Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0661-0024
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Chloropicrin Risk Assessments (Phase 3 of 6-Phase Process) Notice of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2007-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 25)]
[Notices]               
[Page 5704-5705]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0661; FRL-8111-4]

 
Chloropicrin Risk Assessments (Phase 3 of 6-Phase Process) Notice 
of Availability; 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 November 29, 
2006 announcing the availability of EPA's human health and 
environmental fate and effects risk assessments and related documents 
for the fumigant, chloropicrin. The comment period for the notice ended 
on January 29, 2007. Subsequently, EPA extended the comment period 
until February 23, 2007. With this action, EPA is extending the comment 
period for an additional 5 days.

DATES: Comments, identified by Docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2006-0661, must be received on or before February 28, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register of November 29, 2006 (71 FR 69112).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Nathan Mottl, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0208; e-mail 
address: mottl.nathan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the notice of availability 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.

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B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0061. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (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.
    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/.

II. What Does this Action Do?

    This notice is extending the comment period on EPA's notice of 
availability of human health and environmental fate and effects risk 
assessments and related documents for the fumigant, chloropicrin. The 
notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on 
November 29, 2006. The comment period for the notice of availability 
ended on January 29, 2007. Subsequently, EPA extended the comment 
period until February 23, 2007 (72 FR 3130, January 24, 2007). However, 
EPA had intended to give a full 90 days for those interested in 
commenting on these documents. Therefore, EPA is extending the comment 
period for an additional 5 days to allow for the full 90-day comment 
period. The comment period now ends on February 28, 2007.

III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    Section 4(g)(2) of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended, directs that, after submission of all data 
concerning a pesticide active ingredient, the Administrator shall 
determine whether pesticides containing such active ingredient are 
eligible for reregistration. Further provisions are made to allow a 
public comment period. However, the Administrator may extend the 
comment period, if additional time for comment is requested. In this 
case, several stakeholders have requested additional time to develop 
comments. The Agency believes that an additional 30 days is adequate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Environmental Protection, Fumigants, 
Pesticides, and pests.

    Dated: January 31, 2007.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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