Notice2025-13688
Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Decision for 4-CPA; Notice of Availability
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Published
July 22, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This document announces the availability of and soliciting public comment on EPA's proposed registration review decision for 4- chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34494-34495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13688]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0750; FRL-12740-01-OCSPP]
Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Decision for 4-CPA;
Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of and soliciting
public comment on EPA's proposed registration review decision for 4-
chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0750, online 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:
For pesticide specific information: The Chemical Review Manager for
this pesticide is identified in Table 1 of Unit I.
For general information on the registration review program: Melanie
Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0701; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9aba0baaaa6ace7a4aca5a8a7a0ac89acb9a8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4868d97878b81ca898188858a8d81a4819485ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose of this Notice
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(a), this notice announces the
availability of EPA's proposed registration review decisions for 4-CPA
(Table 1) and opens a 60-day public comment period on the proposed
registration review decision.
Table 1--Proposed Registration Review Decision
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Chemical review manager and contact
Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. information
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4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA)............ EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0544 Christian <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5f7dadbd2d4c7d1d7dadbd2d4c7d19bd6ddc7dcc6c1dcd4dbf5d0c5d49bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41032e2f26203325232e2f262033256f22293328323528202f012431206f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>
(202) 566-2248.
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II. Background
EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemical listed in
the Table 1 of Unit I pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 3(g) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) and the
Procedural Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155,
subpart C. FIFRA Section 3(g) provides, among other things, that
pesticide registrations are to be reviewed every 15 years. Consistent
with 40 CFR 155.57, in its final registration review decision, EPA will
ultimately determine whether a pesticide continues to meet the
registration standard in FIFRA section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)).
As part of the registration review process, the Agency has completed a
proposed decision for the pesticide listed in Table 1 of Unit I.
The registration review docket for a pesticide includes documents
related to the registration review case. Among other things, these
documents describe EPA's rationales for conducting additional risk
assessments for the registration review of the pesticides included in
Table 1 of Unit I, as well as the Agency's subsequent risk findings and
consideration of possible risk mitigation measures. The proposed
registration review decision is supported by the rationales included in
those documents.
Consistent with 40 CFR 155.58(a), EPA provides for at least a 60-
day public comment period on proposed interim and proposed registration
review decisions. This comment period is intended to provide an
opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any
necessary amendments to the proposed decision.
For additional background on the registration review program, see:
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation">https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation</a>.
III. What action is the agency taking?
This notice is directed to the public in general and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be
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 applicability of this action to a particular entity,
consult the Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide in Table 1 of
Unit I. In submitting a comment to EPA, please consider the following:
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or email. Clearly mark the part or all the information
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on a disk or CD-ROM that
you mail to EPA,
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mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify
electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment
that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that
does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for
inclusion in the public docket. 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 and submitting
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>.
All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES and
must be received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments
will become part of the docket for the pesticide included in Table 1 in
Unit I. The Agency will consider all comments received by the closing
date and may respond to comments in a ``Response to Comments
Memorandum'' in the docket and/or in any subsequent interim or final
registration review decision, as appropriate.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: July 17, 2025.
Jean Anne Overstreet,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-13688 Filed 7-21-25; 8:45 am]
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