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[Federal Register: June 29, 1994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-598; FRL-4866-3]

 

Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings, Amendment, and Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces two initial filings, an amendment, and a 
withdrawal for pesticide petitions (PPs) and food/feed additive 
petitions (FAPs) 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. 1128, 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. 1128 at 
the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays.

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 No.               Address       
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Cynthia Giles-Parker     Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis  
 (PM 22).                 5440.                    Hwy., Arlington, VA. 
Joanne Miller (PM 23)..  Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          7830.                                         
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions and a 
food/feed additive petition as follows proposing the establishment and/
or amendment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals 
in or on various agricultural commodities. EPA also announces the 
withdrawal without prejudice to future filing for a food/feed additive 
petition.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 3F4234. Valent U.S.A. Corp., 1333 N. California Blvd., Suite 
600, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by 
establishing a regulation to permit residues of the herbicide pentyl 
[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1,3-dioxo-2H-isoindol-2-
yl)phenoxy]acetate in or on the raw agricultural commodities soybeans, 
corn, grain, corn, forage, corn, fodder, and corn, silage at 0.01 ppm. 
The analytical method used is gas chromatography with a thermionic-
specific detector. (PM 23)
    2. PP 4F4320. Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorne Rd., P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.450 by establishing 
tolerances for residues of beta-(4-chlorophenoxy)-alpha-(1,1-dimethyl)-
1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol in or on the raw agricultural commodities 
barley, straw, oat, straw, and wheat, straw at 0.2 part per million 
(ppm). The analytical method used is gas chromatography. (PM 22)

Amended Filing

    3. PP 2F4154. The petition appearing in the Federal Register of 
December 30, 1992 at page 62334 (57 FR 62334; Dec. 30, 1992) is amended 
to read as follows: Rohm & Haas Co., Independence Mall West, 
Philadelphia, PA 19105, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by 
establishing a regulation to permit residues of fenbuconazole, 
-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]--phenyl-1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1-propanenitrile and its metabolites cis-5-(4-
chlorophenyl)dihydro-3-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ylmethyl-)-2(3H)-
furanone, and trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)dihydro-3-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1-ylmethyl-)-2(3H)-furanone, in or on bananas (whole fruit) at 
0.3 ppm of which not more than 0.05 ppm is contained in banana pulp. 
(PM 22)

Withdrawn Filing

    4. FAP 0H5595. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposed to amend 40 CFR 185.2700 to establish 
a tolerance for the plant growth regulator ethephon [(2-
chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on sugarcane molasses at 3.0 parts 
per million (ppm) and baagasse at 0.25 ppm in conjunction with an 
experimental use program. The original filing appeared in the Federal 
Register of May 9, 1990 (55 FR 19320), and an amendment to the petition 
appeared in the Federal Register of May 29, 1991 (56 FR 24190). This 
notice announces that Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co. has voluntarily withdrawn 
the petition without prejudice to future filing. (PM 22)

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Food and feed 
additives, Pesticides and pests.

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

Dated: June 17, 1994.

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

[FR Doc. 94-15682 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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