Federal Register/Vol. 67, No. 178/Friday, September 13, 2002
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Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2002 / Notices 58041 How the Proposals Are Reviewed and SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s B. How Can I Get Additional Ranked progress in meeting its performance Information or Copies of Support The Selection Committee reviews measures and goals for pesticide Documents? each proposal with the following reregistration during fiscal years 2000 1. Electronically. You may obtain criteria in mind. Each area has a and 2001. The Federal Insecticide, electronic copies of this document and numerical value, with an opportunity Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) various support documents from the for a narrative response. The points of requires EPA to publish information EPA Internet website, www.epa.gov. On each reviewer for each proposal are about EPA’s annual achievements in EPA’s home page, select ‘‘Laws and totaled, comments are added, then each this area. This notice discusses the Regulations,’’ and then look up the proposal is given an average. The integration of tolerance reassessment entry for this document under ‘‘Federal Committee meets to discuss each with the reregistration process, and Register—Environmental Documents.’’ proposal and review the results of describes the status of various You can also go directly to the Federal scoring. The proposals with the highest regulatory activities associated with Register listings at www.epa.gov/ ranking, up to the estimated amount of reregistration and tolerance fedrgstr. To access information about funding, are selected. Upon approval of reassessment. The notice gives total pesticide reregistration, go to the home management, formal applications are numbers of chemicals and products page for the Office of Pesticide Programs then requested from the selected reregistered, tolerances reassessed, Data at www.epa.gov/pesticides and select applicants. Call-Ins issued, and products registered ‘‘Reregistration’’ under ‘‘Topics,’’ at the Proposal Evaluation Criteria under the ‘‘fast-track’’ provisions of top of the screen, or go directly to www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/. • 1. Does the project meet one or FIFRA. Finally, this notice contains the schedule for completion of activities for 2. In person. The official record for more of the Regional priorities? If not, this notice, as well as the public specific chemicals during fiscal years has the applicant justified the need for version, has been established under the project? 2002 and 2003. • docket ID number [OPP–2002–0121] 2. Does the project have DATES: This notice is not subject to a (including comments and data transferability to other State/Tribes/ formal comment period. Nevertheless, submitted electronically as described Local governments? • EPA welcomes input from stakeholders below). A public version of this record, 3. Did applicant follow proposal including printed, paper versions of any guidelines? Did it address all and the general public. Written comments, identified by the docket ID electronic comments, which does not components? include any information claimed as • 4. What is the applicant’s past number [OPP–2002–0121], should be Confidential Business Information (CBI), performance, if applicable? received on or before November 12, • 5. Is the budget reasonable and 2002. is available for inspection in Room 119, appropriate? Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis • 6. What are the potential ADDRESSES: Comments may be Highway, Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. environmental results? Does it result in submitted by mail, electronically, or in to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, physical, natural restoration? Are the person. Please follow the detailed excluding legal holidays. The Public environmental results immediate or instructions for each method as Information and Records Integrity long term? How many acres of wetlands provided in Unit I. of the Branch telephone number is (703) 305– are enhanced, restored, created? SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 5805. • 7. What is the outreach/educational this notice. C. How and to Whom Do I Submit value of the project? Comments? • 8. What is the likelihood of success? FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Can the project be realistically Carol P. Stangel, Special Review and You may submit comments through accomplished? Registration Division (7508C), Office of the mail, in person, or electronically: • 9. Does the project have durable Pesticide Programs, Environmental 1. By mail. Submit written comments and sustainable characteristics; in other Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania to: Public Information and Records words, will it outlive the project period? Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Integrity Branch, Information Resources • 10. Is the project part of an telephone: (703) 308–8007, e-mail: and Services Division (7502C), Office of approved State Wetlands Conservation [email protected]. Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Plan? Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Oscar Ramirez, Jr., 2. In person. Deliver written I. Important Information Acting Director, Water Quality Protection comments to Public Information and Division. A. Does this Apply to Me? Records Integrity Branch, in Rm. 119, [FR Doc. 02–23365 Filed 9–12–02; 8:45 am] Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis BILLING CODE 6560–50–P This action is directed to the public Highway, Arlington, VA. in general. Although this action may be 3. Electronically. Submit your of particular interest to persons who are comments and/or data electronically to ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION interested in the progress and status of [email protected]. Please note that AGENCY EPA’s pesticide reregistration and you should not submit any information [OPP–2002–0121; FRL–6803-5] tolerance reassessment programs, the electronically that you consider to be Agency has not attempted to describe all CBI. Electronic comments must be Pesticide Reregistration Performance the specific entities that may be affected submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the Measures and Goals by this action. If you have any questions use of special characters and any form AGENCY: Environmental Protection regarding the information in this notice, of encryption. Comment and data will Agency (EPA). consult the person listed under FOR also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 6.1/8.0/9.0 or ASCII file ACTION: Notice. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. format. All comments and data in VerDate Sep<04>2002 19:42 Sep 12, 2002 Jkt 197001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1 58042 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2002 / Notices electronic form must be identified by of older pesticides originally registered EPA is meeting the FFDCA’s tolerance the docket ID number [OPP–20002– before November 1, 1984. Pesticides reassessment requirements through 0121]. Electronic comments on this meeting today’s scientific and regulatory reregistration and several other program notice may also be filed online at many standards may be declared ‘‘eligible’’ for activities. In making reregistration Federal Depository Libraries. reregistration. To be eligible, an older eligibility decisions, the Agency also is pesticide must have a substantially completing much of tolerance D. How Should I Handle Information complete data base, and must not cause reassessment, within the time frames that I Believe is Confidential? unreasonable adverse effects to human mandated by the new law. EPA You may claim information that you health or the environment when used reassessed the first 33% of all food submit in response to this document as according to Agency approved label tolerances by August 3, 1999, and the confidential by marking any part or all directions and precautions. second 33% of all food tolerances by of that information as CBI. Information In addition, all pesticides with food August 3, 2002. EPA is focusing so marked will not be disclosed, except uses must meet the safety standard of particularly on priority Group 1 in accordance with procedures set forth section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, pesticides, those identified as posing the in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 21 U.S.C. greatest potential risks. Over half of the comment that does not contain CBI 346a, as amended by the Food Quality universe of tolerances to be reassessed must be submitted for inclusion in the Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. Under are included in this category, including public record. Information not marked FFDCA, EPA must make a tolerances for the organophosphate (OP) confidential will be included in the determination that pesticide residues pesticides, the Agency’s highest priority public docket by EPA without prior remaining in or on food are ‘‘safe’’; that for review. Carbamate, organochlorine, notice. is, ‘‘that there is reasonable certainty and B2 (probable human) carcinogen II. Background that no harm will result from aggregate pesticides also are included in priority exposure to the pesticide chemical Group 1. Although EPA is directing EPA must establish and publish in the residue’’ from dietary and other sources. most of its resources toward this group, Federal Register its annual performance In determining allowable levels of a number of Group 1 pesticides will measures and goals for pesticide pesticide residues in food, EPA must nevertheless be reassessed in the third reregistration, tolerance reassessment, perform a more comprehensive 33% owing to the challenging issues and expedited registration, under assessment of each pesticide’s