[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16128-16129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7580]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-621; FRL-4939-4]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings and a Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces initial filings of petitions (PP) and a 
food additive petition (FAP) proposing the establishment of regulations 
for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various 
agricultural commodities. It also announces the withdrawal of a 
petition.

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 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. 1132 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 15)...  Rm. 204, CM #2,     1921 Jefferson Davis     
                            703-557-2400.       Hwy., Arlington, VA.    
Joanne Miller (PM 23)....  Rm. 237, CM #2,     Do.                      
                            703-305-7830.                               
Phil Hutton (PM 90)......  5th Floor, CS #1,   2800 Crystal Drive,      
                            703-308-8260.       Arlington, VA.          
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions and 
food/feed additive petitions as follows proposing the amendment of 
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on 
various agricultural commodities.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 4E4422. American Semiochemicals Association, 1620 I St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20006, has submitted the petition proposing to amend 40 
CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to exempt from the 
requirement of a tolerance residues of all lepidopteran pheromones, 
independent of mode of application or physical form or shape. (PM 90)
    2. PP 5F4462. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, 8400 Hawthorn 
Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has submitted the 
petition pursuant to section 408(d)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and 
Cosmetic Act to propose that 40 CFR 180.436 be amended to establish a 
tolerance for the insecticide cyfluthrin (cyano (4-fluoro-3-
phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropane-
carboxylate) in or on the raw agricultural commodity pears at 0.20 part 
per million. (PM 13)
    3. FAP 4H5704. Ecoscience Corp., 377 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 
01605, has submitted the food/feed additive petition proposing to 
establish exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of the microbial pest control agent Metarhizium anisopliae strain of 
ESC 1 in or on all processed food and animal feed when applied as an 
insecticide to structures. (PM 90)

Withdrawal of Filing

    4. PP 8F3656. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, 8400 Hawthorn 
Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has requested the 
withdrawal of the petition without prejudice to future filing. Notice 
of the petition was originally published in the Federal Register of 
[[Page 16129]] October 12, 1988 (53 FR 39594) and proposed to amend 40 
CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit the residues of the 
herbicide 4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(ethylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5-
(4H)-one and its triazinone metabolites in or on wheat grain at 0.03 
part per million (ppm), wheat straw at 0.5 ppm, meat, fat, and meat 
byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.1 ppm, meat, 
fat, and meat byproducts of poultry at 0.05 ppm, milk at 0.03 ppm, and 
eggs at 0.01 ppm. (PM 23)

List of Subjects

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

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

    Dated: February 23, 1995.

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

[FR Doc. 95-7580; Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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