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Federal Register :: Pesticide Regulations; Technical Amendments
75592-75600 (9 pages)
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E8-29375 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E8-29375
In today's final rule EPA is making the following key types of changes to the regulations in 40 CFR parts 150 - 180.
a. References to the Pesticide Assessment Guidelines that are not needed in regulatory text (part 172);
c. Reference in § 180.34 to the certification of usefulness, a provision eliminated by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) in 1996.
c. EPA is correcting the regulatory cross-references from § 156.10(h) to § 156.62 and § 162.11 to part 154. These regulations were restructured a number of years ago, but the cross-references were not.
5. EPA is correcting part 155, subpart C, Registration Review Procedures, to include the mandatory 15-year Start Printed Page 75593registration review and minor changes to docket procedures required under the Pesticide Regulatory Improvement Renewal Act.
b. EPA is removing the topic headings in part 180, which are no longer used in regulations.
a. EPA is restructuring the opening paragraphs of § 152.1 and § 160.1
9. EPA is revising section titles to reflect statutory language.Specifically, EPA is revising the titles of § 152.10 and § 152.20 to accurately reflect the underlying statutory language.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 - 136y; Subpart U is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 9701.
2. By revising § 152.1 to read as follows:
3. In § 152.3 by removing the definitions of “Genetic material necessary for the production,” “In a living plant,” “Noncoding, nonexpressed nucleotide sequences,” “Pesticidal substance,” “Produce thereof,” and “Regulatory region”, and by revising the definitions of “Applicant,” and subparagraph (1) under the definition for “New use” to read as follows:
New use * * *
4. In § 152.6 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
5. By revising the section heading of § 152.10 to read as follows:
§ 152.10
Products that are not pesticides because they are not intended for a pesticidal purpose.
6. By revising the section heading of § 152.20 to read as follows:
7. Section 152.50 is amended by revising paragraph (i), and by adding paragraph (j) to read as follows:
8. By revising § 152.80 to read as follows:
§ 152.80
This subpart E describes the information that an applicant must submit with his application for registration or amended registration to comply (and for the Agency to determine compliance) with the provisions of FIFRA sec. 3(c)(1)(F). This subpart also describes the procedures by which data submitters may challenge registration actions which allegedly failed to comply with these procedures. If the Agency determines that an applicant has failed to comply with the requirements and procedures in this subpart, the application may be denied. If the Agency determines, after Start Printed Page 75595registration has been issued, that an applicant failed to comply with these procedures and requirements, the Agency may issue a notice of intent to cancel the product's registration.
9. Section 152.83 is amended by removing the alpha paragraph designations from the definitions, and revising the reference to “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(D)” to read “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(F)”, wherever it appears.
10. Section 152.86 is amended by revising the reference “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(D)” to read “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(F)” wherever it appears.
11. Section 152.93 is amended by revising the introductory text of paragraph (b)(2), paragraphs (b)(2)(iii) and (b)(3) to read as follows:
(3) Citation without authorization or offer to pay. The applicant may cite any valid study without written authorization from, or offer to pay to, the original data submitter if the study was originally submitted to the Agency on or before the date that is 15 years before the date of the application for which it is cited, and the study is not an exclusive use study, as defined in § 152.83(c).
§§ 152.94, 152.95, 152.98, and 152.99
12. Sections 152.94, 152.95, 152.98, are amended by revising the reference “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(D)” to read “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(F)” and § 152.99 is amended by revising the reference “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(D)(ii)” to read “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(F)(ii)” whichever occurs and wherever it occurs.
13. By revising § 152.110 to read as follows:
§ 152.110
Time for agency review.
14. In § 152.112 by revising paragraph (d) to read as follows, and in paragraph (g), by revising the phrase “under FFDCA sec. 408, sec. 409 or both; and” to read “under FFDCA sec. 408, and”.
Approval of registration under FIFRA sec. 3(c)(5)
§ 152.116 and § 152.135
15. Section 152.116 and 152.135 are amended by revising the reference “FIFRA sec. 3(c)(1)(D)(i)” to read “FIFRA sec. 3(c)(1)(F)(i)” or by revising the reference “FIFRA sec. 3(c)(1)(D)” to read “FIFRA section 3(c)(1)(F)”, whichever occurs and wherever it occurs.
16. Section 152.125 is revised to read as follows:
§ 152.125
Submission of information pertaining to adverse effects.
17. The authority citation for part 154 is revised to read as follows:
18. Section 154.3 is revised to read as follows:
19. The authority citation for part 155 is revised to read as follows:
20. By revising § 155.40(a) to read as follows:
§ 155.40
(a) Purpose. These regulations establish procedures for the registration review program required in FIFRA section 3(g). Registration review is the periodic review of a pesticide's registration to ensure that each pesticide registration continues to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration. Under Start Printed Page 75596FIFRA section 3(g), each pesticide is required to be reviewed every 15 years.
21. By revising § 155.52(a) and (c), to read as follows:
22. The authority citation for part 156 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 - 136y.
23. Section 156.10 is amended by revising paragraphs (i)(2)(ix), and (i)(2)(x)(D), and the introductory text of paragraph (j) to read as follows:
(ix) Specific directions concerning the storage, residue removal and disposal of the pesticide and its container, in accordance with subpart H of this part. These instructions must be grouped and appear under the heading,“Storage and Disposal.” This heading must be set in type of the same minimum sizes as required for the child hazard warning. (See table in § 156.60(b))
(D) For total release foggers as defined in § 156.78(d)(1), the following statements must be included in the “Directions for Use.”
24. Section 156.200 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
25. Section 156.203 is amended by revising the definition of “Restricted-entry interval” to read as follows:
§ 156.203
26. Section 156.204 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 156.204
(b) Other modifications. The Agency, pursuant to this subpart and authorities granted in FIFRA sections 3, 6, and 12, may, on its initiative or based on data submitted by any person, modify or waive the requirements of this subpart, or permit or require alternative labeling statements. Supporting data may be either data conducted according to Subdivisions U or K of the Pesticide Assessments guidelines or data from medical, epidemiological, or health effects studies. A registrant who wishes to modify any of the statements required in §§ 156.206, 156.208, 156.210, or 156.212 must submit an application for amended registration unless specifically directed otherwise by the Agency.
§§ 156.206, 156.208, 156.210, and 156.212
27. Sections 156.206(e), 156.208(c)(1), 156.210(b)(1), and 156.212(d)(2) are amended by revising the reference “§ 156.10(h)(l)” to read “§ 156.62”, wherever it occurs.
28. The authority citation for part 157 continues to read as follows:
29. Section 157.21 is amended by removing the alpha paragraph designations from the definitions.
30. The authority citation for part 158 continues to read as follows:
31. In § 158.220, the title of the table in paragraph (c) is revised to read “Table—Experimental Use Permit Data Requirements for Product Performance”.
32. In § 158.230, the title of the table in paragraph (c) is revised to read “Table—Experimental Use Permit Toxicity Data Requirements.”
§ 158.243
33. In § 158.243, the title of the table in paragraph (c) is revised to read “Table—Experimental Use Permit Terrestrial and Aquatic Nontarget Organism Data Requirements.”
§ 158.260
34. In § 158.260, the title of the table in paragraph (c) is revised to read “Table—Experimental Use Permit Environmental Fate Data Requirements.”
35. The authority citation for part 159 continues to read as follows:
36. Section 159.153 is amended by revising the introductory text of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 159.153
37. Section 159.160 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:
§ 159.160
Obligations of former registrants.
§ 159.165
38. Section 159.165 is amended in paragraph (a)(2) by revising the reference “
39. The authority citation for part 160 is revised to read as follows:
40. Section 160.1 is revised to read as follows:
41. In § 160.3 revise the introductory text of the definition for
42. The authority citation for part 162 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. l36v, 136w.
43. Section 162.151 is revised to read as follows:
§ 162.151
Similar composition means a pesticide product which contains only the same active ingredient(s), or combinations of active ingredients, and which is in the same toxicity category, as defined in § 156.62 of this chapter, as a federally registered pesticide product.
44. Section 162.152 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(1)(i) to read as follows:
§ 162.152
45. Section 162.153 is amended by redesignating paragraph (a)(6) as paragraph (j), and by revising the last sentence of paragraph (c)(2) to read as follows:
§ 162.153
State registration procedures.
46. The authority citation for part 164 continues to read as follows:
47. Section 164.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (l)(2) and (s) to read as follows:
48. The authority citation for part 166 is revised to read as follows:
49. Section 166.3 is revised to read as follows:
Special Review means any interim administrative review of the risks and benefits of the use of a pesticide conducted pursuant to the provisions of part 154 of this chapter, or § 162.11 of this chapter prior to November 27, 1985, or any subsequent version of those rules.
50. The authority citation for part 168 continues to read as follows:
51. Section 168.65 is amended by revising the last sentence of paragraph (b)(1)(ii), and paragraph (b)(1)(vii), to read as set forth below.
(vii) Additional warning for highly toxic pesticides. If the pesticide, device or active ingredient is highly toxic to humans, the skull and crossbones, the word “Poison,” and a first aid statement must appear on the label. The word “Poison” and the first aid statement shall be in English and in the appropriate foreign languages, as described in paragraph (b)(4) of this section. The skull and crossbones may be in red or black. For criteria on what pesticides are highly toxic, see § 156.62 of this chapter.
52. The authority citation for part 170 continues to read as follows:
53. Section 170.5 is removed.
54. Section 170.104 is amended by revising the acronym “PPE” in paragraph (b)(2)(iii) to read “personal protective equipment” and by removing paragraph (c).
55. Section 170.112 is amended by removing paragraphs (e)(7)(i) and (e)(7)(iv), and by redesignating paragraphs (e)(7)(ii) and (e)(7)(iii) as paragraphs (e)(7)(i) and (e)(7)(ii), respectively.
56. Section 170.130 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(3)(i) to read as follows, by removing paragraph (a)(3)(iii) and by revising paragraph (d)(3) to read as follows:.
§ 170.130
Pesticide safety training for workers.
(3) * * * (i) Information before entry. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, before a worker enters any areas on the agricultural establishment where, within the last 30 Start Printed Page 75599days a pesticide to which this subpart applies has been applied or the restricted-entry interval for such pesticide has been in effect, the agricultural employer shall assure that the worker has been provided the pesticide safety information specified in paragraph (c) of this section, in a manner that agricultural workers can understand, such as by providing written materials or oral communication or by other means. The agricultural employer must be able to verify compliance with this requirement.
§ 170.204
57. Section 170.204 is amended by removing paragraph (c).
58. The authority citation for part 171 is revised to read as follows:
59. Section 171.2 is amended by revising the introductory text of paragraph (a) and by revising paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:
60. The authority citation for part 172 continues to read as follows:
61. Section 172.1 is revised to read as follows
62. Section 172.3(d) is amended by removing the third sentence which reads “Subdivision I of the Pesticide Assessment Guidelines provides guidance on the procedures, data requirements, and general aspects pertaining to the issuance and use of EUPs.”
63. Section 172.4 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(2)(i) and (ii) to read as follows:
64. Section 172.21 is revised to read as follows:
Terms used in this subpart shall have the meaning set forth in FIFRA and in § 172.1.
65. Section 172.24 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)(3),(d)(1)(i) and (d)(1)(ii) to read as follows:
§ 172.24
State issuance of permits.
66. Section 172.26 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(1)(iii) to read as follows:
§ 172.26
67. In the introductory text to § 172.46(c), revise “161.31” to read “161.32.”.
68. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:
69. Part 180 is amended as follows:
a. By revising the part heading to read “Tolerances and Exemptions for Pesticide Chemical Residues in Food.”
d. By removing the two center headings that immediately precede § 180.29.
70. Section 180.7 is amended by revising the last sentence in paragraph (b)(1), the last sentence in paragraph (d) and by revising the next to the last sentence in paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(1) * * * The electronic copy should be formatted according to the Office of Pesticide Programs' current standard for electronic data submission as specified at http://www.epa.gov/​pesticides/​regulating/​registering/​submissions/​index.htm.
71. Section 180.34 is amended by revising the introductory text of paragraph (e) to read as follows:
§ 180.34