[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3510-3512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-578]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0302; FRL-7751-9]


Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of 
Regulations for the Residues of the Insecticide Metaflumizone in or on 
Food and Feed Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide 
petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the 
insecticide metaflumizone (mixture comprising 4-(2E)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino] carbonylhydrazono)-2-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethylbenzonitrile and 4-(2Z)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino] carbonyl hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl) 
phenyl] ethylbenzonitrile) in or on cotton (seed and gin trash), cattle 
and hen (fat and meat), liver and kidney (meat byproducts), milk and 
egg.

DATES: Comments must be received on or beforeFebruary 22, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0302 and pesticide petition (PP) number PP 
5F6944, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch 
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
     Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity 
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0302. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the 
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0302. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public

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docket without change and may be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, 
your e-mail address will be captured automatically and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available 
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends 
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of 
your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information and 
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 
2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305-
5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Hanger, Registration Division 
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 306-0395; e-mail address:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an 
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. 
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides 
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be 
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining 
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any 
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular 
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the document by docket ID number and other 
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and 
page number).
     Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives 
and substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is printing a summary of a pesticide petition received under 
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the amendment of regulations in 40 CFR part 
180.473(d) for the residues of the insecticide metaflumizone (mixture 
comprising 4-(2E)-2-([4-(trifluoromethoxy) anilino] carbonylhydrazono)-
2-[3-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl] ethylbenzonitrile and 4-(2Z)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino] carbonyl hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl) 
phenyl]ethylbenzonitrile) in or on cotton (seed and gin trash); cow and 
hen (meat and fat); kidney and liver (meat byproducts); milk, and egg 
food and feed commodities. EPA has determined that this pesticide 
petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth 
in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the 
sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data 
support granting of the pesticide petition. Additional data may be 
needed before EPA rules on this pesticide petition.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition included in 
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the 
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the 
pesticide chemical residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at 
http://www.regulations.gov/. To locate this information on the home 
page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select ``Quick Search'' and type the 
OPP docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0302for the pesticide petition (as 
specified in Unit I.B.1.) in the search field. Once the search has 
located the docket, clicking on the ``Docket ID'' will bring up a list 
of all documents in the

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docket for the pesticide including the petition summary.

New Tolerance

    PP 5F6944. BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the 
insecticide metaflumizone in or on the commodities cotton, seed at 0.05 
parts per million (ppm); cotton, gin trash at 35.0 ppm; cattle and 
poultry, meat at 0.05 ppm; cattle and poultry, fat at 0.5 ppm; kidney 
and liver, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; milk at 0.05 ppm; and eggs at 
0.1 ppm. BASF Analytical Method No. 531/0 was developed to determine 
residues of metaflumizone (E- and Z-Isomer) and its metabolites 
(M320I04 and M320I23), the residues of concern in plants and in crop 
matrices. In this method, residues of metaflumizone are extracted from 
plant matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/v) and then partitioned 
into dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the residues are extracted 
with a mixture of isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). For animal 
matrices, a method was developed to determine the residues of 
metaflumizone (E-and Z-Isomer), the residues of concern. For clean-up, 
a liquid/liquid partition against dichloromethane is used. The final 
determination of metaflumizone is performed by using HPLC-MS-MS.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: January 12, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-578 Filed 1-20-05; 8:45 am]
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