[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26097-26098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12576]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP-300628A; FRL-5785-4]
RIN 2070-AB78


Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerance Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: EPA is correcting the final rule issued in the Federal 
Register of March 25, 1998 (63 FR 14371)(FRL-5778-3), establishing 
permanent tolerances for residues of the insecticide 1-[(6-chloro-3-
pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine and its metabolites in or 
on sorghum grain at 0.05 parts per million (ppm), sorghum forage at 
0.10 ppm, and sorghum stover at 0.10 ppm. Gustafson, Inc. submitted a 
petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-170) 
requesting these tolerances.

DATES: This correction is effective May 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Elizabeth T. Haeberer, 
Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: Crystal Mall #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, (703) 308-2891, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Regulatory Assessment Requirements

    This final rule does not impose any requirements. It only 
implements a technical correction to the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR). As such, this action does not require review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 12866, entitled 
Regulatory Planning and

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Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., or Executive Order 13045, entitled 
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks 
(62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). For the same reason, it does not require 
any action under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4), Executive Order 12875, entitled Enhancing the 
Intergovernmental Partnership (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993), or 
Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, since this 
type of action does not require any proposal, no action is needed under 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

II. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

    Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), as added by the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, the Agency has submitted a 
report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. 
Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General 
of the General Accounting Office prior to publication of this rule in 
today's Federal Register. This is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).''

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 28, 1998.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.




    In FR Doc. 98-7646, in the issue of Wednesday, March 25, 1998 at 
page 14378 in the third column, amendatory language item 2 and the 
amendment to Sec. 180.472 are corrected to read as follows.
    2. In Sec. 180.472, the table in paragraph (a) is amended by 
revising the entries for ``sorghum, forage,'' and ``sorghum, grain,'' 
and adding alphabetically an entry for ``sorghum, stover,'' to read as 
follows:


Sec. 180.472   Imidacloprid; tolerances for residues.

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                   Commodity                             Parts per million           Expiration/Revocation Date 
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Sorghum, forage...............................                                0.10                          None
Sorghum, grain................................                                0.05                          None
Sorghum, stover...............................                                0.10                          None
                                                                                                                
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[FR Doc. 98-12576 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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