[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60211-60212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24025]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 158 and 161
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110; FRL-8383-6]
Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides; Notice of Public
Workshop
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public workshop.
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SUMMARY: EPA is convening a public workshop to explain the provisions
of its recently proposed rule to update and revise the data
requirements for registration of antimicrobial pesticides. The workshop
is intended to provide an opportunity for members of the public to ask
questions about the proposed rule and seek any clarification they
believe may assist them in submitting comments to the docket for the
proposed rule. Any person wishing to comment on the proposed rule must
submit any comments to the docket within the timeframe set forth in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 6, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), First Floor Conference Center, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
To facilitate the Agency's planning, your intention to participate
in the Antimicrobials Workshop, may be submitted to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Boyle, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703.305.6304; fax number: 703.305.5884; e-mail
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be affected by this action if you are a producer of
pesticide products (NAICS code 32532), antifoulants (NAICS code 32551),
antimicrobial pesticides (NAICS code 32561) or wood preservatives
(NAICS code 32519), importers of such products, or any person or
company who seeks to register an antimicrobial, antifoulant coating,
ballast water treatment, or wood preservative pesticide or to obtain a
tolerance for such a pesticide. 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 above 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, please contact Norm Cook, Chief of the
Risk Assessment and Science Support Branch in the Antimicrobials
Division of the Office of Pesticide Programs at 703-308-8253 or via
email, [email protected].
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110. 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 Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
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
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
EPA is convening a public workshop to explain the proposed
revisions to the data requirements for the registration of
antimicrobial pesticides. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), anyone seeking to register a pesticide product is required to
provide information to EPA to demonstrate that their products can be
used without posing ``unreasonable adverse effects on the environment''
as defined by FIFRA section 2(bb).
The public workshop will include presentations by staff from the
Antimicrobial, and the Field and
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External Affairs Divisions of the Office of Pesticide Programs. The
proposed revisions are directed at antimicrobial pesticides, not
conventional pesticides, biochemical and microbial pesticides or
product performance data requirements. Nonetheless, all interested
parties are welcome and may benefit from the discussions since two
areas not addressed in the conventional pesticide (72 FR 60934), or
biochemical and microbial pesticide (72 FR 60988) data requirements
final rules are addressed in the antimicrobial data requirements
proposed rule. These two areas are: down-the-drain data requirements
and the Program's use of structure-activity-relationship (SAR).
During the workshop, persons in attendance will be able to ask
questions regarding the proposed rule and/or material being presented
and seek any clarification they believe may assist them in submitting
comments to the docket for the proposed rule. Any person wishing to
comment on the proposed rule must submit any comments to the docket
within the timeframe set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for
the proposed rule.
The proposed revisions were issued in the Federal Register of
October 8, 2008. A 90-day comment period will end on January 6, 2009. A
limited number of copies of the proposed rule will be available at the
workshop. Attendees are encouraged to access the electronic version of
the proposed rule from the regulations.gov website under Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 158 and 161
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 17, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-24025 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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