Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual Progress Report; Notice of Availability

Published date28 October 2020
Citation85 FR 68327
Record Number2020-23875
SectionNotices
CourtEnvironmental Protection Agency
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 68327]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-23875]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125; FRL-10014-06]
                Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual
                Progress Report; Notice of Availability
                AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's progress
                report in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide
                reregistration during fiscal year 2018. This progress report also
                presents the total number of products registered under the ``fast-
                track'' provisions of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide
                Act (FIFRA).
                DATES: Submit comments on or before December 28, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
                (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125, by one of the following methods:
                 Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
                Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
                electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
                Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
                by statute.
                 Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
                Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
                20460-0001.
                 Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
                delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
                instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
                 Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA
                Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with
                limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer
                service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status
                information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ram[eacute] Cromwell, Antimicrobials
                Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
                Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
                0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9068; email address:
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                I. Does this action apply to me?
                 This is directed to the public in general and may be of interest to
                a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, farm worker, and
                agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and
                members of the public interested in the integration of tolerance
                reassessment with the reregistration process, and the status of various
                regulatory activities associated with reregistration and tolerances
                reassessment. Given the broad interest, the Agency has not attempted to
                identify all the specific entities that may be interested in this
                action.
                II. What action is the Agency taking?
                 This notice announces the availability of EPA's progress reports in
                meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration
                during fiscal year 2018.
                 The FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires EPA to publish
                information about EPA's annual achievements in meeting its performance
                measures and goals for pesticide reregistration. The report for fiscal
                year 2018 discusses the completion of tolerance reassessment and
                describes the status of various regulatory activities associated with
                reregistration. The 2018 report also provides the total number of
                products reregistered and products registered under the ``fast-track''
                provisions of FIFRA.
                III. How can I get a copy of the report?
                 1. Docket. The 2018 report is available at http://www.regulations.gov, under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125.
                 2. EPA Website. The 2018 report is also available on EPA's website
                at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/reregistration-and-other-review-programs-predating-pesticide-registration.
                IV. Can I comment on this report?
                 EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public. Any
                written comments received will be taken into consideration in the event
                that EPA determines that further action is warranted. EPA does not
                expect this report to lead to any particular action, and therefore is
                not seeking particular public comment.
                V. 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 email. 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 email to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
                CBI 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 preparing your comments,
                see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.
                 Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a-1(l).
                 Dated: October 20, 2020.
                Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
                Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
                Prevention.
                [FR Doc. 2020-23875 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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