[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR155.32]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 155--REGISTRATION STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Docketing and Public Participation Procedures
 
Sec. 155.32  Public docket.

    (a) When created. (1) A docket will be created for each Registration 
Standard under development when the Agency begins review of data for the 
Registration Standard or upon publication of the notice described in 
Sec. 155.25 setting out the list and sequence of Registration Standards, 
whichever is earlier. The Agency will announce in its annual schedule 
notice the dockets that are available for Registration Standards under 
development.
    (2) If the Agency notifies registrants privately in accordance with 
40 CFR 154.21 that one or more risk criteria set forth in 40 CFR 154.7 
(leading to a special review) may have been exceeded, that notification 
and any subsequent communications concerning that notification will be 
placed in a separate docket pertaining to possible special review in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec. 154.15.
    (b) Contents of docket. The docket will contain, within the time 
frames indicated, all of the following documents and information (except 
that information claimed to be confidential business information will 
not be included):
    (1) An index of its contents (refer to paragraph (c) of this 
section).
    (2) A copy of each comment received in response to the notice 
described in Sec. 155.25 that pertains to a pesticide for which the 
notice indicated a Registration Standard was under development (within 
10 working days after receipt by the Agency, or 15 working days if the 
submitter has asserted a confidential business information claim 
concerning the material).
    (3) A copy of each memorandum of a meeting between the Agency and 
persons or parties outside of government, prepared in accordance with 
Sec. 155.30(d) (within 10 working days after the meeting).
    (4) A copy of each document, comment, item of correspondence or 
other written material concerning the Registration Standard submitted to 
the Agency by any person or party outside of government, whether in a 
meeting

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or separately (within 10 working days after receipt, or 15 working days 
if the submitter has asserted a confidential business information claim 
concerning the material).
    (5) A copy of each document, proposal, or other item of written 
material concerning the Registration Standard provided by the Agency to 
any person or party outside of government (within 15 working days after 
the item is made available to such person or party).
    (6) A copy of the Registration Standard;
    (7) With respect to a Registration Standard for which the Agency has 
determined that a substantially complete chronic health and teratology 
data base exists, a copy of the Federal Register notice concerning 
availability of a proposed Registration Standard, and a copy of each 
comment received in response to that notice (within 10 working days 
after receipt by the Agency, or 15 working days if the submitter has 
asserted a confidential business information claim concerning the 
material).
    (8) A copy of the Federal Register notice announcing the issuance of 
the Registration Standard (within 10 working days after the publication 
of the notice).
    (c) Index of the docket. The Agency will establish and keep current 
an index to the docket for each Registration Standard. The index will 
include, but is not limited to:
    (1) A list of each meeting between the Agency and any person or 
party outside of government, containing the date and subject of the 
meeting, the names of participants and the name of the person requesting 
the meeting.
    (2) A list of each document in the docket by title, source or 
recipient(s), and the date the document was received or provided by the 
Agency.
    (d) Availability of docket and indices. (1) The Agency will make 
available to the public for inspection and copying the docket and index 
for any Registration Standard.
    (2) The Agency will establish and maintain a mailing list of persons 
who have specifically requested that they receive indices for 
Registration Standard dockets. On a quarterly basis, EPA will distribute 
the indices of new materials placed in the public docket to these 
persons. Annually, EPA will require that persons on the list renew their 
requests for inclusion on the list.
    (3) The Agency will issue annually in the Federal Register (in 
conjunction with the annual schedule notice specified in Sec. 155.25) a 
notice announcing the availability of docket indices.
    (4) Each Federal Register notice of availability of a Registration 
Standard will announce the availability of the docket index for that 
Standard.