[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26696-26697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12413]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0599; FRL-8413-4]
Iodine and Iodophors Reregistration Eligibility Decision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's Reregistration Eligibility
Decision (RED) and supporting science documents for the pesticide
iodine and iodophor complexes. The Reregistration Eligibility Decision
document for iodine and iodophor complexes was signed on July 27, 2006
with additional revisions described in a March 17, 2009 amendment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; fax number: (703) 305-5620; e-
mail address: [email protected].
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, farm worker 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.
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
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identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0599. 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. 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
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) directs EPA to reevaluate existing pesticides to ensure
that they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. In 2006,
EPA signed a RED for iodine and iodophor complexes under section
4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. An additional amendment was signed on March 17,
2009.
Taking into consideration all available information on iodine,
including its relatively low acute toxicity, the reversibility of
subclinical hypothyroidism, the low toxicity of the iodophor complexes,
the Food and Drug Administration's designation of iodide as a
``Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)'' chemical, the presence of
iodine in food products, and the sporadic and short-term nature of the
antimicrobial uses, the Agency concludes that exposure to iodine and
iodophor complexes from the EPA-registered uses present no risk of
concern. No mitigation measures are necessary at this time. The March
17, 2009 amendment to the Iodine and Iodophor Complexes RED is
inclusive of a Labeling Changes Summary Table and a revised Appendix A.
The label table incorporated into the Iodine and Iodophor Complexes
March 17, 2009 RED amendment includes modifications which specify label
language for emergency human drinking water use. Appendix A is
inclusive of the current EPA-registered products containing iodine or
an iodophor complex as an active ingredient.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, directs that, after
submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active
ingredient are eligible for reregistration,'' before calling in product
specific data on individual end-use products and either reregistering
products or taking other ``appropriate regulatory action.''
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Antimicrobials,
Iodine, Iodophor complexes.
Dated: May 8, 2009.
Betty Shackleford,
Acting Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-12413 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 a.m.]
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