[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7539-7541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2705]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-617; FRL-4926-4]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA announces the filing of pesticide petitions and food/feed 
additive petitions proposing the establishment of tolerances and/or 
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on 
certain agricultural commodities. EPA also announces the amendment of a 
pesticide petition and the withdrawal of a food/feed additive petition.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Docket and 
Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division (7505C), 
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 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 [[Page 7540]] 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), Attention: [Product Manager (PM) named in the petition], 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 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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George LaRocca (PM-13).  Rm 204, CM #2, 703-305-  1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          6100.                    Hwy., Arlington, VA  
Phil Hutton (BPPD).....  5th Floor, CS #1, 703-   2800 Crystal Drive,   
                          308-8260.                Arlington, VA        
Leonard Cole (PM-21)...  Rm. 227, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          6900.                    Hwy., Arlington, VA  
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.                                         
Robert Taylor (PM-25)..  Rm. 241, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6800.                                         
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide (PP) and/or food/
feed additive (FAP) petitions as follows proposing the establishment 
and/or amendment of tolerances or regulations for residues of certain 
pesticide chemicals in or on certain agricultural commodities. This 
document also announces one amended petition and one withdrawn 
petition.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 4F4342. AgrEvo USA Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 
180 by establishing a regulation to permit the combined residues of 
flutolanil, N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide, 
and its metabolites converted to 2-trifluoromethyl benzoic acid and 
calculated as flutolanil in or on peanut nutmeats at 1.0 ppm, peanut 
hulls at 5.0 ppm, peanut vines at 15 ppm, peanut hay at 15.0 ppm, meat, 
meat by-products and milk of cattle, goats, horses, hogs, and sheep at 
0.05 ppm, fat of cattle, goats, horses, hogs, and sheep at 0.10 ppm, 
liver of cattle, goats, horses, hogs, and sheep at 2.0 ppm, kidney of 
cattle, goats, horses, hogs, and sheep at 1.0 ppm, and poultry meat, 
meat by-products, fat and eggs (including turkeys) at 0.05 ppm. (PM-21)
    2. PP 4F4369. Monsanto Co., 800 N. Lindberg Blvd., St. Louis, MO 
63167, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.364 by establishing a regulation to 
permit combined residues of glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] in 
or on soybean, forage at 100 ppm, resulting from the application of the 
isopropylamine salt of glyphosate and/or the monoammonium salt of 
glyphosate. (PM-25)
    3. PP 4F4380. AgrEvo USA Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 
180 by establishing a regulation to permit combined residues of 
flutolanil, N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide, 
and its metabolites converted to 2-trifluoromethyl benzoic acid and 
calculated as flutolanil in or on rice grain at 2.0 ppm and rice straw 
at 8.0 ppm. (Phil Hutton)
    4. PP 4F4388 EcoScience Corp., 377 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 
01605, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption 
from requirement of a tolerance for the residues of the biological 
fungicide Pseudomonas syringae strain ESC-11 in or on all raw 
agricultural commodities when used as a post-harvest application to 
harvested produce. (PM-21)
    5. PP 4F4389. Mycogen Corp., 4930 Carroll Canyon Rd., San Diego, CA 
92121, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for the residues of the biological 
insecticide CrylA(b), CrylA(c), and CrylC derived delta endotoxins of 
Bacillus thuringiensis encapsulated in killed Pseudomonas fluorescens. 
(Phil Hutton)
    6. PP 4F4394. Consep, Inc., 213 SW. Columbia St., Bend, OR 97702-
1013, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption 
from requirement of a tolerance for Consep SPR1 Tomato Pinworm 
Pheromone (TPW), Consep SPR2 Oriental Fruit Moth Pheromome (OFM), and 
Consep SPR3 Codling Moth Pheromone (CM). (Phil Hutton)
    7. PP 4F4396. Mycogen Corp., 4980 Carroll Canyon Rd., San Diego, CA 
92121, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of pelargonic acid on 
apples and pears. (PM-22)
    8. PP 4F4397. EcoScience Corp., 377 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 
01605, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180, by establishing an exemption 
from requirement of tolerance for Beauvera bassiana Strain ESC 170 in 
or on all raw agricultural Commodities. (Phil Hutton)
    9. PP 4F4398. Abbott Laboratories, Dept. 28R, Bldg. A1, 1401 
Sheridan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064-4000, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
part 180 by establishing an exemption from requirement of tolerance for 
dried fermentation solids and solubles of Myrothecium verrucaria in or 
on all raw agricultural commodities. (PM-21)
    10. PP 4F4399. FMC Corp., Agricultural Chemical Group, 1735 Market 
St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.418 by 
establishing a regulation to permit residues of cypermethrin, 
()-alpha-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl) () cis/trans-
3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2 dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate 
(cypermethrin) in or on alfalfa seed at 0.50 ppm, alfalfa forage at 
11.0 ppm, alfalfa hay at 34.0 ppm, milk at 0.10 ppm, meat at 0.15 ppm, 
fat at 1.0 ppm, poultry at 0.05 ppm, and eggs at 0.05 ppm. (Phil 
Hutton)
    11. PP 4F4405. Du Pont, 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 herbicide 
nicosulfuron, [3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-((((4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-
yl)aminocarbonyl)aminosulfonyl))-N,N-dimethyl], in or on corn, sweet 
(kernels plus cobs with husks removed) at 0.1 ppm, and corn, sweet, 
forage at 0.1 ppm. (PM-25)
    12. PP 4F4406. Zeneca Ag Products, 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, 
DE 19897, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a 
regulation to permit residues of insecticide tefluthrin (2,3,5,6-
tetrafluoro-4-methylphenyl)methyl-(1-alpha, 3-alpha)-(Z)-
()-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2- 
[[Page 7541]] dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and its (1-alpha, 3-
alpha)-(Z)-()-3-(chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-prop-1-enyl)-2,2-
dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid in or on corn, fresh (including 
sweet K and CWHR) at 0.06 ppm, and corn, forage and fodder, sweet at 
0.06 ppm. (PM-13)
    13. PP 4F4407. FMC Agricultural Chemical Group, 1735 Market St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19103, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by 
establishing a regulation to permit combined residues of the herbicide 
sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-
methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and its 
metabolites 3-hydroxymethyl-sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and 3-desmethyl sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-
dichloro-5-[4-difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) in or on wheat forage at 0.10 ppm, wheat 
straw at 0.10 ppm, wheat grain at 0.10 ppm, corn fodder at 0.10 ppm, 
corn silage at 0.10 ppm, corn grain at 0.10 ppm, soybean seed and 
aspirated grain fractions at 0.05 ppm. (PM-23)
    14. PP 4F4412. DowElanco, 9330 Zionville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 
46268-1054, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.292 by establishing a 
regulation to permit residues of the herbicide picloram in or on 
sorghum grain at 0.3 ppm, sorghum forage at 0.2 ppm, and sorghum fodder 
at 0.5 ppm. (PM-25)
    15. PP 4F4413. BASF Corp., Agricultural Products, P. O. Box 13528, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.412 
by establishing a regulation to permit combined residues of the 
herbicide sethoxydim, 2-[1-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-
3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one and its metabolites containing the 2-
cyclohexen-1-one moiety (calculated as the herbicide) in or on cucurbit 
vegetables at 4.0 ppm. (PM-25)
    16. PP 4F4424. Ciba Plant Protection, P. O. Box 18300, Greensboro, 
NC 27419-8300, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.434 by establishing a 
regulation to permit the residues of propiconazole in or on soybeans at 
0.5 ppm, soybean forage at 8.0 ppm, soybean fodder/straw at 8.0 ppm, 
soybean hay at 25.0 ppm, dry beans at 0.5 ppm, dry bean vines/forage at 
8.0 ppm, and dry bean hay at 8.0 ppm. (PM-21)
    17. FAP 4H5703. AgrEvo USA Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.185 
by establishing a food additive regulation to permit combined residues 
of flutolanil, N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide and its metabolites converted to 2-
trifluoromethyl benzoic acid and calculated as flutolanil in the 
following processed food commodities, rice hulls at 7.0 ppm, and rice 
bran at 3.0 ppm, when present therein as a result of application of the 
fungicide to growing crops. (Phil Hutton)
    18. FAP 4H5706. Rhone-Poulenc AG Co., P. O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to amend 40 
CFR 186.150 by establishing a feed additive regulation for aldicarb, 
aldicarb sulfoxide, and aldicarb sulfone in dried potato peel at 2.0 
ppm. (PM-19)
    19. FAP 4H5708. Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc., 74 Amity Rd., Bethany, 
CT 06524-3402, proposes to amend 40 CFR parts 185 and 186 by 
establishing food/feed additive regulations for residues of maleic 
hydrazide and has submitted potato processing studies and petitions to 
increase the tolerance to 200 ppm in potato chips, potato granules, and 
potato waste. (PM-22)
    20. FAP 4H5710 Roussel UCLAF Corp., 95 Chestnut Ridge Rd., P. O. 
Box 30, Montvale, NJ 07645, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 185 by 
establishing a food additive regulation to permit residues of 
deltamethrin, (s)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(1R,3R)-3-(2-2 
dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on all food 
items that may be present as a result of surface, spot, and/or crack 
and crevice treatments in food-handling establishments. (PM-13)
    21. FAP 4H5711. AgrEvo Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 
185 by establishing a food additive regulation to permit combined 
residues of flutolanil, N-[3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl]-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide, and its metabolites converted to 2-
trifluoro-methyl benzoic acid and calculated as flutolanil in the 
following processed food commodities, peanut meal at 1.0 ppm and 
soapstock at 0.50 ppm, when present therein as a result of application 
of the fungicide to growing crops. (PM-21)
    22. FAP 5H5712. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, 8400 Hawthorn 
Rd., P. O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, proposes to amend 40 
CFR 185.1250(c) and 186.1250(c) to add conditions for use of a dust 
formulation containing cyfluthrin as a crack or crevice treatment in 
areas of food/feed- handling establishments. (PM-13)

Amended Filing

    23. PP 4F4317. Rohm & Haas Co., Independence Mall West, 
Philadelphia, PA 19105, is revising the petition which proposed an 
exemption from requirement of tolerance for combined residues of the 
fungicide myclobutanil, alpha-butyl-alpha-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1-propanenitrile and its metabolite, RH-9090, alpha-(3-
hydroxybutyl)-alpha-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 
(free bound) in or on the raw agricultural commodity cottonseed by 
proposing establishment of a tolerance of 0.02 ppm for the combined 
residues in or on cottonseed. (PM-21)

Withdrawn Filing

    24. FAP 2H5636. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, 8400 Hawthorn 
Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has requested the 
withdrawal without prejudice to future filing of FAP 2H5636, which 
published in the Federal Register of June 10, 1992 (57 FR 24647) and 
proposed to amend 40 CFR part 186 by establishing a feed additive 
regulation to permit the residues of Bayleton, 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-3,3-
dimethyl-1-(1H-2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-butanone, in or on pineapple bran at 
5.0 ppm. (PM-22)

List of Subjects

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

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

    Dated: January 19, 1995.

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

[FR Doc. 95-2705 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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