[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9517-9518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4805]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-30448; FRL-5773-7]


Ecogen, Inc.; Application to Register a Pesticide Product

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of an application submitted by 
Ecogen Inc., to register a pesticide product containing a new active 
ingredient not included any previously registered product pursuant to 
the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by March 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments identified by the document 
control number [OPP-30448] and the file symbols to: Public Information 
and Records Integrity Branch (7502C), Information Resources and 
Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, 
bring comments to: Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: opp-

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 [email protected]. Follow the instructions under ``SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.'' No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be 
submitted through e-mail.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be 
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as 
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. The public docket is available for public 
inspection in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address given above, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Alan Reynolds, Regulatory 
Action Leader, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
(7511W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone 
number: Rm. 5th floor, CS1, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. 22202, 
(703) 605-0515; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received an application from Ecogen 
Inc., 2005 Cabot Blvd. West, P.O. Box 3023 Langhorne, PA 19047-3023 to 
register the pesticide product BTI Technical Powder Bioinsecticide (EPA 
File Symbol 55638-UR), containing the active ingredient Bacillus 
thuringiensis subspecies israelensis strain EG2215 at 20 percent, an 
ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant 
to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. The product is for 
manufacture of bioinsecticide end-use products to control of 
mosquitoes. Notice of receipt of the application does not imply a 
decision by the Agency on the application.
    Notice of approval or denial of an application to register a 
pesticide product will be announced in the Federal Register. The 
procedure for requesting data will be given in the Federal Register if 
an application is approved.
    Comments received within the specified time period will be 
considered before a final decision is made; comments received after the 
time specified will be considered only to the extent possible without 
delaying processing of the application.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this notice under docket number [OPP-30448] 
(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 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official notice 
record is located at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of 
this document.
    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. Comment and data 
will also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket number [OPP-30448]. Electronic comments on this notice may 
be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product 
registration.

    Dated: February 13, 1998.

Janet L. Andersen,

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

[FR Doc. 98-4805 Filed 2-24-98; 8:45 am]
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