[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13280-13281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1291]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0040; FRL-8112-3]
Pesticides; Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Disposal
Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide
Product Labels
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of a Pesticide
Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Disposal Instructions on
Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide Product Labels.''
PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to
inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about
important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and
serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel.
This particular PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant
concerning the updating and revision of PR Notice 2001-6 to clarify
that the use of a toll free number in the disposal instructions on non-
antimicrobial residential/household use pesticide product labels is
optional. If registrants choose to change or remove a toll free number
from the disposal instructions on their label, this notice provides
guidance on making such changes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Downing, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division, (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9071; fax
number: (703) 308-7026; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general; however this
action may be of particular interest to those persons who are
responsible for registration and reregistration of pesticide products.
Since other entities may also be
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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 information in this notice, 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 a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0040. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, 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.
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.
II. What Guidance Does this PR Notice Provide?
This PR Notice provides guidance to the registrant updating and
revising PR Notice 2001-6 to clarify that the use of a toll free number
in the disposal instructions on non-antimicrobial residential/household
use pesticide product labels is optional. If registrants choose to
change or remove a toll free number from the disposal instructions on
their label, this notice provides guidance on making such changes. This
notice supersedes PR Notice 2001-6 in its entirety and PR Notices 83-3
and 84-1 in part.
This notice provides guidance for the development of disposal
instructions for non-antimicrobial, residential/household use pesticide
product labels. EPA is providing instructions that direct consumers to
call their local authorities for specific disposal instructions in
order to provide state and local governments greater latitude in
carrying out their responsibilities for product disposal and waste
management programs.
This notice is directed to registrants of non-antimicrobial,
residential/household use products. Registrants using the revised
disposal statements provided in this notice may add the disposal
statements to their labels by notification or they may make the changes
with non-notification, according to PR Notice 98-10. The Agency expects
that registrants of existing products will begin to revise their labels
accordingly. All affected product labels were expected to have disposal
statements according to issued guidance by October 1, 2003. The
statements in this notice are not intended for non-residential/non-
household use (e.g., agricultural, commercial, or industrial use)
pesticide products where users generally have access to established
recycling and/or disposal procedures and programs.
III. Do PR Notices Contain Binding Requirements?
The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide
guidance to EPA personnel and decision makers and to pesticide
registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is
not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice.
Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance is not
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or
situation.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: March 2, 2007.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 07-1291 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]
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