[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
[Notices]
[Page 47574-47575]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16se09-53]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-5]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to amend the 2003 and
2005 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED) documents for the
antimicrobial pesticides Ziram and Ferbam (Reregistration Case 2180).
EPA conducted a reassessment of the Ziram and Ferbam REDs upon learning
that the salts Potassium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Sodium
Dimethyldithiocarbamate were not evaluated at the same time as the rest
of case 2180. The Agency has conducted a risk assessment and issued a
RED addendum for the Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts, which were
inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Reregistration
Eligibility Decision documents for Ziram and Ferbam. This notice opens
an additional 60-day public comment period for Dimethyldithiocarbamate
Salts because a previous comment period for the Risk Assessment portion
of this addendum was restricted to registrants only.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, 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
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility'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 Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0321. 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 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
[[Page 47575]]
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
available at http://www.regulations.gov. 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: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@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 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?
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 2003 and
2005, EPA issued REDs for Ziram and Ferbam, respectively, under section
4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. The associated Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts RED
reflects the evaluation of the final two active ingredients in case
2180, which were inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Ziram
and Ferbam Reregistration Eligibility Decision documents, as well as
efforts by the Agency to appropriately mitigate overall risk. The RED
amendment for Ziram and Ferbam concludes EPA's reregistration
eligibility decision-making process for these pesticides.
The Agency evaluated Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Potassium
Dimethyldithiocarbamate and determined that products containing
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts are eligible for reregistration, provided
that the risk mitigation measures identified within the
Dimethyldithiocrabmante Salts RED addendum are adopted and labels are
amended accordingly. The label table incorporated into the
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts RED addendum includes modifications which
specify label language for protecting occupational handlers from
inhalation exposure to powdered end-use products, as well as amending
the environmental hazards statement for clarity.
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,
Dimethyldithiocarbamate salts, Potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate,
Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, Ferbam, Ziram.
Dated: August 26, 2009.
Joan Harrigan Farrelly,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-22293 Filed 9-15-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-S