Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 2.djvu/708

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110 STAT. 1500 PUBLIC LAW 104-170—AUG. 3, 1996 Federal Register, publication. Notice. absence of the data is significant enough to cause human health or environmental concerns. On the basis of such determination, the Administrator may refuse the request for extension by the registrant. Upon receipt of the request from the registrant, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the receipt of the request and the effective date upon which the uses not being supported will be voluntarily deleted from the registration pursuant to section 6(f)(1)- If the Administrator grants an extension under this clause, the Administrator shall monitor the development of the data for the uses being supported and shall ensure that the registrant is meeting the schedule for the production of such data. If the Administrator determines that the registrant is not meeting or has not met the schedule for the production of such data, the Administrator may proceed in accordance with clause (iv) of this subparagraph regarding the continued registration of the affected products with the minor and other uses and shall inform the public of such action in accordance with section 6(f)(2). Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, the Administrator may deny, modify, or revoke the temporary extension under this subparagraph if the Administrator determines that the continuation of the minor use may cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. In the event of modification or revocation, the Administrator shall provide, in writing, to the registrant a notice revoking the temporary extension and establish a new effective date by which the minor use shall be deleted from the registration.", (g) Section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (l)(C)(ii) by striking "90-day" each place it appears and inserting "180-day"; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking "90-day" and inserting " 180-day". (h) UTILIZATION OF DATA FOR VOLUNTARILY CANCELED CHEMI- CALS.— Section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (4) UTILIZATION OF DATA FOR VOLUNTARILY CANCELED PES- TICIDE. —When an application is filed with the Administrator for the registration of a pesticide for a minor use and another registrant subsequently voluntarily cancels its registration for an identical or substantially similar pesticide for an identical or substantially similar use, the Administrator shall process, review, and evaluate the pending application as if the voluntary cancellation had not yet taken place except that the Administrator shall not take such action if the Administrator determines that such minor use may cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. In order to rely on this subsection, the applicant must certify that it agrees to satisfy any outstanding data requirements necessary to support the reregistration of the pesticide in accordance with the data submission schedule established by the Administrator.". (i) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MINOR USE PRO- GRAM.— The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.), as amended by section 121, is amended by adding after section 30 the following: