Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-0171
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Draft Pollinator Ecological Risk Assessments: Imidacloprid Registration Review
Posted Date: 2016-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11791-11792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05033]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844; FRL-9942-69]

Imidacloprid Registration Review; Draft Pollinator Ecological 
Risk Assessment; 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 January 15, 
2016, opening a comment period for a draft pollinator-only ecological 
risk assessment for the registration review of imidacloprid. This 
document extends the comment period for 30 days, from March 15, 2016 to 
April 14, 2016. This comment period is being extended in response to a 
number of extension requests from various stakeholders.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2008-0844, must be received on or before April 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of January 15, 2016 (81 FR 2212) (FRL-
9940-82).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8126; email address: 
ballard.kelly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This document extends the public comment period established in the

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Federal Register document of January 15, 2016 (81 FR 2212) (FRL-9940-
82). In that document, EPA opened a comment period for a draft 
pollinator-only ecological risk assessment for the registration review 
of imidacloprid. EPA is hereby extending the comment period, which was 
set to end on March 15, 2016, to April 14, 2016.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of January 15, 2016. If you have questions, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: February 29, 2016.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-05033 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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