Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0040-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticides; Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Disposal Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide Product Labels
Posted Date: 2007-03-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 54)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13280-13281]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0040; FRL-8112-3]

 
Pesticides; Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Disposal 
Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide 
Product Labels

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of a Pesticide 
Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Disposal Instructions on 
Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide Product Labels.'' 
PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 
inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about 
important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and 
serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. 
This particular PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant 
concerning the updating and revision of PR Notice 2001-6 to clarify 
that the use of a toll free number in the disposal instructions on non-
antimicrobial residential/household use pesticide product labels is 
optional. If registrants choose to change or remove a toll free number 
from the disposal instructions on their label, this notice provides 
guidance on making such changes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Downing, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division, (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9071; fax 
number: (703) 308-7026; e-mail address: downing.jim@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general; however this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who are 
responsible for registration and reregistration of pesticide products. 
Since other entities may also be

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interested, 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. 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-2007-0040. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, 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 Guidance Does this PR Notice Provide?

    This PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant updating and 
revising PR Notice 2001-6 to clarify that the use of a toll free number 
in the disposal instructions on non-antimicrobial residential/household 
use pesticide product labels is optional. If registrants choose to 
change or remove a toll free number from the disposal instructions on 
their label, this notice provides guidance on making such changes. This 
notice supersedes PR Notice 2001-6 in its entirety and PR Notices 83-3 
and 84-1 in part.
    This notice provides guidance for the development of disposal 
instructions for non-antimicrobial, residential/household use pesticide 
product labels. EPA is providing instructions that direct consumers to 
call their local authorities for specific disposal instructions in 
order to provide state and local governments greater latitude in 
carrying out their responsibilities for product disposal and waste 
management programs.
    This notice is directed to registrants of non-antimicrobial, 
residential/household use products. Registrants using the revised 
disposal statements provided in this notice may add the disposal 
statements to their labels by notification or they may make the changes 
with non-notification, according to PR Notice 98-10. The Agency expects 
that registrants of existing products will begin to revise their labels 
accordingly. All affected product labels were expected to have disposal 
statements according to issued guidance by October 1, 2003. The 
statements in this notice are not intended for non-residential/non-
household use (e.g., agricultural, commercial, or industrial use) 
pesticide products where users generally have access to established 
recycling and/or disposal procedures and programs.

III. Do PR Notices Contain Binding Requirements?

    The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide 
guidance to EPA personnel and decision makers and to pesticide 
registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency 
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is 
not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart 
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice. 
Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance is not 
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or 
situation.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: March 2, 2007.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 07-1291 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]

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