Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Boric Acid and Its Sodium Salts, et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00373; FRL 4758-5]

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Boric Acid and

Its Sodium Salts, et al.

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, List C and List D, 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 May 16, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number

``OPP-00373'' 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., SW., 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 listed RED

documents should be directed to the appropriate Chemical Review

Managers:

Boric Acid and Its Sodium Salts - Mario Fiol - (703) 308-8049

Butylate - Judy Loranger - (703) 308-8056

Daminozide - Andrew Ertman - (703) 308-8063

Eugenol - Ruby Whiters - (703) 308-8079

Glyphosate - Eric Feris - (703) 308-8049 (TDD)

Inorganic Halides - Mark Wilhite - (703) 308-8586

Lauryl Sulfate Salts - Ron Kendall - (703) 308-8068

Phenyl-Ethyl-Propionate - Virginia Dietrich - (703) 308-8157

Sulfuryl Fluoride - Robert Richards- (703) 308-8057

Thymol - Kathleen Depukat - (703) 308-8587

Tris (Hydroxymethyl) Nitromethane - Ernestine Dobbins - (703)

308-8071

Wood Oils and Gums - Virginia Dietrich - (703) 308-8157.

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) documents for the pesticidal active

ingredients listed below. 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 0024 Boric Acid, Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate (Borax

Decahydrate), Sodium Tetraborate Pentahydrate (Borax Pentahydrate),

Sodium Tetraborate (Anhydrous Borax), Disodium Octaborate

Tetrahydrate, Disodium Octaborate (Anhydrous), and Sodium Metaborate

Case 0071 Butylate;

Case 0032 Daminozide;

Case 0178 Glyphosate

Case 0172 Sulfuryl Fluoride;

List C -

Case 3110 Phenyl-Ethyl-Propionate;

Case 3143 Thymol;

Case 3149 Tris (Hydroxymethyl) Nitromethane;

Case 3150 Wood Oils and Gums;

List D -

Case 4038 Eugenol;

Case 4051 Inorganic Halides (Sodium Bromide and Sodium

Chloride);

Case 4061 Lauryl Sulfate Salts

To request a copy of any of the listed RED documents, 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 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, with the

exception of eugenol and phenyl-ethyl-propionate. 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.

For products containing eugenol and phenyl-ethyl-propionate, the

Agency is considering these products for exemption from registration

under Section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide Act.

Therefore, no product specific labeling or data are being required at

this time.

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: March 8, 1994.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-6169 Filed 3-16-94; 8:45 am]

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