Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766-0019
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program; Technical Amendment
Posted Date: 2008-01-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 51-52]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0766; FRL-8345-4]
RIN 2070-AJ28

 
Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of December 7, 
2007 (72 FR 69150) (FRL-8343-1), concerning amendments and revisions to 
the pesticide tolerance crop grouping regulations. This document is 
being issued to correct an omission in one of the crop grouping tables 
and to remove unnecessary scientific names from another table.

DATES: This final rule is effective January 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0766. To access the 
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced 

Search,'' then ``Docket Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where 
indicated and select the ``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on 
the regulations.gov web site to view the docket index or access 
available documents. All documents in the docket are listed in the 
docket index available in regulations.gov. Although listed in the 
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential 
Business Information (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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rame Cromwell, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-308-9068; fax 
number:703-305-5884; e-mail address: cromwell.rame@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the final rule a list of those who may be 
potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding 
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document and Other 
Related Information?

    In addition to using regulations.gov, 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 Does this Technical Amendment Do?

    EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of December 7, 2007 
(72 FR 69150) (FRL-8343-1), concerning amendments and revisions to the 
pesticide tolerance crop grouping regulations. This document is being 
issued to correct an omission in the crop grouping table in Sec.  
180.41(c)(15)(ii) for Gooseberry, and to remove unnecessary scientific 
names from the crop group 21 table in Sec.  180.41(c)(22)(ii).

III. Why is this Technical Amendment Issued as a Final Rule?

    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an Agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 
to the public interest, the Agency may issue a final rule without 
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has 
determined that there is good cause for making today's technical 
amendment final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment, 
because this technical amendment merely adds two subgroup numbers which 
were inadvertently left out to one table, and removes unnecessary 
scientific nomenclature from another table. This technical amendment 
does not change the impact of the December 7, 2007 document. EPA finds 
that this constitutes good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).

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IV. Do Any of the Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Apply to this 
Action?

    EPA included the necessary statutory and Executive Order reviews in 
the December 7, 2007 final rule.

V. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the Agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to 
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States prior to publication of this final rule in the Federal 
Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Pesticides and pest.

    Dated: December 13, 2007.
James Jones,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic 
Substances.

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Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a, and 371.

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2. Section 180.41 is amended by revising the entry for ``Gooseberry 
(ribes spp)'' in table 1 to paragraph (c)(15)(ii), and by revising the 
Crop Group 21 table in paragraph (c)(22)(ii) to read as follows:

Sec.  180.41  Crop group tables.

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    (c) * * *
    (15) * * *
    (ii) * * *

      TABLE 1.--Crop Group 13-07: Berry and Small Fruit Crop Group
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             Commodities                    Related crop subgroups
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Gooseberry (Ribes spp.).............      13-07B, 13-07D, 13-07E, 13-07F
                              * * * * * * *
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    (22) * * *
    (ii) * * *

             Crop Group 21.--Edible Fungi Group--Commodities
Blewitt (Lepista nuda)
Bunashimeji (Hypsizygus marrmoreus)
Chinese mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) (Bull.) Singer
Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) (Curt.) Singer
Hime-Matsutake (Agaricus blazei) Murill
Hirmeola (Auricularia auricular)
Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
Morel (Morchella spp.)
Nameko (Pholiota nameko)
Net Bearing (Dictyophora)
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.)
Pom Pom (Hericium erinaceus)
Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. Fr.) Karst.)
Rodman's agaricus (Agaricus bitorquis) (Quel.) Saccardo
Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegl.)
Shimeji (Tricholoma conglobatum)
Stropharia (Stropharia spp.)
Truffle (Tuber spp.)
White button mushroom (Agaricus bisporous (Lange) Imbach)
White Jelly Fungi (Tremella fuciformis)

[FR Doc. E7-25280 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]

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