Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0170-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Diazinon; Product Registrations Cancellation Order
Posted Date: 2003-09-03T04:00Z

52394
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
170
/
Wednesday,
September
3,
2003
/
Notices
the
Illinois
Commerce
Commission
and
Wisconsin
Public
Service
Commission.
Comment
Date:
August
29,
2003.

Standard
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electronic
filings.

Magalie
R.
Salas,
Secretary.
[
FR
Doc.
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22590
Filed
9
 
2
 
03;
8:
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6717
 
01
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7552
 
4]

Investigator
Initiated
Grants
for
Fellowships:
Request
for
Applications
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice
of
requests
for
applications.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
provides
information
on
the
availability
of
fiscal
year
2004
fellowship
program
announcements,
in
which
the
areas
of
research
interest,
eligibility
and
submission
requirements,
evaluation
criteria,
and
implementation
schedules
are
set
forth.
Grants
will
be
competitively
awarded
following
peer
review.
DATES:
Receipt
dates
vary
depending
on
the
specific
research
areas
within
the
solicitations.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
In
its
Requests
for
Applications
(
RFA)
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
invites
fellowship
applications
in
the
following
areas
of
special
interest
to
its
mission:
(
1)
Fall
2004
EPA
Science
to
Achieve
Results
(
STAR)
Fellowships
for
Graduate
Study,
(
2)
Fall
2004
Minority
Academic
Institutions
(
MAI)
Fellowships
for
Graduate
Study,
and
(
3)
Fall
2004
Minority
Academic
Institutions
(
MAI)
Undergraduate
Student
Fellowships.
CONTACTS:
(
1)
Fall
2004
EPA
Science
to
Achieve
Results
(
STAR)
Fellowships
for
Graduate
Study,
Virginia
Broadway
(
phone:
202
 
564
 
6923,
e­
mail:
broadway.
virginia@
epa.
gov),
(
2)
Fall
2004
Minority
Academic
Institutions
(
MAI)
Fellowships
for
Graduate
Study,
Virginia
Broadway
(
phone:
202
 
564
 
6923,
e­
mail:
broadway.
virginia@
epa.
gov),
and
(
3)
Fall
2004
Minority
Academic
Institutions
(
MAI)
Undergraduate
Student
Fellowships,
Georgette
Boddie,
(
phone:
202
 
564
 
6926,
e­
mail:
boddie.
georgette@
epa.
gov).

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
The
complete
program
announcement
can
be
accessed
on
the
Internet
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ncer,
under
``
announcements.''
The
required
forms
for
applications
with
instructions
are
accessible
on
the
Internet
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ncer/
fellow/.
Forms
may
be
printed
from
this
site.

Dated:
August
27,
2003.
John
C.
Puzak,
Acting
Director,
National
Center
for
Environmental
Research.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
22451
Filed
9
 
2
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0170;
FRL
 
7320
 
7]

Diazinon;
Product
Registrations
Cancellation
Order
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
EPA's
cancellation
order
for
the
cancellations,
as
requested
by
Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc.,
of
all
of
Syngenta's
registrations
for
products
containing
diazinon
(
O,
O­
Diethyl
O­(
2­
isopropyl­
6­
methyl­
4­
pyrimidinyl)
phosphorothioate)
and
accepted
by
EPA,
pursuant
to
section
6(
f)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA).
This
order
follows
up
a
May
30,
2003
Notice
of
Receipt
of
Requests
from
Syngenta
for
cancellations
of
all
of
Syngenta's
diazinon
product
registrations.
In
the
May
30,
2003
Notice,
EPA
indicated
that
it
would
issue
an
order
granting
the
voluntary
product
registration
cancellations,
unless
the
Agency
received
substantive
comments
within
the
comment
period
that
would
merit
its
further
review
of
these
requests.
The
Agency
received
one
set
of
comments,
which
were
in
support
of
the
cancellation
requests.
Accordingly,
EPA
hereby
issues
in
this
notice
a
cancellation
order
granting
the
requested
cancellations.
Any
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
the
products
subject
to
this
cancellation
order
is
only
permitted
in
accordance
with
the
terms
of
the
existing
stocks
provisions
of
this
cancellation
order.
DATES:
The
cancellations
are
effective
immediately.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Stephanie
Plummer,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
0076;
e­
mail
address:
plummer.
stephanie@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
Although
this
action
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
persons
who
produce
or
use
pesticides,
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
information
in
this
notice,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

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

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0170.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
EPA
also
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established
two
dockets
containing
documents
in
support
of
the
diazinon
IRED.
They
are
dockets
OPP
 
34225
and
OPP
 
2002
 
0251.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?
This
notice
announces
cancellation,
as
requested
by
Syngenta,
of
all
of
Syngenta's
diazinon
products
registered
under
section
3
of
FIFRA.
These
registrations
are
listed
in
sequence
by
registration
number
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3
of
this
unit.

A.
Background
Information
Diazinon
is
an
organophosphorous
insecticide
and
is
one
of
the
most
widely
used
insecticides
in
the
U.
S.
It
is
used
for
outdoor
non­
agricultural,
as
well
as
agricultural,
pest
control.
Under
a
December
5,
2000
Memorandum
of
Agreement
(
MOA)
between
Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc.
and
EPA,
Syngenta
requested,
under
FIFRA
section
6(
f),
that
EPA
cancel,
effective
as
of
June
30,
2003,
the
registrations
of
all
of
Syngenta's
diazinon
manufacturing­
use
products
permitting
formulation
for
outdoor
nonagricultural
use.
In
the
MOA,
EPA
expressed
that
it
would
not
contemplate
permitting
sale,
distribution
or
use
of
existing
stocks
of
these
outdoor
nonagricultural
manufacturing­
use
products,
except
for
return
to
the
Registrant
for
purposes
of
re­
labeling
for
export
or
disposal.
In
a
letter
dated
April
8,
2003,
Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc.
requested
a
voluntary
cancellation
of
all
its
remaining
registrations
for
products
containing
diazinon,
to
be
effective
June
30,
2003.
The
request
applied
to
outdoor
non­
agricultural
enduse
products
and
agricultural
products.
The
request
is
contingent
upon
EPA's
granting
of
certain
existing
stocks
provisions,
which
are
set
forth
in
Unit
V.
EPA
announced
its
receipt
of
the
above­
mentioned
cancellation
requests
in
a
Federal
Register
Notice
dated
May
30,
2003
(
68
FR
32501)
(
FRL
 
7309
 
2).
Syngenta's
April
8,
2003
request
for
cancellations
is
consistent
with
the
December
5,
2000
MOA.
EPA
has
approved
both
the
December
5,
2000
and
the
April
8,
2003
requests
to
terminate
registrations
for
all
of
Syngenta's
diazinon
products
and
has
published
its
cancellation
order
in
this
Notice.
All
of
Syngenta's
diazinon
products
subject
to
cancellation,
which
include
outdoor
non­
agricultural
and
agricultural
product
registrations,
are
identified
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3
of
this
unit.
The
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
(
RED)
document
summarizes
the
findings
of
EPA's
reregistration
process
for
individual
chemical
cases,
and
reflects
the
Agency's
decision
on
risk
assessment
and
risk
management
for
uses
of
the
individual
pesticides
known
as
organophosphates
(
OPs).
EPA
has
issued
an
Interim
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
(
IRED)
document
assessing
the
risks
of
exposure
from
agricultural
uses
of
diazinon.

B.
Requests
for
Voluntary
Cancellations
The
manufacturing­
use
product
registrations
for
which
cancellation
was
requested
are
identified
below
in
Table
1.
The
end­
use
product
registrations
for
which
cancellation
was
requested
are
identified
below
in
Tables
2
and
3.
EPA
did
not
receive
any
substantive
comments
regarding
these
product
registrations.
Accordingly,
the
Agency
has
issued
an
order
in
this
notice
canceling
the
registrations
identified
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3.

TABLE
1.
 
MANUFACTURING­
USE
PRODUCT
REGISTRATION
CANCELLATION
REQUESTS
Registration
No.
Product
Name
Chemical
Name
100
 
977
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
MG
56%
WBC
AG
Diazinon
100
 
978
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
MG
22.4%
WBC
HG
Diazinon
100
 
979
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
MG
87%
HG
Diazinon
100
 
980
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
MG
87%
AG
Diazinon
TABLE
2.
 
OUTDOOR
NON­
AGRICULTURAL
END­
USE
PRODUCT
REGISTRATION
CANCELLATION
REQUESTS
Registration
No.
Product
Name
Chemical
Name
100
 
456
D
·
z
·
n
Lawn
&
Garden
Insect
Control
Diazinon
100
 
468
D
·
z
·
n
Granular
Lawn
Insect
Control
Diazinon
100
 
528
D
·
z
·
n
6000
Lawn
&
Garden
Insect
Control
Diazinon
100
 
770
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
Lawn
&
Garden
WBC
Diazinon
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TABLE
2.
 
OUTDOOR
NON­
AGRICULTURAL
END­
USE
PRODUCT
REGISTRATION
CANCELLATION
REQUESTS
 
Continued
Registration
No.
Product
Name
Chemical
Name
100
 
926
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
Garden
Insect
Dust
Diazinon
TABLE
3.
 
AGRICULTURAL
END­
USE
PRODUCT
REGISTRATION
CANCELLATION
REQUESTS
Registration
No.
Product
Name
Chemical
Name
100
 
460
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
50W
Diazinon
100
 
461
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
AG500
Diazinon
100
 
469
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
14G
Diazinon
100
 
784
D
·
z
·
n
diazinon
AG600
WBC
Diazinon
Table
4
of
this
unit
includes
the
name
and
address
of
record
for
the
registrant
of
the
products
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3
of
this
unit:

TABLE
4.
 
REGISTRANT
REQUESTING
VOLUNTARY
CANCELLATION
EPA
Company
No.
Company
Name
and
Address
100
Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc,
P.
O.
Box
18300,
Greensboro
NC
27419
 
8300
III.
Cancellation
Order
Pursuant
to
section
6(
f)
of
FIFRA,
EPA
hereby
approves
the
requested
cancellations
of
diazinon
product
registrations
identified
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3
in
Unit
II.
Accordingly,
the
Agency
orders
that
the
diazinon
manufacturing­
use
product
registrations
identified
in
Table
1
in
Unit
II.,
as
well
as
the
end­
use
product
registrations
listed
in
Tables
2
and
3
in
Unit
II.,
are
hereby
canceled.
Any
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
existing
stocks
of
the
products
identified
in
Tables
1,
2,
and
3
in
Unit
II.
in
a
manner
inconsistent
with
any
of
the
Provisions
for
Disposition
of
Existing
Stocks
set
forth
below
in
Unit
V.
will
be
considered
a
violation
of
FIFRA.

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

Section
6(
f)(
1)
of
FIFRA
provides
that
a
registrant
of
a
pesticide
product
may
at
any
time
request
that
any
of
its
pesticide
registrations
be
canceled.
FIFRA
further
provides
that,
before
acting
on
the
request,
EPA
must
publish
a
notice
of
receipt
of
any
such
request
in
the
Federal
Register.
Thereafter,
the
Administrator
may
approve
such
a
request.

V.
Provisions
for
Disposition
of
Existing
Stocks
Existing
stocks
are
those
stocks
of
registered
pesticide
products
which
are
currently
in
the
United
States
and
which
have
been
packaged,
labeled,
and
released
for
shipment
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
the
cancellation
action.
The
cancellation
order
issued
in
this
Notice
includes
the
following
existing
stocks
provisions.

A.
Outdoor
Non­
Agricultural
Manufacturing­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale.
The
distribution
or
sale
of
existing
stocks
of
any
outdoor
non­
agricultural
manufacturing­
use
product
identified
in
Table
1
in
Unit
II.
is
no
longer
lawful
under
FIFRA,
except
for
the
purposes
of
export
consistent
with
FIFRA
section
17
and
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
2.
Use
for
producing
other
products.
The
use
of
existing
stocks
of
any
manufacturing­
use
product
identified
in
Table
1
in
Unit
II.
for
formulation
into
any
other
product
labeled
for
outdoor
non­
agricultural
use
is
no
longer
lawful
under
FIFRA.

B.
Outdoor
Non­
Agricultural
End­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale
by
registrant.
The
distribution,
or
sale,
of
existing
stocks
by
Syngenta
of
any
product
listed
in
Table
2
in
Unit
II.
will
not
be
lawful
under
FIFRA
after
August
31,
2003,
except
for
purposes
of
shipping
such
stocks
for
export
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
FIFRA
section
17
or
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
2.
Retail
and
other
distribution
or
sale.
The
distribution
or
sale
of
existing
stocks
by
persons
other
than
Syngenta
will
be
prohibited
after
December
31,
2004,
except
for
purposes
of
product
recovery
pursuant
to
the
2000
MOA,
shipping
such
stocks
for
export
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
FIFRA
section
17,
or
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
3.
Use
of
existing
stocks.
Use
of
existing
stocks
may
continue
until
stocks
are
exhausted.
Any
such
use
must
be
in
accordance
with
the
label.

C.
Agricultural
Manufacturing­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale,
or
use
by
registrant.
The
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
existing
stocks
by
Syngenta
of
any
manufacturing­
use
product
identified
in
Table
1
in
Unit
II.
for
formulation
into
any
other
product
labeled
for
agricultural
use
will
not
be
lawful
under
FIFRA
after
August
31,
2003,
except
for
purposes
of
shipping
such
stocks
for
export
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
section
17
of
FIFRA,
or
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
2.
Retail
and
other
distribution,
sale,
or
use.
The
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
existing
stocks
of
any
manufacturinguse
product
identified
in
Table
1
in
Unit
II.
for
formulation
into
any
other
product
labeled
for
agricultural
use
by
any
person
other
than
Syngenta
may
continue
until
stocks
are
exhausted.
Any
such
use
must
be
in
accordance
with
the
label.

D.
Agricultural
End­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale
by
registrant.
The
distribution
or
sale
of
existing
stocks
by
Syngenta
of
any
product
listed
in
Table
3
in
Unit
II.
will
not
be
lawful
under
FIFRA
after
August
31,
2003,
except
for
purposes
of
shipping
for
exports
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
FIFRA
section
17
or
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
170
/
Wednesday,
September
3,
2003
/
Notices
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
the
applicable
law.
2.
Retail
and
other
distribution,
sale,
or
use.
The
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
existing
stocks
by
any
person
other
than
Syngenta
may
continue
until
stocks
are
exhausted.
Any
such
use
must
be
in
accordance
with
the
label.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
August
20,
2003.
Betty
Shackleford,
Acting
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
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Doc.
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Filed
9
 
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8:
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7552
 
3]

Notice
of
Vacature
of
Specific
Applicability
Determinations
Concerning
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
for
Secondary
Aluminum
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
that
EPA
has
vacated
two
applicability
determinations
concerning
the
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP)
for
Secondary
Aluminum
Production,
40
CFR
part
63,
subpart
RRR,
which
were
previously
made
by
EPA
in
response
to
requests
submitted
by
the
U.
S.
Granules
Corporation.
EPA
has
determined
that
these
two
applicability
determinations
reflect
conflicting
constructions
concerning
the
applicability
of
Subpart
RRR
to
operations
like
those
conducted
at
the
U.
S.
Granules
facilities,
and
that
the
retention
of
such
conflicting
constructions
is
inappropriate
as
a
matter
of
law
and
policy.
Now
that
these
determinations
have
been
vacated,
EPA
will
commence
a
process
to
adopt
a
single
uniform
construction
of
Subpart
RRR
which
will
apply
to
all
operations
like
those
conducted
at
the
U.
S.
Granules
facilities.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
specific
questions
concerning
the
actions
described
in
this
notice,
contact
Scott
Throwe
at
EPA
by
phone
at:
(
202)
564
 
7013,
or
by
e­
mail
at:
throwe.
scott@
epa.
gov.
For
general
questions
concerning
the
Applicability
Determination
Index
maintained
by
the
EPA
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance
(
OECA),
contact
Maria
Malave
at
EPA
by
phone
at:
(
202)
564
 
7027,
or
by
e­
mail
at:
malave.
maria@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
This
notice
announces
the
vacature
of
two
applicability
determinations
made
concerning
the
NESHAP
for
Secondary
Aluminum,
40
CFR
part
63,
subpart
RRR.
An
applicability
determination
concerning
the
U.
S.
Granules
facility
in
Plymouth,
Indiana
was
made
by
the
EPA
Region
5
Air
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance
Branch
on
August
21,
2002,
in
response
to
a
request
for
such
a
determination
by
U.
S.
Granules
dated
August
14,
2002.
Notice
of
this
applicability
determination
(
Control
No.
M020112)
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
February
13,
2003.
68
FR
7373.
The
decision
to
vacate
this
determination
was
subsequently
announced
in
a
letter
to
U.
S.
Granules
dated
June
19,
2003.
An
applicability
determination
concerning
the
U.
S.
Granules
facility
in
Henrietta,
Missouri
was
made
by
the
EPA
Region
7
Air
Permitting
and
Compliance
Branch
on
October
22,
2002,
in
response
to
a
request
for
such
a
determination
by
U.
S.
Granules
dated
October
11,
2002.
Notice
of
this
applicability
determination
(
Control
No.
M020117)
was
also
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
February
13,
2003.
68
FR
7373.
The
decision
to
vacate
this
determination
was
subsequently
announced
in
a
letter
to
U.
S.
Granules
dated
June
23,
2003.
After
issuance
of
these
two
applicability
determinations,
EPA
determined
that
these
determinations
reflect
conflicting
constructions
concerning
the
applicability
of
Subpart
RRR
to
operations
like
those
conducted
at
the
U.
S.
Granules
facilities.
EPA
also
determined
that
the
retention
of
such
conflicting
constructions
would
be
inappropriate
as
a
matter
of
law
and
policy.
Accordingly,
EPA
decided
to
vacate
both
of
these
applicability
determinations
and
to
commence
a
process
to
adopt
a
single
uniform
construction
of
Subpart
RRR
which
will
apply
to
all
operations
like
those
conducted
at
the
U.
S.
Granules
facilities.
The
vacature
of
each
of
the
applicability
determinations
concerning
U.
S.
Granules
facilities
described
in
this
notice
was
final
and
effective
on
the
date
that
the
letter
announcing
that
vacature
was
signed.
This
notice
is
being
published
to
assure
that
parties
other
than
U.
S.
Granules
who
may
be
interested
in
these
determinations
are
also
notified
that
they
have
been
vacated.
In
addition
to
this
notice,
EPA
will
update
the
Applicability
Determination
Index
maintained
by
OECA
to
reflect
the
vacature
of
these
determinations.

Dated:
August
20,
2003.
Michael
S.
Alushin,
Director,
Compliance
Assessment
and
Media
Programs
Division,
Office
of
Compliance.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
22450
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2
 
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
FEDERAL
RESERVE
SYSTEM
Formations
of,
Acquisitions
by,
and
Mergers
of
Bank
Holding
Companies
The
companies
listed
in
this
notice
have
applied
to
the
Board
for
approval,
pursuant
to
the
Bank
Holding
Company
Act
of
1956
(
12
U.
S.
C.
1841
et
seq.)
(
BHC
Act),
Regulation
Y
(
12
CFR
Part
225),
and
all
other
applicable
statutes
and
regulations
to
become
a
bank
holding
company
and/
or
to
acquire
the
assets
or
the
ownership
of,
control
of,
or
the
power
to
vote
shares
of
a
bank
or
bank
holding
company
and
all
of
the
banks
and
nonbanking
companies
owned
by
the
bank
holding
company,
including
the
companies
listed
below.
The
applications
listed
below,
as
well
as
other
related
filings
required
by
the
Board,
are
available
for
immediate
inspection
at
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
indicated.
The
application
also
will
be
available
for
inspection
at
the
offices
of
the
Board
of
Governors.
Interested
persons
may
express
their
views
in
writing
on
the
standards
enumerated
in
the
BHC
Act
(
12
U.
S.
C.
1842(
c)).
If
the
proposal
also
involves
the
acquisition
of
a
nonbanking
company,
the
review
also
includes
whether
the
acquisition
of
the
nonbanking
company
complies
with
the
standards
in
section
4
of
the
BHC
Act
(
12
U.
S.
C.
1843).
Unless
otherwise
noted,
nonbanking
activities
will
be
conducted
throughout
the
United
States.
Additional
information
on
all
bank
holding
companies
may
be
obtained
from
the
National
Information
Center
website
at
www.
ffiec.
gov/
nic/.
Unless
otherwise
noted,
comments
regarding
each
of
these
applications
must
be
received
at
the
Reserve
Bank
indicated
or
the
offices
of
the
Board
of
Governors
not
later
than
September
26,
2003.
A.
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Philadelphia
(
Michael
E.
Collins,
Senior
Vice
President)
100
North
6th
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19105­
1521:
1.
KNBT
Bancorp
Inc.,
Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania;
to
become
a
bank
holding
company
by
acquiring
100
percent
of
the
voting
shares
of
Keystone
Savings
Bank,
Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania,
and
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