Washington, DC
April 4, 2007
[Federal Register: April 4, 2007
(Volume 72, Number 64)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16312-16315]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr04ap07-26]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 152, 156, 167, 168, 169, 172, and 174
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1003; FRL-8118-2]
RIN 2070-AJ32
Plant-incorporated protectants; potential revisions to
current production regulations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM).
SUMMARY: In light of the differences between plant-incorporated
protectants (PIPs) and other types of pesticides, EPA is
considering amendments to the current pesticide establishment
and production regulations promulgated under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and to
other related FIFRA regulations as needed for producers of PIPs.
PIPs are pesticidal substances that are intended to be produced
and used in a living plant, or the produce thereof, and the
genetic material necessary for the production of such
a pesticidal substance, and also include any inert ingredient
contained in the plant, or the produce thereof. Given these
characteristics, it is possible that PIPs may not be produced in
the manner contemplated when the current establishment and
production regulations were promulgated for other types of
pesticide. In this ANPRM, the Agency provides a list of the
general regulatory provisions applicable to PIPs that EPA is
considering amending and solicits public comment on the
completeness of the list and the scope of any potential changes
to these regulations. EPA also is soliciting information that
may be useful to EPA as it reviews these regulations and
developing the proposed rules. In addition to soliciting
comments through this ANPRM, EPA intends to solicit stakeholder
input through two public meetings during the comment period of
this ANPRM.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 13, 2007.
Full notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6151.pdf
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