[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5800]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PP 4G4409 and 5G4448/T668; FRL-4939-9]


Northrup King Co. and Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Initial Filings of 
Exemptions from the Requirement of Tolerances; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing a technical amendment to clarify a notice on 
establishing temporary exemptions from the requirement of tolerances 
for the delta endotoxin protein produced in field corn by a CryIA(b) 
gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 and inserted in 
the plant expression vector pZ01502 and for the plant pesticide 
Bacillus-thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) insect control protein 
as produced in corn plants and the genetic material necessary for its 
production. EPA has not yet granted the temporary tolerance exemptions; 
instead, EPA is announcing that it has received the petitions and is 
considering whether or not to grant them.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Mendelsohn, 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: Crystal Station, 5th Fl. 2800 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-308-8712; e-mail: 
Mendelsohn.M[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 15, 1995 
(60 FR 8658), EPA issued a notice of temporary tolerance exemptions for 
PP 4G4409 filed by Northrup King Co. and PP 5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy 
Corp. EPA is issuing this technical amemdment to that notice to state 
that the petitions have not yet been granted, but are being considered. 
PP 4G4409 filed by Northrup King Co., 7500 Olson Memorial Hwy., Golden 
Valley, MN 55427, has requested the establishment of an exemption from 
the requirement of a tolerance for the delta endotoxin protein produced 
in field corn by a CryIA(b) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. 
kurstaki HD-1 and inserted in the plant expression vector pZ01502. PP 
5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709-2257, has requested the establishment of an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for the plant pesticide Bacillus 
thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) insect control protein as 
produced in corn plants and the genetic material necessary for its 
production.
    EPA reiterates that these filings have been received, but they are 
not yet granted. If the temporary tolerances are granted, notice to 
this effect will be published in the Federal Register.
    This document contains technical amendments only and does not 
require notice and comment, 5 U.S.C. 553.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and 
pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 2, 1995.

Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director of Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-5800 Filed 3-7-95; 3:17 pm]
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