[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18593-18595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10252]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-649; FRL-5359-7]


Various Pesticide and Food/Feed Tolerance Petitions; Amendments 
and Filings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces initial filings and amendments of 
pesticide petitions (PP), filing of food and feed additive petitions 
(FAP) all proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of 
certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural commodities.
DATES: Comments, identified by the docket number [PF-649] must be 
received on or before May 28, 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. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1128, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice 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 in Rm. 1128 at 
the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: OPP-D[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 [PF-649]. 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: By mail: Registration Division 
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named 
in each petition at the following office location/telephone number:

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             Product Manager                   Office location/telephone number                 Address         
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Rick Keigwin (PM 10)....................  Rm. 214, CM #2, 703-305-6788, e-mail:       1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,
                                           [email protected]                Arlington, VA. .         
Robert Forest (PM 14)...................  Rm. 219, CM #2, 703-305-6600, e-mail:                   Do.           
                                           [email protected].                                        
Dennis Edwards (PM 19)..................  Rm. 266A, CM #2, 703-305-6386, e-mail:                  Do.           
                                           [email protected].                                      
Teresa Stowe (PM 22)....................  Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305-7740, e-mail:                   Do.           
                                           [email protected].                                        
Joanne I. Miller (PM 23)................  Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305-7830, e-mail:                   Do.           
                                           [email protected].                                       
Robert J. Taylor (PM 25)................  Rm. 245, CM #2, 703-305-6027, e-mail:                   Do.           
                                           [email protected].                                       
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide and feed additive 
petitions as follows proposing the establishment and/or amendment of 
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on 
various agricultural commodities.

Initial Filings

    1 PP 5F4490. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., P.O. Box 80038, 
Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.445 to increase 
the tolerance for residues of the herbicide methyl 2[[[[[(4,6-
dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)amino] carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl] 
methyl]benzoate to 0.5 ppm in or on the raw agricultural commodity rice 
straw. The petition was subsequently amended to revise the tolerance 
level to 0.3 ppm. (PM 23)
    2. PP 5F4547. American Cyanamid Co., Agricultural Research Center, 
P.O. Box 400, Princeton, NJ 08543-0400, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
180.206 by revising the established tolerance for the residues of the 
insecticide phorate (O,O-diethyl S[(ethylthio)methyl]phosphorodithiote 
and its cholinesterase-inhibiting metabolites in or on the raw 
agricultural commodity beans, succulent at 0.1 ppm and beans, dried at 
0.1 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is 
chromatograph equipped wtih a flame photometric detector. (PM 14)
    3. PP 6E4679. Rohm and Haas Company, 100 Independence Mall West, 
Phildelphia, PA 19106-2399, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.842 by 
establishing a tolerance for the residues of the insecticide Benzoic 
acid (3,5-dimethyl-,1-(1-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-(4-ethylbenzoyl) 
hydrazide in or on the raw agricultural commodity wine grapes at 0.5 
ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is HPLC 
separation with UV detection. (PM 10)
    4. PP 6F4649. American Cyanamid Co., P.O. Box 400, Princeton, NJ 
08543-0400, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a 
tolerance for the residues of the herbicide AC 299,263,( )-
2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-
(methoxymethyl)-3-pyridine carboxylate acid in or on soybeans at 0.1 
ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is HPLC. 
(PM 25)
    5. PP 6F4676. ISK Bioscience Corporation, 5966 Heisley Road, P.O. 
Box 8000, Mentor, OH 44061-8000 proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.275 by 
establishing a tolerance for the residues of the fungicide 
Chlorothalonil (tetrachloroisophthalonitrile) and its metabolite, 4-
hydroxy-2,5,6-trichloroisophthalonitrile in or on the raw agricultural 
commodity non-bell peppers at 5.0 ppm. (PM 22)
    6. PP 6F4680. Drexel Chemical Co, P.O. Box 13327 Memphis, TN 38113-
0327, proposes amending 40 CFR 180.106 by establishing a tolerance for 
residues of the herbicide diuron (3-(3,4dichlorophenyl)-1,1-
dimethylurea) in or on the raw aqricultural commodity catfish at 1 part 
per million. The analytical method is liquid chromotography (HPLC). 
(PM-25)
    7. FAP 6F4682. Gustafson, Incorporated, P.O. Box 669965, Dallas,

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Texas 75266-0065, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.472 by establishing a 
regulation to permit the residues of the insecticide/miticide 
imidacloprid (1,[chloro-3-pridinyl)methyl-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine 
on the raw agricultural commodities field corn, forage at 0.10 ppm, 
field corn, fodder at 0.20 ppm and field corn, grain at 0.05 ppm.
    8. PP 6H5743. Agrevo Environmental Health, 95 Chestnut Ridge Rd., 
Montvale, NJ 07645 proposes to amend 40 CFR parts 185 and 186 by 
establishing tolerances at 3 ppm for residues of the insecticide d-
trans-chrysanthemum monocarboxylic acid ester of dl-2-allyl-4-hydroxy-
3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one in or on all food items in food handling 
establishments and all feed handling establishments when applied in 
accordance with conditions prescribed in the pesticide petition. (PM 
10)
     A record has been established for this rulemaking under docket 
number [PF-649] (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:
    [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 rulemaking, 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 rulemaking record which will also include all comments 
submitted directly in writing. The official rulemaking record is the 
paper record maintained at the Virginia address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the 
beginning of this document.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Animal feeds. and Pesticide and pests.

    Dated: April 11, 1996.

Stephne L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-10252 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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