39086) (FRL–7520–2) and is 

available on-line at http://www.epa.gov/ 

osa/spc/assess.htm. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, lead, wheel 

balancing weights, zinc. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0837; FRL–8425–3] 

Malathion; Product Cancellation Order 

and Amendments to Terminate Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellations and 

amendments to terminate uses, 

voluntarily requested by the registrants 

and accepted by the Agency, of products 

containing the pesticide malathion, 

pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 

cancellation order follows a May 20, 

2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt 

of Requests from the malathion 

registrants to voluntarily cancel or to 

amend to terminate uses of certain 

malathion product registrations. These 

are not the last malathion products 

registered for use in the United States. 

In the May 20, 2009 Notice, EPA 

indicated that it would issue an order 

implementing the cancellations and 

amendments to terminate uses, unless 

the Agency received substantive 

comments within the 30 day comment 

period that would merit its further 

review of these requests, or unless the 

registrants withdrew their requests 

within this period. The Agency did not 

receive any comments on the notice. 

Further, the registrants did not 

withdraw their requests. Accordingly, 

EPA hereby issues in this notice a 

cancellation order granting the 

requested cancellations and 

amendments to terminate uses. Any 

distribution, sale, or use of the 

malathion products subject to this 

cancellation order is permitted only in 

accordance with the terms of this order, 

including any existing stocks 

provisions. 

DATES: The cancellations are effective 

July 15, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Miederhoff, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 347– 

8028; fax number: (703) 308–7070; email address: miederhoff.eric@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, 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 a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2007–0837. 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 the 

cancellations and amendments to 

terminate uses, as requested by 

registrants, of certain end-use malathion 

products registered under section 3 of 

FIFRA. These registrations are listed in 

sequence by registration number in 

Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. 

TABLE 1.— MALATHION PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS

Registration Number Product Name Company 

228-68 Riverdale Malathion 5 Nufarm Americas, Inc. 

228-93 Riverdale Bin Spray Nufarm Americas, Inc. 


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