[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64059-64060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30373]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-636; FRL-4971-5]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings, Amendment, and a 
Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces initial filings and an amendment 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 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-636]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
document 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-       Address     
                                         mail                           
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George LaRocca (PM 13)..........  Rm. 204, CM #2,     1921 Jefferson    
                                   703-305- 6100; e-   Davis Hwy.,      
                                   mail: larocca.      Arlington, VA    
                                   george @ epamail.                    
                                   epa. gov..                           
Connie Welch (PM 21)............  Rm. 227, CM #2,     Do.               
                                   703- 305-6226; e-                    
                                   mail: welch.                         
                                   connie @ epamail.                    
                                   epa. gov..                           
Phillip Hutton (PM 90)..........  5th Floor, CS #1,   2800 Jefferson    
                                   703-308-8260; e-    Davis Hwy.,      
                                   mail: hutton.       Arlington, VA    
                                   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 5F4509. Lakeshore Enterprises, P.O. Box 238-P, Benzonia, MI 
49616, has submitted the petition proposing that 40 CFR part 180 be 
amended to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance 
for the biochemicals meat meal and red pepper (capsicum) in or on 
agricultural, vegetable, ornamental, turf, tree, vine, and other 
terrestrial crops. (PM 90)
    2. PP 5F4588. Zeneca Ag Products, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 
15458, has submitted the petition proposing to amend 40 CFR part 180 to 
establish tolerances for lambda-cyhalothrin, (S)-alpha-cyano-3-
phenoxybenzyl (Z)-(1R,-3R)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (R)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl 
(Z)-(1S,3S)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, and epimer of lambda-cyhalothrin, a 
1:1 mixture of (S)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (Z)-(1S,-3S)-3-(2-
chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate 
and (R)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (Z)-(1R,3R)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-
trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on the 
following raw agricultural commodities: lettuce, leaf at 2.0 parts per 
million (ppm); head and stem brassica crop subgroup (broccoli; 
broccoli, Chinese; brussels sprouts; cabbage; cabbage, Chinese (napa); 
cabbage, Chinese mustard; cauliflower; caval broccolo; and kohlrabi) at 
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ppm; alfalfa, forage at 3.0 ppm; and alfalfa, hay at 4.0 ppm. (PM 13)
    3. PP 5F4591. Ciba Crop Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 
18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, has submitted the petition that 
proposes that 40 CFR 180.434 be amended to establish tolerances for 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 equivalent 
in or on the raw agricultural commodities berry crop grouping at 1.0 
ppm, carrots at 0.2 ppm, green onions at 8.0 ppm, and dry bulb onions 
at 0.3 ppm. (PM 21)

Amended Filing

    4. PP 4F4309. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 
1994 (59 FR 35719), that Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorn Rd., P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, had submitted the petition proposing that 
40 CFR 180.436 be amended by establishing a tolerance to permit 
residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-
phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropane 
carboxylate, in or on sweet corn, forage at 54.0 ppm; alfalfa, hay at 
10.0 ppm; soybean, forage at 10.0 ppm; alfalfa, forage at 5.0 ppm; 
soybean, hay at 1.5 ppm; sunflower, forage at 1.0 ppm; sweet corn at 
0.05 ppm; soybeans at 0.03 ppm; and sunflower, seed at 0.02 ppm. The 
company has submitted an amended petition that proposes decreasing the 
proposed tolerances on sweet corn forage from 54.0 ppm to 30.0 ppm; 
increasing tolerances for cattle fat, goat fat, hog fat, horse fat, and 
sheep fat from 0.05 ppm to 5.0 ppm; establishing a tolerance of 15.0 
ppm for milkfat (representing 0.5 ppm in whole milk); and withdrawing 
proposed tolerances for soybean, forage, soybean, hay, and soybeans. 
(PM 13)

Withdrawn Filing

    5. FAP 4H5686. EPA gave notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 
1994 (59 FR 35719), that Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorn Rd., P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, had submitted the petition proposing that 
40 CFR 186.1250 be amended by establishing a food/feed additive 
regulation to permit the residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin, 
cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-
dimethyl cyclopropane carboxylate, in or on sunflower hulls at 2.5 ppm 
and soybean, hulls at 0.1 ppm. The company has withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing. (PM 13)
     A record has been established for this rulemaking under docket 
number [PF-636] (including 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 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, Pesticides and 
pests, Feed additives, Food additives, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requriements.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.

    Dated: November 13, 1995.

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

[FR Doc. 95-30373; Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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