[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12879-12880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5212]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2005-0052; FRL-7703-3]


Bacillus Thuringiensis VIP3A Insect Control Protein and the 
Genetic Material Necessary for its Production; Notice of Filing a 
Pesticide Petition to Amend an Exemption from the Requirement of a 
Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a correction to the Notice of Filing of 
a pesticide petition proposing an amendment to an existing exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of a certain pesticide 
chemical in or on various food commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-
2005-0052, must be received on or before April 15, 2005.

ADDRESSES:  Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as 
provided in Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the September 
15, 2004, Federal Register Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Sharlene Matten, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 605-0514; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the September 15, 2004, Notice of Filing a 
list of those who may be potentially affected by the action. If you 
have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a 
particular entity, consult

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the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    In addition to using EDOCKET (http://www.epa.gov/edocket/), you may 
access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA 
Internet under the ``Federal Register'' listings athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

II. Background

    On July 26, 2004, Syngenta Seeds, 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709-2257 submitted a petition (PP 3G6547) to EPA 
under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by 
the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting that the 
temporary tolerance exemption for Bacillus thuringiensis VIP3A protein 
and the genetic material necessary for its production in cotton found 
at 40 CFR 180.1247 be amended to include all VIP3A events. As it turns 
out, however, this particular request was unnecessary as the temporary 
tolerance exemption found at 40 CFR 180.1247 already includes all VIP3A 
events. In a subsequent letter dated July 29, 2004, Syngenta Seeds also 
petitioned the Agency to amend the temporary tolerance exemption found 
at 40 CFR 180.1247 by extending it from May 1, 2005 to May 1, 2006.
    On September 15, 2004, EPA published a Notice in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 55605, FRL-7675-1) announcing the filing of the 
Syngenta Seeds petition. This Notice of Filing, however, was incorrect 
in two respects. First, it reiterated in summary fashion Syngenta Seeds 
request that the temporary tolerance exemption found at 40 CFR 180.1247 
be amended to include all VIP3A events. As noted above, this was 
unnecessary since that temporary tolerance exemption already includes 
all VIP3A events. Second, the Notice failed to include Syngenta Seeds' 
petition to extend the approved time frame for the temporary exemption.

III. What Does this Correction Do?

    The purpose of this document, therefore, is to clarify that 
pesticide petition 3G6547 from Syngenta Seeds, as summarized and 
presented in the Agency's September 15, 2004, Notice of Filing, is 
solely a proposal to amend the temporary tolerance exemption found at 
40 CFR 180.1247 by extending it from May 1, 2005 to May 1, 2006. To the 
extent there is any language in that Notice of Filing discussing or 
alluding to Syngenta Seeds' request to make that temporary tolerance 
exemption non-event specific, that language is to be disregarded. All 
the other information contained in that September 15, 2004, Notice of 
Filing, however, is intended to support Syngenta Seeds' request to 
extend the time frame of the subject temporary tolerance exemption.
    As noted elsewhere in this document, EPA is providing an additional 
30 days for parties to comment on Syngenta Seeds' petition as corrected 
via this document. Any comments received in response to this document 
or the original Notice of Filing dated September 15, 2004, will be 
addressed in any Final Rule issued by the Agency concerning this 
matter.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: March 7, 2005.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-5212 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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