Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual Progress Report for 2020, 2021 and 2022; Notice of Availability
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the availability of EPA's progress report in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. This progress report also presents the total number of products registered under the "fast-track" provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22803]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125; FRL-12184-01-OCSPP]
Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Annual
Progress Report for 2020, 2021 and 2022; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of EPA's progress report in meeting its
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during
fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. This progress report also presents
the total number of products registered under the ``fast-track''
provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA).
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0125, online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Miederhoff, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0831; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c01050908091e04030a0a42091e050f2c091c0d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b66626e6f6e7963646d6d256e7962684b6e7b6a256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the integration of
tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and the status
of various regulatory activities associated with reregistration and
tolerance reassessment. Given the broad interest, the Agency has not
attempted to identify all the specific entities that may be interested
in this action.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This document announces the availability of EPA's progress report
in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide
reregistration during fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. This report
discusses the completion of tolerance reassessments; describes the
status of various regulatory activities associated with reregistration;
and provides the total number of products reregistered and products
registered under the ``fast-track'' provisions of FIFRA.
III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
FIFRA section 4(l), 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires EPA to publish
information about its annual achievements in meeting the performance
measures and goals for pesticide reregistration.
IV. Can I comment on this report?
EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public. Any
written comments received will be taken into consideration in the event
that EPA determines that further action is warranted. EPA does not
expect this report to lead to any particular action, and therefore is
not seeking particular public comments.
V. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI to EPA through email or
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. If you wish to include CBI in your
comment, please follow the applicable instructions at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules</a> and clearly mark the
information that you claim to be CBI. Information so marked will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing your comments,
see the commenting tips at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
VI. How can I get a copy of the report?
1. Docket. The report is available in the docket identified at the
beginning of this document.
2. EPA website. The report is also available on EPA's website at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/reregistration-and-other-review-programs-predating-pesticide-registration">https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation/reregistration-and-other-review-programs-predating-pesticide-registration</a>.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a-1(l).
Dated: September 27, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-22803 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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