

[Federal Register: February 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 24)]
[Notices]               
[Page 6072]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-EPA-HQ-2005-0252; FRL-7762-3]

 
Iodomethane Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of January 6, 
2006, concerning the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment 
and related documents for the fumigant iodomethane. These documents can 
be viewed in the docket. This document is extending the comment period 
for 15 days, from February 6, 2006 to February 21, 2006.

DATES: Comments, identified by the docket identification number OPP-
EPA-HQ-2005-0252, must be received on or before February 21, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of January 6, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary L. Waller, Registration Division 
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 308-9354; fax number: (703) 308-1825; e-mail address: 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

     The Agency included in the proposed rule a list of those who may 
be potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding 
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

     Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/     In addition to using EDOCKET http://www.epa.gov/edocket/., you may 

access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA 
Internet under the ``Federal Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
 A frequently updated electronic version of 40 CFR part 180 

is available at E-CFR Beta Site Two at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/.

     EDOCKET, EPA's electronic public docket and comment system was 
replaced on November 25,2005, by an enhanced Federal-wide electronic 
docket management and comment system located at http://www.regulations.gov/.
 Follow the on-line instructions.


II. What Action is EPA taking?

     This document extends the public comment period established in the 
Federal Register issued on January 6, 2006 (71 FR 930). In that 
document, EPA made available the human health risk assessment for 
iodomethane. Iodomethane is a new chemical proposed for use as a pre-
plant fumigant to control soil borne pests including weed seeds, 
nematodes, insects, and diseases in fields intended for commercial 
production of strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, turf, ornamentals 
(flowers grown for cutting, bulbs, and nursery plants), trees and 
vines. EPA is hereby extending the comment period, which was set to end 
on February 6, 2006, to February 21, 2006.

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

     Section 3 of FIFRA directs that ``the Administrator may by 
regulation limit the distribution, sale, or use in any State of any 
pesticide that is not registered under this Act and that is not the 
subject of an experimental use permit under section 4 or an emergency 
exemption under section 18.

IV. Do Any Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Apply to this Action?

     No. This action is not a rulemaking, it merely extends the date by 
which public comments on a risk assessment must be submitted to EPA as 
announced in a Notice of Availability that previously published in the 
Federal Register of January 6, 2006 (71 FR 930).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: February 1, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 06-1082 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]

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