Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 235
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 235
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
There are 6 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FRs [2 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances: Clothianidin; and Novaluron
2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Design for the Environment and Factual Product Label Statement Pilot Programs for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products
3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Drift Labeling and Petition to Protect Children from Pesticide Drift; Notices of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Policy Paper on Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food Uses; Notice of Availability
5. ENERGY/Efficiency - ND. DOE. Grace Period From Enforcement of Energy-Efficiency Certification for Residential Products
6. ALL - ND. Council on Environmental Quality. Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request for Comments
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 [2 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances: Clothianidin; and Novaluron
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Design for the Environment and Factual Product Label Statement Pilot Programs for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 65119-65120]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0888; FRL-8803-5]
Design for the Environment and Factual Product Label Statement
Pilot Programs for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Two Workgroups of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
(PPDC) worked throughout 2009 on possible pilot programs for certain
factual label statements and logos for antimicrobial pesticide
products. The Workgroup included representatives from pesticide
manufacturers (registrants), State pesticide regulatory agencies, U.S.
Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, environmental
and public advocacy groups, EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
and others. With this notice, EPA's Office of Pesticides Programs is
announcing the development of two voluntary pilot Programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hardy, Office of Pesticide
Programs (7501P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-6432;
fax number: (703) 308-4776; e-mail address: hardy.michael@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 65119-65120]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0888; FRL-8803-5]
Design for the Environment and Factual Product Label Statement
Pilot Programs for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Two Workgroups of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
(PPDC) worked throughout 2009 on possible pilot programs for certain
factual label statements and logos for antimicrobial pesticide
products. The Workgroup included representatives from pesticide
manufacturers (registrants), State pesticide regulatory agencies, U.S.
Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, environmental
and public advocacy groups, EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
and others. With this notice, EPA's Office of Pesticides Programs is
announcing the development of two voluntary pilot Programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hardy, Office of Pesticide
Programs (7501P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-6432;
fax number: (703) 308-4776; e-mail address: hardy.michael@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Drift Labeling and Petition to Protect Children from Pesticide Drift; Notices of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 65120-65121]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and 2009-0825; FRL-8801-4]
Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide
Drift Labeling and Petition to Protect Children from Pesticide Drift;
Notices of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued two related notices in the Federal Register of
November 4, 2009, one concerning draft guidance on pesticide drift
labeling, and one on a petition submitted to the Agency for protecting
children from pesticide drift. Both notices announced the availability
of the source documents and opened public comment periods of 60 days
(until January 4, 2010). Today's notice extends the comment period on
both notices for an additional 60 days, from January 4, 2010 to March
5, 2010.
DATES: Comments, identified by the docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, must be received on or
before March 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES
in the Federal Register documents of November 4, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628, Veronique
LaCapra, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-605-1525; e-mail
address: lacapra.veronique@epa.gov.
For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, Jill Bloom, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-308-8019; e-mail address:
bloom.jill@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 65120-65121]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and 2009-0825; FRL-8801-4]
Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide
Drift Labeling and Petition to Protect Children from Pesticide Drift;
Notices of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued two related notices in the Federal Register of
November 4, 2009, one concerning draft guidance on pesticide drift
labeling, and one on a petition submitted to the Agency for protecting
children from pesticide drift. Both notices announced the availability
of the source documents and opened public comment periods of 60 days
(until January 4, 2010). Today's notice extends the comment period on
both notices for an additional 60 days, from January 4, 2010 to March
5, 2010.
DATES: Comments, identified by the docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, must be received on or
before March 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES
in the Federal Register documents of November 4, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628, Veronique
LaCapra, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-605-1525; e-mail
address: lacapra.veronique@epa.gov.
For EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0825, Jill Bloom, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-308-8019; e-mail address:
bloom.jill@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Policy Paper on Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food
Uses; Notice of Availability
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 65121-65122]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0889; FRL-8803-2]
Policy Paper on Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers,
Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food
Uses; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is making available for comment a policy paper entitled
``Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Workers in
Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food Uses,'' that describes
how the Agency will assess pesticide risks not governed by the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. To provide comprehensive and consistent
evaluation of potential risks of food use pesticides, non-food use
pesticides, and related occupational exposures, EPA intends to apply
risk assessment techniques developed in implementing the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 to any pesticide risk assessment, whether it
falls under FQPA or not, as long as applying the risk assessment
technique is consistent with good scientific practice and is not
otherwise prohibited by law. Specifically, this will include using an
additional safety/uncertainty factor to protect children, considering
aggregate exposures to pesticides from multiple sources, and
considering cumulative effects which may occur from exposure to
multiple pesticides with a common mechanism of toxicity. Moreover,
risks will be explicitly reported for individuals who had not been
explicitly considered, specifically workers age 12-17 and children
taken into agricultural fields. Taking this step at this time has
important environmental justice ramifications. EPA anticipates that
implementing this policy will increase protections, especially for
agricultural workers and children of workers in agricultural fields.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0889, 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: Deborah Smegal, Health Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-0175; fax number: (703) 305-5147; e-mail
address: smegal.deborah@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 65121-65122]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0889; FRL-8803-2]
Policy Paper on Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers,
Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food
Uses; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is making available for comment a policy paper entitled
``Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Workers in
Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food Uses,'' that describes
how the Agency will assess pesticide risks not governed by the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. To provide comprehensive and consistent
evaluation of potential risks of food use pesticides, non-food use
pesticides, and related occupational exposures, EPA intends to apply
risk assessment techniques developed in implementing the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 to any pesticide risk assessment, whether it
falls under FQPA or not, as long as applying the risk assessment
technique is consistent with good scientific practice and is not
otherwise prohibited by law. Specifically, this will include using an
additional safety/uncertainty factor to protect children, considering
aggregate exposures to pesticides from multiple sources, and
considering cumulative effects which may occur from exposure to
multiple pesticides with a common mechanism of toxicity. Moreover,
risks will be explicitly reported for individuals who had not been
explicitly considered, specifically workers age 12-17 and children
taken into agricultural fields. Taking this step at this time has
important environmental justice ramifications. EPA anticipates that
implementing this policy will increase protections, especially for
agricultural workers and children of workers in agricultural fields.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0889, 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: Deborah Smegal, Health Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-0175; fax number: (703) 305-5147; e-mail
address: smegal.deborah@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - ND. DOE. Grace Period From Enforcement of Energy-Efficiency Certification for Residential Products
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 65105-65106]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Grace Period From Enforcement of Energy-Efficiency Certification
for Residential Products
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE) intent
to allow manufacturers subject to certain certification requirements to
remedy deficiencies in their certification submissions and/or to
certify covered products. DOE will refrain from initiating an
enforcement action for any violations of 10 CFR 430.62 that are
remedied prior to 30 days from the date of this Notice.
DATES: This Notice is effective December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laura Barhydt at 202-287-5772.
[Notices]
[Page 65105-65106]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Grace Period From Enforcement of Energy-Efficiency Certification
for Residential Products
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE) intent
to allow manufacturers subject to certain certification requirements to
remedy deficiencies in their certification submissions and/or to
certify covered products. DOE will refrain from initiating an
enforcement action for any violations of 10 CFR 430.62 that are
remedied prior to 30 days from the date of this Notice.
DATES: This Notice is effective December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laura Barhydt at 202-287-5772.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ALL - ND. Council on Environmental Quality. Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request for Comments
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 65102-65103]
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and
Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request
for Comments
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the
``Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and
Related Land Resources Implementation Studies,'' (P&G) dated March 10,
1983, consistent with a number of considerations enumerated in the
statute. The Administration has initiated the development of uniform
planning standards for the development of water resources that would
apply to water resources development programs and activities
government-wide, to agencies in addition to the traditional water
resources development agencies covered under the current Principles and
Guidelines: the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation
(Interior), Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA), and
Tennessee Valley Authority. Therefore, the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ), in coordination with the Office of Management and
Budget, has implemented a two phase interagency process revising the
planning guidance. The first phase focused on facilitating interagency
revisions to the ``Principles and Standards'' (Chapter I of the
existing P&G) of Principles and Guidelines for planning water resources
projects. The second phase will address revisions to the Procedures
(Chapters II through IV of the 1983 P&G)
Upon approval of the revised ``Principles and Standards'' and the
future revision of the Procedures, the entire revision will apply to
Federal water resources implementation studies including project
reevaluations and modifications except those commenced prior to the
issuance of the revised guidance. The purpose of this notice is to
provide an opportunity for interested individuals and organizations to
submit comments on the revised ``Principles and Standards''. Using
these comments and those from the National Academy of Sciences, CEQ
will lead an interagency effort to finalize the Principles and
Standards and draft the Procedures sections of the Principles and
Guidelines.
Draft Document for Review: The draft ``Principles and Standards''
for review can be accessed on the Internet at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/ or, upon
request, will be provided by mail or e-mail.
DATES: CEQ is inviting written comments and they will be accepted
through March 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to the Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov, FAX 202-456-6546,
or submitted via the CEQ Web page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Breyman, Deputy Associate
Director for Natural Resources, at 202-456-9721.
[Notices]
[Page 65102-65103]
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and
Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request
for Comments
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the
``Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and
Related Land Resources Implementation Studies,'' (P&G) dated March 10,
1983, consistent with a number of considerations enumerated in the
statute. The Administration has initiated the development of uniform
planning standards for the development of water resources that would
apply to water resources development programs and activities
government-wide, to agencies in addition to the traditional water
resources development agencies covered under the current Principles and
Guidelines: the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation
(Interior), Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA), and
Tennessee Valley Authority. Therefore, the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ), in coordination with the Office of Management and
Budget, has implemented a two phase interagency process revising the
planning guidance. The first phase focused on facilitating interagency
revisions to the ``Principles and Standards'' (Chapter I of the
existing P&G) of Principles and Guidelines for planning water resources
projects. The second phase will address revisions to the Procedures
(Chapters II through IV of the 1983 P&G)
Upon approval of the revised ``Principles and Standards'' and the
future revision of the Procedures, the entire revision will apply to
Federal water resources implementation studies including project
reevaluations and modifications except those commenced prior to the
issuance of the revised guidance. The purpose of this notice is to
provide an opportunity for interested individuals and organizations to
submit comments on the revised ``Principles and Standards''. Using
these comments and those from the National Academy of Sciences, CEQ
will lead an interagency effort to finalize the Principles and
Standards and draft the Procedures sections of the Principles and
Guidelines.
Draft Document for Review: The draft ``Principles and Standards''
for review can be accessed on the Internet at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/ or, upon
request, will be provided by mail or e-mail.
DATES: CEQ is inviting written comments and they will be accepted
through March 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to the Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov, FAX 202-456-6546,
or submitted via the CEQ Web page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Breyman, Deputy Associate
Director for Natural Resources, at 202-456-9721.
