Notice2024-00518
Pesticides; Petition Seeking Rulemaking for Registration of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Other Systemic Insecticides; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
January 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
In the Federal Register of November 24, 2023, EPA announced the availability of and solicited comment on a petition received from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) requesting that the Agency initiate a rulemaking for neonicotinoid insecticides and other systemic insecticides. This document extends the comment period, which was scheduled to end on January 23, 2024, to March 25, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2222-2223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00518]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0428; FRL-11111-02-OCSPP]
Pesticides; Petition Seeking Rulemaking for Registration of
Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Other Systemic Insecticides; Notice of
Availability and Request for Comment; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of November 24, 2023, EPA announced
the availability of and solicited comment on a petition received from
the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) requesting that the Agency initiate a
rulemaking for neonicotinoid insecticides and other systemic
insecticides. This document extends the comment period, which was
scheduled to end on January 23, 2024, to March 25, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the document published in the Federal
Register of November 24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL-11111-01-OCSPP) is
extended. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0428, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caleb Hawkins, Office of Pesticide
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Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (202) 566-1430; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#773f16001c1e19045914161b12153712071659101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="501831273b393e237e33313c3532103520317e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To give stakeholders additional time to
review materials and prepare comments, EPA is hereby extending the
comment period established in the Federal Register document of November
24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL-11111-01-OCSPP) from January 23, 2024, to
March 25, 2024. More information on the action can be found in the
Federal Register of November 24, 2023.
To submit comments or access the docket, please follow the detailed
instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, consult
the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: January 8, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-00518 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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