[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51372-51373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180

[PP 4F4327/R2253A; FRL-5393-8]
RIN 2070-AB78


Fenpropathrin; Pesticide Tolerance, Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final Rule, correction.

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SUMMARY: EPA is correcting its rule published on July 31, 1996, which 
established tolerances for residues of the insecticide/miticide 
fenpropathrin, a synthetic pyrethroid, in or on the raw agricultural 
commodities (RACs) peanuts and peanut hay, and increases tolerances in 
meat, meat byproduct and fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep 
and poultry; eggs; and milkfat.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation becomes effective October 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: George T. LaRocca, Product 
Manager (PM) 13, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Second Floor, Crystal 
Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. (703) 305-
6100, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a rule in the Federal Register of 
July 31, 1996 (FRL-5385-1) which amended 40 CFR 180.466 by establishing 
tolerances for residues of the insecticide fenpropathrin (alpha-cyano-
3-phenoxybenzyl 2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on 
the raw agricultural commodities (RACs) peanuts, vines and peanuts, hay 
(dried) at 20 parts per million (ppm); milkfat at 2.0 ppm (reflecting 
0.08 ppm in whole milk); fat (cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep) 
at 1.0 ppm; peanut hulls at 0.3 ppm; meat and meat byproducts (mbyp) 
(cattle, goats, horses, and sheep) at 0.1 ppm; poultry meat, fat, mbyp 
and eggs at 0.05 ppm; and peanut nut meat at 0.01 ppm.
    In this rule EPA inadvertently left out of the preamble certain 
information relevant to the conditional registration for fenpropathrin 
and did not include the expiration date for these new tolerances, which 
were established as time-limited tolerances that would expire on 
November 15, 1997.
    In addition, EPA inadvertently omitted from the table the new 
tolerance levels for sheep, fat, sheep, mbyp and sheep, meat. These 
oversight are corrected below.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 96-19330, published in the Federal Register of 
July 31, 1996 at page 39887, is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 39888, at the bottom of the first column, insert the 
following two paragraphs.
    ``The Agency issued a conditional registration for fenpropathrin 
for use on cotton with an expiration date of November 15, 1993 (see the 
Federal Register of April 14, 1993 (58 FR 19357)). The conditional 
registration was subsequently amended and extended to November 15, 1996 
(see the Federal Register dated February 22, 1995 (60 FR 9783)). The 
registrations were amended and extended to allow time for submission 
and evaluation of additional environmental effects data. In order to 
evaluate the effects of the pyrethroids on fish and aquatic organisms 
and its fate in the environment, additional data were required to be 
collected and submitted during the period of conditional registration. 
Such requirements included a sediment bioavailability and toxicity 
study and a small-plot runoff study that must be submitted to the 
Agency by July 1, 1996. Due to the conditional status of the 
registration, tolerances have been established for fenpropathrin on a 
temporary basis, (until November 15, 1997) on cottonseed, meat, fat and 
meat-byproducts of hogs, horses, cattle, goats, sheep, poultry, eggs 
and milk to cover residues expected to be present from use during the 
period of conditional registration. To be consistent with the 
conditional registration status of fenpropathrin on cotton the Agency 
is establishing these tolerances with an expiration date of November 
15, 1997.
    Residues remaining in or on the above commodities after expiration 
of these tolerances will not be considered actionable if the pesticide 
is legally applied during the term of and in accordance with provisions 
of the conditional registration.''
    2. On page 39889, the table to Sec. 180.466 is corrected by 
revising the entry for cattle, fat and by adding entries alphabetically 
for sheep, fat, sheep, mbyp and sheep, meat, to read as follows:

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                     Commodity                                Parts per million              Expiration date    
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Cattle, fat........................................                  1.0                      Nov. 15, 1997     
                                                                                                                
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Sheep, fat.........................................                  1.0                           Do.          
Sheep, mbyp........................................                  0.1                           Do.          
Sheep, meat........................................                  0.1                           Do.          
                                                                                                                
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental Protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: September 23, 1996.

Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-24994 Filed 10-01-96; 8:45 am]
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