Federal Register
Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Peroxyacetic Acid; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Subject: WATER - PR. EPA. Stakeholder Input: Listening Session to Provide Information and Solicit Suggestions for Regulations Forthcoming Under the Clean Water Act
Public Listening Session: EPA intends to hold public listening
sessions to provide information to and gather information from the
public to assist EPA in the development of regulations for recreational
vessels. Written and oral statements will be accepted at the public
listening sessions. Input generated from the public listening sessions
will be compiled and archived in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119,
found at http://www.regulations.gov. The public listening session will
include an EPA discussion of the background of the CBA, a discussion of
the intent of the proposed regulation, and EPA's general approach to
the regulatory process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the CBA
or on the listening sessions, contact Brian Rappoli at 202-566-1548, or
e-mail cleanboatingact-hq@epa.gov.
Vol. 76, Issue 43
Friday, March 4, 2011
There are 2announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Peroxyacetic Acid; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
2. WATER - PR. EPA. Stakeholder Input: Listening Session to Provide Information and Solicit Suggestions for Regulations Forthcoming Under the Clean Water Act
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ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Peroxyacetic Acid; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11965-11969]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0021; FRL-8865-3]
Peroxyacetic Acid; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement
of a Tolerance
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation amends the existing tolerance exemption for
peroxyacetic acid by establishing an exemption from the requirement of
a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide peroxyacetic acid
(PAA) and its metabolites and degradates, including hydrogen peroxide
(HP) and acetic acid (AA), in or on all food commodities, when PAA is
used as a biochemical pesticide in accordance with good agricultural
practices. BioSafe Systems, LLC submitted a petition to EPA under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting that EPA amend
the existing PAA tolerance exemption. This regulation eliminates the
need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of PAA under
the FFDCA.
DATES: This regulation is effective March 4, 2011. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before May 3, 2011, and
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0021. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (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 in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal
Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Greene, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-0352; e-mail address: greene.cheryl@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11965-11969]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0021; FRL-8865-3]
Peroxyacetic Acid; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement
of a Tolerance
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation amends the existing tolerance exemption for
peroxyacetic acid by establishing an exemption from the requirement of
a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide peroxyacetic acid
(PAA) and its metabolites and degradates, including hydrogen peroxide
(HP) and acetic acid (AA), in or on all food commodities, when PAA is
used as a biochemical pesticide in accordance with good agricultural
practices. BioSafe Systems, LLC submitted a petition to EPA under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting that EPA amend
the existing PAA tolerance exemption. This regulation eliminates the
need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of PAA under
the FFDCA.
DATES: This regulation is effective March 4, 2011. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before May 3, 2011, and
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0021. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (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 in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal
Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Greene, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-0352; e-mail address: greene.cheryl@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: WATER - PR. EPA. Stakeholder Input: Listening Session to Provide Information and Solicit Suggestions for Regulations Forthcoming Under the Clean Water Act
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11980-11983]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Chapter I
[Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119; FRL-9275-4]
Stakeholder Input: Listening Session to Provide Information and
Solicit Suggestions for Regulations Forthcoming Under the Clean Water
Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of listening sessions.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is today announcing plans to hold ``listening
sessions'' on March 18 and April 29, 2011, to provide information about
the Clean Boating Act (CBA), and to gather recommendations from the
public for forthcoming regulation of recreational vessels under the
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 312(o). The listening sessions will be
held in Annapolis, MD. EPA may hold additional listening sessions in
other locations if there is sufficient interest. The CBA, which was
passed by Congress and signed into law in 2008, directs EPA to promulgate
regulations to establish management practices and associated standards
of performance for discharges incidental to the normal operation of
recreational vessels (e.g., bilgewater, ballast water, and graywater).
Because these regulations will affect the owners and operators of
approximately 17 million recreational vessels, EPA seeks to inform the
general public and regulated community of its plans for development of
the regulations, and to hear the views of the general public, the
recreational boating community, State agencies, and other interested
stakeholders.
DATES: The listening sessions will be held at 210 Holiday Court,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401, on March 18 and April 29, 2011, at 7 p.m.
EST. Any additional listening sessions that are scheduled will be
published in a forthcoming Federal Register document. If you would
prefer to provide written comments, EPA is asking for comments or
relevant information from the interested public to be submitted to the
docket on or before June 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your statements or input, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0119.
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code: 2822-1T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119.
Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West
Building Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the Docket's normal hours of operation (see below), and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. . .
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11980-11983]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Chapter I
[Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119; FRL-9275-4]
Stakeholder Input: Listening Session to Provide Information and
Solicit Suggestions for Regulations Forthcoming Under the Clean Water
Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of listening sessions.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is today announcing plans to hold ``listening
sessions'' on March 18 and April 29, 2011, to provide information about
the Clean Boating Act (CBA), and to gather recommendations from the
public for forthcoming regulation of recreational vessels under the
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 312(o). The listening sessions will be
held in Annapolis, MD. EPA may hold additional listening sessions in
other locations if there is sufficient interest. The CBA, which was
passed by Congress and signed into law in 2008, directs EPA to promulgate
regulations to establish management practices and associated standards
of performance for discharges incidental to the normal operation of
recreational vessels (e.g., bilgewater, ballast water, and graywater).
Because these regulations will affect the owners and operators of
approximately 17 million recreational vessels, EPA seeks to inform the
general public and regulated community of its plans for development of
the regulations, and to hear the views of the general public, the
recreational boating community, State agencies, and other interested
stakeholders.
DATES: The listening sessions will be held at 210 Holiday Court,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401, on March 18 and April 29, 2011, at 7 p.m.
EST. Any additional listening sessions that are scheduled will be
published in a forthcoming Federal Register document. If you would
prefer to provide written comments, EPA is asking for comments or
relevant information from the interested public to be submitted to the
docket on or before June 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your statements or input, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119 by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
OW-2011-0119.
Code: 2822-1T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119.
Building Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the Docket's normal hours of operation (see below), and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. . .
Public Listening Session: EPA intends to hold public listening
sessions to provide information to and gather information from the
public to assist EPA in the development of regulations for recreational
vessels. Written and oral statements will be accepted at the public
listening sessions. Input generated from the public listening sessions
will be compiled and archived in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0119,
found at http://www.regulations.gov. The public listening session will
include an EPA discussion of the background of the CBA, a discussion of
the intent of the proposed regulation, and EPA's general approach to
the regulatory process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the CBA
or on the listening sessions, contact Brian Rappoli at 202-566-1548, or
e-mail cleanboatingact-hq@epa.gov.
