[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24492-24493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12194]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-651; FRL-5365-7]


Dicamba; Notice of Filing of Pesticide Tolerance Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Sandoz Agro, Inc., 1300 E. Touhy Avenue, 
Des Plaines, Il 60018, pesticide petition proposing to establish 
tolerances for the herbicide dicamba on various agricultural 
commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-651], 
must be received on or before June 14, 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. 1132, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
    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 [PF-651]. Electronic comments on this notice may be filed 
online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on 
electronic submissions can be found below in this document.
    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). CBI should not be 
submitted through e-mail. Information marked as CBI 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. 1132 at the 
address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Robert Taylor, Product 
Manager (PM) 25, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 245, CM #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-6800; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency has 
received pesticide petition (PP) 4F3041 proposing to amend 40 CFR 
180.227 to establish tolerances for the use of the herbicide dicamba 
(3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid) and its metabolite 3,6-dichloro-5-hydroxy-
o-anisic acid and 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxy benzoic acid in or on wheat 
grain at 0.5 parts per million (ppm), wheat straw at 50 ppm, barley 
grain at 0.5 ppm, barley straw at 50 ppm, soybean grain at 1.0 ppm, 
soybean hulls at 5.0 ppm, soybean forage at 0.5 ppm and soybean, 
aspirated grain fractions at 75 ppm. The petition was submitted by

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Sandoz Agro, Inc. 1300 E. Touhy Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018.
     A record has been established for this notice of filing under 
docket number [PF-651] (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 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, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.

    Dated: May 6, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-12194; Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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