Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0251-0052
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Diazinon; Availability of Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment; Reopening 
of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2002-12-11T05:00Z

[
Federal
Register:
December
11,
2002
(
Volume
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Number
238)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP­
2002­
0251;
FRL­
7283­
9]

Diazinon;
Availability
of
Interim
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
Document
for
Comment;
Reopening
of
Comment
Period
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice;
reopening
of
comment
period.

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SUMMARY:
EPA
issued
a
notice
in
the
Federal
Register
of
September
25,
2002,
announcing
the
availability
and
start
of
a
60­
day
public
comment
period
on
the
Interim
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
(
IRED)
document
for
the
pesticide
active
ingredient
diazinon.
This
document
is
reopening
the
comment
period
from
November
25,
2002,
to
January
10,
2003.

DATES:
Comments
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPP­
2002­
0251
must
be
received
on
or
before
January
10,
2003.

ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
of
the
September
25,
2002
Federal
Register
document.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Laura
Parsons,
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
5776;
e­
mail
address:
parsons.
laura@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

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

The
Agency
included
in
the
September
25,
2002
Federal
Register
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.
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
ID
number
OPP­
2002­
0251.
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.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
are
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.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?

To
submit
comments,
or
access
the
official
public
docket,
please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
of
the
September
25,
2002
Federal
Register
document.
If
you
have
questions,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

II.
What
Action
is
EPA
Taking?

This
document
reopens
the
public
comment
period
established
in
the
Federal
Register
of
September
25,
2002
(
67
FR
60231)
(
FRL­
7274­
4).
In
that
document,
EPA
announced
the
availability
of
the
IRED
for
the
pesticide
active
ingredient
diazinon
and
invited
comment
on
the
benefit
assessments
and
risk
mitigation
in
the
document.
EPA
is
hereby
reopening
the
comment
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period,
which
ended
on
November
25,
2002,
to
January
10,
2003.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
November
27,
2002.
Lois
Rossi,
Director,
Registration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
02­
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10­
02;
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