Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751-0028
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Registration Review: Decisions and Case Closures for Several Pesticides
Posted Date: 2023-04-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20882-20883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07100]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751; FRL-10860-01-OCSPP]

Pesticide Registration Review; Decisions and Case Closures for 
Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's the closure of 
the registration review cases for irgarol, oregano oil, and tagetes 
oils (formerly flower oils case), because the last U.S. registrations 
for these pesticides have been canceled.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751, is available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov. Additional instructions on visiting the 
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is 
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review 
Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in Table 1 in Unit IV.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; email address: 
[email protected]; phone, (202) 566-0701.

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, 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: For pesticide specific information, contact: The 
Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in 
Table 1 in Unit IV.

II. Background

    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, the pesticide can perform 
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human 
health or the environment. As part of the registration review process, 
the Agency has completed case closures for

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all pesticides listed in Table 1 in Unit IV. 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.

III. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed 
in Table 1 in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural 
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the 
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under 
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only 
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA 
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with 
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must 
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on 
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the 
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the 
use of a pesticide in or on food.

IV. What action is the Agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability 
of case closures for the pesticides shown in Table 1. The registration 
review decisions are supported by rationales included in the docket 
established for each chemical.

         Table 1--Registration Review Case Closures Being Issued
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                                                      Chemical review
 Registration review case name    Docket ID No.     manager and contact
          and number                                    information
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Irgarol, Case Number 5031.....  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0  Megan Snyderman,
                                 003.               [email protected], (202) 566-0639.
Oregano Oil, Case Number 6342.  EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0  Hannah Dean,
                                 641.               [email protected],
                                                    (202) 566-2969.
Tagetes Oils (formerly Flower   EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0  Daniel Schoeff,
 Oils Case), Case Number 8202.   628.               [email protected], (202) 566-1540.
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    The decisions for the chemicals in the table above were posted to 
the docket and the public was invited to submit comments or new 
information. Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review case 
docket for the chemicals listed in Table 1 will remain open until all 
actions required in the decision have been completed.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: March 31, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-07100 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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