Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0684-0032
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipt of Petition Requesting EPA to Suspend the Registration of Rozol Prairie Dog Bait and Cancel Certain Application Sites; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2009-11-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 212)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57168]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0684; FRL-8798-3]

 
Receipt of Petition Requesting EPA to Suspend the Registration of 
Rozol Prairie Dog Bait and Cancel Certain Application Sites; 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 October 7, 
2009, concerning the receipt of a petition that requested the 
suspension of Rozol Prairie Dog Bait and also requested the 
cancellation of certain application sites for the product. This 
document extends the comment period for 31 days, from November 6, 2009 
to December 7, 2009.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2009-0684, must be received on or before December 7, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of October 7, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Peacock, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 605-5407; e-mail address: peacock.dan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register of October 7, 2009 (74 FR 
51601) (FRL-8436-1). In that document, EPA provided an opportunity for 
public comment on a petition received from the World Wildlife Fund 
(WWF) that asked the Agency to suspend the registration of Rozol 
Prairie Dog Bait (EPA Reg. No. 7173-286) and cancel certain application 
sites for the product. The primary basis for the petition is the 
potential effect of this product on non-target species, including 
certain predators and scavengers of the black-tailed prairie dog. EPA 
is hereby extending the comment period, which was set to end on 
November 6, 2009 to December 7, 2009.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES in the October 7, 
2009 Federal Register document. If you have questions, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, pesticides, and pests.

    Dated: October 29, 2009
 Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E9-26522 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]

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