[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30237-30238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15044]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-654; FRL-5370-7]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Notice of Filings and Withdrawals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filings and withdrawal of 
pesticide petitions (PP) 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-654], must be 
received on or before July 15, 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-654]. 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: The product manager listed in the 
table below:

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                                   Office location/                     
        Product Manager            telephone number          Address    
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Connie Welch (PM 21)..........  Rm. 233, CM #2, 703-    1921 Jefferson  
                                 305-6226, e-mail:       Davis Hwy,     
                                 welch.connie@epamail.   Arlington, VA  
                                 epa.gov.                               
Cynthia Giles-Parker (PM 22)..  Rm. 247, CM #2, 703-    Do              
                                 305-5540, e-mail:                      
                                 giles-
parker.cynthia@epamai
l.epa.gov.                             
Joanne I. Miller (PM 23)......  Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                 305-7830, e-mail:                      
                                 miller.joanne@epamail                  
                                 .epa.gov.                              
Robert J. Taylor (PM 25)......  Rm. 245, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                 305-6027, e-mail:                      
                                 taylor.robert@epamail                  
                                 .epa.gov.                              
Mike Mendelsohn (PM 90).......  5th Fl., CS #1, 703-    2800 Crystal    
                                 308-8715, e-mail:       Drive,         
                                 mendelsohn.mike@epama   Arlington VA   
                                 il.epa.gov.             22202          
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions as 
follows proposing the establishment/amendment of regulations for 
residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various raw 
agricultural commodities and the withdrawal of certain pesticide 
petitions.

Initial Filings

    1. PP 5F4550. Elf Atochem North America, Inc., 2000 Market St. 
Phildelphia, PA 19103-3222, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.371 by 
establishing tolerances for the residues of the fungicide thiophanate-
methyl, its oxygen analogue and its benzamidazole-containing 
metabolites in or on the raw

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agricultural commodities grapes at 5.0 ppm and pears at 7.0 ppms. (PM 
21)
    2. PP 6F4643. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2014, proposes to 
amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for residues of the 
plant growth regulator cyclanilide 1-(2,4-dichlorophenylaminocarbonyl)-
cyclopropane carboxylic acid in or on the raw agricultural commodities 
cottonseed at 0.75 ppm, milk at 0.03 ppm, beef, cattle, goat, and sheep 
liver at 0.25 ppm, beef, cattle, goat, and sheep kidney at 2.5 ppm, 
beef, cattle, goat, and sheep fat at 0.07 ppm, beef, cattle, goat, and 
sheep meat byproducts at 2.5 ppm, beef, cattle, goat, and sheep organ 
meat at 2.5 ppm, beef, cattle, goat, and sheep lean (fat free) meat at 
0.03 ppm, and horse meat at 0.03 ppm. The proposed analytical method 
for determining residues is gas chromotagraphy. (PM 22)
    3. PP 6F4668. Bayer Corporation, P.O. Box 4913, 8400 Hawthorne 
Road, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, proposes amending 40 CFR 180 by 
establishing tolerances for the residues of the fungicide tebuconazole 
(alpha-(2-(4- (chlorophenyl)ethyl)-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1- ethanol) in or on the following raw agricultural 
commodities: apples at 0.03 ppm, and pears at 0.05 ppm. (PM 21)
    4. PP 6F4694. Ciba Crop Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, P.O. 
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 
by establishing tolerances for the residues of the fungicide 
fludioxonil (4-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4yl-)-1H-pyrrole-3-
carbonitrile) in or on the raw agricultural commodity potatoes (potato 
tubers) at 0.5 ppm. (PM 21)
    5. PP 6F4695. BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
180.412 by establishing a tolerance for the combined residues of the 
herbicide 2-[1-(ethoxyimino)buty]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-
cyclohexen-1-one and its metabolites containing the 2-cyclohexen-1-one 
moiety in or on grapes at 0.7 ppm, succulent beans at 15.0 ppm, bean 
forage at 13.0 ppm, and soybeans at 16.0 ppm. (PM 25)
    6. PP 6E4657. Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway North, St. 
Louis, MO 63198 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a 
regulation to exempt from the requirement of a tolerance glyphosate 
oxidoreductase and the genetic material necessary for the production of 
this protein in or on all raw agricultural commodities when used as a 
plant-pesticide inert ingredient. (PM 90)
    7.  PP 6H5747. Monsanto Company, 700 14th St., NW., Suite 1100, 
Washington, DC 20005 proposes to amend 40 CFR 185.3500 by establishing 
tolerances for the residues of glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] 
resulting from the application of the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate 
and/or the monammonium salt of glyphosate in or on potato flakes at 1.0 
ppm and potato granules at 0.6 ppm. (PM 25)
    8. PP 6H5751. BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to amend 40 CFR 
185.2800 by establishing a tolerance for the combined residues of the 
herbicide 2-[1-(ethoxyimino)buty]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-
cyclohexen-1-one and its metabolites containing the 2-cyclohexen-1-one 
moiety on raisins at 3.5 ppm. (PM 25)
    9. PP 9F3766. Sandoz Agro Inc., 1300 East Touhy Avenue, Des 
Plaines, IL 60018-3300 proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.356 by establishing 
tolerances for combined residues of the herbicide norflurazon [4-
chloro-5-(methylamino)-2-(alpha, alpha, alpha-trifluoro-m-tolyl)-3-
(2H)-pyridazinone] and its desmethyl metabolite [4-chloro-5-(amino)-2-
(alpha, alpha, alpha-trifluoro-m-tolyl)-3(2H)-pyridazinone] in or on 
the following raw agricultural commodities: alfalfa, forage at 3.0 ppm, 
alfalfa, seed at 0.1 ppm, alfalfa, hay at 5.0 ppm; cattle, goats, hogs, 
horses, and sheep, meat by products, (except liver) at 0.1 ppm; cattle, 
goats, hogs, horses, and sheep liver at 0.25 ppm. The proposed 
analytical method for determining residues is gas chromotography with 
electron capture detection. (PM 23)

Petitions Withdrawn

    PP 5F4454. E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company, Agricultural Products, 
Walker Mill, Barley Mill Plaza, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038 has withdrawn 
pesticide petition (PP) 5F4454 which proposed the establishment of a 
regulation to permit residues of the herbicide chlorimuron ethyl(ethyl-
2-[[[[(4-chloro-6-methoxypyrimidin-2-yl)amino] 
carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoate) in or on the raw agricultural 
commodities corn, field, grain, corn, field, forage and corn, field, 
fodder at 0.05 ppm. The original notice of filing published in the 
Federal Register on May 24, 1995 (60 FR 27506). (PM 25)
     A record has been established for this notice under docket number 
[PF-654] (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 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.

    Dated: June 6, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-15044 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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