[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6640-6641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3462]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180990; FRL-5348-3]


Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various 
pests to 11 States listed below. Six crisis exemptions were initiated 
by various States and one quarantine exemption was granted to the 
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. These 
exemptions, issued during the months of July through December 1995, and 
the one in January 1996, are subject to application and timing 
restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the 
environment to the maximum extent possible. EPA has denied specific 
exemption requests from the Minnesota and North Dakota Departments of 
Agriculture. Information on these restrictions is available from the 
contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific, crisis, and quarantine exemptions 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 1B1, 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 
Pirate on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to 
September 30, 1995. (Margarita Collantes)
    2. Alabama Agriculture and Industries for the use of Pirate on 
cotton to control beet armyworms; August 25, 1995, to September 30, 
1996. (Margarita Collantes)
    3. Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of propamocarb 
hydrochloride on potatoes to control late blight; December 18, 1995, to 
April 30, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
    4. Arkansas State Plant Board for the use of Pirate on cotton to 
control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to September 30, 1995. 
(Margarita Collantes)
    5. California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of 
propamocarb hydrochloride on tomatoes to control late blight; October 
12, 1995, to December 31, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
    6. California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of 
methyl bromide on watermelons to control nematodes, weeds, and fungi; 
December 15, 1995, to April 30, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
    7. California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of 
methyl bromide on carrots to control nematodes; December 14, 1995, to 
December 13, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
    8. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the 
use of lactofen on snap beans to control nightshade and common ragweed; 
September 1, 1995, to May 31, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
    9. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the 
use of Pirate on cotton to control beet armyworms and tobacco budworms; 
September 1, 1995, to September 1, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
    10. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the 
use of avermectin on potatoes to control leafminers; October 27, 1995, 
to June 1, 1996. (David Deegan)
    11. Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of metalaxyl on 
mustard greens, turnips and collards to control downy mildew; October 
13, 1995, to June 30, 1996. (David Deegan)
    12. Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate on 
cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 8, 1995, to September 30, 
1995. (Margarita Collantes)
    13. Idaho Department of Agriculture for the use of imazalil on 
sweet corn seed to control damping-off and die-back diseases; November 
22, 1995, to November 22, 1996. (Andrea Beard)
    14. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the use of 
Pirate on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to 
September 30, 1995. (Margarita Collantes)
    15. Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the use 
of Pirate on cotton to control beet armyworms; August 25, 1995, to 
September 30, 1995. (Margarita Collantes)

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    16. Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the use 
of Pirate on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to 
September 30, 1995. (Margarita Collantes)
    17. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the use 
of carboxin on onion seed to control onion smut; November 22, 1995, to 
June 1, 1996. (Kerry Leifer)
    18. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of propamocarb 
hydrochloride on potatoes to control late blight; January 1, 1996, to 
October 31, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
    19. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate on cotton 
to control beet armyworms; August 18, 1995, to September 30, 1995. 
(Margarita Collantes)
    Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
    1. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumber Services on 
August 14, 1995, for the use of tebufenozide on cotton to control beet 
armyworms. This program has ended. (Margarita Collantes)
    2. Idaho Department of Agriculture on July 14, 1995, for the use of 
paraquat dichloride on dry peas to control regrowth vegetation. This 
program has ended. (David Deegan)
    3. New Mexico Department of Agriculture on September 2, 1995, for 
the use of triadimefon on peppers to control powdery mildew. This 
program has ended. (Andrea Beard)
    4. Washington Department of Agriculture on July 20, 1995, for the 
use of paraquat dichloride on dry peas to control regrowth vegetation. 
This program has ended. (David Deegan)
    5. United States Department of Agriculture on December 1, 1995, for 
the use of methyl bromide on leafy vegetables, root and tuber 
vegetables, and kiwi fruit to control foreign pests. This program is 
expected to last until December 1, 1998. (Libby Pemberton)
    6. United States Department of Agriculture on October 14, 1995, for 
the use of methyl bromide on bananas, plantains, avocados, 
blackberries, raspberries, and opuntia to control various imported 
pests. This program is expected to last until October 14, 1998. (Libby 
Pemberton)
    EPA has denied specific exemption requests from the Minnesota and 
North Dakota Departments of Agriculture for the use of triallate on 
sugarbeets to control wild oats. The Agency denied the exemptions 
because there are registered alternative products available for the 
uses; therefore, an emergency situation does not exist. (David Deegan)
    EPA has granted a quarantine exemption to the Florida Department of 
Agriculture and Consumer Services for the use of naled on non-food 
sites (utility poles, trees, other inanimate objects), as bait spots in 
a program to eradicate the Oriental fruit fly; October 18, 1995, to 
October 18, 1998. (Andrea Beard)

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: February 7, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-3462 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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