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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP­
2002­
0269;
FRL­
7189­
6]

Ethoprop;
Availability
of
Interim
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
Document
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice.

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SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
availability
of
the
Interim
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
(
IRED)
document
for
the
pesticide
active
ingredient
ethoprop.
The
IRED
represents
EPA's
formal
regulatory
assessment
of
the
health
and
environmental
data
base
of
the
subject
chemical
and
presents
the
Agency's
interim
determination
regarding
which
pesticidal
uses
are
eligible
for
reregistration.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Anthony
Britten,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460­
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308­
8179;
e­
mail
address:
britten.
anthony@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may,
however,
be
of
interest
to
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA)
or
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA);
environmental,
human
health,
and
agricultural
advocates;
pesticide
users;
and
members
of
the
public
interested
in
the
use
of
pesticides.
Since
other
entities
may
also
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
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP­
2002­
0269.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305­
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
To
access
IRED
documents
and
IRED
fact
sheets
electronically,
go
directly
to
the
REDs
table
on
the
EPA
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
Web
site,
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
rere
gistration/
status.
htm
.
An
electronic
version
of
the
latest
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.

II.
Background
A.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?

EPA
has
assessed
the
risks
posed
by
the
use
of
the
active
ingredient
ethoprop,
and
issued
an
IRED
for
this
organophosphate
(
OP)
pesticide.
EPA
issues
an
IRED
for
a
pesticide
that
is
undergoing
reregistration,
requires
a
reregistration
eligibility
decision,
and
also
needs
a
cumulative
assessment
under
FQPA.
The
IRED,
issued
after
EPA
completes
the
individual
pesticide's
aggregate
risk
assessment,
may
include
taking
risk
reduction
measures;
for
example,
reducing
risks
to
workers
or
eliminating
uses
that
the
registrant
no
longer
wishes
to
maintain,
to
gain
the
benefits
of
these
changes
before
the
final
RED
can
be
issued
following
the
Agency's
consideration
of
cumulative
risks.
Through
cumulative
risk
assessment,
EPA
will
consider
whether
the
risks
posed
by
a
group
of
pesticides
that
act
the
same
way
in
the
body
meet
the
current
safety
standard
of
``
reasonable
certainty
of
no
harm''
as
defined
by
the
FQPA.
Provided
that
risk
mitigation
measures
stipulated
in
the
IRED
document
are
adopted,
EPA
has
made
the
determination
that
ethoprop
fits
into
its
own
``
risk
cup''­­
that
is,
its
individual
and
aggregate
risks
are
within
acceptable
levels.
Thus,
ethoprop
products,
except
for
the
liquid
formulation,
are
eligible
for
reregistration,
pending
consideration
of
the
cumulative
risk
for
all
OPs.
The
Agency
will
make
a
reregistration
eligibility
decision
for
the
liquid
formulation
of
ethoprop
at
a
later
time,
provided
certain
conditions
are
fulfilled.
All
registrants
of
pesticide
products
containing
the
active
ingredient
listed
in
this
document
have
been
sent
the
IRED
document,
and
must
respond
to
labeling
requirements
and
product
specific
data
requirements
(
if
applicable)
within
8
months
of
its
receipt.
Products
also
containing
other
pesticide
active
ingredients
will
not
be
reregistered
until
those
other
active
ingredients
are
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determined
to
be
eligible
for
reregistration.
The
reregistration
program
is
being
conducted
under
Congressionally
mandated
time
frames,
and
EPA
recognizes
both
the
need
to
make
timely
reregistration
decisions
and
to
involve
the
public.
EPA
worked
extensively
with
affected
parties
to
reach
the
decisions
presented
in
the
IRED
document.
Numerous
opportunities
for
public
comment
were
offered
as
the
IRED
was
being
developed.
The
ethoprop
IRED
document,
therefore,
is
issued
in
final,
without
a
formal
public
comment
period.

B.
What
is
the
Agency's
Authority
for
Taking
this
Action?

The
legal
authority
for
this
IRED
falls
under
FIFRA,
as
amended
in
1988
and
1996.
Section
4(
g)(
2)(
A)
of
FIFRA
directs
that,
after
submission
of
all
data
concerning
a
pesticide
active
ingredient,
``
the
Administrator
shall
determine
whether
pesticides
containing
such
active
ingredient
are
eligible
for
reregistration,''
before
calling
in
product
specific
data
on
individual
end­
use
products,
and
either
reregistering
products
or
taking
``
other
appropriate
regulatory
action.''

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
November
22,
2002.
Lois
Rossi,
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
02­
31163
Filed
12­
10­
02;
8:
45
am]

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