Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Pronamide, et al; Availability for Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34059; FRL-4897-2]

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Pronamide, et

al; Availability for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision

documents; opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration

Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the following active

ingredients from List A, and this notice also starts a 60-day public

comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed are the Agency's

formal regulatory assessments of the health and environmental data base

of the subject chemicals and present the Agency's determination

regarding which pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration.

DATES: Written comments on the REDs must be submitted by August 29,

1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number

``OPP-34059'' and the case number (noted above), should be submitted

to: By mail: OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide

Docket, Room 1132, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the listed RED

documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review

Managers:

Pronamide - Karen Jones - (703) 308-8047

Tebuthiuron - Linda Propst - (703) 308-8165

Information submitted as a comment in response to this Notice may

be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information

as ``Confidential Business Information (CBI).'' Information so marked

will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in

40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked

confidential will be included in the public docket without prior

notice. The public docket and docket index will be available for public

inspection in Room 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration

Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticidal active

ingredients listed above. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act, as amended in 1988, EPA is conducting an accelerated

reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to make sure

they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. The data base to

support the reregistration of each of the chemicals listed above is

substantially complete. EPA has determined that all currently

registered products subject to reregistration containing these active

ingredients are eligible for reregistration.

List A -

Case 0082 Pronamide;

Case 0054 Tebuthiuron;

To request a copy of any of the above listed RED documents, or a

RED Fact Sheet, contact the OPP Pesticide Docket, Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, in Room 1132 at the address given above or

call (703) 305-5805.

All registrants of products containing one or more of the above

listed active ingredients have been sent the appropriate RED documents

and must respond to labeling requirements and product specific data

requirements (if applicable) within 8 months of receipt. Products

containing the other active ingredients will not be reregistered until

adequate product specific data have been submitted and all necessary

product label changes are implemented.

The reregistration program is being conducted under Congressionally

mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes both the need to make timely

reregistration decisions and to involve the public. Therefore, EPA is

issuing these REDs as final documents with a 60-day comment period.

Although the 60-day public comment period does not affect the

registrant's response due date, it is intended to provide an

opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any

necessary amendments to the RED. All comments will be carefully

considered by the Agency. If any comment significantly affect a RED,

EPA will amend the RED by publishing the amendment in the Federal

Register.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: June 21, 1994.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-15579 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]

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