Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0337-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Guidance: Pesticides; Evaluating the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Test Substances on Porous Surfaces in Non-Residential Settings; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2023-01-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 2910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00851]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0337; FRL-10497-02-OCSPP]

Pesticides; Evaluating the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Test 
Substances on Porous Surfaces in Non-Residential Settings; Interim 
Guidance and Methods; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of December 21, 2022, EPA announced 
the availability of and solicited public comment on interim guidance 
and methods for adding efficacy claims to antimicrobial products for 
use on porous materials, including fabrics, textiles, and upholstered 
items in non-residential settings. This document extends the comment 
period for 30 days from January 20, 2023, to February 19, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the notice that published on December 21, 
2022, at 87 FR 78105, is extended. Comments must be received on or 
before February 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2022-0337, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on 
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about 
dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Carpenter, Microbiology 
Laboratory Branch (7503M), Biological and Economic Analysis Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Environmental Science Center, 701 Mapes Road, Ft. Meade, MD 20755-5350; 
telephone number: (410) 305-2927; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of December 21, 
2022 (87 FR 78105) (FRL-10497-01-OCSPP) for 30 days, from January 20, 
2023, to February 19, 2023. In that document, EPA announced the 
availability of and solicited public comment on interim guidance and 
methods for adding efficacy claims to antimicrobial products for use on 
porous materials, including fabrics, textiles, and upholstered items in 
non-residential settings. More information on EPA's interim guidance 
and solicitation of comment can be found in the Federal Register of 
December 21, 2022.
    [Optional, include a statement about why we are extending the 
comments. For example:
    EPA received requests to extend the comment period and believes it 
is appropriate to do so in order to give stakeholders additional time 
to review the interim guidance and methods, and prepare comments.
    To submit comments, or access the materials in the docket, please 
follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have 
questions, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

    Dated: January 11, 2023.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-00851 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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