Sulfluramid Registration Review Proposed Decision; Availability

Federal Register: July 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 142)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1082; FRL-8369-8

Sulfluramid Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of

Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed registration review final decision for the pesticide sulfluramid and opens a public comment period on the proposed registration review decision. Registration review final is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1082, 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'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- 2007-1082. 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 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 in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket

Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the

``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov website to view the docket index or access available documents.

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: Rosanna Louie, Special Review and

Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460- 0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0037; fax number: (703) 308-8005 e- mail address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov or the specific Regulatory contact, as identified in the Table in Unit II.A. for the pesticide of interest.

For general questions on the registration review program, contact

Kevin Costello, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P),

Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703) 305-5056; fax number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address: caulkins.peter@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. General Information

   1. 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.

   2. 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:

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      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.

2. Background

   1. What Action is the Agency Taking?

      This notice opens a 60-day public comment period on the subject proposed registration review final decision. The Agency is proposing a registration review final decision for the pesticide case shown in

      Table 1 for sulfluramid.

      Table 1.--Registration Review Docket - Proposed Final Decision

      Chemical Review

      Registration Review Case Name

      Pesticide Docket

      Manager, Contact and Number

      ID Number

      Information

      Sulfluramid, Case 7411

      EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-10 Rosanna Louie 82

      (703) 308-0037 louie.rosanna@epa. gov

      The docket for registration review of this pesticide case includes earlier documents related to the registration review of the subject case. For example, the review opened with the posting of a Summary

      Document, containing a Preliminary Work Plan, for public comment. A

      Final Work Plan was posted to the docket following public comment on the initial docket. The documents in the initial docket described the

      Agency's rationales for not conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of the sulfluramid. This proposed registration review final decision continues to be supported by those rationales included in documents in the initial docket. Following public comment, the Agency will issue a final registration review decision for products containing sulfluramid.

      The registration review program is being conducted under congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of the

      Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended in 1996 by the Food Quality Protection Act, required EPA to establish by regulation procedures for reviewing pesticide registrations, originally with a goal of reviewing each pesticide's registration every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. The Agency's final rule to implement this program was issued in August 2006 and became effective in October 2006 and appears at 40 CFR 155.40. The Pesticide Registration Improvement

      Act of 2003 (``PRIA'') was amended and extended in September 2007.

      FIFRA as amended by PRIA in 2007 requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by October 1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of

      October 1, 2007.

      The registration review final rule provides for a minimum 60-day public comment period for all proposed registration review final decisions. This comment period is intended to provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any necessary amendments to the proposed decision. All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will become part of the Agency

      Docket for sulfluramid. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late comments. The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the closing date and will provide a Response to Comments

      Memorandum in the Docket and regulations.gov.

      The final registration review decision will explain the effect that any comments have had on the decision. Background on the registration review program is provided at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration_review/. Quick links to earlier documents related to the registration review of this pesticide are provided at: http:// www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/sulfluramid/index.htm.

   2. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

      FIFRA Section 3(g) and 40 CFR Part 155.40 et seq. provide authority for this action.

      List of Subjects

      Environmental protection, registration review, pesticides, and pests.

      Dated: July 16, 2008.

      Peter Caulkins,

      Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

      Pesticide Programs.

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