65490 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 19, 2001 / Notices

the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA),

EPA issued approximately 20 EUPs and

established corresponding tolerances

each year. Since passage of FQPA,

however, the Agency has issued only

approximately three EUPs for food uses

each year. Information gathered under

EUPs can be extremely useful and allow

growers and others to gain a better

understanding of new and emerging

pesticide technologies prior to full

market introduction, providing

opportunity to refine the product’s use.

The Agency gains valuable information

as well on pesticide alternatives for

higher-risk pesticides. This information

can be used to support both registration

and reregistration decisions EPA must

make. In response to requests from

interested parties, the Agency undertook

an effort to ascertain what conditions

and criteria could be developed that

would allow for more EUPs, while

maintaining EPA’s ability to meet the

applicable safety findings under FIFRA

and FFDCA, resulting in the proposed

PR Notice.

B. What Questions/Issues Should You

Consider and Provide Specific

Comments On and/or Data/Information

to Explain Why the Agency Should

Make Changes?

1. The Agency is proposing certain

acreage limitations based upon a

determination that crops treated on

these limited acreages would have a

marginal impact on both acute and

chronic dietary risk. The criteria have

been developed in such a way that, if

the criteria are satisfied, the Agency can

easily determine, based upon existing

Agency assessments, that the requisite

FIFRA and FFDCA safety findings can

be met. How might the Agency expand

these limitations, while utilizing

existing risk assessments, to ensure that

the statutory findings are satisfied?

Should the Agency consider a sliding

scale of acres per total acres planted of

a minor crop? If so, what should that

scale be to cover all of the diverse

micro-climates, soils, growing seasons

and cropping practices for the various

commodities across the United States?

2. The Agency is proposing no more

than 100 acres per watershed using the

U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS)

watershed definition as one of the ‘‘risk

criteria’’ in this proposal. What might

EPA consider as other options, to ensure

that this criteria is not too confusing

and/or too limiting for certain

commodity grower industries and/or in

certain states so as not to eliminate the

possibility of conducting larger scale

EUPs under this program?

3. The Agency has proposed several

active ingredient criteria for this

program, choosing to initially limit the

program to those active ingredients

which need evaluation prior to

registration to ensure growers that the

products are effective alternatives to

already registered products they know.

Along with those criteria, the Agency

has proposed other criteria for this

program that, if met, could result in a

greater number of food use EUPs being

issued on an expedited basis. What

other criteria might the Agency consider

(i.e., ‘‘minor crop priorities’’ being

added to the active ingredient criteria),

and why?

4. What else, if anything, might the

Agency consider incorporating into the

proposed program to ensure that the

field efficacy and crop tolerance data for

minor crops, needed by registrants to

add minor crop uses to their labels after

tolerances are granted, are provided?

5. What other conventional chemicals

might the Agency consider adding to the

proposed ‘‘eligible pesticides’’ listing up

front (besides those that will be

considered, if submitted, on a case-bycase basis)?

C. PR Notices are Guidance Documents

The PR Notice discussed in this

notice is intended to provide guidance

to EPA personnel and decision-makers

and to pesticide registrants. This notice

is not binding on either EPA or

pesticide registrants, and EPA may

depart from the guidance where

circumstances warrant and without

prior notice. Likewise, pesticide

registrants may assert that the guidance

is not appropriate generally or not

applicable to a specific pesticide or

situation.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: December 6, 2001.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–31250 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7120–1]

Lorentz Barrel & Drum Superfund Site

Notice of Proposed Administrative

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (CERCLA),

42 U.S.C. 9600 et seq., notice is hereby

given that a proposed Agreement and

Covenant Not to Sue (Prospective

Purchaser Agreement) associated with

the Lorentz Barrel & Drum National

Priorities List Superfund Site was

executed by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

on November 20, 2001. The proposed

Prospective Purchaser Agreement would

resolve certain potential claims of the

United States under sections 106 and

107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607(a) against 10th Street Land

Management, a California corporation,

(the Purchaser). The Purchaser plans to

acquire the 5-acre parcel constituting

the Superfund Site, located at the

intersection of S. 10th Street and Alma

Avenue, San Jose, California, and

operate it as a parking and storage

facility for commercial trucks, other

vehicles and equipment.

In exchange for the settlement, 10th

Street Land Management has agreed to

pay EPA $408,000 in cash that will be

placed in a special account for use at the

Site. In addition, 10th Street Land

Management has agreed to maintain the

asphalt cap.

For thirty (30) calendar days

following the date of publication of this

notice, EPA will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

settlement. If requested prior to the

expiration of this public comment

period, EPA will provide an opportunity

for a public meeting in the affected area.

EPA’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 18, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Prospective

Purchaser Agreement and additional

background documents relating to the

settlement are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy

of the proposed settlement may be

obtained from William Keener,

Assistant Regional Counsel (ORC–1),

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105. Comments should

reference ‘‘10th Street Land

Management PPA, Lorentz Barrel &

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 19, 2001 / Notices 65491

Drum Superfund Site’’ and ‘‘Docket No.

2002–04’’ and should be addressed to

William Keener at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Keener, Assistant Regional

Counsel (ORC–1), Office of Regional

Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105; phone: (415) 972–3940; fax: (415)

947–3570; e-mail: keener.bill@epa.gov.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Jane Diamond,

Acting Director, Superfund Division, U.S.

EPA, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 01–31241 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7119–9]

Whitehouse Waste Oil Pits Superfund

Site Notice of Proposed De Minimis

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis

settlement.

SUMMARY: Under Section 122(g)(4) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has offered a

de minimis settlement under an

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

to settle claims for past and future

response costs at the Whitehouse Waste

Oil Pits Superfund Site (Site) located in

Whitehouse, Duval County, Florida.

Forty-two (42) parties have returned

signature pages accepting EPA’s

settlement offer. EPA will consider

public comments on the proposed

settlement for thirty (30) days. EPA may

withdraw from or modify the proposed

settlement should such comments

disclose facts or considerations which

indicate the proposed settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

Copies of the proposed settlement are

available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IV, CERCLA Program Services

Branch, Waste Management Division, 61

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia

30303, (404) 562–8887.

Written comments may be submitted

to Mr. Ray Strickland at the above

address within 30 days of the date of

publication.

Dated: November 28, 2001.

Franklin E. Hill,

Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch,

Waste Management Division.

[FR Doc. 01–31242 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–59380; FRL–6816–9]

Approval of Test Marketing Exemption

for Certain New Chemicals; With

Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

approval of applications for test

marketing exemption (TME) under

section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA) and 40 CFR 720.38.

EPA has designated these applications

as TME–02–01, TME–02–02, and TME–

02–03. The test marketing conditions

are described in the TME applications

and in this notice.

DATES: Approval of these TMEs are

effective December 12, 2001. Written

comments will be received until January

3, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit III. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

OPPTS–59380 and the TME numbers

TME–02–01, TME–02–02, and TME–02–

03 in the subject line on the first page

of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Barbara

Cunningham, Director, Office of

Program Management and Evaluation,

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (7401M), Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

For technical information contact:

Miriam Wiggins-Lewis, New Chemicals

Prenotice Branch, Chemical Control

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (202) 564–9373; email address:

Wigginslewis.Miriam@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed in particular to

the chemical manufacturer and/or

importer who submitted the TMEs to

EPA. This action may, however, be of

interest to the public in general. 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.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

A. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

B. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPPTS–59380. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this action, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, and other information

related to this action, including any

information claimed as confidential

business information (CBI). This official

record includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

North East Mall Rm. B–607, Waterside

Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC.

The Center is open from noon to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The telephone number of the

Center is (202) 260–7099.

III. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

The notice of receipt was published

late in the 45–day review period;

however, an opportunity to submit

comments is being offered at this time.