[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20492-20494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10255]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180969; FRL-4949-5]


Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

 [[Page 20493]] ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various 
pests to the 11 States listed below and to the United States Department 
of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. There were also six crisis 
exemptions initiated by various States. These exemptions, issued during 
the months of January and February 1995, are subject to application and 
timing restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the 
environment to the maximum extent possible. EPA has denied a specific 
exemption request from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and 
Forestry. Information on these restrictions is available from the 
contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific and crisis exemption for its effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See each emergency exemption for the 
name of the contact person. The following information applies to all 
contact persons: By mail: Registration Division (7505W), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 6th Floor, 
CS #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 308-8417; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
    1. Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries for the use of 
norflurazon on Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 
2, 1995, to June 15, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
    2. California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of 
bifenthrin on cucurbits to control whiteflies; February 6, 1995, to 
February 6, 1996. A notice of receipt published in the Federal Register 
of January 12, 1995 (60 FR 2962). The exemption was issued because the 
situation was determined to be urgent and nonroutine, and significant 
economic losses were expected for the affected acreage. (Andrea Beard)
    3. California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of 
imidacloprid on cucurbits to control whiteflies; February 6, 1995, to 
February 6, 1996. (Andrea Beard)
    4. Delaware Department of Agriculture for the use of metolachlor on 
spinach to control annual weeds; January 25, 1995, to January 24, 1996. 
(Margarita Collantes)
    5. Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of norflurazon on 
Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 2, 1995, to July 
1, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
    6. Hawaii Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid on 
tomatoes to control the sweet potato whitefly; February 2, 1995, to 
December 31, 1995. Hawaii had initiated a crisis exemption for this 
use. (David Deegan)
    7. North Carolina Department of Fertilizer and Pesticide Control, 
Clemson University, for the use of imidacloprid and fenpropathrin on 
tomatoes to control the sweet potato whitefly; February 23, 1995, to 
February 23, 1996. (David Deegan)
    8. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of fenoxycarb on 
pears to control pear psylla; February 14, 1995, to May 1, 1995. 
(Andrea Beard)
    9. South Carolina Division of Regulatory and Public Service 
Programs for the use of tralomethrin on tomatoes (fresh market) to 
control stinkbugs; February 27, 1995, to December 31, 1995. (Margarita 
Collantes)
    10. Tennessee Department of Agriculture for the use of cypermethrin 
on mustard greens to control various insects; February 14, 1995, to 
November 15, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
    11. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of norflurazon on 
Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 2, 1995, to July 
1, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
    12. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin on 
cucurbits to control whiteflies; January 24, 1995, to January 12, 1996. 
A notice of receipt published in the Federal Register of January 12, 
1995 (60 FR 2962). The exemption was issued because the situation was 
determined to be urgent and nonroutine, and significant economic losses 
were expected for the affected acreage. (Andrea Beard)
    13. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid on 
cucurbits to control whiteflies; January 24, 1995, to January 24, 1996. 
(Andrea Beard)
    14. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid and 
fenpropathrin on tomatoes to control the sweet potato whitefly; 
February 23, 1995, to February 23, 1996. (David Deegan)
    15. Washington Department of Agriculture for the use of fenoxycarb 
on pears to control pear psylla; February 14, 1995, to May 1, 1995. 
(Andrea Beard)
    16. United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife 
Service, for the use of brodifacoum and bromethalin on the Maritime 
National Wildlife Refuge to control Norway rats in the Aleutian Chain 
and Pribilof Islands. January 6, 1995, to January 5, 1996. (Larry 
Fried)
    Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
    1. Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries on January 25, 
1995, for the use of hydrogen cyanamide on peaches to stimulate uniform 
bud-break. This program has ended. (Rick Keigwin)
    2. California Department of Pesticide Regulation on February 21, 
1995, for the use of fenamiphos on broccoli and cauliflower to control 
nematodes. This program is expected to last until February 20, 1996. 
(Libby Pemberton)
    3. Georgia Department of Agriculture on January 19, 1995, for the 
use of hydrogen cyanamide on peaches to stimulate uniform bud-break. 
This program has ended. (Rick Keigwin)
    4. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry on February 13, 
1995, for the use of norflurazon on Bermuda grass to control annual 
grassy weeds. This program has ended. (Libby Pemberton)
    5. Texas Department of Agriculture on February 8, 1995, for the use 
of hydrogen cyanamide on blueberries to allow uniform bloom. This 
program has ended. (Rick Keigwin)
    6. Texas Department of Agriculture on January 30, 1995, for the use 
of hydrogen cyanamide on peach trees to stimulate uniform bud-break. 
This program has ended. (Rick Keigwin)
    EPA has denied a specific exemption request from the Louisiana 
Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the use of metolachlor on 
spinach to control annual weeds. This specific exemption was denied 
because an emergency situation does not exist. This situation is not 
about avoiding economic losses if metolachlor is not granted due to the 
cancellation of diethatyl-ethyl, but rather about future marketing 
opportunity of earning profits due to a new enterprise of growing 
processed spinach which was not generally grown in central Louisiana. 
This new acreage did not previously use diethatyl-ethyl; therefore, it 
could not be lost as a weed control tool in spinach production. Use of 
metolachlor would allow growers entry into a profitable market of a new 
crop rather than prevent losses from a crop already established for 
market. No significant economic loss would be attributed to this pest 
problem. (Margarita Collantes)

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    [[Page 20494]] Dated: April 13, 1995.

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

[FR Doc. 95-10255 Filed 4-25-95; 8:45 am]
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