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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50774; FRL-4759-1]

 

Receipt of Notification of Intent to Conduct Small-Scale Field 
Testing; Nonindigenous Microbial Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from the Department of Plant Pathology, 
Cornell University, Geneva Campus, a notification of intent to conduct 
small-scale field testing on grape vines in the State of New York of a 
strain of Agrobacterium vitus which was originally isolated in South 
Africa.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Response and 
Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1128, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
    Information submitted and any comment(s) concerning this notice may 
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
as ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information so marked 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment(s) that does not contain CBI must 
be submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked 
confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice to 
the submitter. Information on the proposed test and any written 
comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 246 at the 
Virginia address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Sidney C. Jackson, Acting 
Product Manager (PM) 21, Registration Division (7505C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 227, CM 
#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, (703)-305-6900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notification of intent to conduct small-
scale field testing pursuant to the EPA's ``Statement of Policy; 
Microbial Products Subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act'' of June 26, 1986 
(51 FR 23313), was received on December 2, 1993, from Cornell 
University, Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456-0462. The purpose of the proposed 
testing is to evaluate the efficacy of a nonindigenous strain of 
Agrobacterium vitus originally isolated in South Africa for the control 
of crown gall on grape vines. This strain is a nonpathogenic strain of 
a species of bacteria which is commonly detected in vinyards worldwide. 
The proposed field tests would be conducted in the State of New York on 
a total area of less than 10 acres.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and 
pests.

Dated: February 8, 1994.

Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-4210 Filed 2-24-94; 8:45 am]
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