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[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0794; FRL-9947-88]

Registration Review; Draft Ecological and/or Human Health Risk
Assessments; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's draft human
health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of
carfentrazone-ethyl, copper compounds, mineral acids, spinosad, and
spinetoram and opens a public comment period on these documents.
Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations
to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory
standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. As part of the registration review process, the
Agency has completed comprehensive draft human health and/or ecological
risk assessments for all chemicals listed in the Table of Unit III.
After reviewing comments received during the public comment period, EPA
will issue revised risk assessments, explain any changes to the draft
risk assessments, and respond to comments and may request public input
on risk mitigation before completing proposed registration review
decisions for the chemicals listed in the Table of Unit III. Through
this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is
based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects
on human health and the environment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0794, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For pesticide specific information contact: The Chemical Review
Manager listed in the Table of Unit III.
    For general questions on the registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity,
consult the Chemical Review Manager listed in the Table of Unit III.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed
in the Table of Unit III pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C.
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the
use of a pesticide in or on food.

III. Registration Reviews

    As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations for the chemicals listed in the Table in this Unit to
ensure that they continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for
registration--that is, that these chemicals can still be used without
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.

  Table--Draft Risk Assessments Being Made Available for Public Comment
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                                                       Chemical review
  Registration review case                             manager, email
     name (and case No.)          Docket ID No.         address, and
                                                        telephone No.
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Carfentrazone-ethyl (7422)..  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0815  Matthew Manupella,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(703) 347-
                                                     0411.
Copper Compounds: Copper      EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212  Jordan Page,
 sulfate (0636), Copper<EMAIL_ADDRESS> compound group II (0649),                           ,<PHONE_NUMBER>
 Copper salts (4026), Copper                         Stephen Savage,
 and Oxides (4025<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(703) 347-
                                                     0345.
Mineral Acids (4064)........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0766  Stephen Savage,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(703) 347-0345
                                                     Matthew Manupella,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(703) 347-
                                                     0411.
Spinosad (7421).............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0667  Roy Johnson,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>                                                     ,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Spinetoram (7448)...........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0666  Roy Johnson
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>                                                     ,<PHONE_NUMBER>
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    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c), EPA is providing an opportunity,
through this notice of availability, for interested parties to provide
comments and input concerning the Agency's draft human health and/or
ecological risk assessments for the chemicals listed in the Table in
this Unit. Such comments and input could address, among other things,
the Agency's risk assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied
to these draft risk assessments. The Agency will consider all comments
received during the public comment period and make changes, as
appropriate, to the draft ecological and/or human health risk
assessments. EPA will then issue revised risk assessments, explain any
changes to the draft risk assessments, and respond to comments. In the
Federal Register notice announcing the availability of the revised risk
assessments, if the revised risk assessment indicates risks of concern,
the Agency may provide a comment period for the public to submit
suggestions for mitigating the risk identified in the revised risk
assessment before developing proposed registration review decisions for
the chemicals listed in the Table in this Unit.
    1. Other related information. Additional information on the
registration review status of the chemicals listed in the Table in this
Unit, as well as information on the Agency's registration review
program and on its implementing regulation is available at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
    2. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
     To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
     The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or
videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
     Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
     Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
    As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions
required in the final decision on the registration review case have
been completed.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: September 9, 2016.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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[Federal Register: June 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 110)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 32274]
[DOCID:fr06jn08-25]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0228; FRL-8567-5]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) portion of the
California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Under authority of the
Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act), we are proposing to
approve a local rule that requires submission of emission statements
from stationary sources that emit volatile organic compounds and oxides
of nitrogen.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by July 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2008-0228, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (AIR-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you
consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as
such and should not be submitted through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all documents
in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI).
To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment
during normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae Wang, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-
4124<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local
rule: SMAQMD Rule 105, Emission Statement, adopted by the SMAQMD on
September 5, 1996. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal
Register, we are approving this local rule in a direct final action
without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not
controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish
a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments
in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Please note that if
we receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of
this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of
the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are
not the subject of an adverse comment.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: April 11, 2008.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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