Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0422-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Guidance: Pesticide Cumulative Risk Assessment; Framework for Screening Analysis
Posted Date: 2015-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 52274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21483]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0422; FRL-9933-23]

Pesticide Cumulative Risk Assessment; Framework for Screening 
Analysis; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment; 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 July 29, 2015, 
announcing the availability of draft guidance for public comment 
entitled: ``Pesticide Cumulative Risk Assessment: Framework for 
Screening Analysis.'' This document extends the comment period for an 
additional 30 days, from August 28, 2015 to September 28, 2015. EPA is 
extending the comment period in response to requests for an extended 
comment period to allow for full participation.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0422, must be received on or before September 
28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of July 29, 2015 (80 FR 45218) (FRL-9930-
32).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Lewis, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone 
number: (703) 305-7090; email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of July 29, 2015 
(80 FR 45218) (FRL-9930-32), in which EPA announced the availability of 
the following draft guidance for public comment: ``Pesticide Cumulative 
Risk Assessment: Framework for Screening Analysis,'' and solicited 
comments on a draft copy of the human health risk assessment where the 
cumulative assessment was conducted in conjunction with pending actions 
for abamectin. EPA is hereby extending the end of the comment period 
from August 28, 2015 to September 28, 2015.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of July 29, 2015. If you have questions, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority:  FFDCA section 408(b) [21 U.S.C. 346a(b)].

    Dated: August 25, 2015.
Jack Housenger,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-21483 Filed 8-26-15; 4:15 pm]
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