Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment; Extension of Comment Period

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On October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56918), EPA reopened the comment period on the proposed rule ``Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment''(59 FR 6712, February 11, 1994) to obtain comment on four specific issues. EPA is extending the comment period by 60 days until February 19, 2000. The comment period was initially scheduled to close on December 20, 1999. The October 21, 1999 notice solicited comments on potential changes that would reduce the scope of the container standards, add an exemption for certain antimicrobial pesticides, and adopt some of the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials regulations. That notice also requested comments on the definition for small business used to identify small pesticide formulators, agrichemical dealers and commercial pesticide applicators in the small entity impact analysis. These potential changes, if adopted in the final rule, would support EPA's goal of pollution prevention by promoting the use of refillable containers and would harmonize and promote consistency within the Federal packaging standards by adopting the DOT standards. In addition, the changes would decrease the estimated economic impact by reducing the numb