Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Maleic Hydrazide; Availability for Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34064; FRL-4908-9]

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Maleic

Hydrazide; Availability for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision

document; opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration

Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the following active ingredient

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

period. The RED for the chemical listed are the Agency's formal

regulatory assessments of the health and environmental data base of the

subject chemical and present the Agency's determination regarding which

pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration.

DATES: Written comments on the RED must be submitted by November 14,

1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number

``OPP-34064'' and the case number, 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., S.W., Washington, DC 20460.

In person, deliver comments to: OPP Pesticide Docket, Rm. 1132, Crystal

Mall 2 (CM#2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above

listed RED document should be directed to the appropriate Chemical

Review Manager:

Maleic Hydrazide - Susanne Cerrelli - (703) 308-8077

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 Rm. 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) document for the pesticidal active

ingredient 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 the chemical 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 0381 - Maleic Hydrazide

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

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

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

call (703) 305-5805.

All registrants of products containing the listed active ingredient

have been sent the appropriate RED document 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: August 26, 1994.

Jay S. Ellenberger,

Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-22444 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]

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