[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6092-6093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2337]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-618; FRL-4930-3]


Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Notice of Filings of Transgenic Plant Pesticide 
Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Ciba-Geigy Corp. petitions to establish 
exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for a transgenic plant 
pesticide and a transgenic plant pesticide inert ingredient.

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. 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 the proposed test 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: Janet L. Andersen, Acting 
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 
Rm. CS51B6, Westfield Building, North Tower, 2800 Crystal 
[[Page 6093]] Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, 703-308-8712.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received 
notices of filing under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) for the following petitions to amend 40 
CFR part 180 to establish various exemptions from the requirement of a 
tolerance. The petitions are as follows:

Initial Filings

    1. PP 4E4410. Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709-2257, has submitted the pesticide petition (PP) to amend 
40 CFR part 180 to establish an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance for the transgenic plant pesticide inert ingredient 
phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) as produced in corn by the bar 
gene and its controlling sequences as found on plasmid sector PCIB3064.
    2. PP 4F4395. Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle 
Park, NC, 27709-2257, has submitted the pesticide petition (PP) to 
amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish an exemption from the requirement of 
a tolerance for the plant pesticide Bacillus thuringiensis delta-
endotoxin as produced in corn by a CryIA(b) gene and its controlling 
sequences as found on plasmid vector PCIB4431.

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

Dated: January 20, 1995.

Flora Chow,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-2337 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]
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