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BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8173-7] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Meeting of the Science Advisory Board AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board

(SAB)Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the chartered SAB to discuss EPA Regional science programs, review and approve one or more draft SAB Committee reports, and continue the planning of upcoming SAB meetings. DATES: The dates for the meeting are Thursday, June 22, 2006, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Friday, June 23, 2006, from 8 a.m.-12 noon (Eastern Time). ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Region 2 Headquarters Office, 290 Broadway, Room 27A, New York, NY 10007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to obtain further information about this meeting may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by mail at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at

(202)343-9982; by fax at

(202)233-0643; or by e-mail at: *miller.tom@epa.gov.* The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at: *http://www.epa.gov/sab.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. *Background:* At this meeting, the Science Advisory Board will:

(a)Receive briefings from Regional management and scientists about regional science programs and identify opportunities for SAB and Regional office interactions; and

(b)review at least one draft SAB report. Any additional items to be discussed, as well as any draft reports to be reviewed, will be posted on the SAB Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/sab* prior to the meeting. *Availability of Meeting Materials:* Materials in support of this meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/sab* in advance of this meeting. *Procedures for Providing Public Input:* Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to consider during the advisory process. *Oral Statements:* In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no more than one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Mr. Miller, DFO, at the contact information provided above, by June 15, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for the June 22, 2006 meeting. *Written Statements:* Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by June 15, 2006, so that the information may be made available to the SAB for their consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). *Meeting Accommodations:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Thomas Miller at

(202)343-9982, or via e-mail at *miller.tom@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Mr. Miller, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: May 18, 2006. Anthony Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6-7927 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460; FRL-8174-2] Board of Scientific Counselors Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meeting—June 2006 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors

(BOSC)Computational Toxicology Subcommittee. DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday June 19, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will continue on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted up to 1 business day before the meeting. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Research Triangle Park

(RTP)Campus, EPA Main Building (Room C113), 109 T. W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460, by one of the following methods: • *http://www.regulations.gov:* Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *E-mail:* Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: *ORD.Docket@epa.gov* , Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460. • *Fax:* Fax comments to:

(202)566-0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460. • *Mail:* Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific Counselors Computational Toxicology Meeting—June 2006 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460. • *Hand Delivery or Courier.* Deliver comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460. Note: this is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. *Instructions:* Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0460. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through *http://www.regulations.gov* or e-mail. The *http://www.regulations.gov* Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through *http://www.regulations.gov* , your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.* *Docket:* All documents in the docket are listed in the *http://www.regulations.gov* index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in * http://www.regulations.gov* or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific Counselors Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meeting—June 2006 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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 ORD Docket is

(202)566-1752. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via mail at: Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:

(202)564-3408; via fax at:

(202)565-2911; or via e-mail at: *kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or making a presentation at the meeting may contact Lorelei Kowalski, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes. Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited to: Overviews of the Computational Toxicology Research Program

(CTRP)Implementation Plan and National Center for Computational Toxicology

(NCCT)activities; overviews of two Science to Achieve Results

(STAR)Bioinformatics Centers; research project presentations on ToxCast, Virtual Liver, and Toxicogenomics; Communities of Practice presentations on Chemoinformatics, Chemical Prioritization, Biological Modeling, and Cumulative Risk; a poster session; and wrap up with presentation of Preliminary Findings, Draft Letter Report, and Action Items. The meeting is open to the public. *Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Lorelei Kowalski at

(202)564-3408 or *kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov* . To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: May 16, 2006. Kevin Y. Teichman, Director, Office of Science Policy. [FR Doc. E6-7926 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0253; FRL-8068-4] Propylene Oxide; Notice of Receipt of Request to Terminate Gum Uses on Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by ABERCO, Inc. to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the **Federal Register** . DATES: The deletions are effective on June 23, 2006, unless the Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or before June 23, 2006. The Agency will consider withdrawal request postmarked no later than June 23, 2006. Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact ABERCO, Inc. on or before June 23, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0253, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP)Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. • *Delivery* : OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building); 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0253. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation for this docket facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bartow, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)603-0065; fax number:

(703)308-8041; e-mail address: *bartow.susan@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use pesticides, 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 information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. *Docket* . EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket identification number

(ID)[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0253; FRL-8068-4]. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at *http://www.regulations.gov* . 2. *Electronic access* . You may access this **Federal Register** document electronically through the EPA Internet under the “ **Federal Register** ” listings at *http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/* . II. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrant ABERCO, Inc. to voluntarily terminate edible gum (including but not limited to guar) and nonfood gum uses of 47870-1, 47870-2, and 47870-3 PPO product registrations. PPO is an insecticidal fumigant used on several food items such as processed spices, cocoa (beans and powder), and in-shell and processed nutmeats (except peanuts). PPO also has nonfood uses for bird seeds, cosmetic articles, gums, ores, packaging, pigments, pharmaceutical materials, and discarded nut shells prior to disposal. In a letter dated April 20, 2006, ABERCO, Inc. requested EPA to terminate PPO's use on all gums for pesticide product registrations identified in this notice (Table 1). Specifically, ABERCO, Inc. requests that all references to any gum use be deleted from the following, “For non food use as an insecticidal fumigant for the control of stored product insects in bird seed, cosmetic articles and ingredients, gums, ores, packaging, pigments, pharmaceutical materials, and discarded nut shells prior to disposal.” In addition, ABERCO, Inc. requests that the following use be terminated and that any reference to it be deleted, “For non food use as an insecticidal fumigant for the control of stored product insects in gums.” ABERCO, Inc. requests provisions for sale, distribution, and use of existing stocks, as EPA defined that term at 56 Fed. Reg. 29362, as follows:

(1)Registrants may sell and distribute existing stocks for one year from the date of this letter making the use termination request, and

(2)The product may be sold, distributed, and used by people other than the registrant until their stocks have been exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, and use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the product. There will be no more PPO pesticide products registered in the United States for gum use. **Table 1.—Registrations With Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations** EPA Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Delete from label 47870-1 Propylene Oxide Propylene Oxide edible gums (including but not limited to guar) and nonfood gums 47870-2 Propylene Oxide Technical Propylene Oxide edible gums (including but not limited to guar) and nonfood gums 47870-3 Propoxide 892 Propylene Oxide edible gums (including but not limited to guar) and nonfood gums Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact ABERCO, Inc. (9430 Lanham Severn Road, Seabrook, MD 20706-2651) before June 23, 2006 to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment. This 30 day period will also permit interested members of the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the deletion. III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless: 1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or 2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. The PPO registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests. Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30-days of publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued amending the affected registrations. IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must submit the withdrawal in writing to Susan Bartow using the methods in ADDRESSES . The Agency will consider written withdrawal requests postmarked no later than June 23, 2006. V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. In any order issued in response to this request for amendment(s) to terminate gum uses, the Agency proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products identified or referenced in Table 1:

(1)The registrant may sell and distribute existing stocks for one year from the date of this letter making the use termination request, and

(2)The product may be sold, distributed, and used by people other than the registrant until their stocks have been exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, and use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the product. If the request for voluntary cancellation and use termination is granted as discussed above, the Agency intends to issue a cancellation order that will allow persons other than the registrant to continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of cancelled products until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved labeling. If, as the Agency currently intends, the final cancellation order contains the existing stocks provision just described, the order will be sent only to the affected registrants of the cancelled products. If the Agency determines that the final cancellation order should contain existing stocks provisions different than the ones just described, the Agency will publish the cancellation order in the **Federal Register** . List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: May 15, 2006. Debra Edwards, Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-7832 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0269; FRL-8061-8] Ethoprop; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Amend to Terminate Uses of Pesticide Registration AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily amend its registration to terminate certain uses of a pesticide product containing the emulsifiable concentrate

(EC)formulation of the pesticide ethoprop. The request would terminate the EC formulation of ethoprop use in or on banana, cucumber, pineapple, and tobacco crops. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws its request within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0269, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: *http://www.regulations.gov* .Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Office of Pesticide Programs

(703)305-5805. *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0269. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation for this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Guerry, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(703)305-0024; fax number:

(703)308-8005; e-mail address: *guerry.jacqueline@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. 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, human health, 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 person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. * Submitting CBI* . Do not submit this information to EPA through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, 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 submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Cancel and/or Amend Registrations to Delete Uses This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from the registrant, Bayer CropScience, to amend to terminate uses of EPA Registration Number 264-458, Mocap 6EC, product registration. In a letter dated February 17, 2006, Bayer CropScience requested EPA to amend to terminate uses of pesticide product registrations identified in Table 1 of this notice for use on banana, cucumber, pineapple, and tobacco crops. Specifically, the registrant identified that these crops had little to no usage of Mocap 6EC, and/or Mocap 6EC could not be applied in a manner consistent with the occupational handler engineering controls required by the 2001 Ethoprop Interim Reregistration Decision (IRED). Mocap 6EC is the only EC formulation of ethoprop registered in the United States. However, these uses remain on the granular formulation of ethoprop registered in the United States. III. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant to amend to terminate uses of the EC formulation of ethoprop product registrations. The affected products and the registrant making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit, respectively. Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless: 1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or 2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. The ethoprop registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests. Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued amending the affected registrations. **Table 1.— Ethoprop Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment** Registration No. Product Name Company 264-458 Mocap 6EC Bayer Crop Science Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for the registrant of the product listed in Table 1 of this unit. **Table 2.— Registrant Requesting Voluntary Amendments.** EPA Company No. Company name and address 264 Bayer CropScience 2 T.W. Alexander Drive P.O. Box 12014 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the **Federal Register** . Thereafter, following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such a request. V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request to Amend to Terminate Uses of the EC Formulation of Ethoprop Pesticide Products Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , postmarked before June 23, 2006. This written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the product has been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling. VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. If the request for voluntary use termination is granted as discussed above, the Agency intends to issue a cancellation order that will allow persons other than the registrant to continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of cancelled products until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved labeling. If, as the Agency currently intends, the final cancellation order contains the existing stocks provision just described, the order will be sent only to the affected registrant of the cancelled product. If the Agency determines that the final cancellation order should contain existing stocks provisions different than the ones just described, the Agency will publish the cancellation order in the **Federal Register** . List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: May 11, 2006. Debra Edwards, Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-7932 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget May 16, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission

(FCC)has received Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Laurenzano, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC, 20554,

(202)418-1359 or via the Internet at *plaurenz@fcc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control No.:* 3060-0763. *OMB Approval date:* 04/26/2006. *Expiration Date:* 04/30/2009. *Title:* The ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report. *Form No.:* FCC Report 43-06. *Estimated Annual Burden:* 7 responses; 5,040 total annual burden hours; 720 hours per respondent. *Needs and Uses:* This collection was submitted as an extension to an existing collection. ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of revenue requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. The ARMIS 43-06 Report reflects the results of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by individual carriers from residential and business customers. The ARMIS 43-06 captures trends in service quality as a result of consumer satisfaction surveys. *OMB Control No.:* 3060-0848. *OMB Approval date:* 04/26/2006. *Expiration Date:* 04/30/2009. *Title:* Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147. *Form No.:* N/A. *Estimated Annual Burden:* 1,750 responses; 165,600 total annual burden hours; 05—44 hours per respondent. *Needs and Uses:* This collection was submitted as an extension to an existing collection. This collection of information implements Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. In CC Docket Nos. 98-147 and 96-98, the Commission sought to further Congress's goal of promoting innovation and investment by all participating in the telecommunications marketplace, in order to stimulate competition for all services, including advanced services. In furtherance of this goal, the Commission imposes certain collections of information on incumbent local exchange carriers

(LECs)in order to ensure compliance with the incumbent LEC's collocation obligations and to assist incumbent LECs in protecting network integrity. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-7842 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 03-123; FCC 06-67] Notice of Certification of Snap Telecommunications, Inc. as a Provider of Video Relay Service

(VRS)Eligible for Compensation From the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS)Fund AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission grants Snap Telecommunications, Inc.

(Snap)certification as a VRS provider eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund. The Commission concludes that Snap has demonstrated that its provision of VRS will meet or exceed all operational, technical, and functional TRS standards set forth in the Commission's rules; that it makes available adequate procedures and remedies for ensuring compliance with applicable Commission rules; and that to the extent Snap's service differs from the mandatory minimum standards, the service does not violate the rules. DATES: Effective May 8, 2006. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC 20554. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Hlibok, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at

(202)418-0431 (TTY), or e-mail at *Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's document FCC 06-67, released May 8, 2006, addressing an application for certification filed by Snap Telecommunications, Inc. on January 25, 2006. On May 9, 2006, the Commission released an Erratum to document FCC 06-67. *See Notice of Certification of Snap Telecommunications, Inc. as a Provider of Video Relay Service

(VRS)Eligible for Compensation from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS)Fund* , Erratum, in CG Docket No. 03-123, the full text of document FCC 06-67, the Erratum, and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document FCC 06-67, the Erratum, and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the Commission's duplicating contractor at its Web site *http://www.bcpiweb.com* or by calling 1-800-378-3160. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to *fcc504@fcc.gov* or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at

(202)418-0530 (voice),

(202)418-0432 (TTY). Document FCC 06-67 and the Erratum can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format

(PDF)at: *http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro* . Synopsis On January 25, 2006, Snap Telecommunications, Inc.

(Snap)filed an application for certification, (Snap Telecommunications, Inc., *VRS Certification Application of Snap Telecommunications, Inc.* , CG Docket No. 03-123 (January 25, 2006)) as a VRS provider eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund

(Fund)pursuant to the recently adopted VRS and Internet Protocol

(IP)Relay provider certification rules. *See Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities* , Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 05-203 (December 12, 2005); published at 70 FR 76208, December 23, 2005 ( *2005 VRS Provider Order* ); 47 CFR 64.605(a)(2) of the Commission's rules. Prior to the *2005 VRS Provider Order* , an entity desiring to offer TRS and receive compensation from the Fund had to meet one of the three eligibility standards set forth in 47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(F) of the Commission's rules. Snap's application is granted, subject to the conditions noted below. On December 12, 2005, the Commission released an order adopting new rules permitting carriers desiring to offer VRS and receive payment from the Fund to seek certification as a provider eligible for compensation from the Fund. *2005 VRS Provider Order, supra* . The rules require entities seeking such certification to submit documentation to the Commission setting forth, in narrative form:

(i)a description of the forms of TRS to be provided ( *i.e.* , VRS and/or IP Relay);

(ii)a description of how the provider will meet all non-waived mandatory minimum standards applicable to each form of TRS offered;

(iii)a description of the provider's procedures for ensuring compliance with all applicable TRS rules;

(iv)a description of the provider's complaint procedures;

(v)a narrative describing any areas in which the provider's service will differ from the applicable mandatory minimum standards;

(vi)a narrative establishing that services that differ from the mandatory minimum standards do not violate applicable mandatory minimum standards;

(vii)demonstration of status as a common carrier; and

(viii)a statement that the provider will file annual compliance reports demonstrating continued compliance with these rules. 47 CFR 64.605(a)(2) of the Commission's rules. The rules further provide that after review of the submitted documentation, the Commission shall certify that the VRS provider is eligible for compensation from the Fund if the Commission determines that the certification documentation:

(i)establishes that the provision of VRS * * * will meet or exceed all non-waived operational, technical, and functional minimum standards contained in § 64.604 of the Commission's rules;

(ii)establishes that the VRS * * * provider makes available adequate procedures and remedies for ensuring compliance with the requirements of this section and the mandatory minimum standards contained in § 64.604 of the Commission's rules, including that it makes available for TRS users informational materials on complaint procedures sufficient for users to know the proper procedures for filing complaints; and

(iii)where the TRS service differs from the mandatory minimum standards contained in § 64.604 of the Commission's rules, the VRS * * * provider establishes that its service does not violate applicable mandatory minimum standards. 47 CFR 64.605(b)(2) of the Commission's rules. The Commission has reviewed Snap's application pursuant to these rules. The Commission concludes that Snap has demonstrated that its provision of VRS service will meet or exceed all operational, technical, and functional TRS standards set forth in 47 CFR 64.604 of the Commission's rules; that it makes available adequate procedures and remedies for ensuring compliance with applicable Commission rules; and that to the extent Snap's service differs from the mandatory minimum standards, the service does not violate the rules. *See, e.g., Snap Application* at 14 (noting that Snap will offer picture caller ID). The Commission also notes, however, that Snap indicates that it plans to offer service only via a particular Internet protocol that, without translation, is not interoperable with videophone devices employed by other VRS providers. *See generally Snap Application* at 6 (noting the H.323 and SIP Internet standards); Snap *ex parte* letter, CG Docket No. 03-123 (filed March 31, 2006); Snap *ex parte letter,* CG Docket No. 03-123 (filed March 22, 2006). The Commission notes that it has adopted a declaratory ruling requiring the interoperability of VRS equipment and services. *See Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities* , CG Docket No. 03-123, Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 06-57 (adopted May 3, 2006) (addressing California Coalition of Agencies Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCASDHH), *Petition for Declaratory Ruling on Interoperability* , CC Docket No. 98-67, CG Docket No. 03-123, DA 05-509 (filed February 15, 2005)). The Commission conditions this grant of certification upon compliance with that order. *See also* 47 CFR 64.605(e)(2) of the Commission's rules (Commission may require certified providers to submit documentation demonstrating compliance with the mandatory minimum standards). Further, Snap must file an annual report with the Commission evidencing that they are in compliance with § 64.604 of the Commission's rules. *See* 47 CFR 64.605(g) of the Commission's rules. The first such report shall be due one year after May 8, 2006, and subsequent reports shall be due each year thereafter. This certification, as conditioned herein, shall remain in effect for a period of five years from the release date of May 8, 2006. *See* 47 CFR 64.605(c)(2) of the Commission's rules. Within ninety days prior to the expiration of this certification, Snap may apply for renewal of its VRS service certification by filing documentation in accordance with the Commission's rules. *See* 47 CFR 64.605(c)(2) of the Commission's rules. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 06-4729 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]

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Pub. L. 92-463
56 FR 29362
40 CFR 2
Pub. L. 104-13
47 CFR 64.605(a)(2)
47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(F)
47 CFR 64.605(b)(2)
47 CFR 64.604
47 CFR 64.605(e)(2)
47 CFR 64.605(g)
47 CFR 64.605(c)(2)

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