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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AD56 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for PIPs That Act by Primarily Affecting the Plant 
Abstract: EPA has determined that the record for this action, which was originally proposed in 1994, does not address the scientific information developed since the original proposal. Consequently, the record would not provide adequate, up-to-date support for the proposed rule. In 1994, EPA believed that the proposed exemption for plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) that act by primarily affecting the plant had the potential to cover a number of low-risk products. However, experience in the last decade has shown that such PIPs have not been developed in great numbers. If EPA were to pursue such an exemption in the future, the Agency would issue a new proposed rule. As such, EPA intends to withdraw the proposals. Withdrawing the proposals does not preclude EPA’s pursuing the same approach in the future. If withdrawn, the Agency would create a new entry in the Regulatory Agenda once the Agency decided to pursue such a rulemaking in the future. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Info./Admin./Other 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 174   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq    21 USC 346a et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Original  11/23/1994  59 FR 60496   
Supplemental NPRM  07/22/1996  61 FR 37891   
Supplemental NPRM 2  05/16/1997  62 FR 27132   
Supplemental NPRM 3  04/23/1999  64 FR 19958   
Supplemental NPRM 4  07/19/2001  66 FR 37855   
Notice; Withdrawal of NPRMs  12/00/2011    
Additional Information: SAN No. 4612
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/index.htm  
Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 54171 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences; 6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Elizabeth Milewski
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7202M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8492
Fax:202 564-8501
Email: Milewski.Elizabeth@epa.gov

Keith Matthews
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7511P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 308-8712
Fax:703 308-7026
Email: Matthews. Keith@epa.gov