[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58189-58190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29022]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-181029; FRL-5571-9]

Emergency Exemptions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various 
pests to the three States listed below. Four crisis exemptions were 
initiated by various States. These exemptions, issued during the months 
of May, June, and August 1996, are subject to application and timing 
restrictions and reporting requirements designed to

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protect the environment to the maximum extent possible. Information on 
these restrictions is available from the contact persons in EPA listed 
below.

DATES: See each specific and crisis exemption for its effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See each emergency exemption for the 
name of the contact person. The following information applies to all 
contact persons: By mail: Registration Division (7505W), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 6th Floor, 
CS 1B1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA (703-308-8417); e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
    1. Indiana, Office of State Chemist for the use of Dimethomorph on 
tobacco to control blue mold; August 15, 1996, to August 14, 1997. 
(Libby Pemberton)
    2. Tennessee Department of Agriculture for the use of tebufenozide 
on cotton to control beet armyworms; August 1, 1996, to September 30, 
1996. (Margarita Collantes)
    3. Tennessee Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate on 
cotton to control beet armyworms; August 1, 1996, to September 30, 
1996. (Margarita Collantes)
    4. Utah Department of Agriculture for the use of Dimethomorph on 
potatoes to control late blight; August 2, 1996, to August 2, 1997. 
(Libby Pemberton)
    5. Utah Department of Agriculture for the use of propamocarb 
hydrochloride on potatoes to control late blight; August 2, 1996, to 
August 2, 1997. (Libby Pemberton)
    6. Utah Department of Agriculture for the use of cymoxanil on 
potatoes to control late blight; August 2, 1996, to August 2, 1997. 
(Libby Pemberton)
    Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
    1. Idaho Department of Agriculture on August 5, 1996, for the use 
of zinc phosphide on potatoes to control voles. This program has ended. 
(Libby Pemberton)
    2. Idaho Department of Agriculture on August 5, 1996, for the use 
of zinc phosphide on sugar beets to control voles. This program has 
ended. (Libby Pemberton)
    3. Maine Department of Agriculture Food and Rural Resources on June 
10, 1996, for the use of fomesafen on dry beans to control weeds. The 
program has ended. (Margarita Collantes)
    4. Missouri Department of Agriculture on May 29, 1996, for the use 
of fomesafen on snap beans to control weeds. The program has ended. 
(Margarita Collantes)

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: October 30, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-29022 Filed 11-12-96; 8:45 am]
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