[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38732-38733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18841]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-665; FRL-5384-8]


Pesticide Tolerance Petition; Notice of Filing by Abbott 
Laboratories

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that EPA has received a pesticide 
petition for exemption from the requirement of tolerances for a certain 
pesticide ingredient to include all raw agricultural commodities.

DATES: Written comments, identified by the docket control number [PF-
665], must be submitted to EPA by August 26, 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. Comments and data may also be submitted 
electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-
[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 docket number [PF-665]. No CBI 
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice 
of filing may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 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). 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. 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: Cindy Schaffer, Product Manager (PM) 
90, 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, 703-308-8272; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received 
from Abbott Laboratories, Chemical and Agricultural Products Division, 
Dept. 28R Bldg A1, 1401 Sheridan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, a notice 
of filing of pesticide petition (PP) 6F4720 under section 408(d)(1) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a), proposing to 
amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for the residues of 
the microbial pesticide Bacillus sphaericus, strain 2362 (serotype 
H5a5b) (larvicide) in or on all raw agricultural commodities. The 
proposed analytical method for determining residues is by gas 
chromatography.
     A record has been established for this notice of filing under 
docket number [PF-665] (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 Rm. 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 Hwy., 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 notice of filing, 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 record is the 
paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the 
beginning of this document.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

    Dated: July 10, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-18841 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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