[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31465-31468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14798]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-626; FRL-4955-4]
Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings, Amendments, and a
Withdrawal
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces initial filings, amendments, and a
withdrawal of pesticide petitions (PP) and food and feed additive
petitions (FAP) proposing the establishment of regulations for residues
of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural
commodities.
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. 1132, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
``Confidential [[Page 31466]] 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 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. All written comments will be available for public inspection in
Rm. 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [email protected]. Electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be
accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket number [PF-626; FRL 4955-4]. No CBI should be submitted
through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice may be filed online
at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on
electronic submissions can be found below in this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named
in each petition at the following office location/telephone number:
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Office location/
Product Manager telephone number/e-mail Address
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Richard Keigwin (PM-10) Rm. 210, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis
6596, e-mail: Hwy., Arlington, VA.
keigwin.richard@epamai
l.epa.gov.
George LaRocca (PM-13). Rm. 204, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
6100, e-mail:
larocca.george@epamail
.epa.gov.
Dennis Edwards, Jr. (PM- Rm. 207, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
19). 6386, e-mail:
edwards.dennis@epamail
.epa.gov..
Connie Welch (PM-21)... Rm. 227, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
6226, e-mail:
[email protected]
pa.gov..
James Stone (Acting PM- Rm. 247, CM #2, 703-305- Do
22). 7391, e-mail:
[email protected]
a.gov..
Joanne Miller (PM-23).. Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
6224, e-mail:
miller.joanne@epamail.
epa.gov..
Robert Taylor (PM-25).. Rm. 241, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
6027, e-mail:
taylor.robert@epamail.
epa.gov..
Phil Hutton (PM-90).... 5th Floor, CS #1, 703- 2805 Jefferson Davis
308-8260, e-mail: Hwy., Arlington, VA.
hutton.phillip@epamail
.epa.gov..
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions and
food/feed additive petitions as follows proposing the amendment of
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
various agricultural commodities.
Initial Filings
1. PP 4F4391. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Barley Mill
Plaza, Walker's Mill, P.O. Box 80083, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038,
proposes amending 40 CFR part 180 to establish tolerances for the
herbicide sodium 2-chloro-6-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-ylthio)benzoate
in or on cotton, undelinted seed at 0.02 ppm. The proposed method for
determining residues is high-pressure liquid chromatography. (PM-22).
2. PP 5F4426. Rhone-Poulenc AG Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes amending 40
CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for fipronil (5-amino-1-(2,6-
dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-
(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) or its
metabolites MB46136 (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-
carbonitrile) or MB45950 (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-
(trilfuoromethyl)phenyl)-4-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-1H-pyrazole-3-
carbonitrile) in or on corn, grain at 0.02 part per million (ppm),
corn, fodder at 0.15 ppm, and corn, forage at 0.15 ppm; poultry eggs,
liver, and muscle at 0.02 ppm and skin/fat at 0.03 ppm; dairy cow milk,
liver, kidney, and muscle at 0.02 ppm, and fat at 0.08 ppm. (PM-10)
3. PP 5F4480. Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorn Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas
City, MO 64120-0013, proposes amending 40 CFR 180.472 by establishing a
regulation permitting residues of imidacloprid (1-[(chloro-3-
pyridinyl)methyl-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, in or on pecan, nut at
0.05 ppm and citrus, fruit at 0.7 ppm. (PM-19)
4. PP 5F4483. Troy Biosciences, Inc., 2620 North 37th Drive,
Phoenix, AZ 85009, proposes amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a
regulation to exempt from the requirement of a tolerance residues of
the insecticide Beauvaria bassiana ATCC 74040 in or on all raw
agricultural commodities. (PM-90)
5. PP 5F4485 FMC Corp., 1735 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103,
proposes amending 40 CFR 180.442 by establishing a regulation
permitting residues of bifenthrin (2-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl-
3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on strawberries at 3.0 ppm. A
tolerance for bifenthrin on strawberries and other agricultural
commodities was proposed in a previous notice that appeared in the
Federal Register of November 19, 1986 (51 FR 41828), but the commodity
strawberries is hereby separated from that notice and placed in this
filing. (PM-13)
6. FAP 5H5714. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Agricultural
Products, Wilmington, DE 29880-0038, proposes amending 40 CFR 180.3575
by establishing tolerances for the combined residues of the herbicide
hexazinone (3-cyclohexyl-6-(dimethylamino)-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-
(1H,3H)-dione) and its metabolites calculated as hexazinone in or on
alfalfa seed at 2.0 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining
residues is gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorous detection (GC/
NPD). (PM-23)
7. FAP 5H5718. Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorn Rd., P.O. Box 4913,
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, proposes amending 40 CFR part 186 by
establishing a regulation permitting residues of imidacloprid (1-
[(chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine]) in or on
citrus, [[Page 31467]] pulp, dried at 5.5 ppm; and citrus, molasses at
4.8 ppm. (PM-19)
Amended Filings
8. PP 2F4063. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of March 11,
1992 (57 FR 8659), that Ciba Corp. Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, had submitted the petition to
amend 40 CFR 180.408 by establishing tolerances for combined residues
of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)
alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-
dimethylaniline moliety, and N-(2-hydroxymethyl-6-methyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl
equivalents, in or on grass forage at 10.0 ppm and grass hay at 20.0
ppm. Ciba-Geigy has amended the petiton to propose tolerances for
grass, forage at 10.0 ppm and grass, hay at 25.0 ppm. (PM-21)
9. PP 2F4072. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of June 10,
1992 (57 FR 24645), that Ciba Corp. Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, had submitted the petition to
amend 40 CFR 180.408 by establishing tolerances for combined residues
of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)
alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-
dimethylaniline moliety, and N-(2-hydroxymethyl-6-methyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl
equivalents, in or on Brassica (cole) leafy vegetables crop grouping at
5.0 ppm. Ciba-Geigy has amended the petition to propose tolerances for
Brassica (cole) leafy vegetables group (except broccoli, cabbage,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and mustard greens) at 0.1 ppm, Brussels
sprouts at 2.0 ppm, cabbage at 1.0 ppm, cauliflower at 1.0 ppm, and
mustard greens at 5.0 ppm. (PM-21)
10. PP 2F4086. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of June 10,
1992 (57 FR 24645), that Ciba Corp. Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, had submitted the petition to
amend 40 CFR 180.434 by establishing tolerances for combined residues
of the fungicide propiconazole (1-((2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-
1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole) and its metabolites
determined as 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid and expressed as parent compound
in or on oat grain at 0.1 ppm and oat straw at 1.0 ppm. Ciba-Geigy has
amended the petition to propose tolerances for oat grain at 0.1 ppm,
oat straw at 1.0 ppm, and oat forage at 10.0 ppm. (PM-21)
11. PP 2F4105. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of June 10,
1992 (57 FR 24646), that Ciba Corp. Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, had submitted the petition to
amend 40 CFR 180.408 by establishing tolerances for combined residues
of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)
alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-
dimethylaniline moliety, and N-(2-hydroxymethyl-6-methyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl
equivalents, in or on nongrass animal feed forage at 6.0 ppm and
nongrass animal feed hay at 20.0 ppm. Ciba-Geigy has amended the
petition to propose tolerances for clover, forage at 1.0 ppm and
clover, hay at 2.5 ppm. (PM-21)
12. PP 4F4337. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of November
2, 1994 (59 FR 54907), that Gustafson, Inc., P.O. Box 660065, Dallas,
TX 75266-0065, had submitted the peititon to amend 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing a regulation to permit residues of imidacloprid, 1-
[(chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its
metabolites (calculated as imidacloprid), in or on wheat, forage at 7.0
ppm, wheat, straw at 0.3 ppm, wheat, grain at 0.1 ppm, barley, forage
at 1.2 ppm, barley, straw at 0.2 ppm, barley, grain at 0.1 ppm,
sorghum, forage at 0.2 ppm, sorghum, straw at 0.1 ppm, sorghum, grain
at 0.1 ppm, beets, sugar (roots) at 0.1 ppm, and beets, sugar (tops) at
0.1 ppm. Gustafson has amended the petition to request a feed additive
tolerance of 0.5 ppm for beets, sugar, molasses. (PM-19)
13. PP 6F3454. FMC Corp., 1735 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103,
proposes amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation
permitting residues of bifenthrin (2-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl-
3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on various agricultural
commodities; among those was strawberries with a proposed tolerance of
3.0 ppm. PP 5F4485 appearing elsewhere in this document under ``initial
filings'' separates strawberries from PP 6F3454. (PM-13)
14. PP 9F3818. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of January
9, 1990 (55 FR 779), that Mobay Corp., P.O. Box 4913, Hawthorn Rd.,
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, had submitted the petition to amend 40 CFR
part 180 by estabishing a regulation to permit residues of the
fungicide tebuconazole, alpha-(2-(4-(chlorophenyl)ethyl)-alpha-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol, in or on various
agricultural commodities. The company has changed names, now Bayer
Corp. (with the same address), and the petition has been amended to
propose amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for the
fungicide tebuconazole in or on the following raw agricultural
commodities: Barley, grain at 0.05 ppm, barley, forage at 0.10 ppm,
barely, hay at 0.10 ppm, barley, straw at 0.10 ppm; oat, grain at 0.05
ppm, oat, forage at 0.10 ppm, oat, hay at 0.10 ppm, oat, straw at 0.10
ppm; wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm, wheat, forage at 0.10 ppm, wheat, hay at
0.10 ppm, and wheat straw at 0.10 ppm. The proposed analytical method
for determining residues is high-performance liquid chromatography.
(PM-21)
Withrawn Petition
15. PP 2F2746. DuPont Agricultural Products, Walker's Mill, Barley
Mill Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, has requested
that the petition be withdrawn without prejudice to future filing since
DuPont plans to generate data on both soybean and peanut forages for
tolerances proposed for esfenvalerate under PP 4F4329 (59 FR 35719,
July 13, 1994). (PM-13)
A record has been established for this notice document under
docket number [PF-626; FRL 4955-4] (including any comments and data
submitted electronically as described below). A public version of this
record, including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which
does not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for
inspection from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The public record is located in Rm. 1132 of the Public
Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-D[email protected].
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public
version, as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly,
EPA will transfer all comments received electronically into printed,
paper form as they are received and will place the paper copies in the
official rulemaking record which will also include all
[[Page 31468]] comments submitted directly in writing. The official
rulemaking record is the paper record maintained at the address in
``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Food additives,
Feed additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: June 8, 1995.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-14798 Filed 6-13-95; 12:27 pm]
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