Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 178
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 178
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
There are 8 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FRs [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances:
Acetochlor; Boscalid; and Ametryn, Amitraz, Ammonium Soap Salts of Higher Fatty Acids, Bitertanol, Coppers, et al.
2. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Proposed Tolerance Actions: Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram
3. TOXICS - ND/CBI [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information under TSCA: Battelle Memorial Institute and Its Identified Subcontractors; CGI Federal Inc.; and Guident Technologies Inc. and Its Identified Subcontractors
4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Reregistration Eligibility Decisions: Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam
5. TOXICS - ND [2 Separate Announcements]. EPA. FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel: November 3 - 6, 2009; December 1-4, 2009
6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
7. WILDLIFE - FR. DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reinstatement of Protections for the Gray Wolf in the Western Great Lakes in Compliance With Settlement Agreement and Court Order
8. MIENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Indiana Michigan Power Company Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Notice of Issuance of Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206
CODES USED: THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.
REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES: AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT - Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: TOXICS - FRs [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances:
Acetochlor; Boscalid; and Ametryn, Amitraz, Ammonium Soap Salts of Higher Fatty Acids, Bitertanol, Coppers, et al.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - PR. EPA. Proposed Tolerance Actions: Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram
[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47507-47517]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0431; FRL-8431-4]
Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram; Proposed Tolerance Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to revoke certain tolerances for the
fungicides mancozeb and maneb. Also, EPA is proposing to modify certain
tolerances for the fungicides mancozeb, maneb, metiram, and thiram. In
addition, EPA is proposing to establish new tolerances for the
fungicides mancozeb, maneb, and metiram. The regulatory actions
proposed in this document are in follow-up to the Agency's
reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance reassessment program under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), section 408(q).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0431, 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 Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8037; e-mail address:
nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47507-47517]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0431; FRL-8431-4]
Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram; Proposed Tolerance Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to revoke certain tolerances for the
fungicides mancozeb and maneb. Also, EPA is proposing to modify certain
tolerances for the fungicides mancozeb, maneb, metiram, and thiram. In
addition, EPA is proposing to establish new tolerances for the
fungicides mancozeb, maneb, and metiram. The regulatory actions
proposed in this document are in follow-up to the Agency's
reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance reassessment program under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), section 408(q).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0431, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8037; e-mail address:
nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - ND/CBI [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information under TSCA: Battelle Memorial Institute and Its Identified Subcontractors; CGI Federal Inc.; and Guident Technologies Inc. and Its Identified Subcontractors
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Reregistration Eligibility Decisions: Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam
[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
[Notices]
[Page 47574-47575]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-5]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to amend the 2003 and
2005 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED) documents for the
antimicrobial pesticides Ziram and Ferbam (Reregistration Case 2180).
EPA conducted a reassessment of the Ziram and Ferbam REDs upon learning
that the salts Potassium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Sodium
Dimethyldithiocarbamate were not evaluated at the same time as the rest
of case 2180. The Agency has conducted a risk assessment and issued a
RED addendum for the Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts, which were
inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Reregistration
Eligibility Decision documents for Ziram and Ferbam. This notice opens
an additional 60-day public comment period for Dimethyldithiocarbamate
Salts because a previous comment period for the Risk Assessment portion
of this addendum was restricted to registrants only.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, 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 Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 47574-47575]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-5]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to amend the 2003 and
2005 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED) documents for the
antimicrobial pesticides Ziram and Ferbam (Reregistration Case 2180).
EPA conducted a reassessment of the Ziram and Ferbam REDs upon learning
that the salts Potassium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Sodium
Dimethyldithiocarbamate were not evaluated at the same time as the rest
of case 2180. The Agency has conducted a risk assessment and issued a
RED addendum for the Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts, which were
inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Reregistration
Eligibility Decision documents for Ziram and Ferbam. This notice opens
an additional 60-day public comment period for Dimethyldithiocarbamate
Salts because a previous comment period for the Risk Assessment portion
of this addendum was restricted to registrants only.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide
Registrations
[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
[Notices]
[Page 47581-47583]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-7]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is
issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to
voluntarily cancel and/or amend their registrations to terminate uses
of certain products containing the pesticides sodium
dimethyldithiocarbamate and potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate. The
requests would terminate dimethyldithiocarbamate salts use in or on
pressure-treated wood preservatives, sapstain, paints, coatings, and
cutting fluids, and prohibit ``open pour'' applications of one product.
The request(s) would not terminate the last dimethyldithiocarbamate
salts products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to
grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this
announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the
comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or
unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the
final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 2010. Written
requests to withdraw the cancellation must be received on or before
March 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, 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 Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 47581-47583]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-7]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is
issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to
voluntarily cancel and/or amend their registrations to terminate uses
of certain products containing the pesticides sodium
dimethyldithiocarbamate and potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate. The
requests would terminate dimethyldithiocarbamate salts use in or on
pressure-treated wood preservatives, sapstain, paints, coatings, and
cutting fluids, and prohibit ``open pour'' applications of one product.
The request(s) would not terminate the last dimethyldithiocarbamate
salts products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to
grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this
announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the
comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or
unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the
final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 2010. Written
requests to withdraw the cancellation must be received on or before
March 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility'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 (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: WILDLIFE - FR. DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reinstatement of Protections for the Gray Wolf in the Western Great Lakes in Compliance With Settlement Agreement and Court Order
[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47483-47488]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2009-0063; 92220-1113-0000; C6]
RIN 1018-AW80
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reinstatement of
Protections for the Gray Wolf in the Western Great Lakes in Compliance
With Settlement Agreement and Court Order
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are issuing
this final rule to comply with a court order that has the effect of
reinstating the regulatory protections under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA), for the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the
western Great Lakes. This rule corrects the gray wolf listing in our
regulations which will reinstate the listing of gray wolves in all of
Wisconsin and Michigan, the eastern half of North Dakota and South
Dakota, the northern half of Iowa, the northern portions of Illinois
and Indiana, and the northwestern portion of Ohio as endangered, and
reinstate the listing of wolves in Minnesota as threatened. This rule
also reinstates the former designated critical habitat for gray wolves
in Minnesota and Michigan and special regulations for gray wolves in
Minnesota.
DATES: This action is effective September 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: This final rule is available on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. It will also be available for inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111. Call 612-713-
5350 to make arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on wolves in the
western Great Lakes, contact Laura Ragan, Regional Listing Coordinator,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, at our Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES) or telephone 612-713-5350. Individuals
who are hearing-impaired or speech-impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1-800-877-8337 for TTY assistance.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47483-47488]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2009-0063; 92220-1113-0000; C6]
RIN 1018-AW80
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reinstatement of
Protections for the Gray Wolf in the Western Great Lakes in Compliance
With Settlement Agreement and Court Order
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are issuing
this final rule to comply with a court order that has the effect of
reinstating the regulatory protections under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA), for the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the
western Great Lakes. This rule corrects the gray wolf listing in our
regulations which will reinstate the listing of gray wolves in all of
Wisconsin and Michigan, the eastern half of North Dakota and South
Dakota, the northern half of Iowa, the northern portions of Illinois
and Indiana, and the northwestern portion of Ohio as endangered, and
reinstate the listing of wolves in Minnesota as threatened. This rule
also reinstates the former designated critical habitat for gray wolves
in Minnesota and Michigan and special regulations for gray wolves in
Minnesota.
DATES: This action is effective September 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: This final rule is available on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. It will also be available for inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111. Call 612-713-
5350 to make arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on wolves in the
western Great Lakes, contact Laura Ragan, Regional Listing Coordinator,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, at our Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES) or telephone 612-713-5350. Individuals
who are hearing-impaired or speech-impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1-800-877-8337 for TTY assistance.
