Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1082-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Sulfluramid Registration Review Final Decision; Notice of Availability
Posted Date: 2008-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 210)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1082; FRL-8387-4]

 
Sulfluramid Registration Review Final Decision; Notice of 
Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's final 
registration review decision for the pesticide case sulfluramid. 
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).

ADDRESSES: 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

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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: Rosanna Louie, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0037; fax 
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov.
    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; e-mail address: 
costello.kevin@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

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.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces the final registration review decisions for 
the sulfluramid case as shown in Table 1.

          Table 1.--Registration Review Docket - Final Decision
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                                                      Regulatory Contact
  Registration Review Case Name    Pesticide Docket       name, Phone
           and Number                  ID Number        Number, E-mail
                                                            Address
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Sulfluramid Case 7411             EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-10  Rosanna Louie
                                   82                 (703) 308-0037
                                                      Louie.rosanna@epa.
                                                       gov
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    The docket for registration review of this pesticide case includes 
the final registration review decision document as well as other 
relevant documents related to the registration review of the subject 
case. The proposed registration review decision was posted to the 
docket for the above case and the public was invited to submit any 
comments or new information. During the 60-day comment period, no 
public comments were received for the sulfluramid case.
    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/
sulfluramid/index.htm.

B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    FIFRA Section 3(g) and 40 CFR 155.57 and 155.58 provide authority 
for this action.
    A registration review decision is the Agency's determination 
whether a pesticide meets, or does not meet, the standard for 
registration in FIFRA. This final decision continues to be supported by 
the rationales included in the proposed final decision for sulfluramid. 
The documents in the docket describe the Agency's rationale for issuing 
a registration review final decision for sulfluramid. No additional 
risk mitigation measures are required or specified for products 
containing sulfluramid and no labeling changes are currently required 
as a result of this final decision.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Registration review, Pesticides, Pests, 
and Sulfluramid.

    Dated: October 20, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-25667 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 a.m.]

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