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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Office of Research and Development
[FRL-4855-3]
Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt
of Application for a Reference Method Determination
Notice is hereby given that on February 16, 1994, the Environmental
Protection Agency received an application from Rupprecht and Patashick
Co., Inc., 25 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203, to determine if
their Partisol TM Model 2000 Air Sampler for measuring ambient
concentrations of PM10, should be designated by the Administrator
of the EPA as a reference method under 40 CFR part 53. If, after
appropriate technical study, the Administrator determines that this
method should be so designated, notice thereof will be given in a
subsequent issue of the Federal Register.
Carl R. Gerber,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 94-7548 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-596; FRL-4769-8]
Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Filing of Pesticide Petition
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the filing of pesticide petition (PP)
8F3654 to establish certain tolerances for the fungicide 1-([2-(2,4-
dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole
and its metabolites in or on certain agricultural commodities.
DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-596],
must be received on or before April 29, 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. 1128 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 Jackson, Acting
Product Manager (PM) 21, Registration Division (7505C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (703)-305-6900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received
PP 8F3654 from Ciba-Geigy Corp., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419, proposing that 40 CFR 180.434 be amended to
establish a regulation to permit residues of the fungicide 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 peanuts at 0.2 part per million
(ppm), peanut hay at 20 ppm, and peanut hulls at 1 ppm. The proposed
analytical method for determining residues is capillary gas
chromatography. This notice of filing was previously published in the
Federal Register of October 12, 1988 (53 FR 39783). Since 6 years have
passed and EPA is now preparing to take action on the petition, it is
republished. (PM 21).
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and
pests.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.
Dated: March 18, 1994.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-7366 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-595; FRL-4769-1]
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., et al.; Filings of Pesticide
Petitions and a Corrected Petition
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing to establish regulations for residues of certain
pesticide chemicals in or on certain agricultural commodities, and it
announces a correction to a previously issued petition.
DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-595],
must be received on or before April 29, 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. 1128 at the
Virginia address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Registration Division (7505C), Attn.:
Product Manager (PM) named in the petition, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 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 Address
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Dennis H. Edwards, Jr., Rm. 202, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis
(PM-19). 6386. Hwy., Arlington, VA.
Cynthia Giles-Parker Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
(PM-22). 5540.
Joanne Miller (PM-23).. Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
6800.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received initial filings of
pesticide petitions (PPs) as follows proposing the establishment of
regulations regarding residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
various agricultural commodities. EPA is also correcting a previously
issued petition.
Initial Filings
1. PP 4F4314. D-I-1-4, Inc., 15401 Cartwright Rd., Boise, ID 83703,
has submitted the petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR part 180 to
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the
plant growth regulator 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene for use on potatoes
(post-harvest). (PM-22)
2. PP 4F4322. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Agricultural
Products, Barley Mill Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038,
has submitted the petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.451 to
establish tolerances for residues of the herbicide tribenuron methyl
(methyl 2-[[[[N-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)methylamino]
carbonyl] amino] sulfonyl] benzoate) in or on grass seed; grass, seed
straw; and grass, seed cleanings (screenings) at 0.04 part per million
(ppm). The proposed method for determining residues is gas
chromatography with mass spectral detector. (PM- 23)
3. PP 6F3417. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, has submitted the
petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.407(c) to establish
permanent tolerances for residues of the insecticide thiodicarb
(dimethyl N,N'-[thiobis[[(methylimino) carbonyl]oxy]]
bis[ethanimidothioate]) and its metabolite methomyl (S-methyl N-
[(methylcarbamoyl)oxy] thioacetimidate) in or on broccoli, cabbage, and
cauliflower at 7 parts per million. (PM-19)
4. PP 7F3516. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, has submitted the
petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.407(b) to establish a
permanent tolerance for residues of the insecticide thiodicarb
(dimethyl N,N'-[thiobis[[(methylimino) carbonyl]oxy]]
bis[ethanimidothioate]) and its metabolite methomyl (S-methyl N-
[(methylcarbamoyl)oxy] thioacetimidate) in or on leafy vegetables at 35
parts per million. (PM-19)
Corrected Filing
The notice of the amended filing of PP 2F4107 appearing at page
1017 in the Federal Register of January 7, 1994, is corrected to read
as follows:
PP 2F4107. In the Federal Register of June 10, 1992 (57 FR 24644),
EPA issued notice of the petition submitted by the Ciba-Geigy Corp.,
P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, proposing to amend 40 CFR
part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit residues of
difenoconazole, 1-(2-[4-chlorophenoxy)-2-chlorophenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-
dioxolan-2-yl-methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole, in or on wheat forage at 0.1
ppm, wheat straw at 0.1 ppm, barley forage at 0.1 ppm, and barley straw
at 0.1 ppm. Ciba-Geigy has submitted an amendment to the petition,
proposing to establish additional tolerances as follows: cattle, fat,
meat, and meat byproducts (mbyp) at 0.05 ppm; eggs at 0.05 ppm; milk at
0.01 ppm; goats, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm, hogs, fat, meat, and
mbyp at 0.05 ppm; horses, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm; poultry,
fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm; sheep, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05
ppm; barley grain at 0.1 ppm; and wheat grain at 0.1 ppm. The proposed
analytical method for determining residues is gas chromatography with
nitrogen phosphorous detection. (PM-22)
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and
pests.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.
Dated:March 18, 1994.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-7372 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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