Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0687-0047
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition to Amend FIFRA Section 25(b); Notice of Availability; Reopening of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2006-12-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 234)]
[Notices]               
[Page 70764]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0687; FRL-8105-2]

 
Petition to Amend FIFRA Section 25(b); Notice of Availability; 
Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of September 13, 
2006, concerning a petition filed by the Consumer Specialty Products 
Association (CSPA) requesting the Agency to modify the minimum risk 
regulations at 40 CFR 152.25(f) for those products that claim to 
control public health pests to be subject to EPA registration 
requirements as a precondition of their sale. This document reopens the 
comment period for an additional 30 day period.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2006-0687 must be received on or before January 5, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of September 13, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Steinwand, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-305-7973; e-mail 
address: steinwand.brian@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the notice a list of those who may be 
potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding 
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. 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.B. of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the September 13, 2006, Federal Register 
document (71 FR 54055) (FRL-8091-3). If you have questions, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. What Action is EPA Taking?

    This document reopens the public comment period established in the 
Federal Register of September 13, 2006. In that document, EPA created a 
public docket (EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0687) requesting comment on a petition 
filed by the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) for the 
Agency to modify the minimum risk regulations at 40 CFR 152.25(f) for 
those products that claim to control public health pests to be subject 
to EPA registration requirements as a precondition of their sale. EPA 
is hereby reopening the comment period, which ended on November 13, 
2006, for an additional 30 days. Comments must be received on or before 
January 5, 2007.

III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    Under section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(e), an interested person may petition an agency for the issuance, 
amendment, or repeal of a rule.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: November 27, 2006.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-20647 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]

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