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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

40 CFR Part 180

[PP 8F3658/P584; FRL-4871-2]
RIN 2070-AC18

Pesticide Tolerances for Triasulfuron

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to extend the tolerances for residues of the 
herbicide triasulfuron [3-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-1-(2-
chloroethoxy)phenylsulfonyl)urea] in or on barley and wheat grain at 
0.02 part per million (ppm); barley and wheat straw at 2.0 ppm; barley 
and wheat forage at 5.0 ppm; meat, fat and meat by products (excluding 
kidney) of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep; kidney of cattle, 
goats, horses, and sheep at 0.2 ppm; and milk at 0.02 ppm. The Agency 
has not completed the regulatory assessment of our science findings; 
therefore, the Agency is proposing to extend these tolerances for 1 
year.

DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PP 8F3658/
P584], must be received on or for August 12, 1994. These tolerances 
will expire on March 13, 1996.

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., 
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 document may be 
claimed confidential by making 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 public record. Information not marked 
confifidential may be disclosed pubicly by EPA without prior notice. 
All written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 
1132 at address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail, Robert J. Taylor, Product 
Manager (PM) 25, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 241, CM #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-6800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFROMATION: In the Federal Register of March 13, 1992 
(57 FR 8844), EPA issued a final rule which established tolerances for 
residues of the herbicide triasulfuron [3-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-1,3,5-
triazin-2-yl)-1-(2-chloroethoxy)phenylsulfonyl)urea] in or on barley 
and wheat grain at 0.02 ppm; barley or wheat forage at 5.0 ppm; barley 
and wheat straw at 20 ppm; meat, fat, and meat byproducts (excluding 
kidney) of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.1 ppm; and milk 
at 0.02 ppm, with an expiration date of March 13, 1995. These 
tolerances with an expiration date were required by EPA to allow the 
petitioner, Ciba-Geigy Corp. to submit additional data required in the 
area of environmental fate and groundwater, and to allow the Agency to 
complete the regulatory assessment of its scientific findings. The 
petitioner has submitted all the required data. Because the Agency has 
not completed the requlatory assessment of its scientific findings, EPA 
is amending 40 CFR 180.459 to extend the expiration date for these 
tolerances until March 13, 1996.
    Based on the information cited above and in the document 
establishing the time-limiting tolerance for triasulfuron (57 FR 8844, 
March 13, 1992), the Agency has determined that when used in accordance 
with good agricultural practice, this ingredient is useful and the 
tolerances will protect the public health. Therefore, EPA is proposing 
to extend the tolerances as set forth below.
    Any person who has registered or submitted an application for 
registration of a pesticide, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended, which contains any of the 
ingredients listed herein, may request within 30 days after publication 
of this document in the Federal Register that this rulemaking proposal 
be referred to an Advisory Committee in accordance with section 408(e) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
proposed regulation. Comments must bear a notation indicating the 
document control number [PP 8F3658/P584]. All written comments filed in 
response to this petition will be available in the Public Response and 
Program Resources Branch, at the address given above from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.
    The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this rule from the 
requirements of section 3 of Executive Order 12866.
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator 
has determined that regulations establishing new tolerances or food 
additive regulations or establishing exemptions from tolerance 
requirements do not have a significant impact on a substantial number 
of small entities. A certification statement to this effect was 
published in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

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

Dated: June 27, 1994.

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

    Therefore, it is proposed that 40 CFR part 180 be amended as 
follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

    2. By revising Sec. 180.459, to read as follows:


Sec. 180.459   Trisulfuron; tolerances for residues.

    Tolerances, to expire on March 13, 1996, are established for 
residues of the herbicide triasulfuron [3-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-1,3,5-
triazin-2-yl)-1-(2-(2-chloroethoxy)phenylsulfonyl)urea] in or on the 
following raw agricultural commodities:

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                                                              Parts per 
                         Commodity                             million  
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Barley, forage.............................................          5.0
Barley, grain..............................................         0.02
 Barley, straw.............................................          2.0
Cattle, fat................................................          0.1
Cattle, kidney.............................................          0.2
Cattle, mbyp (except kidney)...............................          0.1
Cattle, meat...............................................          0.1
Goats, fat.................................................          0.1
Goats, kidney..............................................          0.2
Goats, mbyp (except kidney)................................          0.1
Goats, meat................................................          0.1
Hogs, fat..................................................          0.1
Hogs, kidney...............................................          0.2
Hogs, mbyp (except kidney).................................          0.1
Hogs, meat.................................................          0.1
Horses, fat................................................          0.1
Horses, kidney.............................................          0.2
Horses, mbyp (except kidney)...............................          0.1
Horses, meat...............................................          0.1
Milk.......................................................         0.02
Sheep, fat.................................................          0.1
Sheep, kidney..............................................          0.2
Sheep, mbyp (except kidney)................................          0.1
Sheep, meat................................................          0.1
Wheat, forage..............................................          5.0
Wheat, grain...............................................         0.02
Wheat, straw...............................................         2.0 
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