Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850-0963
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Registration Review: Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Chlorpyrifos
Posted Date: 2020-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 60455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21196]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0720; FRL-10015-05]

Pesticide Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or 
Ecological Risk Assessments for Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised draft 
human health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment for the 
registration review of chlorpyrifos.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For pesticide specific information contact: The contact information 
for the pesticide of interest identified in the Table in Unit IV.
    For general questions on the registration review program, contact: 
Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7106; 
email address: biscoe.melanie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; 
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, 
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be 
interested, 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 applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the contact identified in the Table in Unit IV.

II. Background

    Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide 
registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the 
statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform 
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human 
health or the environment. As part of the registration review process, 
the Agency has completed comprehensive draft human health and 
ecological risk assessments for chlorpyrifos as listed in the Table in 
Unit IV. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's 
registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, 
including its effects on human health and the environment.

III. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed 
in the Table in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural 
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the 
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under 
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only 
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA 
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with 
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must 
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on 
the environment, that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the 
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the 
use of a pesticide in or on food that is inconsistent with the safety 
standard of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA).

IV. What action is the Agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53, EPA has evaluated available data and 
conducted new human health and ecological risk assessments for 
chlorpyrifos. This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised 
human health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment for the 
pesticides shown in the following table.

  Table--Draft Risk Assessments Being Made Available for Public Comment
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  Registration review case name                             Contact
             and No.                 Docket ID No.        information
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Chlorpyrifos....................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-08  OPPChlorpyrifoslnq
                                   50.                 [email protected]
                                                      (703) 347-0206.
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    EPA will provide an opportunity for interested parties to provide 
comments and input concerning the Agency's draft human health and/or 
ecological risk assessments for the pesticides listed in the Table in 
Unit IV concurrently with the issuance of Proposed Interim Decision. 
The Agency will consider all comments received during the public 
comment period and make changes, as appropriate, to a draft human 
health and/or ecological risk assessment. EPA may then issue a revised 
risk assessment, explain any changes to the draft risk assessment, and 
respond to comments.
    As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for 
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the 
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions 
required in the final decision on the registration review case have 
been completed.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: September 16, 2020.
Mary Reaves,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-21196 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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