[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42883-42885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20308]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-629; FRL-4963-7]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings, Amendments, and a 
Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces initial filings and amendments of 
pesticide petitions (PP) and food/feed additive petitions (FAP) 
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain 
pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural commodities. The 
notice also makes a correction to a previously published petition 
notice.

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 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [email protected]. Electronic 
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be 
accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket number [PF-629]. No CBI should be submitted through e-mail. 
Electronic comments on this notice may be filed online at many Federal 
Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions 
can be found below in this document.

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/e-mail          Address       
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Dennis Edwards (PM-19).  Rm. 205, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          6386; e-mail:            Hwy., Arlington, VA. 
                          edwards.dennis@epamail                        
                          .epa.gov.                                     
Connie Welch (PM-21)...  Rm. 227, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6226; e-mail:                                 
                          [email protected]
pa.gov.                                       
Robert Taylor (PM-25)..  Rm. 241, CM #2, 703-305- Do.                   
                          6800; e-mail:                                 
                          taylor.robert@epamail.
epa.gov.                                      
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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. EPA is also correcting a previously 
issued petition notice.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 3F4268. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Barley Mill 
Plaza, Walker's Mill Plaza, Walker's Mill Building 37, Post Office Box 
80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by 
establishing a regulation to permit residues of the herbicide 
quizalofop-p-ethyl ester (ethyl R-2-(4-(6-chloro-quinoxalin-2-
yl)oxy)phenoxy) propanoic acid) and the S-enantiomers of the ester and 
the acid, all expressed as quizolofop-p-ethyl ester, in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities (RACs) legume vegetable (succulent or dried) 
group at 0.3 ppm; foilage of legume vegetables (except soybeans and 
bean hay) at 0.7 ppm; sugar beet root at 0.1 ppm; sugar beet top at 0.5 
ppm; and cotton seed at 0.1 ppm. The analytical method is HPLC followed 
by GC/MS. (PM-25)
    2. PP 3F4270. BASF Corp., Agricultural Products, Post Office Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit residues of the 
herbicide bentazon (3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-
dioxide) and its 6- and 8-hydroxymetabolites in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities flax, seed at 1.0 ppm and flax, straw at 6.0 
ppm. The analytical method is gas chromatography. (PM 25)
    3. PP 4F4278 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Barley Mill Plaza, 
Walker's Mill Building 37, Post Office Box 80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-
0038, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to 
permit residues of the herbicide triflusulfuron methyl (methyl 2-[-[-
[[[4-(dimethyl amino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,5-triazin-2-
yl]amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-3-methylbenzoate) in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities sugar beet roots and sugar beet tops at 0.05 
ppm. (PM-25)
    4. PP 4F4344. BASF Corp., Agricultural Products, Post Office Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit 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 the 
following raw agricultural commodities (RACs): corn, grain at 0.5 ppm; 
corn, fodder at 2.5 ppm; corn, forage at 2.0 ppm; and corn, silage at 
2.0 ppm. The analytical method is gas chromatography using sulfur-
specific flame photometric detection. (PM-25)
    5. PP 4F4390 American Cyanamid Co., Agricultural Research Division, 
Post Office Box 400, Princeton, NJ 08543-0400, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit residues of the 
herbicide Cadre, in or on peanuts (peanut nutmeat and peanut hulls) at 
0.1 ppm. (PM-25)
    6. PP 5F4493. Monsanto Co., 700 14th St., NW., Suite1100, 
Washington, DC 20005, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing 
a regulation to permit residues of glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) 
glycine] resulting from the application of isopropylamine salt of 
glyphosate and/or the monoammonium salt of glyphosate in or on cotton 
gin byproducts at 100 ppm. (PM-25).
    7. PP 5F4497. Ciba Crop Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 
18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.408 by 
establishing 

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a tolerance for the combined residues of the fungicide metalaxyl (N-(6-
dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester) and its 
metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, and N-(2-
hydroxymethyl-6-methyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each 
expressed as metalaxyl equivalents in or on the raw agricultural 
commodities canola seed at 0.2 part per million (ppm) and rape seed at 
0.2 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is AG-
395 (PAM enforcement method). (PM-21)
    8. PP 5F4505. Acetochlor Registration Partnership, c/o Zeneca 
Agricultural Products, 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19897, 
proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to 
permit residues of acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-methyl-6'-ethyl-N-
ethoxymethylacetanilide) and its metabolites containing the ethyl 
methyl aniline (EMA) moiety and the hydroxy ethyl methyl aniline (HEMA) 
moiety to be analyzed, EMA and HEMA and expressed as acetochlor 
equivalents in or on corn forage at 2.6 ppm. (PM-25)
    9. PP 5F4534. Gustafson, Inc. P.O. Box 660065, Dallas, TX 75266-
0065, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.472 by establishing a regulation 
permitting residues of the pesticide imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-
pyridinyl)methyl-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites 
(calculated as imidacloprid), in or on canola seed at 0.05 ppm.
    10. FAP 5H5720. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Barley Mill 
Plaza, Walker's Mill Building No. 37, Post Office Box 80038, 
Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 186 by 
establishing a regulation to permit residues of the herbicide 
quizalofop-p-ethyl ester [ethyl R-2-(4-((6-chloro-quinoxalin-2-
yl)oxy)phenoxy) propanoic acid] and the s-enantiomers of the ester and 
the acid, all expressed as quizalofop-p-ethyl ester, in or on the 
animal feed sugar beet molasses at 0.2 ppm. (PM-25).

Amended Filings

    11. PP 3F4174. DuPont Agricultural Products, Walker's 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 
clorethoxyfos in or on corn grain (field, pop) at 0.01 ppm; corn forage 
(field, sweet) at 0.01 ppm; corn fodder (stover) (field, pop, sweet) at 
0.01 ppm; sweet corn (K + CWHR) at 0.01 ppm. The original petition, 
notice of which appeared in the Federal Register of October 21, 1993 
(58 FR 54353), proposed a tolerance for sweet corn separate from field 
corn. (PM-19)
    12. PP 3F4222. Bayer Corp., P.O. Box 4913, Hawthorne Rd., Kansas 
City, MO 64120-0013, proposes amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing 
tolerances for the residues of the fungicide tebuconazole (alpha-(2-(4-
(chlorophenyl) ethyl)-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-
ethanol) in or on the raw agricultural commodities cherries at 4.0 ppm 
and peaches at 1.0 ppm. Notice of this petition originally appeared in 
the Federal Register of October 21, 1993 (58 FR 54354), and proposed 
establishing tolerances in or on cherries at 3.5 ppm and peaches at 1.0 
ppm. (PM 21)
    13. PP 4F4337. Gustafson, Inc., P.O. Box 660065, Dallas, TX 75266-
0065, submitted PP 4F4337 to EPA, notice of which originally appeared 
in the Federal Register of November 2, 1994 (59 FR 54907), amended in 
the Federal Register of June 15, 1995 (60 FR 31467), proposing to amend 
40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit residues of 
imidaclolprid, 1-[(chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites (calculated as imidacloprid), in 
or on various agricultural commodities. Gustafson has submitted an 
amendment to the petition to increase the proposed tolerance for 
imidacloprid and its metabolites on barley forage from 1.2 ppm to 1.5 
ppm. (PM-19)

Corrected Notice

    14. PP 5F4469. Notice of filing of petition by American Cyanamid 
Co. for the herbicide prosulfuron is corrected to state that the filing 
is by Ciba-Geigy Corp., not American Cyanamid Co. The notice appeared 
in the Federal Register of May 24, 1995, at page 27506 (60 FR 27506, 
May 24, 1995). (PM-25)
     A record has been established for this notice document under 
docket number [PF-629] (including any comments and data submitted 
electronically as described below). A public version of this record, 
including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does 
not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection 
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The public record is located in Rm. 1132 of the Public 
Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division 
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
    opp-D[email protected].


    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
    The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public 
version, as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, 
EPA will transfer all comments received electronically into printed, 
paper form as they are received and will place the paper copies in the 
official rulemaking record which will also include all comments 
submitted directly in writing. The official rulemaking record is the 
paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the 
beginning of this document.

List of Subjects

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

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

    Dated: August 8, 1995.

Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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