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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0086; FRL-8134-2]

Implementation of the Emerging Pathogens and Disinfection
Hierarchy for Antimicrobial Products; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: To assure that EPA's practices related to implementing the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) are transparent and open to
public participation, EPA is soliciting comments on the pesticide draft
science guidance document entitled ``Implementation of the Emerging
Pathogens and Disinfection Hierarchy for Antimicrobial Products.''

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 24, 2007.

ADDRESSES:  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0086, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0086. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information

provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any

disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to:
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket

Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov web
site to view the docket index or access available documents. Although
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available either in the
electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available

in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bailey, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you formulate or
market pesticide products. Potentially affected entities may include,
but are not limited to:
    Antimicrobial pesticides (NAICS 325612)
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. To determine
whether you or your business may be affected by this action, you should
carefully examine the applicability provisions in the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended by the
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of August 3, 1996 Section 2(u). If
you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.

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 e-mail. 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 submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    There is a growing need for the public health community to
recognize and respond to unique threats from newly-identified microbial
pathogens (e.g., severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS Co-V) and re-
emerging infectious disease agents of importance (e.g., Vancomycin-
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)). Based upon contemporary
understanding of the physiochemical structure of microorganisms and
their respective inactivation kinetics, microorganisms can be ranked
with respect to their susceptibility to hard surface disinfectants.
    The guidance proposes to utilize an organism hierarchy to identify
products for use with emerging pathogens and to permit registrants, in
accordance with EPA regulations, to make limited label statements. The
guidance applies only to emerging enveloped and non-enveloped viruses
and may be implemented after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention has identified the taxonomic genera of the emerging virus.
Limitations, label recommendations and the process for implementation
are discussed in detail in the supporting guidance document. The
supporting implementation guidance is available in the docket at EPA-
HQ-OPP-2007-0086.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Disinfection
hierarchy, Emerging pathogens, Antimicrobial products.

    Dated: July 13, 2007.
Betty Shackleford,
Acting Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-53407; File No. SR-Phlx-2006-12]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change
Relating to Expansion of Time for Exercising Expiring Options and
Submitting Contrary Exercise Advices

March 3, 2006.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on February 13, 2006, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx''
or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Phlx
filed the proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule change
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
thereunder,\4\ which renders it effective upon filing with the
Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Phlx, pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Act \5\ and Rule 19b-
4 thereunder,\6\ proposes to amend Phlx Rule 1042 to add two additional
minutes within which one may make a final decision to exercise or not
exercise an option or deliver a contrary exercise advice (``CEA'') \7\
to the Exchange. The proposal is intended to conform Phlx Rule 1042 to
a change in the closing time for equity options and narrow-based index
options from 4:02 p.m. to 4 p.m. (EST).\8\ The text of the proposed
rule change is available on the Phlx's Web site (http://www.phlx.com),

at the Phlx's principal office, and at the Commission's Public
Reference Room.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \6\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \7\ A CEA is a communication either to not exercise an option
that would be automatically exercised pursuant to the Options
Clearing Corporation's (``OCC'') Exercise-by-Exception (``Ex-by-
Ex'') procedure, or to exercise an option that would not be
automatically exercised pursuant to the OCC's Ex-by-Ex procedure.
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53247 (February 7,
2006), 71 FR 8037 (February 15, 2006) (approving SR-Phlx-2006-01,
which amended Phlx Rules 101, 1012, 1047, 1047A, and 1101A and Phlx
Floor Procedure Advice (``OFPA'') G-2, so that equity options and
narrow-based index options may trade until 4 p.m. instead of 4:02
p.m. (EST). The proposed rule change did not affect broad-based
index options or exchange traded fund options trading until 4:15
p.m.). The 4 p.m. (EST) closing time was implemented on February 13,
2006 on an industry-wide basis.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposal. The text of these
statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below.
The Phlx has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C
below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The purpose of the proposed amendment to Phlx Rule 1042 is to
change the time for deciding whether to exercise an option and for
delivering a contrary exercise advice to conform to the new trading
hours for equity options and narrow-based index options.\9\
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    \9\ See supra note 8.
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    Currently, Phlx Rule 1042(c) establishes that on the business day
immediately prior to an expiration date, option holders may make final
decisions to exercise or not exercise options, and members and member
organizations may accept exercise instructions and submit CEAs to the
Exchange as late as 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. (EST), pursuant to
circumstances set forth in Phlx Rule 1042(c). Phlx Rule 1042(g)
establishes that where, on the last business day before the day of
expiration, the Exchange provides advance notice of a modified time for
the close of trading in equity options, the deadline to make a final
decision to exercise or not exercise an expiring option and to deliver
a CEA to the Exchange will be 1 hour 28 minutes or 2 hours 28 minutes
after the announced modified closing time, instead of the 5:30 p.m. or
6:30 p.m. (EST) deadline set by Phlx Rule 1042(c). The Exchange
proposes to add two minutes to each of these timeframes to correspond
to the two minute difference in trading time created by the change in
the close of trading time from 4:02 p.m. to 4 p.m. (EST).
    According to the Exchange, this proposal seeks only to change the
exercise timeframes for equity options, not index options, because the
Phlx Rule governing index options does not have pre-set times.
Accordingly, for index options, exercise forms submitted by
specialists, traders, and others must be time stamped no later than
five minutes after the close of trading on the day of the exercise.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b) of the Act \10\ in general, and furthers the
objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \11\ in particular, because it
is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to
remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open
market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect
investors and the public interest, by establishing expiring option
exercise and CEA timeframes similar to that of other options exchanges
and in conformity with new trading hours for equity options and narrow-
based index options.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Phlx has neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change: (1) Does not
significantly affect the protection of investors or the public
interest; (2) does not impose any significant burden on competition;
and (3) by its terms does not become operative for 30-days after the
date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may
designate if consistent with the protection of investors and the public
interest, the proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \12\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
thereunder.\13\
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \13\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).

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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \14\ normally
does not become operative prior to 30-days after the date of filing.
However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) permits the Commission to designate a
shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest. The Phlx has asked the Commission
waive the 30-day operative delay and the 5-day pre-filing requirement.
The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay and the
5-day pre-filing requirement is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest because such waiver will allow the
Phlx to immediately clarify its rule and conform it to the industry-
wide close of trading times now in effect. Accelerating the operative
date will allow for a more efficient and effective market operation by
offering clarity and internal consistency with existing Phlx rules. For
these reasons, the Commission designates the proposed rule change as
effective and operative immediately upon filing with the
Commission.\15\
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    \14\ Id.
    \15\ For the purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative date
of this proposal, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's
impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days after the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission may summarily abrogate the rule change if it
appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml.
); or     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include

File Number SR-Phlx-2006-12 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2006-12. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml
). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all

written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the
principal office of the Phlx. All comments received will be posted
without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying
information from submissions. You should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to
File Number SR-Phlx-2006-12 and should be submitted on or before April
3, 2006.
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    \16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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