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[FR Doc No: 94-22722]


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[Federal Register: September 14, 1994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-609; FRL-4911-6]

 

Ecogen, Inc.; Filing of Pesticide Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Ecogen, Inc., a pesticide petition (PP) 
proposing to amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies 
kurstake strain EG7673 (Raven Bioinsecticide) in or on all raw 
agricultural commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number (PF-609), 
must be received on or before October 14, 1994.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments on this notice, identified 
by the document control number (PF-609), 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. 1132, 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 this notice and any written comments will 
be available for public inspection in Rm. 1132 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: Phil Hutton, Product Manager 
(PM 18), Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 213, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, (703)-305-7690.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document gives notice that PP 4F4339 
has been filed with EPA by Ecogen, Inc., 2005 Cabot Boulevard West, 
Langhorne, PA 19047-1810, proposing to amend 40 CFR part 180 by 
establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for 
Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki strain EG7673 (Raven 
Bioinsecticide) in or on all raw agricultural commodities. This is the 
first petition to establish a regulation under 40 CFR part 180 for a 
viable microbial pesticide that has been developed in recombinant DNA 
technology.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and 
pests.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.

Dated: September 7, 1994.

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

[FR Doc. 94-22722 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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