[Federal Register: January 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955; FRL-8104-7]
Rodenticides; Proposed Risk Mitigation Decision; Notice of
Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed risk
mitigation decision for nine rodenticides, the economic impact
assessment for the proposed risk mitigation decision, the revised
comparative ecological risk assessment, updated human health and
ecological incident reports, and other related documents, and opens a
60-day public comment period on the proposed risk mitigation decision.
The nine rodenticides covered by this risk mitigation decision are
brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, chlorophacinone, diphacinone,
warfarin, zinc phosphide, bromethalin, and cholecalciferol. As part of
the proposed risk mitigation decision, EPA anticipates classifying all
products containing the active ingredients brodifacoum, bromadiolone,
and difethialone as restricted use products. EPA also anticipates
requiring that all products available for sale to consumers be sold
only in refillable tamper-resistant bait stations. Furthermore, EPA is
proposing certain additional restrictions and labeling improvements to
mitigate the risks associated with these nine rodenticides.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 19, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0955. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the 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 regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal 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
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov
, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Sherman, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8401; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: sherman.kelly@epa.gov or Laura
Parsons, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5776;
fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: parsons.laura@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
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members
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of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of
pesticides. Since others also may 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 person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
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:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. 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.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is making available the proposed risk mitigation decision
document and related supporting documents for the following nine
rodenticides: brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, chlorophacinone,
diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, bromethalin, and
cholecalciferol.
Based on an evaluation of the ecological risks associated with the
use of these nine rodenticides, and consideration of the public health
and other important benefits of the use of rodenticides, EPA
anticipates classifying all products containing the active ingredients
brodifacoum, bromadiolone, and difethialone as restricted use products.
To decrease the incidence of childrens' exposure to rodenticide
products used in homes, EPA also anticipates requiring that all
products available for sale to consumers and labeled for indoor
residential use be sold only in refillable tamper-resistant bait
stations. Furthermore, EPA is proposing certain additional restrictions
and labeling improvements to mitigate the risks associated with these
nine rodenticides.
The proposed decision document, including the Agency's supporting
rationale for the proposed decision, can be found in docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955 at http://www.regulations.gov.
Older documents and previous public comments can
be found in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0033 or docket EPA-HQ-OPP-
2002-0049 at http://www.regulations.gov.
EPA is providing an opportunity, through this notice, for
interested parties to provide comments and input on the Agency's
proposed decision for rodenticides. Comments should be limited to
issues raised by the proposed decision and associated documents.
All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES,
and must be received by EPA on or before the closing date. These
comments will become part of the Agency Docket for rodenticides.
Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked
``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the
closing date and will provide a Response to Comments Memorandum in the
Docket and regulations.gov. After consideration of the comments, the
Agency will publish its final mitigation decision for these nine
rodenticides.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
EPA is reevaluating the use of these nine rodenticides pursuant to
section 4 of FIFRA. The Agency's authority for implementing the risk
mitigation measures identified in the proposed risk management decision
would derive from various sections of FIFRA, including, but not limited
to, sections 3, 4 and 6.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: January 8, 2007.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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