Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628-0026
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Draft Guidance: Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Drift Labeling and Petition To Protect Children From Pesticide Drift; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2009-12-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65120-65121]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and 2009-0825; FRL-8801-4]

 
Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 
Drift Labeling and Petition to Protect Children from Pesticide Drift; 
Notices of Availability; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued two related notices in the Federal Register of 
November 4, 2009, one concerning draft guidance on pesticide drift 
labeling, and one on a petition submitted to the Agency for protecting 
children from pesticide drift. Both notices announced the availability 
of the source documents and opened public comment periods of 60 days 
(until January 4, 2010). Today's notice extends the comment period on 
both notices for an additional 60 days, from January 4, 2010 to March 
5, 2010.

DATES: Comments, identified by the docket identification (ID) number 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, must be received on or 
before March 5, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register documents of November 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628, Veronique 
LaCapra, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-605-1525; e-mail 
address: lacapra.veronique@epa.gov.
    For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, Jill Bloom, Pesticide Re-evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-308-8019; e-mail address: 
bloom.jill@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
periods established in the Federal Register of November 4, 2009 (74 FR

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57166) (FRL-8794-9) and (74 FR 57168) (FRL-8797-4). In both documents, 
comment periods of 60 days were established. Subsequent to publication, 
a number of stakeholders requested the extension of the original 
comment periods, citing potential delays due to the intervening 
holidays and the volume of material in the two dockets. The Agency 
agrees that an extension is warranted and is hereby extending the 
comment periods, which were set to end on January 4, 2010, for a period 
of 60 days, to March 5, 2010.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES in the November 4, 
2009 Federal Register documents; the notice of availability - EPA-HQ-
OPP-2009-0628; FRL-8794-9 and the petition - EPA-HO-OPP-2009-0825; FRL-
8797-4. If you have questions, consult the persons listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and 
procedure,Agricultural commodities, Earthjustice, Environmental 
Justice, Farmworker Justice, Labeling, Pesticides and pests, Pesticide 
drift, Spray drift.

    Dated: November 25, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. E9-29069 Filed-12-8-09; 8:45 am]

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