Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0561-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule Revisions: Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture
Posted Date: 2014-11-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68152-68153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26895]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 171

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0561; FRL-9915-88]
RIN 2070-AJ20

Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; 
Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of submission to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public as required by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA 
Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) a draft regulatory document concerning 
the certification of pesticide applicators rule revisions. The draft

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regulatory document is not available to the public until after it has 
been signed and made available by EPA.

DATES: See Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0561, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is 
(703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional 
information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Arling, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-5891; email address: 
arling.michelle@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What action is EPA taking?

    Section 25(a)(2)(A) of FIFRA requires the EPA Administrator to 
provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft proposed rule at 
least 60 days before signing it in proposed form for publication in the 
Federal Register. The draft proposed rule is not available to the 
public until after it has been signed by EPA. If the Secretary of USDA 
comments in writing regarding the draft proposed rule within 30 days 
after receiving it, the EPA Administrator shall include the comments of 
the Secretary of USDA and the EPA Administrator's response to those 
comments with the proposed rule that publishes in the Federal Register. 
If the Secretary of USDA does not comment in writing within 30 days 
after receiving the draft proposed rule, the EPA Administrator may sign 
the proposed rule for publication in the Federal Register any time 
after the 30-day period.

II. Do any statutory and executive order reviews apply to this 
notification?

    No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the 
Secretary of USDA. As such, none of the regulatory assessment 
requirements apply to this document.

List of Subjects in Part 171

    Environmental protection, Applicator competency, Agricultural 
worker safety, Pesticide safety training, Pesticide worker safety, 
Pesticides and pests, Restricted use pesticides.

     Dated: November 3, 2014.
William L. Jordan,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-26895 Filed 11-13-14; 8:45 am]
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