

[Federal Register: December 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 234)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 70670-70671]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0664; FRL-8100-3]

 
Paraquat Dichloride; Pesticide Tolerance Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; Correction.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of September 
6, 2006, concerning establishing tolerances for residues of paraquat 
dichloride in or on various food and feed commodities. This document is 
being issued to correct typographical errors.

DATES: This final rule is effective December 6, 2006.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0664. All documents in the 
docket are listed on the regulations.gov

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web site. 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 either 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 Building), 2777 S. 
Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket 
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hope Johnson, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: 703-305-5410; e-mail address:johnson.hope@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the final 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?

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


II. What Does this Correction Do?

    In the Federal Register of September 6, 2006, (71 FR 52487), EPA 
issued a pesticide tolerance for residues of paraquate dichloride on 
various commodities. This document is amending 40 CFR 180.205 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations by changing the terminology used to refer 
to ``fruit, pome, group 12'' to correctly refer to ``fruit, stone, 
group 12.''

III. Why is this Correction Issued as a Final Rule?

    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an Agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 
to the public interest, the Agency may issue a final rule without 
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has 
determined that there is good cause for making today's technical 
correction final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment, 
because the use of notice and comment procedures are unnecessary to 
effectuate this correction. As such, EPA finds that this constitutes 
good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).

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

    No. This action only corrects errors in the amendatory language for 
a previously published final rule and does not impose any new 
requirements. EPA's compliance with the statutes and Executive Orders 
for the underlying rule is discussed in Unit VII. of the September 6, 
2006, final rule (71 FR 52487).

V. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the Agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of this final rule in the Federal Register. This final 
rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agriculutural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: November 22, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is corrected as follows:

PART 180--AMENDED

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.


Sec.  180.205  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  180.205, the table to paragraph (a) is amended by revising 
the commodity term ``fruit, pome, group 12'' to read ``fruit, stone, 
group 12.''
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