# Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Reopening of Comment Period
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice; reopening of comment period.
**SUMMARY:**
EPA issued a notice in the *Federal Register* of March 9, 2018, concerning receipt of an application, 93167-EUP-R, from Oxitec Ltd. requesting an experimental use permit for the OX513A *Aedes aegypti* mosquitoes expressing tetracycline Trans-Activator Variant protein. This document reopens the comment period for 30 days. The comment period is being reopened because a large interest from the public, including several requests to extend the comment period to provide enough time for stakeholders to provide additional comments.
**DATES:**
Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0756, must be received on or before June 7, 2018.
**ADDRESSES:**
Follow the detailed instructions provided under *ADDRESSES* in the *Federal Register* document of March 9, 2018 (83 FR 10475) (FRL-9972-86).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This document reopens the public comment period established in the *Federal Register* document of March 9, 2018 (83 FR 10475) (FRL-9972-86). EPA is hereby reopening the comment period for 30 days.
To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the detailed instructions provided under *ADDRESSES* in the *Federal Register* document of March 9, 2018 (83 FR 10475) (FRL-9972-86). If you have questions, consult the person listed under *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* .
**Authority:**
7 U.S.C. 136 *et seq.*
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Robert McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.