[Federal Register: October 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 210)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1082; FRL-8387-4]
Sulfluramid Registration Review Final Decision; Notice of
Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's final
registration review decision for the pesticide case sulfluramid.
Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations
to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory
standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its
intended function without causing unreasonable adverse effects on human
health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that
each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other
knowledge (including its effects on human health and the environment).
ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket
index available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go
to http://www.regulations.gov; select ``Advanced Search,'' then
``Docket Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated
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and select the ``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the
regulations.gov website to view the docket index or access available
documents. 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 Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosanna Louie, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0037; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov.
For general questions on the registration review program, contact
Kevin Costello, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 305-5026; fax number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address:
costello.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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 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.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the final registration review decisions for
the sulfluramid case as shown in Table 1.
Table 1.--Registration Review Docket - Final Decision
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Regulatory Contact
Registration Review Case Name Pesticide Docket name, Phone
and Number ID Number Number, E-mail
Address
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Sulfluramid Case 7411 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-10 Rosanna Louie
82 (703) 308-0037
Louie.rosanna@epa.
gov
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The docket for registration review of this pesticide case includes
the final registration review decision document as well as other
relevant documents related to the registration review of the subject
case. The proposed registration review decision was posted to the
docket for the above case and the public was invited to submit any
comments or new information. During the 60-day comment period, no
public comments were received for the sulfluramid case.
Background on the registration review program is provided at:
http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/. Quick links to
earlier documents related to the registration review of this pesticide
are provided at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/
sulfluramid/index.htm.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
FIFRA Section 3(g) and 40 CFR 155.57 and 155.58 provide authority
for this action.
A registration review decision is the Agency's determination
whether a pesticide meets, or does not meet, the standard for
registration in FIFRA. This final decision continues to be supported by
the rationales included in the proposed final decision for sulfluramid.
The documents in the docket describe the Agency's rationale for issuing
a registration review final decision for sulfluramid. No additional
risk mitigation measures are required or specified for products
containing sulfluramid and no labeling changes are currently required
as a result of this final decision.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Registration review, Pesticides, Pests,
and Sulfluramid.
Dated: October 20, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-25667 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 a.m.]
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