Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0944-0332
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition Requesting EPA to Issue a Notice of Intent to Cancel the Registrations of M-44 Sodium Cyanide Capsules and Sodium Fluoroacetate; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2008-01-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 11)]
[Notices]               
[Page 2916-2917]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0944; FRL-8349-1]

 
Petition Requesting EPA to Issue a Notice of Intent to Cancel the 
Registrations of M-44 Sodium Cyanide Capsules and Sodium Fluoroacetate; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of November 16, 
2007, concerning a petition that EPA received from Sinapu, Public 
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Beyond Pesticides, 
Forest Guardians, Predator Defense, Western Wildlife Conservancy, 
Sierra Club, The Rewilding Institute, Animal Defense League of Arizona, 
and Animal Welfare Institute. The petition requested EPA to issue a 
notice of intent to cancel the registrations of M-44 sodium cyanide 
capsules and sodium fluoroacetate. The Agency is seeking further 
substantive comment on this petition, and will post a document with 
specific questions under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0944. This Federal Register notice is extending the comment period 
from January 16, 2008, to March 5, 2008.

DATES: Comments identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0944 
must be received on or before March 5, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of November 16, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Schnackenbeck, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8072; e-mail 
address: schnackenbeck.joy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the notice 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    When preparing comments follow the procedures and suggestions given 
in Unit I.B. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the November 16, 2007 
Federal Register document.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    To submit comments, or access the public docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided in Unit I.B. of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION of the November 16, 2007 Federal Register document. If you 
have questions, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

II. What Action is EPA Taking?

    This document extends the public comment period established in the 
Federal Register of November 16, 2007 (72 FR 64623) (FRL-8156-3). In 
that document, EPA published a petition, which requested the Agency to 
cancel the use of M-44 sodium cyanide capsules and sodium 
fluoroacetate, and opened a 60-day public comment period. EPA is hereby 
extending the

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comment period, which was set to end on January 16, 2008, to March 5, 
2008.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides, Predacides.

    Dated: January 10, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-676 Filed 1-15-08; 8:45 am]

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