[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7516-7517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4521]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF644; FRL-5347-8]


 Exemption From the Requirement of Temporary Tolerances for 
Trichodex (or ABG-8007)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Petition.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received a petition (PP 6G4622) for an exemption from 
the requirement of temporary tolerances in or on all raw agricultural 
commodities which have been treated with Trichodex (or ABG-8007). This 
petition is associated with a request for an Experimental Use Permit 
(11678-EUP-R) for the subject pesticide, and is considered to be of 
regional and/or national significance.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted to EPA by March 29, 1996.
ADDRESSES: By mail, comments should be forwarded to Public Response and 


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Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be 
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as 
``Confidential Business Information'' (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 
submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked 
confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. All 
written comments will be available for public inspection at the address 
and hours given above.
    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 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. 
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the 
docket number [PF644]. No CBI should be submitted through e-mail. 
Electronic comments on this document may be filed online at many 
Federal Depository Library. Additional information on electronic 
submissions can be found below in 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 and telephone number: 5th Floor, CS #1, 2805 Jefferson 
Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, (703)-308-8097; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
     PP 6G4622. This notice announces that EPA has received from 
Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd., c/o Makhteshim-Agan of North America 
Inc., 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10176, a notice of 
filing under section 408 of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 
(U.S.C. 346a) for pesticide petition (PP) 6G4622 to amend 40 CFR part 
180 to establish an exemption from the requirement of a temporary 
tolerance for the microbial pesticide Trichodex in or on all raw 
agricultural commodities. This microbial pesticide 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 
petition is associated with an application for an Experimental Use 
Permit (11678-EUP-R) for a 2-year non-crop destruct program.
     A record has been established for this notice of receipt under 
docket number [PF644] (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:
    opp-D[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 of receipt, 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 
mintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this 
document.

List of subjects

    Environmental protection, Temporary tolerances, Agricultural 
commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: February 12, 1996.

Janet L. Andersen,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-4521 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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