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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various 
pests to the two States as listed below. A quarantine exemption was 
granted to the United States Department of Agriculture and a public 
health exemption was granted to the California Environmental Protection 
Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation and the Pennsylvania and 
Texas Departments of Agriculture. There were also three crisis 
exemptions initiated by California. These exemptions were issued during 
the months of November and December 1993, except for one in August 
1993, and are subject to application and timing restrictions and 
reporting requirements designed to protect the environment to the 
maximum extent possible. EPA has denied a specific exemption request 
from the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Wyoming 
Department of Agriculture. Information on these restrictions is 
available from the contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific, crisis, and quarantine exemption for its 
effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See each emergency exemption for the 
name of the contact person. The following information applies to all 
contact persons: By mail: Registration Division (7505W), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 6th Floor, 
CS #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703-308-8417).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
    1. California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of 
prometryn on parsley to control various weeds; December 21, 1993, to 
December 20, 1994. (Andrea Beard)
    2. California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of 
Pesticide Regulation, for the use of propargite on avocados to control 
oligonychus perseae, a new mite species; November 3, 1993, to October 
31, 1994. California had initiated a crisis exemption for this use. 
(Susan Stanton)
    3. California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of 
Pesticide Regulation, for the use of fenpropathrin on tomatoes to 
control the silverleaf and greenhouse whitefly; December 2, 1993, to 
December 1, 1994. California had initiated a crisis exemption for this 
use. (Margarita Collantes)
    4. California Department of Agriculture for the use of methyl 
bromide on watermelons to control nematodes, fungi, and weeds; November 
26, 1993, to April 30, 1994. (Libby Pemberton)
    5. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the 
use of imidacloprid and fenpropathrin on tomatoes to control the sweet 
potato whitefly; December 21, 1993, to December 20, 1994. A notice 
published in the Federal Register of November 17, 1993 (58 FR 60636), 
and no comments were received. The exemptions were issued for the use 
of both imidacloprid and fenpropathrin based on the rationale that each 
is useful at a different stage of development of the tomato plants. 
Imidacloprid, a systemic, will be applied as a soil application once, 
at or near transplanting, to be taken up by the small plants and 
protect them during this vulnerable stage. Fenpropathrin may then be 
used to maintain control, later in the season, as a foliar spray. EPA 
has determined that this situation is urgent, nonroutine, and that use 
of the registered pesticides was not expected to prevent significant 
economic losses. (Andrea Beard)
    Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
    1. California Department of Pesticide Regulation on December 16, 
1993, for the use of fenamiphos on broccoli and cauliflower to control 
nematodes. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation 
inactivated this crisis exemption on December 17, 1992. (Libby 
Pemberton)
    2. California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of 
Pesticide Regulation, on August 30, 1993, for the use of fenpropathrin 
on tomatoes to control silverleaf and greenhouse whiteflies. The need 
for this program is expected to last until December 1, 1994. (Margarita 
Collantes)
    3. California Environmental Protection Agency on November 3, 1993, 
for the use of imazethapyr on alfalfa to control creeping wartcress. 
The need for this program is expected to last until February 28, 1994. 
(Andrea Beard)
    EPA has denied a specific exemption request from the:
    1. California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of 
imidacloprid on cotton to control the sweet potato whitefly. The Agency 
denied the exemption because an emergency condition does not exist. 
(Andrea Beard)
    2. Wyoming Department of Agriculture for the use hymexazol on 
sugarbeet seed to control aphanomyces cochlioides. (Lawrence Fried)
    EPA has granted public health exemptions to the California 
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation; 
November 24, 1993, to November 23, 1994, the Pennsylvania Department of 
Agriculture; December 29, 1993, to December 28, 1994, and the Texas 
Department of Agriculture; November 24, 1993, to November 23, 1994, for 
the use of formaldehyde in poultry houses, hatcheries, and on immobile 
equipment to control Salmonella bacteria. (Susan Stanton)
    EPA has granted a quarantine exemption to the United States 
Department of Agriculture for the use of carbaryl on flightless birds 
to control parasites at United States ports of entry; December 21, 
1993, to December 20, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: February 28, 1994.

Susan H. Wayland,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-5725 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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