[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36545-36546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14479]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254; FRL-9390-1]


Amendment of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received an amendment to a pending experimental use 
permit (EUP) from the pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a 
pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with 
the limitations in the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or 
sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information 
about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. EUP

    EPA has received the following amendment to the pending EUP: 89668-
EUP-R. Submitter: Robert I. Rose, Ph.D., on behalf of James Mains, 
Ph.D., Mosquito Mate, Inc., 1122 Oak Hill Drive, Lexington, KY 40505-
3322. Active ingredient: Wolbachia pipientis (now identified as ZAP 
strain). Type of active ingredient: Microbial Insecticide. Summary of 
amendment request: On May 1, 2013, EPA published in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 25436; EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254) a Notice of Receipt of an 
application for an EUP, EPA File Symbol 89668-EUP-R. On May 22, 2013, 
the applicant submitted an amendment to that application for an EUP. 
The original application specified the release of 30,000 mosquitoes in 
Kentucky (0.7 acre). The applicant now intends to release 100,000 male 
Aedes albopictus mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia pipientis ZAP 
strain microbial pesticide per week during the mosquito season over a 
2-year period and monitor areas in neighborhoods of California (1205 
acres); Florida (180 acres); Kentucky (337 acres) and New York (337 
acres) as specified in the Section G descriptions in the docket. There 
are no other changes to the original application. The released male 
mosquitoes are expected to mate with

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indigenous female Aedes albopictus causing conditional sterility and 
resulting in mosquito population decline. Adult and egg collection data 
from treated areas will be compared to those in untreated control sites 
to examine for the effect of the released product.
    A copy of the amended application and any information submitted is 
available for public review in the docket established for this EUP 
application. Following the review of the amended application, EPA will 
decide whether to issue or deny the amended EUP request, and if issued, 
the conditions under which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an 
EUP will be announced in the Federal Register.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: June 7, 2013.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-14479 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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