Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0066-0049
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; Proposed Chemical Selection Approach for Initial Round of Screening; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2003-02-26T05:00Z

8901
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
38
/
Wednesday,
February
26,
2003
/
Notices
B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
This
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0042.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
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/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
EUP
EPA
has
issued
the
following
EUP:
73049
 
EUP
 
2.
Issuance.
Valent
BioSciences
Corporation,
870
Technology
Way,
Libertyville,
IL
60048.
This
EUP
allows
the
use
of
3,924
pounds
of
the
biochemical
plant
regulator
6­
benzyladenine
on
9,680
acres
of
apple
and
on
300
acres
of
pistachio
to
evaluate
its
efficacy
for
fruit
thinning
and
sizing
for
apple
and
its
mitigation
of
alternate­
year
bearing
for
pistachio.
The
program
is
authorized
only
in
the
States
of
California,
Idaho,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New
Jersey,
New
York,
North
Carolina,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
West
Virginia,
and
Wisconsin.
The
EUP
is
effective
from
January
22,
2003
to
January
31,
2005.
A
temporary
tolerance
exemption
to
expire
on
January
31,
2005
has
been
established
for
residues
of
the
active
ingredient
in
or
on
apple
and
pistachio.

Authority:
7
U.
S.
C.
136c.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Experimental
use
permits.

Dated:
February
13,
2003.
Janet
L.
Andersen,
Director,
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
FR
Doc.
03
 
4525
Filed
2
 
25
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2002
 
0066;
FRL
 
7293
 
5]

Endocrine
Disruptor
Screening
Program,
Proposed
Chemical
Selection
Approach
for
Initial
Round
of
Screening;
Extension
of
Comment
Period
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice;
extension
of
comment
period.

SUMMARY:
In
a
Federal
Register
Notice
that
published
on
December
30,
2002,
EPA
sets
forth
for
public
comment
the
approach
EPA
plans
to
use
for
selecting
the
first
group
of
chemicals
to
be
screened
in
the
Agency's
Endocrine
Disruptor
Screening
Program
(
EDSP).
EPA
requested
that
comments
be
submitted
on
or
before
March
1,
2003.
In
response
to
several
requests
to
extend
the
deadline
for
submitting
comments,
EPA
is
hereby
extending
the
comment
period
to
April
1,
2003.
DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPPT
 
2002
 
0066,
must
be
received
on
or
before
April
1,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
December
30,
2002
Federal
Register
document.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information
contact:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division
(
7408M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCA­
Hotline@
epa.
gov.
For
technical
information
contact:
Greg
Schweer,
Exposure
Assessment
Coordination
and
Policy
Division
(
7203M),
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
8469;
e­
mail
address:
schweer.
greg@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general,
and
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA),
the
Federal
Food,
Drug
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
(
SDWA),
or
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA).
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
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
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
technical
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
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT
 
2002
 
0066.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566
 
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
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/
Vol.
68,
No.
38
/
Wednesday,
February
26,
2003
/
Notices
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?

To
submit
comments
or
access
the
official
public
docket,
please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
of
the
December
30,
2002
Federal
Register
document.
If
you
have
questions,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

II.
What
Action
is
EPA
taking?

This
document
extends
the
public
comment
period
established
in
the
Federal
Register
issued
on
December
30,
2002
(
67
FR
79611).
In
that
document,
EPA
sought
public
comment
on
the
approach
EPA
plans
to
use
for
selecting
the
first
group
of
chemicals
to
be
screened
in
the
Agency's
Endocrine
Disruptor
Screening
Program
(
EDSP).
EPA
is
hereby
extending
the
comment
period,
which
was
set
to
end
on
March
1,
2003,
to
April
1,
2003.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Endocrine
disruptors,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
February
10,
2003.

Susan
B.
Hazen,

Acting
Assistant
Administrator
for
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
4385
Filed
2
 
25
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7455
 
5]

Public
Notice
of
Draft
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
General
Permit
for
Storm
Water
Discharges
from
Federal
Facility
Small
Municipal
Separate
Storm
Sewer
Systems
(
MS4s)
in
Colorado
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
availability
of
proposed
NPDES
general
permit.

SUMMARY:
Region
VIII
of
EPA
is
hereby
giving
notice
of
its
tentative
determination
to
issue
an
NPDES
general
permit
for
regulated
storm
water
discharges
from
small
municipal
separate
storm
sewer
systems
(
MS4s).
The
general
permit
is
applicable
to
Federal
Facilities
within
the
State
of
Colorado.
Only
Federal
Facilities
located
in
urbanized
areas
(
as
defined
by
the
2000
U.
S.
Census)
within
the
State
of
Colorado
must
apply.
Federal
facilities
that
are
currently
known
to
be
located
within
Colorado
urbanized
areas,
and
will
need
to
apply
for
coverage
under
the
general
permit
include:
Fort
Carson;
the
General
Services
Administration's
Denver
Federal
Center;
Peterson
Air
Force
Base;
the
U.
S.
Air
Force
Academy;
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Commerce
 
National
Institute
of
Standards
and
Technology,
Boulder
Campus;
the
U.
S.
Bureau
of
Prisons
Federal
Correctional
Institution,
Englewood;
and
the
Veterans
Affairs
Medical
Center
Denver.
Additional
Federal
Facilities
may
need
to
apply
for
permit
coverage
at
a
later
date
based
on
subsequent
Census
data.
This
notice
announces
the
availability
of
the
proposed
general
permit
and
fact
sheet
for
public
comment.
NPDES
permit
coverage
is
required
for
small
MS4s
in
accordance
with
final
EPA
regulations
for
Phase
II
storm
water
discharges
(
64
FR
68722,
December
8,
1999).
Operators
of
Phase
II­
designated
small
MS4s
(
regulated
small
MS4s)
are
required
to
submit
a
Notice
of
Intent
(
NOI)
to
EPA
Region
VIII
to
be
covered
under
the
general
permit.
In
accordance
with
the
general
permit,
regulated
small
MS4
operators
must
develop,
implement,
and
enforce
a
program
designed
to
reduce
the
discharge
of
pollutants
from
their
MS4s
to
the
maximum
extent
practicable
(
MEP)
to
protect
water
quality
and
to
satisfy
the
appropriate
water
quality
requirements
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.
The
small
MS4
program
must
include
the
following
six
minimum
control
measures:
public
education
and
outreach;
public
involvement
and
participation;
illicit
discharge
detection
and
elimination;
construction
site
runoff
control;
post­
construction
runoff
control;
and
pollution
prevention/
good
housekeeping.
The
rule
assumes
the
use
of
narrative,
rather
than
numeric,
effluent
limitations
achieved
through
the
implementation
of
best
management
practices
(
BMPs).
Operators
must
establish
BMPs
and
measurable
goals
for
each
minimum
measure
in
the
permit
application.
However,
applicants
will
have
up
to
five
years
to
fully
develop
and
implement
their
storm
water
management
program.

State
Permit
No.
Areas
covered
by
the
general
permit
Colorado
COR042000
..
Federal
Facilities
in
the
State
of
Colorado,
except
those
located
in
Indian
Country.

DATES:
Public
comments
on
this
proposal
must
be
received
or
postmarked
no
later
than
March
28,
2003.
A
public
hearing
may
be
requested
within
the
comment
period
concerning
the
proposed
permit.

ADDRESSES:
Public
comments
or
requests
for
a
public
hearing
should
be
sent
to:
Greg
Davis
(
8EPR
 
EP);
Attention:
NPDES
Permits;
U.
S.
EPA,
Region
VIII;
999
18th
Street,
Suite
300;
Denver,
CO
80202
 
2466.
Public
comments
will
also
be
accepted
via
electronic
mail
(
E­
mail)
at
r8npdes@
epa.
gov.

Public
Comment
Period
Public
comments
are
invited.
Comments
must
be
received
or
postmarked
no
later
than
March
28,
2003.
Each
comment
should
cite
the
page
number
and,
where
possible,
the
section(
s)
and/
or
paragraph(
s)
in
the
draft
permit
or
Fact
Sheet
to
which
each
comment
refers.
Commenters
should
use
a
separate
paragraph
for
each
issue
discussed.
Comments
must
be
sent
to
the
address
given
above
in
the
ADDRESSES
section.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
a
copy
of
the
draft
permit
and
Fact
Sheet
or
for
further
information
on
the
draft
permit,
contact
either
Greg
Davis
(
303)
312
 
6082
(
davis.
gregory@
epa.
gov)
or
Vern
Berry,
(
303)
312
 
6234
(
berry.
vern@
epa.
gov),
or
at
the
address
above
in
the
ADDRESSES
section.
Copies
of
the
draft
permit
and
Fact
Sheet
may
be
downloaded
from
the
EPA
Region
VIII
Web
site
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/

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