[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49774-49775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19878]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0561; FRL-9914-57]


Amendment, Extension, or Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted amendments, extensions, and issuances of 
experimental use permits (EUPs) to the pesticide applicants described 
in Unit II. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone 
number: (703) 305-7090; 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 dockets for these actions, identified by docket identification 
(ID) numbers EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0212, 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), West William Jefferson 
Clinton 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 issued the following EUPs:
    1. 8917-EUP-1. EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0212. Issuance. Company: J.R. 
Simplot Company, 5369 West Irving St., Boise, ID 83706. This EUP allows 
the use of a total of approximately 0.00718 pound of the VNT1 protein 
that is expected to be expressed by Rpi-vnt1 gene in 239,375 pounds of 
Innate TM 2.0 potatoes in the Plant Incorporated Protectant (PIP) on a 
total of 96.75 acres of potatoes to evaluate the control of potato 
blight. The program is authorized only in the States of Idaho, 
Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin. Experimental protocol also 
includes 15.32 maximum border acreage of non-PIP potatoes. Harvested 
plant material from breeding PIPs have not yet been commercially 
registered and must not be allowed to enter the food or feed supply. 
Two positive comments were received to the Notice of Receipt of the 
application published in the Federal Register of April 9, 2014 (79 FR 
19611) (FRL-9908-82). J.R. Simplot Company must provide reports to EPA 
in accordance with the limitations of the EUP. The EUP is effective 
from May 13, 2014, to May 30, 2015.
    2. 89668-EUP-1. EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254. Amendment and Extension. 
Company: Robert I. Rose, Ph.D., on behalf of James Mains, Ph.D., 
Mosquito Mate, Inc., 1122 Oak Hill Dr., Lexington, KY 40505-3322. This 
EUP allows the use of a total of 249.6 milligrams (mg) of the microbial 
insecticide, Wolbachia pipientis ZAP strain, on a total of 48 acres. 
The extension and amendment of the EUP allows weekly releases of 
100,000 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes containing the microbial 
active ingredient over a 26-week period. The EUP intends to evaluate 
the suppression of the population of the naturally occurring Aedes 
albopictus mosquitoes. On mating with the released male mosquitoes, the 
females are expected to produce non-viable eggs. Mosquito population 
and eggs will be monitored over approximately 15,213 acres during the 
EUP and reported annually to Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention 
Division. The program is authorized only in the States of California 
(CA), Florida (FL), Kentucky (KY), and New York (NY). The EUP is 
effective from June 26, 2014, to October 31, 2015, in CA, FL, and KY 
and to September 30, 2016, in NY.
    3. 88347-EUP-1. EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0427. Amendment and Extension. 
Company: Phyllom BioProducts Corporation, 424 Lake Park Ave., 
#23, Oakland, CA 94610. This EUP allows the use of a total of 
8,721 pounds of the insecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies 
galleriae strain SDS-502 fermentation solids, spores, and insecticidal 
toxins, on a total of 3,300 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 August 6, 2014, to August 31, 
2015.

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

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: August 8, 2014.
Kimberly Nesci,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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