[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47576-47577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22494]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180980; FRL 4975-1]


Pirate; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, 
Solicitation of Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has issued specific exemptions of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, to Alabama 
Department of Agriculture and Industries, Arkansas State Plant Board, 
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Mississippi 
Department of Agriculture and Commerce (hereafter referred to as the 
``Applicants'') for use of the pesticide, Pirate to control tobacco 
budworms in up to 2,000,000 acres in the south eastern cotton belt 
region. Due to the unique nature of these emergency situations, in 
which the time to review the conditions of these situations was short, 
it was not possible to issue a solicitation for public comment, in 
accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, prior to the Agency's decision to grant 
these exemption. However, comments may still be submitted and will be 
evaluated regarding the continuation of these exemptions.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written comments, bearing the identification 
notation ``OPP-180980,'' should be submitted by mail 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. 
1128, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
    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 

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must be identified by the docket number [OPP-180980]. No Confidential 
Business Information (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.
    Information submitted in any comment concerning this notice may be 
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as 
(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 provided by the submitter for inclusion 
in the public record. Information not marked confidential may be 
disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. All written comments 
filed pursuant to this notice will be available for public inspection 
in Rm. 1128, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
VA, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Margarita Collantes, 
Registration Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: 6th Floor, Crystal Station I, 
2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 308-8347; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 18 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), 
the Administrator may, at her discretion, exempt a State agency from 
any registration provision of FIFRA, if she determines that emergency 
conditions exist which require such exemption. The Applicants have 
requested the Administrator to issue specific exemptions for use of the 
insecticide Pirate, available as Pirate 3SC from American Cyanamid 
Company, to control tobacco budworms on up to 2,000,000 acres within 
the south eastern cotton belt region. Information in accordance with 40 
CFR part 166 was submitted as part of this request.
    According to the Applicants, excessive economic losses will occur 
if Pirate is not granted for use on cotton to control the tobacco 
budworm (TBW) in these regions. The Applicants claim that there are no 
other alternative pesticides to control this pest due to pyrethroid 
resistance.
    Under the uses requested and/or authorized in these specific 
exemptions, Pirate was requested, a maximum of 4 applications of Pirate 
may be applied at the rate of [0.2 to 0.35 lb active ingredient (ai/A)] 
(8.53 to 14.93 fl. oz. of product) per acre using ground or aerial 
equipment, in a minimum of 10 gallons per acre total volume by ground 
or 5 gallons of spray solution per acre by air. A 5 to 7 day 
application interval, and a 21-day preharvest interval must be 
observed. The granted specific exemptions expire September 30, 1995.
    The regulations governing section 18 require that the Agency 
publish notice of receipt in the Federal Register and solicit public 
comment on an application for a specific exemption proposing use of a 
new chemical (i.e., an active ingredient not contained in any currently 
registered pesticide) [40 CFR 166.24 (a)(1)]. Pirate is an unregistered 
(new) chemical. In the case of these states', and the situation found 
in their cotton producing areas, there was not adequate time to publish 
a notice of receipt and solicit public comments on these applications 
prior to the Agency reviewing the submitted data, and making and 
issuing its decisions. Therefore, as allowed for by 40 CFR 166.24(c), 
the comment period following a notice of receipt was eliminated, since 
the time available to make a decision required this.
     A record has been established for this notice under docket number 
``OPP-180980'' (including 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 Room 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:
    [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 notice, 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 
record which will also include all comments submitted directly in 
writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the 
address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this document.
    Interested persons are still invited to submit written views on 
this subject to the Field Operations Division at the address above. The 
Agency will review and consider all comments received regarding 
continuance of these emergency exemptions for the use of Pirate on 
cotton.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: August 25, 1995.

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

[FR Doc. 95-22494 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]
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