Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Mevinphos, et. al.; Notice of Availability; Opportunity to Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00392; FRL-4915-6]

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Mevinphos, et.

al.; Notice of Availability; Opportunity to Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision

documents; opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration

Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients

Mevinphos (List A, case 0250), N6-Benzyladenine (List B, case 2040),

and Periplanone B (List D, case 4115). This notice also announces a 60-

day public comment period. The REDs for the chemicals listed above 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 January 9,

1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number

``OPP-00392'' 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, Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. Copies of the REDs may be obtained from the Docket

Office listed above or by calling 703-305-5805.

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 Virginia address listed above, from 8

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the above

listed RED documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical

Review Managers: Mevinphos--Joshua First (703) 308-8032; N6-

Benzyladenine--Ruby Whiters (703) 308-8079; and Periplanone B--William

Wooge (703) 308-8794.

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.

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 other active ingredients will not be reregistered until

those other active ingredients are determined to be eligible for

reregistration.

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 affects a RED,

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

Register.

Dated: October 31, 1994.

Louis True,

Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-27844 Filed 11-9-94; 8:45 am]

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