[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 40737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16317]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0181 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0427; FRL-9392-3]


Issuance of Two Experimental Use Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted experimental use permits (EUPs) to the 
following pesticide applicants: Stephen L. Dobson (University of 
Kentucky) and Phyllom, LLC. 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 (88877-EUP-1), 
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]; and
    Jeannine Kausch (88347-EUP-1), Biopesticides and Pollution 
Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8920; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    These actions are directed to the public in general. Although these 
actions 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 these 
actions.

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

    The docket for these actions, identified by docket identification 
(ID) numbers EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0181 (88877-EUP-1) and EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-
0427 (88347-EUP-1) are 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. EUPs

    EPA has issued the following EUPs:
    1. 88877-EUP-1. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0181). Issuance. Stephen L. 
Dobson, University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology, S-225 Ag. 
Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091. This EUP allows the 
release of 30,000 mosquitoes per week for 26 weeks from approximately 
52 grams of Wolbachia pipientis infected Aedes polynesiensis mosquito 
eggs (containing approximately 0.52 mg Wolbachia pipientis microbial 
active ingredient used as an insecticide on approximately 97 acres to 
evaluate the suppression of the native Aedes polynesiensis). One of the 
sites will be a control site. The program is authorized only in the 
United States Territory of Samoa. The EUP is effective from June 15, 
2012 to June 20, 2013. Four comments were received in response to the 
May 8, 2012, notice of receipt in the Federal Register, 77 FR 27054, 
FRL-9342-8. The Agency's and applicant's responses to these comments 
are included in this docket (Ref. 1 and 2). References: 1. U.S. EPA 
BPPD memorandum (S. Bacchus through K. Nesci to K. Matthews), May 20, 
2013; 2. Robert I. Rose, email to S. Bacchus (U.S. EPA BPPD). 
University of Kentucky's response to Oxitec's comment. June 19, 2012.
    2. 88347-EUP-1. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0427). Issuance. Phyllom, LLC, 922 
San Leandro Ave., Suite F, Mountain View, CA 94043. This EUP allows the 
use of 2,448 pounds of the insecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis 
subspecies galleriae strain SDS-502 fermentation solids, spores, and 
insecticidal toxins, on 1,400 acres of forested areas to evaluate the 
control of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). The program is 
authorized only in the States of Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and 
Wisconsin. The EUP is effective from May 8, 2013 to August 31, 2014.

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

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: June 27, 2013.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-16317 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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