[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24063-24064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10265]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 26
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2018-0280; FRL-9991-84]
Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture;
Protection of Human Research Subjects
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of submission to the Secretary of Agriculture.
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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public as required by the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA
Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) a draft regulatory document concerning
protection of human research subjects. The draft regulatory document is
not available to the public until after it has been signed and made
available by EPA.
DATES: See Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-ORD-2018-0280, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is
(703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional
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information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Sinks, Office of the Science
Advisor, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-0221; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What action is EPA taking?
Section 25(a)(2)(B) of FIFRA requires the EPA Administrator to
provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft final rule at
least 30 days before signing it in final form for publication in the
Federal Register. The draft final rule is not available to the public
until after it has been signed by EPA. If the Secretary of USDA
comments in writing regarding the draft final rule within 15 days after
receiving it, the EPA Administrator shall include the comments of the
Secretary of USDA, if requested by the Secretary of USDA, and the EPA
Administrator's response to those comments with the final rule that
publishes in the Federal Register. If the Secretary of USDA does not
comment in writing within 15 days after receiving the draft final rule,
the EPA Administrator may sign the final rule for publication in the
Federal Register any time after the 15-day period.
II. Do any Statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this
notification?
No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the
Secretary of USDA. As such, none of the regulatory assessment
requirements apply to this document.
List of Subjects in Part 26
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedures,
Human research, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 10, 2019.
Richard Keigwin,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-10265 Filed 5-23-19; 8:45 am]
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