[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32210-32211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15741]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-30456; FRL-5794-4]


3M Canada Co.; 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 
3M Canada Company, 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 July 13, 1998.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments identified by the document 
control number [OPP-30456] 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-
[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: Sheila Moats, Regulatory 
Action Leader, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
(7511C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone 
number: Rm. 14, 9th floor, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, CM #2, 
Arlington, VA, 22202, (703) 308-1259; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received an application from 3M Canada 
Co., P.O. Box 5757 London, Ontario N6A 4TI, to register the pesticide 
product 3M MEC Eastern Pine Shoot Borer Pheromone Concentrate (EPA File 
Symbol 10350-UA), containing the active ingredient (Z)-9-dodecenyl 
acetate and (E)-9-dodecenyl acetate at 16.0 and 4.0 percent 
respectively, an ingredient not included in any previously registered 
product pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. The 
product is a timed release microencapsulated pheromone concentrate used 
for mating disruption of the Eastern Pine Shoot Borer Moth in forest 
and woodland applications. This chemical is part of the Pheromone Joint 
Review Pilot Program currently underway between Canada Pest Management 
Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the United States EPA. The application for 
registration of the technical grade of the active ingredient is 
submitted under the same Pheromone Joint Review Pilot Program for the 
product ``Bedoukian 9-Dodecenyl Acetate Technical Pheromone,'' (EPA 
File Symbol 52991-RN) by Bedoukian Research Inc., 21 Finance Drive, 
Danbury, CT 06810. 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.

Public Record and Electronic Submission

    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this notice under docket number [OPP-30456] 
(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.

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    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-30456]. 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: May 22, 1998.

Janet L. Andersen,

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

[FR Doc. 98-15741 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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