Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Pesticide Product Label System; CD ROM availability,

[Federal Register: June 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 116)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00525; FRL-5775-7]

Pesticide Product Label System; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the 1998 Pesticide Product Label System on CD ROM. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Yvonne Brown, Office of Pesticide Programs (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location for commercial courier delivery and telephone number: Rm. 238, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 305-6473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Introduction

   The Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS), a software product developed by EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), contains images of registered pesticide product labels submitted by pesticide registrants and accepted by the OPP since 1971. The 1998 PPLS replaces the 1997 PPLS in its entirety.

   The label images have been indexed by company, product, and date. The retrieval program allows the user to search by registration number, which is a combination of company number and product number. Searches can be conducted based on partial numbers if the complete number is unknown. Search results are displayed in full screen format and single or multiple pages can be printed.

   Some label amendments address only portions of the label and may not represent the complete label. Review of all updates for a single product may be necessary. The label images represent the product at the time the labeling was accepted. The product may have been transferred to another company or canceled since the date the label was accepted and such status information is not reflected in this system.

   The quality of the images varies greatly as it is dependent on the quality of the label submitted to and accepted by OPP. Since the initial version of the PPLS is the product of a conversion from images stored on microfiche, some oversized images are represented as two separate documents and will require retrieval of both to obtain the complete image.

   Regulations governing the labeling requirements of pesticide products are contained in 40 CFR Chapter 1.

2. Ordering Information

   The CD ROM collection is available as an ongoing subscription from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), ATTN: Order Desk, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone: (703) 605-6060 or (800) 553-NTIS (6847). When requesting the PPLS from NTIS, use the Order Number SUB-5404.

   Dated: April 24, 1998.

   Richard D. Schmitt,

   Acting Director, Information Resources Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

   [FR Doc. 98-15950Filed6-16-98; 8:45 am]

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