[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4025]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PP 3G4263/T685; FRL 5348-4]


Fipronil; Renewal of a Temporary Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has renewed a temporary tolerance for combined residues of 
the insecticide fipronil or its metabolites in or on the raw 
agricultural commodity field corn grain at 0.02 parts per million 
(ppm).

DATES: This temporary tolerance expires March 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Richard Keigwin, Product 
Manager (PM) 10, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 210, CM#2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-6788; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 17, 1995 (60 FR 26434), stating that a temporary 
tolerance had been established for combined residues of the insecticide 
fipronil (5-amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4- 
trifluoromethylsulphinyl pyrazole) or its metabolites MB 46136 (5-
amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4- 
trifluoromethylsulphonyl pyrazole) or MB 45950 (5-amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-
dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4- trifluoromethylthiopyrazole) in or 
on the raw agricultural commodity field corn grain at 0.02 parts per 
million (ppm). This tolerance is renewed in response to a request dated 
November 15, 1995, to extend Pesticide Petition (PP) 3G4263, submitted 
by Rhone Poulenc AG Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2014.
    The company has requested a 1-year renewal of a temporary tolerance 
for residues of the insecticide to permit the continued marketing of 
the above raw agricultural commodity when treated in accordance with 
the provisions of the experimental use permit 264-EUP-95, which is 
being renewed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) as amended (Pub. L. 95-396, 92 Stat. 819; 7 U.S.C. 136).
    The scientific data reported and other relevant material were 
evaluated, and it was determined that a renewal of the temporary 
tolerance will protect the public health. Therefore, the temporary 
tolerance has been renewed on the condition that the pesticide be used 
in accordance with the experimental use permit and with the following 
provisions:
    1. The total amount of the active ingredient to be used must not 
exceed the quantity authorized by the experimental use permit.
    2. Rhone Poulenc AG Company must immediately notify the EPA of any 
findings from the experimental use that have a bearing on safety. The 
company must also keep records of production, distribution, and 
performance and on request make the records available to any authorized 
officer or employee of the EPA or the Food and Drug Administration.
    This tolerance expires March 28, 1997. Residues not in excess of 
this amount remaining in or on the above raw agricultural commodity 
after this expiration date will not be considered actionable if the 
pesticide is legally applied during the term of, and in accordance 
with, the provisions of the experimental use permit and temporary 
tolerance. This tolerance may be revoked if the experimental use permit 
is revoked or if any experience with or scientific data on this 
pesticide indicate that such revocation is necessary to protect the 
public health.
    The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this notice from 
the requirements of section 3 of Executive Order 12866.
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator 
has determined that regulations establishing new tolerances or raising 
tolerance levels or establishing exemptions from tolerance requirements 
do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities. A certification statement to this effect was published 
in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a(j).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 2, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-4025 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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