Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals
Posted Date: 2006-06-23T17:03:30Z

[Federal Register: June 23, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 121)]
[Notices]               
[Page 36075-36085]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484; FRL-8068-1]

 
Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its 
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during 
fiscal year 2005. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to publish information about EPA's annual 
achievements in this area. This notice discusses the integration of 
tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and describes 
the status of various regulatory activities associated with 
reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The notice gives total 
numbers of chemicals and products reregistered, tolerances reassessed, 
Data Call-Ins issued, and products registered under the ``fast-track'' 
provisions of FIFRA. Finally, this notice contains the schedule for 
completion of activities for specific chemicals during fiscal years 
2006 through 2008.

DATES: This notice is not subject to a formal comment period. 
Nevertheless, EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general 
public. Written comments, identified by the docket ID number [EPA-HQ-
OPP-2005-0484], should be received on or before August 22, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. 

Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2005-0484. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line 
at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' 

system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 
http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically 

and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you 
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/
.

    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the index. 
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 

copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac 
Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours 
of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone 
number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol P. Stangel, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (703) 308-8007; e-mail: 
stangel.carol@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 are interested in 
the progress and status of EPA's pesticide reregistration and tolerance 
reassessment programs, 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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk 
or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying

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information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity, obscene language, or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline.

II. Background

    EPA must establish and publish in the Federal Register its annual 
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration, tolerance 
reassessment, and expedited registration, under section 4(l) of FIFRA, 
as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). 
Specifically, such measures and goals are to include:
     The status of reregistration.
     The number of products reregistered, canceled, or amended.
     The number and type of data requests or Data Call-In (DCI) 
notices under section 3(c)(2)(B) issued to support product 
reregistration by active ingredient.
     Progress in reducing the number of unreviewed, required 
reregistration studies.
     The aggregate status of tolerances reassessed.
     The number of applications for registration submitted 
under subsection (k)(3), expedited processing and review of similar 
applications, that were approved or disapproved.
     The future schedule for reregistrations in the current and 
succeeding fiscal year.
     The projected year of completion of the reregistrations 
under section 4.
    FIFRA, as amended in 1988, authorizes EPA to conduct a 
comprehensive pesticide reregistration program--a complete review of 
the human health and environmental effects of older pesticides 
originally registered before November 1, 1984. Pesticides meeting 
today's scientific and regulatory standards may be declared 
``eligible'' for reregistration. To be eligible, an older pesticide 
must have a substantially complete data base, and must not cause 
unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment when 
used according to Agency approved label directions and precautions.
    In addition, all pesticides with food uses must meet the safety 
standard of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA) 21 U.S.C. 346a, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) of 1996. Under FFDCA, EPA must make a determination that 
pesticide residues remaining in or on food are ``safe''; that is, 
``that there is reasonable certainty that no harm will result from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue'' from dietary and 
other sources. In determining allowable levels of pesticide residues in 
food, EPA must perform a more comprehensive assessment of each 
pesticide's risks, considering:
     Aggregate exposure (from food, drinking water, and 
residential uses).
     Cumulative effects from all pesticides sharing a common 
mechanism of toxicity.
     Possible increased susceptibility of infants and children; 
and
     Possible endocrine or estrogenic effects.
    As amended by FQPA, FFDCA requires the reassessment of all existing 
tolerances (pesticide residue limits in food) and tolerance exemptions 
within 10 years, to ensure that they meet the safety standard of the 
law. EPA was directed to give priority to the review of those 
pesticides that appear to pose the greatest risk to public health, and 
to reassess 33% of the 9,721 existing tolerances and exemptions within 
3 years (by August 3, 1999), 66% within 6 years (by August 3, 2002), 
and 100% in 10 years (by August 3, 2006).The Agency met the first two 
statutory deadlines and is on schedule to meet the third. EPA's 
approach to tolerance reassessment under FFDCA is described fully in 
the Agency's document, ``Raw and Processed Food Schedule for Pesticide 
Tolerance Reassessment'' (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) (FRL-5734-6).
    The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) of 2003 became 
effective on March 23, 2004. Among other things, PRIA directs EPA to 
complete Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for pesticides 
with food uses/tolerances by August 3, 2006, and to complete all non-
food use pesticide REDs by October 3, 2008. EPA's schedule for meeting 
these deadlines is available on the Agency's website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm
.

III. FQPA and Program Accountability

    One of the hallmarks of the FQPA amendments to the FFDCA is 
enhanced accountability. Through this summary of performance measures 
and goals for pesticide reregistration, tolerance reassessment, and 
expedited registration, EPA describes progress made during the past 
year in each of the program areas included in FIFRA section 4(l).

A. Status of Reregistration

    During fiscal year (FY) 2005 (from October 1, 2004, through 
September 30, 2005), EPA made significant progress in completing risk 
assessments and risk management decisions for pesticide reregistration 
(See Table 1).

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Table 1.--Reregistration/Risk Management Decisions Completed: In FY 2005
                       and FY 1991 through FY 2005
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                                              Total, FY 1991 through FY
             FY 2005 Decisions                          2005
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28 REDs (27 countable)                      271 REDs
2,4-D.....................................
2,4-DB....................................
Ametryn...................................
4-Amylphenol..............................
Aquashade.................................
Azadioxabicyclooctane.....................
Benzisothiazolin-3-one....................
Chloroneb.................................
Chlorsulfuron.............................
Dimethipin................................
Dodine....................................
Endothall.................................
Ethofumesate..............................
Ferbam (case 2180 already counted with
 Ziram).
Fluometuron...............................
Inorganic polysulfides....................
Maneb.....................................
Mancozeb..................................
Metiram...................................
Napropamide...............................
Nitrapyrin................................
Phenmedipham..............................
Pyrazon...................................
Sethoxydim................................
Tau-fluvalinate...........................
Thidiazuron...............................
Trichloromelamine.........................
Xylene (Aromatic solvents)................
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0 IREDs                                     23 IREDs
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13 TREDs                                    83 TREDs
Ammonia...................................
Bromine...................................
Cyhexatin.................................
Fluazifop-p-butyl.........................
Flumiclorac-pentyl........................
Imazamethabenz-methyl.....................
Maleic hydrazide..........................
Methyl eugenol............................
Nicosulfuron..............................
Procymidone...............................
Putrescent whole egg solids...............
Sulfuric acid monourea....................
Tanol derivatives.........................
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    The Agency's decisions are embodied in Reregistration Eligibility 
Decision (RED) documents, Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decisions 
(IREDs), and Reports on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and 
[Interim] Risk Management Decisions (TREDs).
    1. REDs. Through the reregistration program, EPA is reviewing 
current scientific data for older pesticides (those initially 
registered before November 1984), reassessing their effects on human 
health and the environment, and requiring risk mitigation measures as 
necessary. Pesticides that have sufficient supporting data and whose 
risks can be successfully mitigated may be declared ``eligible'' for 
reregistration. EPA presents these pesticide findings in a RED 
document.
    i. Overall RED progress. EPA's overall progress at the end of FY 
2005 in completing Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for 
groups of related pesticide active ingredients or cases is summarized 
in Table 2.

         Table 2.--Overall RED Progress, FY 1991 through FY 2005
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REDs completed                              271 (44%)
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Cases canceled                              231 (38%)
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REDs to be completed                        110 (18%)
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Total reregistration cases                  612 (100%)
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    ii. Profile of completed REDs. A profile of the 271 REDs completed 
by the end of FY 2005 is presented in Table 3.

    Table 3.--Profile of 271 REDs Completed, FY 1991 through FY 2005
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Pesticide active ingredients                45
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Pesticide products                          about 11,600
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REDs with food uses                         155
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Post-FQPA REDs                              130
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Post-FQPA REDs with food uses*              102
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*EPA is revisiting tolerances associated with the 53 food use REDs that
  were completed before FQPA was enacted to ensure that they meet the
  safety standard of the new law, as set forth in the Agency's August 4,
  1997, Schedule for Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment.

    iii. Risk reduction in REDs. Through the reregistration program, 
EPA seeks to reduce risks associated with the use of older pesticides. 
In developing REDs, EPA works with stakeholders including pesticide 
registrants, growers and other pesticide users, and environmental and 
public health interests, as well as the States, USDA, and other Federal 
agencies and others to develop measures to effectively reduce risks of 
concern. Almost every RED includes some measures or modifications to 
reduce risks. The options for such risk reduction are extensive and 
include voluntary cancellation of pesticide products or deletion of 
uses; declaring certain uses ineligible or not yet eligible (and then 
proceeding with follow-up action to cancel the uses or require 
additional supporting data); restricting use of products to certified 
applicators; limiting the amount or frequency of use; improving use 
directions and precautions; adding more protective clothing and 
equipment requirements; requiring special packaging or engineering 
controls; requiring no-treatment buffer zones; employing ground water, 
surface water, or other environmental and ecological safeguards; and 
other measures.
    2. Interim REDs or IREDs. EPA issues IREDs for pesticides that are 
undergoing reregistration, require a reregistration eligibility 
decision, and also must be included in a cumulative assessment under 
FQPA because they are part of a group of pesticides that share a common 
mechanism of toxicity. An IRED is issued for each individual pesticide 
in the cumulative group when EPA completes the pesticide's risk 
assessment and interim risk management decision. An IRED may include 
measures to reduce food, drinking water, residential, occupational, 
and/or ecological risks, to gain the benefit of these changes before 
the final RED can be issued following the Agency's consideration of 
cumulative risks. For example, EPA generally has not considered 
individual organophosphate (OP) pesticide decisions to be completed 
REDs or tolerance reassessments. Instead, the Agency has issued IREDs 
for these chemicals. EPA will complete the risk assessments and 
reregistration eligibility decisions for OP pesticides with IREDs, once 
the Agency completes a cumulative assessment of the OPs.
    3. Tolerance reassessment ``TREDs.'' EPA issues Reports on FFDCA 
Tolerance Reassessment Progress and [Interim] Risk Management 
Decisions, known as TREDs, for pesticides that require tolerance 
reassessment decisions under FFDCA, but do not require a reregistration 
eligibility decision at present because:
     The pesticide was first registered after November 1, 1984, 
and is considered a ``new'' active ingredient, not subject to 
reregistration;
     EPA completed a RED for the pesticide before FQPA was 
enacted; or
     The pesticide is not registered for use in the U.S. but 
tolerances are established that allow crops treated with the pesticide 
to be imported from other countries.
    As with IREDs, EPA will not complete risk assessment and risk 
management for pesticides subject to TREDs that are part of a 
cumulative group until cumulative risks have been considered for the 
group.
    During FY 2005, in addition to completing 13 TREDs, EPA also 
completed 168 tolerance assessment decisions for pesticide inert 
ingredients that are exempted from the tolerance requirement. Almost 
900 of the 9,721 tolerance reassessment decisions required by the 
amended FFDCA are for such inert ingredient tolerance exemptions. EPA 
has reassessed 573 of these inert ingredient tolerance exemptions to 
date, and plans to complete the reassessment of all the inert 
ingredient tolerance exemptions by August 2006.
    As a result of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, food-
contact surface sanitizers previously regulated by both EPA and the 
Food and Drug Administration were transferred to EPA's sole 
jurisdiction. Consequently, the approximately 107 ingredients that made 
up these sanitizer solutions in 21 CFR 178.1010 were transferred to 40 
CFR part 180, subpart D. In addition to reassessing the 9,721 
tolerances and exemptions for food and feed commodities, EPA also must 
reassess these sanitizer tolerance exemptions by August 3, 2006. The 
Antimicrobials Division (AD) in EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is 
responsible for reassessing exemptions from the requirement of a 
tolerance for the food-contact surface sanitizing solutions requiring 
reassessment. AD is reassessing 60 of the 107 exemptions, either as 
free-standing decisions or through REDs. During FY 2005, AD completed 
35 tolerance exemption reassessments decisions for 22 of these 60 food-
contact surface sanitizing solution ingredients. EPA is reassessing 
tolerance exemptions for the other food-contact surface sanitizing 
solutions through other REDs and inert exemption decisions.
    4. Goals for FY 2006 and future years. EPA's major pesticide 
reregistration and tolerance reassessment goals for FY 2006 and future 
years are as follows.
    i. Complete individual pesticide risk management decisions. EPA's 
goal in conducting the reregistration and tolerance reassessment 
program is to complete about 45 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions 
(REDs) and Interim REDs (IREDs) during FY 2006, for pesticides with 
associated tolerances, and to complete a total of about 45 REDs in FY 
2007 and FY 2008, for pesticides with no food uses or tolerances. This 
will satisfy PRIA requirements and support the Agency's tolerance 
reassessment goal. EPA's schedule for completing these decisions 
appears near the end of this document, and also is available on the 
Agency's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm
.

    ii. Complete tolerance reassessment decisions. EPA is continuing to 
reassess tolerances within time frames set forth in FFDCA as amended by 
FQPA, giving priority to those food use pesticides that appear to pose 
the greatest risk. Integration of the reregistration and tolerance 
reassessment programs has added complexity to the reregistration 
process for food use pesticides. The Agency successfully reached its 
first two tolerance reassessment milestones by completing over 33% of 
all tolerance reassessment decisions by August 3, 1999, and over 66% by 
August 3, 2002. EPA plans to meet the final FQPA tolerance reassessment 
goal.
    iii. Evaluate cumulative risks. Once EPA completes individual risk 
assessments for the OPs, carbamates and others, the Agency will make 
cumulative risk findings for each of these common mechanism groups of 
pesticides. For further information, see EPA's cumulative risk website, 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative/.

B. Product Reregistration; Numbers of Products Reregistered, Canceled, 
and Amended

    At the end of the reregistration process, after EPA has issued a 
RED and declared a pesticide reregistration case eligible for 
reregistration, individual end-use products that contain pesticide 
active ingredients included in the case

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still must be reregistered. This concluding part of the reregistration 
process is called ``product reregistration.''
    In issuing a completed RED document, EPA sends registrants a Data 
Call-In (DCI) notice requesting any product-specific data and specific 
revised labeling needed to complete reregistration for each of the 
individual pesticide products covered by the RED. Based on the results 
of EPA's review of these data and labeling, products found to meet 
FIFRA and FFDCA standards may be reregistered.
    A variety of outcomes are possible for pesticide products 
completing this final phase of the reregistration process. Ideally, in 
response to the DCI notice accompanying the RED document, the pesticide 
producer, or registrant, will submit the required product-specific data 
and revised labeling, which EPA will review and find acceptable. At 
that point, the Agency may reregister the pesticide product. If, 
however, the product contains multiple active ingredients, the Agency 
instead issues an amendment to the product's registration, 
incorporating the labeling changes specified in the RED; a product with 
multiple active ingredients may not be fully reregistered until the 
last active ingredient in its formulation is eligible for 
reregistration. In other situations, the Agency may temporarily suspend 
a product's registration if the registrant has not submitted required 
product-specific studies within the time frame specified. The Agency 
may cancel a product's registration because the registrant did not pay 
the required registration maintenance fee. Alternatively, the 
registrant may request a voluntary cancellation of their end-use 
product registration.
    1. Product reregistration actions in FY 2005. EPA counts each of 
the post-RED product outcomes described above as a product 
reregistration action. A single pesticide product may be the subject of 
several product reregistration actions within the same year. For 
example, a product's registration initially may be amended, then the 
product may be reregistered, and later the product may be voluntarily 
canceled, all within the same year. During FY 2005, EPA completed the 
product reregistration actions detailed in Table 4.

    Table 4.--Product Reregistration Actions Completed during FY 2005
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Product reregistration actions              99
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Product amendment actions                   63
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Product cancellation actions                342
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Product suspension actions                  0
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Total actions                               504
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    2. Status of the product reregistration universe. The status of the 
universe of pesticide products subject to reregistration at the end of 
FY 2005 is shown in Table 5 below. This overall status information is 
not ``cumulative''--it is not derived from summing up a series of 
annual actions. Adding annual actions would result in a larger overall 
number since each individual product is subject to multipleactions--it 
can be amended, reregistered, and/or canceled, over time. Instead, the 
``big picture'' status information in Table 5 should be considered a 
snapshot in time. As registrants and EPA make marketing and regulatory 
decisions in the future, the status of individual products may change, 
and numbers in this table are expected to fluctuate.

     Table 5.--Status of the Universe of Products Subject to Product
         Reregistration, for FY 2005 (as of September 30, 2005)
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Products reregistered                       1,875
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Products amended                            505
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Products canceled                           4,375
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Products sent for suspension                30
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Total products with actions completed       6,785
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Products with actions pending               4,828
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Total products in product reregistration    11,613
 universe
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    The universe of 11,613 products in product reregistration at the 
end of FY 2005 represented an increase of 1,210 products from the FY 
2004 universe of 10,403 products. The increase consists of 1,150 
products associated with FY 2005 REDs, 35 products associated with 
TREDs, and 25 products that were added as a result of DCI activities 
and processing for several previously issued REDs and IREDs.
    At the end of FY 2005, 4,828 products had product reregistration 
decisions pending. Some pending products await science reviews, label 
reviews, or reregistration decisions by EPA. Others are not yet ready 
for product reregistration actions; they are associated with more 
recently completed REDs, and their product-specific data are not yet 
due to be submitted to or reviewed by the Agency. EPA's goal is to 
complete 450 product reregistration actions during fiscal year 2006.

C. Number and Type of DCIs to Support Product Reregistration by Active 
Ingredient

    1. DCIs for REDs. The number and type of Data Call-In requests or 
DCIs that EPA is preparing to issue under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to 
support product reregistration for pesticide active ingredients 
included in FY 2005 REDs are shown in Table 6.

                                        Table 6.--DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2005 REDs
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                                                                                       Number of Product       Number of Acute
             Case Name                     Case Number         Number of Products      Chemistry Studies      Toxicology Studies     Number of Efficacy
                                                               Covered by the RED1         Required2              Required3           Studies Required
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2,4-D                                0073                    696                     31                     Not Completed Yet      0
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2,4-DB                               0196                    22                      31                     48 (6 batches/2        0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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4-t Amylphenol and Salts             3016                    37                      PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED--    PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Ametryn                              2010                    4                       31                     24 (4 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Aquashade                            4010                    4                       31                     24 (4 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Azadioxabicylclooctane               3023                    2                       PDCI has not been      Antimicrobial RED--    PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          Acute toxicity         completed yet
                                                                                                             batching not
                                                                                                             completed yet
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Benzisothiazolin-3-one               3026                    47                      PDCI has not been      108 (5 batches/13 not  PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          batched)               completed yet
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Chloroneb                            0007                    12                      31                     60 (2 batches/8 not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Chlorsulfuron                        0631                    16                      31                     72 (2 batches/10       0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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Dimethipin                           3063                    5                       31                     24 (4 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Dodine                               0161                    5                       31                     24 (4 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Endothall                            2245                    30                      31                     36 (2 batches/4        0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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Ethofumesate                         2265                    18                      31                     66 (3 batches/8        0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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Ferbam                               2180                    7                       31                     24 (4 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Fluometuron                          0049                    19                      31                     36 (5 batches/1        0
                                                                                                             product not batched)
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Inorganic Polysulfides               4054                    17                      31                     96 (16 products not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Mancozeb                             0643                    100                     31                     144 (5 batches/19      0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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Maneb                                0642                    21                      31                     60 (3 batches/7        0
                                                                                                             products not
                                                                                                             batched)
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Metiram                              0644                    4                       31                      18 (3 products not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Napropamide                          2450                    15                      31                     48 (5 batches/3 not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Nitrapyrin                           0213                    4                       31                     12 (1 batch/1 product  0
                                                                                                             not batched)
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Phenmedipham                         0277                    16                      31                     96 (16 products not    0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Pyrazon                              2570                    3                       31                     18 (3 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Sethoxydim                           2600                    10                      31                     48 (1 batch/7 not      0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Tau-Fluvalinate                      2295                    5                       31                     18 (3 products not     5
                                                                                                             batched)
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Thidiazuron                          4092                    18                      31                     42 (4 batches/3        0
                                                                                                             products not batched
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Trichloromelamine                    3144                    8                       PDCI has not been      36 (1 batch/5 not      PDCI has not been
                                                                                      completed yet          batched)               completed yet
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Xylene                               3020                    5                       31                     18 (3 products not     0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Total No. of Products                                                1,150
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1The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the RED document
  (counted when the RED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the
  RED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each RED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration.
2This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the RED.
3In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ``batches'' products that can
  be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology
  studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the
  sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of
  formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary
  labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as ``substantially similar,'' because all products within a batch may not be considered
  chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need (SLN) registrations are not included in the acute
  toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.)

    2. DCIs for IREDs. EPA completed no IREDs during FY 2004.
    3. DCIs for TREDs. There are special cases where product-specific 
DCIs may be required for TREDs, particularly if the Agency believes 
that adequate product chemistry or acute toxicity data are not 
currently on file to support the reregistration of the products 
associated with the TREDs. The Agency is requiring a product-specific 
DCI for the following TRED:

                                        Table 7.--DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2005 TRED
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                                                                                       Number of Product       Number of Acute
             Case Name                     Case Number         Number of Products      Chemistry Studies      Toxicology Studies     Number of Efficacy
                                                              Covered by the TRED1         Required2              Required3           Studies Required
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Fluazifop-p-butyl                    2285                    35                      31                     84 (4 batches/10 not   0
                                                                                                             batched)
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Total No. of Products                                                  35
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1The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the TRED document
  (counted when the TRED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when
  the TRED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each TRED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration.
2This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the TRED.
3In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ``batches'' products that can
  be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology
  studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the
  sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of
  formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary
  labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as ``substantially similar,'' because all products within a batch may not be considered
  chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need (SLN) registrations are not included in the acute
  toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.)

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D. Progress in Reducing the Number of Unreviewed, Required 
Reregistration Studies

    EPA has made progress in reviewing scientific studies submitted by 
pesticide registrants in support of pesticides undergoing 
reregistration (See Table 8). The percent of studies reviewed by EPA 
remained constant in FY 2005.

            Table 8.--Review Status of Studies Submitted for Pesticide Reregistration, End of FY 2005
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  Pesticide Reregistration List, per      Studies Reviewed +
        FIFRA Section 4(c)(2)                Extraneous1        Studies Awaiting Review   Total Studies Received
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List A                                 11,238 + 589 = 11,827    1,788 (13%)              13,615
                                        (87%)
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List B                                 6,542 + 1,033 = 7,575    1,748 (19%)              9,323
                                        (81%)
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List C                                 2,096 + 334 = 2,430      464 (16%)                2,894
                                        (84%)
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List D                                 1,248 + 133 = 1,381      229 (14%)                1,610
                                        (86%)
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Total Lists A-D                        21,124 + 2,089 = 23,213  4,229 (15.4%)            27,442 (100%)
                                        (84.6%)
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1Extraneous studies is a term used to classify those studies that are not needed because the guideline or data
  requirement has been satisfied by other studies or has changed.

E. Aggregate Status of Tolerances Reassessed

    During FY 2005, EPA completed 772 tolerance reassessments and ended 
the fiscal year with a total of 7,817 tolerance reassessment decisions 
to date, addressing over 80% of the 9,721 tolerances that require 
reassessment (See Table 9).
    EPA reassessed over 33% of all food tolerances by August 3, 1999, 
and completed over 66% of all required tolerance reassessment decisions 
by August 3, 2002, meeting two important statutory deadlines 
established by the FQPA. EPA's general schedule for tolerance 
reassessment (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) identified three groups of 
pesticides to be reviewed; this grouping continues to reflect the 
Agency's overall scheduling priorities. In completing tolerance 
reassessment, EPA continues to give priority to pesticides in Group 1, 
the Agency's highest priority group for reassessment.
    1. Aggregate accomplishments through reregistration and other 
programs. EPA is accomplishing tolerance reassessment through the 
registration and reregistration programs; by revoking tolerances for 
pesticides that have been canceled (many as a result of 
reregistration); by reevaluating pesticides with pre-FQPA REDs, and 
through other decisions not directly related to registration or 
reregistration, described further below. EPA is using the Tolerance 
Reassessment Tracking System (TORTS) to compile this updated 
information and report on the status of tolerance reassessment (See 
Table 9).

                                 Table 9.--Tolerance Reassessments Completed Post-FQPA by Fiscal Year, through FY 2005*
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                                             During                                                                                              Total,
     Tolerances Reassessed Through...        Late FY   During    During    During    During    During    During    During    During    During    End of
                                               96      FY 1997   FY 1998   FY 1999   FY 2000   FY 2001   FY 2002   FY 2003   FY 2004   FY 2005   FY 2005
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Reregistration/REDs                               25       339       277       359        44        46       231        79        87       413     1,897
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Tolerance Reassessments/TREDs                      0         0         0         0         0         0       776        14       119        69       970
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Registration                                       0       224       308       340        55       216       200         0        71        --     1,412
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Tolerance revocations                              3         0       812       513        22        35       545         0       172        75     2,239
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Other decisions                                    0         1         0       233         0         0       905        26        18       165     1,299
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Total tolerances reassessed                       28       564     1,397     1,445       121       297     2,657       119       467       722     7,817
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*Includes corrected counts for some previous years.

    i. Reregistration/REDs. EPA is using the reregistration program to 
accomplish much of tolerance reassessment. For each of the tolerance 
reassessment decisions made through REDs since enactment of the FQPA, 
the Agency has made the finding as to whether there is a reasonable 
certainty of no harm, as required by FFDCA. Many tolerances reassessed 
through reregistration remain the same while others may be raised, 
lowered, or revoked.
    ii. Tolerance reassessments/TREDs. Tolerances initially evaluated 
through REDs that were completed before FQPA was enacted in August 1996 
now are being reassessed to ensure that they meet the new FFDCA safety 
standard. EPA issues these post-RED tolerance reassessment decisions as 
TREDs. The Agency also issues TREDs summarizing

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tolerance reassessment decisions for some developing REDs, for new 
pesticide active ingredients not subject to reregistration, and for 
pesticides with import tolerances only. Tolerance reassessments for 
pesticides that are not part of a cumulative group may be counted at 
present and are included in the FY 2005 accomplishments.Tolerance 
reassessments for pesticides that are part of a cumulative group are 
not included in the Agency's lists of accomplishments. These tolerances 
will be considered again and their reassessment will be completed after 
EPA completes a cumulative risk evaluation for the group.
    iii. Registration. Like older pesticides, all new pesticide 
registrations must meet the safety standard of FFDCA. Many of the 
registration applications EPA receives are for new uses of pesticides 
already registered for other uses. To reach a decision on a proposed 
new food use of an already registered pesticide, EPA must reassess the 
aggregate risk of the the existing tolerances, as well as the proposed 
new tolerances, to make sure there is reasonable certainty that no harm 
will result to the public from aggregate exposure from all uses.
    iv. Tolerance revocations. Revoked tolerances represent uses of 
many different pesticide active ingredients that have been canceled in 
the past. Some pesticides were canceled due to the Agency's risk 
concerns. Others were canceled voluntarily by their manufacturers, 
based on lack of support for reregistration. Tolerance revocations are 
important even if there are no domestic uses of a pesticide because 
residues in or on imported commodities treated with the chemical could 
still present dietary risks that may exceed the FFDCA ``reasonable 
certainty of no harm'' standard, either individually or cumulatively 
with other substances that share a common mechanism of toxicity.
    v. Other reassessment decisions. In addition to the types of 
reassessment actions described above, a total of 1,299 additional 
tolerance reassessment decisions have been made, some for inert 
ingredient tolerance exemptions, through actions not directly related 
to registration or reregistration. A list of these other tolerance 
reassessment decisions with their Federal Register citations is 
available in the docket for this Federal Register notice. Other support 
documents are available in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0162.
    2. Accomplishments for priority pesticides. During FY 2005, EPA 
completed tolerance reassessment decisions for many high priority 
pesticides in review, including OPs, carbamates, organochlorines, and 
carcinogens (See Table 10).

  Table 10.--Tolerance Reassessments Completed for Priority Pesticides
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Tolerances to be    Reassessed by End
         Pesticide Class              Reassessed          of FY 2005
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Carbamates                        545                 317 (58.17%)
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Carcinogens                       2,008               1,530 (76.20%)
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High hazard inerts                5                   5 (100%)
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Organochlorines                   253                 253 (100%)
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Organophosphates (OPs)            1,691               1,147 (67.83%)
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Other                             5,219               4,565 (87.47%)
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Total                             9,721               7,817 (80.41%)
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    3. Tolerance reassessment and the organophosphates. EPA developed 
an approach for assessing cumulative risk for the OP pesticides as a 
group, as required by FFDCA, and applied this methodology in conducting 
an OP cumulative risk assessment. The Agency issued preliminary and 
revised OP cumulative risk assessment documents in December 2001 and 
June 2002, available on EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative
.

    Through this assessment of the OP pesticides, EPA has evaluated 
several hundred OP tolerances and found that most require no 
modification to meet the new FFDCA safety standard. The Agency's 
regulatory actions on individual OP pesticides during the past few 
years have substantially reduced the risks of these pesticides. EPA 
plans to complete IREDs and REDs for the three remaining individual OP 
pesticides (DDVP, dimethoate, and malathion) in FY 2006.
    Most of the reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions 
that EPA has made for the OP pesticides will not be considered complete 
until after the Agency concludes its cumulative evaluation of the OPs. 
The results of individual OP assessments (IRED and TRED documents) 
include significant risk mitigation measures, however, and any 
resulting tolerance revocations are counted as completed tolerance 
reassessments. In addition, some OP tolerances that make at most a 
minimal or negligible contribution to the cumulative risk from OP 
pesticides were counted as reassessed during FY 2002. Once EPA 
completes a cumulative evaluation of the OPs, the Agency will 
reconsider individual OP IREDs and TREDs, and complete reregistration 
eligibility and tolerance reassessment decisions for these pesticides.

F. Applications for Registration Requiring Expedited Processing; 
Numbers Approved and Disapproved

    By law, EPA must expedite its processing of certain types of 
applications for pesticide product registration, i.e., applications for 
end use products that would be identical or substantially similar to a 
currently registered product; amendments to current product 
registrations that do not require review of scientific data; and 
products for public health pesticide uses. During FY 2005, EPA 
considered and approved the numbers of applications for registration 
requiring expedited processing (also known as ``fast track'' 
applications) shown in Table 11.

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         Table 11.--Fast Track Applications Approved in FY 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me-too product registrations/Fast track                              340
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amendments/Fast track                                              2,639
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Total applications processed by fast track                         2,979
 means
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    For those applications not approved, the Agency generally notifies 
the registrant of any deficiencies in the application that need to be 
corrected or addressed before the application can be approved. 
Applications may have been withdrawn after discussions with the Agency, 
but none were formally ``disapproved'' during FY 2005.
    On a financial accounting basis, EPA devoted 31.7 full-time 
equivalents (FTEs) in FY 2005 to reviewing and processing applications 
for fast track me-too product registrations and label amendments. The 
Agency spent approximately $3.56 million in FY 2005 in direct costs 
(i.e., time on task, not including administrative expenses, computer 
systems, management overhead, and other indirect costs) on expedited 
processing and reviews.

G. Future Schedule for Reregistrations

    EPA plans to complete tolerance reassessment by August 3, 2006, as 
required by FFDCA, and also to complete reregistration eligibility 
decisions for pesticides with food uses by that date. REDs for 
pesticides that have no food uses or tolerances will be completed by 
October 3, 2008. The Agency's schedule for completing these decisions 
is as follows. This schedule also is available on EPA's website at 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm.

    1. RED, IRED, and TRED Schedules for FY 2006. List 1 contains 
pesticides scheduled for Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs), 
Interim REDs (IREDs), and Reports on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment 
Progress and Risk Management Decisions (TREDs) in FY 2006. Although 
this list may change due to the dynamic nature of the review process, 
EPA is committed to meeting the reregistration and tolerance 
reassessment deadlines. Any pesticides for which decisions are not 
completed during the current fiscal year will be rescheduled for 
decisions the following year.
List 1.--FY 2006 RED, IRED, and TRED Schedule
REDs
    ADBAC
    Aliphatic alkyl quarternaries
    Aliphatic solvents
    Alkylbenzene sulfonates
    Cacodylic acid
    Chlorine dioxide
    Copper compounds II
    Copper salts
    Copper sulfate
    Cypermethrin
    Dicamba
    Dichloran (DCNA)
    Ethylene oxide
    Glutaraldehyde
    Imazapyr
    Inorganic chlorates
    Inorganic sulfites
    Iodine
    MCPB
    Metaldehyde
    Methanearsonic acid, salts (DSMA, MSMA, CAMA)
    MGK-264
    Mineral acids, weak (sodium carbonate)
    PCNB
    Permethrin
    2-Phenylphenol and salts
    Phytophtora palmivora
    Piperonyl butoxide
    Propiconazole
    Propylene oxide
    Pyrethrins
    Resmethrin
    Rotenone
    Salicylic acid
    TCMB
    Triadimefon
IREDs
    Aldicarb
    Carbofuran
    Dichlorvos (DDVP)
    Dimethoate
    Formetanate HCl
    Malathion
    Simazine
TREDs
    Acetochlor
    Amitraz
    Azadirachtin
    Benzaldehyde
    Bitertanol
    Boric acid group
    CP enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate
    Ethephon
    Fomesafen
    Imazaquin
    Methyl bromide
    Neomycinphosphotransferase II
    Oxytetracycline
    Propazine
    Sodium cyanide
    Streptomycin
    Triadimenol
    Tridemorph
    2. Post-2006 REDs. REDs for pesticides with no associated 
tolerances will be completed in FY 2007 and FY 2008, unless decisions 
for these pesticides can be completed sooner. Lists 2 and 3 contain 
pesticides scheduled for REDs in FY 2007 and FY 2008.
List 2.--FY 2007 RED Schedule
    2,4-DP
    Acrolein
    Aliphatic alcohols
    Aliphatic esters
    Alkyl trimethylenediamine
    Allethrin stereoisomers
    Amical 48
    Antimycin A
    Benzoic acid
    Bioban-p-1487
    Bromonitrostyrene
    Chlorflurenol
    Chloropicrin
    Chromated arsenicals (CCA)
    Coal tar/creosote
    Copper and oxides
    Dazomet
    Dikegulac sodium
    Formaldehyde
    Grotan
    Irgasan
    MCPP
    Methyl bromide
    Methyldithiocarbamate salts (metam sodium/metam potassium)
    MITC
    Octhilinone
    Pentachlorophenol
List 3.--FY 2008 RED Schedule
    4-Aminopyradine
    Busan 77
    Flumetralin
    Mefluidide
    Naphthalene
    Naphthalene salts
    Nicotine
    Organic esters of phosphoric acid (new case)
    p-Dichlorobenzene
    Polypropylene glycol
    Prometon
    Siduron
    Sodium fluoride
    Sodium/potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate salts (case 2180 already 
counted with ziram)
    Sulfometuron methyl
    Sumithrin
    TBT-containing compounds
    Tetramethrin
    Triforine

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    Trimethoxysilyl quats

H. Projected Year of Completion of Reregistrations

    EPA generally is conducting reregistration in conjunction with 
tolerance reassessment, which FFDCA mandates be completed by August 
2006. EPA plans to meet the statutory deadline for completing tolerance 
reassessment, and in so doing, to complete reregistration eligibility 
decisions for pesticides with tolerances, as required by PRIA. The 
Agency expects to complete remaining reregistration eligibility 
decisions for pesticides with no food uses or tolerances during FY 2007 
and FY 2008 (by October 3, 2008).Product reregistration, which takes 
place only after the reregistration eligibility decisions have been 
completed for the active ingredients, will not likely be completed 
before 2012.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: June 16, 2006.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 
Toxic Substances.
[FR Doc. E6-9956 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]

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