[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14114-14115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7645]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-30451; FRL-5780-3]


Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register 
pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in 
any previously registered products 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 April 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments identified by the document 
control number [OPP-30451] and the file symbols to: Public Information 
and Records Intregrity Branch, Information Resources and Services 
Division (7502C), 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-
[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: The Regulatory Action Leader listed in 
the table below:

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                                   Office location/                     
   Regulatory Action  Leader       telephone number          Address    
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Denise Greenway...............  5th Floor, CS1 #2, 703- 2800 Crystal    
                                 308-8263, e-mail:       Drive,         
                                 greenway.denise@epama   Arlington, VA  
                                 il.epa.gov.             22202          
John Tice.....................  Rm. 5-W43, CS #2, 703-  Do.             
                                 308-8295, e-mail:                      
                                 [email protected]                  
                                 .gov.                                  
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received applications as follows to 
register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included 
in any previously registered products pursuant to the provision of 
section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these applications does 
not imply a decision by the Agency on the applications.

I. Products Containing Active Ingredients Not Included In Any 
Previously Registered Products

    1. File Symbol: 70724-R. Applicant: Agrium U.S. Inc., South Ulster 
St., Suite 1400, Denver, CO 80237. Product Name: FTG. 
Microbial pest control agent. Active ingredient: Burkholderia cepacia 
strain Ral-3 at 1.96 percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For 
commercial application to seed and/or seedlings of conifers and 
deciduous

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trees, also intended for indoor use only. (D. Greenway)
    2. File Symbol: 4822-UOO. Applicant: S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., 
5125 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403-2236. Product Name: Granola 97. 
Manufacturing Use Product. Active ingredient: p-Methane-3,8-diol at 
99.0 percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For manufacturing 
of insect repellent products. (J. Tice)
    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.

II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions

    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this notice under docket number [OPP-30451] 
(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-30451]. 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 pest, Product 
registration.


    Dated: March 16, 1998

Janet L. Andersen

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

[FR Doc. 98-7645 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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