[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34100]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-50839; FRL-5763-7]


Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following 
applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the 
provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with 
respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purposes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Joanne Miller, Registration 
Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
location, telephone number, and e-mail address: 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Rm. 237, CM #2, Arlington, VA, 703-305-6224, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has issued the following experimental 
use permit:
    7969-EUP-37. Extension. BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. This experimental use permit allows the use of 
609 pounds of the herbicide sodium salt of diflufenzopyr on 1,740 acres 
of corn to evaluate the control of various broadleaf weeds and grasses. 
The program is authorized only in the States of Colorado, Georgia, 
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. The experimental use 
permit is effective from March 1, 1998 to October 1, 1998. This permit 
is issued with the limitation that all treated crops are destroyed or 
used for research purposes only.
    Persons wishing to review this experimental use permit are referred 
to the designated product manager. Inquires concerning this permit 
should be directed to the person cited above. It is suggested that 
interested persons call before visiting the EPA office, so that the 
appropriate file may be made available for inspection purposes from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: December 21, 1997.
James Jones,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-34100 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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