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nosema locustae Pesticide Reregistration Eligibility Documents 4/93

Nosema Locustae; Pesticide Reregistration Eligibility Documents; 
Availability for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of reregistration eligibility 
documents; opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of the Reregistration 
Eligibility Document (RED) for the active ingredient nosema 
locustae, and the start of a 60-day public comment period. The 
RED for nosema locustae is the Agency's formal regulatory assessment 
of the health and environmental data base of the subject chemical, 
and presents the Agency's determination regarding which pesticidal 
uses of nosema locustae are eligible for reregistration. 

DATES: Written comments on the RED must be submitted by June 
14, 1993.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of comments identified with the docket 
number "OPP-00327" should be submitted to: By mail: Public Response 
and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (H7506C), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments 
to: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
VA. 

   Information submitted as a comment in response to this Notice 
may be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that 
information as "Confidential Business Information" (CBI). Information 
so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures 
set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does 
not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public 
docket. Information not marked confidential will be included 
in the public docket without prior notice. The public docket 
and docket index will be available for public inspection in 
Rm. 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. 
   To request a copy of the above RED, or a Red Fact Sheet, 
contact the Public 
Response and Program Resources Branch, in 
Rm. 1132, CM #2, at the address given above or call (703) 305-
5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical questions on the 
RED should be directed to the chemical review manager, Sue Rathman, 
at (703) 308-8069. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency has issued Reregistration 
Eligibility Documents for the pesticidal active ingredient: 
nosema locustae. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended in l988, EPA is conducting an accelerated 
reregistration program to reevaluate existing pesticides to 
make sure they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. 
The data base to support the reregistration of the chemical 
nosema locustae is substantially complete. EPA has determined 
that all currently registered products containing nosema locustae 
as an active ingredient are eligible for reregistration. 

   All registrants of products containing nosema locustae have 
been sent the appropriate RED and must respond to the labeling 
requirements and the product specific data requirements (if 
applicable) within 8 
months of receipt. These products will 
not be reregistered until adequate product specific data have 
been submitted and all necessary product label changes are implemented. 
   The reregistration program is being conducted under congressionally 
mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes both the need to make 
timely reregistration decisions and to involve the public. Therefore, 
EPA is issuing the RED as a final document with a 60-day comment 
period. Although the 60-day public comment period does not affect 
the registrant's response due date, it is intended to provide 
an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating 
any necessary amendments to the RED. All comments will be carefully 
considered by the Agency and if any of those comments impact 
on the RED, EPA will issue an amendement to the RED and publish 
a Federal Register Notice announcing its availability. 

   Dated: April 7, 1993.

Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs. 

FR Doc. 93-8566 Filed 4-13-93; 8:45 am

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