[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23444]




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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-000412; FRL-4978-5]


Update of Table II of Pesticide Residue Chemistry Guidelines; 
Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of updated guidance for 
registrants on the residue data requirements to support registration of 
pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act and tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The 
updated guidance consists of a revision of Table II of the Pesticide 
Assessment Guidelines, Subdivision O, Residue Chemistry, describing raw 
and processed foods and feedstuffs. EPA will begin using the updated 
Table immediately, but for a period of 6 months will be flexible about 
the acceptability of residue studies that do not include data on new 
commodities in the Table.

ADDRESSES: A reference copy of Table II (September 1995) and Agency 
responses to comments received for Table II (June 1994) are filed with 
the Pesticides Docket, Office of Pesticide Programs, Public Response 
and Program Resources Branch, Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Jerry Stokes, Health Effects 
Division (7509C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person or 
by telephone: Rm. 803, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., 
Arlington, VA, (703)-305-7561 or FAX (703)-305-5147; e-mail: 
Stokes.J[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table II of the Pesticide Assessment 
Guidelines, Subdivision O, Residue Chemistry, provides a listing of all 
significant food and feed commodities, both raw and processed, for 
which residue data are collected and tolerances may be set. In 
addition, for feed commodities, Table II provides (1) the maximum 
percent of the diet for beef and dairy cattle, poultry and swine, and 
(2) guidance on which crops EPA believes it would be appropriate to 
allow label restrictions prohibiting use of commodities as feedstuffs. 
As a culmination of a long-term project to update Agency guidance on 
the amounts of feedstuffs in livestock diets, EPA issued Table II (June 
1994). A notice of availability of the updated Table II was published 
in the Federal Register of June 8, 1994 (59 FR 29603). This update of 
Table II was deemed appropriate because there had been significant 
changes in agricultural, processing, and feeding practices in the past 
decade. In response to a request for comments on Table II (June 1994), 
extensive information was received on the amounts of various feedstuffs 
and their proportions of animal diets. Therefore, Table II (June 1994) 
has now been further revised to reflect the most recent data and 
definitions on crops, raw agricultural and processed commodities, and 
feedstuffs. Other comments received by the Agency were also addressed.
    In Table II (June 1994) EPA evaluated the policy of allowing a 
label restriction prohibiting the use of a commodity for livestock 
feeding as a substitute for data. Based on comments on the document, 
EPA has revised the list of commodities for which a prohibitive label 
statement is an acceptable alternative to development of data.
    EPA will begin to use Table II (September 1995) as guidance in its 
evaluation of pesticide registrations and tolerances. EPA realizes that 
in some instances where studies have already begun or are scheduled to 
begin in the near future, data may not be able to be collected on the 
commodities that have been added to Table II. EPA believes that 6 
months should be sufficient time for registrants to familiarize 
themselves with the changes in Table II. For studies begun either prior 
to the publication of this notice or in the next 6 months, EPA will be 
flexible regarding whether studies which do not supply data on the new 
commodities in Table II are adequate for registration, reregistration, 
and tolerance purposes and when additional data, if any, will be 
required to be submitted under EPA's data call-in authority or as a 
condition of registration.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: September 14, 1995.

Stephanie R. Irene,
Acting Director, Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-23444 Filed 9-18-95; 1:26 pm]
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