[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 24610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09744]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0163; FRL-9944-95]
Amendments, Extensions, and/or Issuances of Experimental Use
Permits
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has granted amendments, extensions, and/or 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 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, EPA 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 the docket
identification (ID) numbers as shown in the body of this document, 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. EUPs
EPA has issued the following EUPs:
1. 8917-EUP-2. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0516). Amendment and Extension.
J.R. Simplot Co., 5369 W. Irving St., Boise, ID 83706. This EUP allows
the use of 13,000,000 pounds of seed potatoes containing 0.390 pound of
VNT1 protein (or 3.90 x 10-1 pound of VNT1 protein) on 5,576
acres (i.e., 5,200 Rpi-vnt1 plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) acres
and 376 maximum border acres) to evaluate resistance to Phytophthora
infestans (commonly known as late potato blight). The program is
authorized only in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado,
Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas,
Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The EUP is effective from December 17,
2015, to April 1, 2017.
2. 62719-EUP-66. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0521). Amendment and Extension.
Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268-
1054. This EUP allows the use of 8.509 pounds of active ingredient
(0.399, 0.120, 9.364 x 10-7, 0.448, 6.22, 0.152, and 1.17
pounds of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1A.105 protein, Bt Cry2Ab2
protein, DvSnf7 double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), Bt Cry1F protein, Bt
Cry34Ab1 protein, Bt Cry35Ab1 protein, and Bt Cry3Bb1 protein,
respectively) in 456,699 pounds of corn seed and involves 5,844 acres
(i.e., 2,660 PIP acres, 1,312 non-PIP acres, and 1,872 border acres)
for inbred and hybrid development, nursery observations, and testing
and collection of product characterization data. The program is
authorized only in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the states of
Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and
Wisconsin. The EUP is effective from March 4, 2016, to March 31, 2017.
3. 88877-EUP-2. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0374). Issuance. University of
Kentucky, Department of Entomology, S-225 Agricultural Science Center
North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091. This EUP allows the use of 2,400,000
male Aedes aegypti WB1 Strain mosquitoes weighing 5.672 ounces and
containing 5.672 x 10-5 ounce of the active ingredient
Wolbachia pipientis, wAlbB Strain to evaluate the active ingredient's
effectiveness in suppressing and eliminating Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
The program is authorized only in the state of California over 840
acres (release and surveillance/monitoring acreage). The EUP is
effective from October 15, 2015, to December 31, 2016. EPA received two
comments, a positive one from the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement
District in California and a negative one that was anonymous. As the
anonymous commenter did not specify any particular safety concern with
regard to this EUP's issuance, the comment was not considered further.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 18, 2016.
Robert C. McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-09744 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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