Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Barium Metaborate Monohydrate, et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00377; FRL 4772-4]

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Barium

Metaborate Monohydrate, 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 June 13, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket number

``OPP-00377'' 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, Room 1132, 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:

Barium Metaborate Monohydrate - Brigid Lowery - (703) 308-8053

Methiocarb - Karen Jones - (703) 308-8047

Lithium Hypochlorite - Ronald Kendall - (703) 308-8068

Ethanolamine - Mark Wilhite - (703) 308-8586

Bromine - Mark Wilhite - (703) 308-8586

Mineral Acids - Kathryn Scanlon - (703) 308-8178

Peroxy Compounds - Rieman Rhinehart (703) 308-8584

Vegetable and Flour Oils - 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 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 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 below 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 0632 Barium Metaborate Monohydrate;

Case 0577 Methiocarb;

List C -

Case 3084 Lithium Hypochlorite;

Case 3070 Ethanolamine;

List D -

Case 4015 Bromine;

Case 4064 Mineral Acids;

Case 4072 Peroxy Compounds;

Case 4097 Vegetable and Flour Oils;

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: April 6, 1994.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-8874 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]

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