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[FR Doc No: 94-23761]


[Federal Register: September 28, 1994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-607; FRL-4911-3]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the filing of pesticide petitions (PP) 
proposing the establishment of tolerances and/or regulations for 
residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on certain agricultural 
commodities. It also announces two amended petitions.

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. 246, 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. 246 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 number             Address       
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George LaRocca (PM 13).  Rm. 204, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          7690.                    Hwy., Arlington, VA  
Rob Forrest (PM 14)....  Rm. 219, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6600.                                         
Dennis Edwards (PM 19).  Rm. 207, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6386.                                         
Steve Robbins (PM 21)..  Rm. 227, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6900.                                         
Cynthia Giles-Parker     Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
 (PM 22).                 5540.                                         
Joanne Miller (PM 23)..  Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          7830.                                         
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions as 
follows that propose establishment and/or amendment of tolerances or 
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on 
certain agricultural commodities.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 4F4351. Ecogen, Inc., 2005 Cabot Blvd. West, Langhorne, PA 
19047, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.1001(c) and (d) by establishing an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the 
insecticide Candida oleophila isolate I-182 in or on all raw 
agricultural commodities. (PM 21)
    2. PP 4F4352. Agrolinz, Inc., 6825 Quail Hollow, Suite 107, 
Memphis, TN 38120-1309, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.462 by 
establishing a tolerance to permit residues of the herbicide pyridate, 
O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridazinyl)-S-octyl-carbonothioate, in or on 
sorghum (grain, forage, fodder, silage, and hay) at 0.03 ppm. (PM 22)
    3. PP 4F4353. Abott Laboratories Chemical & Agricultural Products 
Division, 1401 Sheridan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, proposes to amend 
40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance for the plant growth regulator N6-Benzyladenine, in or on 
apples when applied at 30 grams AI/Acre or less. (PM-22)
    4. PP 4F4354. Merck & Co., Inc., P.O. Box 450, Three Bridges, NJ 
0887-0450, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a 
tolerance regulation to permit residues of the herbicide abamectin and 
its 8,9 isomer in or on cucurbits (melons, cucumbers, and squashes). 
(PM 13)
    5. PP 4F4356. PMC Specialties Group, 501 Murray Rd., Cincinnati, OH 
45217, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for the insecticide methyl 
anthranilate in or on all food crops. (PM 14)
    6. PP 4F4357. Nor-Am Chemical Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19880, porposes to amend 40 CFR 180.276 
by establishing a regulation to permit residues of the insecticide 
formetanate hydrochloride (m-[[(dimethylene]amino]phenyl 
methylcarbamate hydrochloride) in or on alfalfa (fresh) at 10 ppm and 
alfalfa hay at 20 ppm. (PM 19).
    7. PP 4F4360. Crop Genetics International, 10150 Old Columbia Rd., 
Columbia, MD 21045-1704, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.1027 by 
establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the 
microbial pest control agent helicoverpa zea (also known as heliothis 
zea) nuclear polyhedrosis virus in or on all raw agricultural 
commodities. (PM 18)
    8. PP 4F4367. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Agricultural 
Products, Barley Mill Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, 
proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to 
permit residues of the herbicide bensulfuron methyl (methyl 2[[[[[(4,6-
dimethoxy pyrimidin-2-yl)amino]-carbonyl] amino]sulfonyl] 
methyl]benzoate) in or on crayfish at 0.05 ppm. (PM-23)
    9. PP 4F4368. W.R. Grace & Co., 7379 Route 32, Columbia, MD 21044, 
proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.1001 by establishing an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance to include use of Gliocladium virens GL-21 
on terrestrial food crops grown outdoors. (PM 21)
    10. PP 4F4379. DowElanco, 9330 Zionville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 
46268-1054, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.431 to establish tolerances 
for residues of clopyralid, 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, in 
or on corn, sweet at 1.0 ppm and corn, pop at 1.0 ppm. The proposed 
method for determining residues is gas chromatography. (PM 21)
    11. PP 4F4415. Gustafson, Inc., proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 
by establishing a regulation to permit residues of imidacloprid, 1-[(6-
chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its 
metabolites containing the 6-chlorpyridinyl moiety in or on sorghum at 
0.05 ppm. (PM 19)

Amended Filings

    12. PP 3F4169. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120, is revising proposed tolerances for 
imidacloprid, 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl 
moiety by increasing the proposed tolerance on cottonseed from 3.5 ppm 
to 6.0 ppm, increasing milk from 0.05 ppm to 0.1 ppm, increasing meat, 
fat, and meat byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep from 
0.2 ppm to 0.3 ppm, and increasing meat, fat, and meat byproducts of 
poultry from 0.02 ppm to 0.5 ppm. The original notice of filing 
appeared in the Federal Register of October 21, 1993 (58 FR 54353). (PM 
19)
    13. FAP 3H5655. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120, is revising proposed food/feed tolerances for 
imidacloprid, 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites containing the 6-chlorpyridinyl 
moiety by increasing the proposed tolerance for apples, pomace (wet) 
from 2.0 ppm to 3.0 ppm, increasing cotton seed meal from 5.5 ppm to 
9.0 ppm, and adding potatoes, wastes at 0.9 ppm. The original notice of 
filing appeared in the Federal Register of October 21, 1993 (58 FR 
54353). (PM 19)

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

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

Dated: September 19, 1994.

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

[FR Doc. 94-23761; Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]
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