[Federal Register: December 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0314; FRL-7748-3]
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Amendment to a
Regulation for Residues of Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate in or on Various
Food and Feed Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide
petition proposing the amendment of a regulation for residues of the
antimicrobial and/or fungicide copper sulfate pentahydrate in or on
various food and feed commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0314 and pesticide petition (PP) number
4E6934, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: opp.ncic@epa.gov.
Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0314. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0314. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/
.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulation.gov
index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is
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restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall
2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305-
5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall Swindell, Antimicrobials
Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-6341; e-mail:
swindell.marshall@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify this document by docket ID number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives
and substitute language for your requested changes.
Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats.
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of a pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the amendment of a regulation in 40 CFR
180.1021(c) for residues of the antimicrobial and/or fungicide copper
sulfate pentahydrate in or on various food and feed commodities. EPA
has determined that the pesticide petition contains data or information
regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however,
EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide
petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the
pesticide petition.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition prepared by
the petitioner is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at http://www.regulations.gov/.
To locate this information on the home page of
EPA's Electronic Docket, select ``Quick Search'' and type the OPP
docket ID number ``EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0314'' in the search field. Once the
search has located the docket, clicking on the ``Docket ID'' will bring
up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide including
the petition summary.
Amendment to an Existing Tolerance
PP 5F6982. ArchAngel, LLC, 636 Hampshire St., Suite 208, Quincy, IL
62301, proposes to amend the exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR 180.1021(c) for residues of the antimicrobial and/
or fungicide copper sulfate pentahydrate when applied as a fungicide to
growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest and for
residues in or on meat, fat and meat by-products of cattle, sheep,
hogs, goats, horses, poultry, milk and eggs when applied as a
bactericide/fungicide to animal premises and bedding. Because this
petition is a request for an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance, an analytical method is not required at this time.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 14, 2005.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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