Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture: Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements
Posted Date: 2019-07-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 35054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15371]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 170

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543; FRL-9994-33]
RIN 2070-AK49

Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; 
Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the 
Application Exclusion Zone Requirements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of submission to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public as required by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA 
Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) a draft regulatory document concerning 
``Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the 
Application Exclusion Zone Requirements.'' The draft regulatory 
document is not available to the public until after it has been signed 
and made available by EPA.

DATES: See Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is 
(703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional 
information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Mosby, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (703) 347-0224; email address: 
OPP_NPRM_AgWorkerProtection@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What action is EPA taking?

    Section 25(a)(2)(A) of FIFRA requires the EPA Administrator to 
provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft proposed rule at 
least 60 days before signing it in proposed form for publication in the 
Federal Register. The draft proposed rule is not available to the 
public until after it has been signed by EPA. If the Secretary of USDA 
comments in writing regarding the draft proposed rule within 30 days 
after receiving it, the EPA Administrator shall include the comments of 
the Secretary of USDA and the EPA Administrator's response to those 
comments with the proposed rule that publishes in the Federal Register. 
If the Secretary of USDA does not comment in writing within 30 days 
after receiving the draft proposed rule, the EPA Administrator may sign 
the proposed rule for publication in the Federal Register any time 
after the 30-day period.

II. Do any Statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this 
notification?

    No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the 
Secretary of USDA. As such, none of the regulatory assessment 
requirements apply to this document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 170

    Agricultural worker, Employer, Environmental protection, Farms, 
Forests, Greenhouses pesticides, Nurseries, Pesticide handler, Worker 
protection standard.

    Dated: July 12, 2019.
Edward Messina,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-15371 Filed 7-19-19; 8:45 am]
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