[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5767-5768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3022]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50814; FRL-5347-4]


Trichodex; Notice of Receipt of Request for an Experimental Use 
Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd., a 
request (11678-R) for an Experimental Use Permit for the use of 
Trichodex (ABG-8007) on raw agricultural commodities. This request is 
associated with a petition for a temporary exemption from tolerances 
(PP) 6G4622 for all raw agricultural commodities treated with 
Trichodex. EPA considers this application to be of national or regional 
significance.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted to EPA by March 15, 1996.

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. Comments and data may also be submitted 
electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-
[email protected]. Electronic comments must be submitted in 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 docket number ``OPP-50814.'' No Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. 
Electronic comments on this document may be filed online at many 
Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic 
submissions can be found under the 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION unit of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: 5th Floor, CS 
#1, 2805 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)-308-8097; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received 
a request for an Experimental Use Permit for use of Trichodex on 
certain crops from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd., c/o Makhteshim-Agan 
of North America Inc., 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100, New York, NY 
10176. The request is associated with a petition (PP 6G4622) for a 
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for Trichodex 
in or on all raw agricultural commodities. The microbial pesticide 
Trichodex is also referred to as ABG-8007. It contains dried 
fermentation solids and solubles resulting from fermentation of 
Trichoderma harzianum isolate T-39, containing T-39 fungus propagules 
as either conidia or mycelia.
    The request for the EUP is being submitted as a 2-year non-crop 
destruct program. The pesticide is to be applied to a total of 360 
acres (A) as shown below: in Arizona (10 A), California (250 A), 
Florida (20 A), New York (25 A), Ohio (5 A), Oregon (25 A) and 
Washington (25 A). For this EUP, the registrant plans to treat wine 
grapes, table grapes and strawberry. The rates of application are 2 to 
4 lb Trichodex per acre. One to four applications are to be made to 
wine grapes in a rotational program, while four to six applications are 
to be applied to wine grapes during pre-bloom, bloom, bunch closure, 
veraison, and preharvest stages. Table grapes are to be treated with 
one to three applications during pre-bloom to fruit set. Treatment for 
strawberry includes up to eight applications (once per week) throughout 
the growing season from pre-bloom to harvest. A total of 5,000 pounds 
of Trichodex will be used on wine grapes: California (3,500 lbs), New 
York (500 lbs), Oregon (500 lbs), Washington (500 lbs). Table grapes in 
Arizona will be treated with 120 lbs and in California with 600 lbs for 
a total of 720 lbs Trichodex. Strawberry treatment will include 1,200 
lbs (CA), 960 lbs (FL), and 240 lbs (OH) for a total of 2,400 lbs of 
Trichodex. In total, 8,120 lbs of this microbial pesticide will be 
applied annually in this 2-year non-crop destruct program.
    EPA has established a record for this notice under docket number 
OPP-50814; (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, except 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]
    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 listed under the ``ADDRESSES'' unit at the beginning of this 
document.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: February 1, 1996.
Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-3022 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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