[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 55575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26858]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-30377B; FRL-4980-6]
Certain Companies; Approval of Pesticide Product Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces Agency approval of applications
submitted by Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Ciba Seeds) and Mycogen Plant
Sciences to register two transgenic plant pesticide products containing
active ingredients not included in any previously registered products
pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(5) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Michael Mendelsohn,
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. CS51B6,
Westfield Building North Tower, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
22202, (703) 308-8715; e-mail: mendelsohn.mike@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a notice, published in the
Federal Register of January 13, 1995 (60 FR 3209), which announced that
Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Ciba-Seeds), 3054 Cornwallis Road, P.O. Box
12257, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709 and Mycogen Plant Sciences,
4980 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92121, had submitted
applications to register the transgenic plant pesticides B.t.k.
CryIA(b) Insect Control Protein as Produced in Corn and B.t.k. CryIA(b)
Insect Control Protein as Produced in Corn (EPA File Symbols 66736-R
and 68467-R), containing the active ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis
delta-endotoxin as produced in corn by a cryIA(b) gene and its
controlling sequences as found on plasmid vector pCIB4431,0.0001-0.0018
percent total plant protein respectively, an active ingredient not
included in any previously registered products.
The applications were approved on March 21, 1995, for seed stock
and hybrid seed production only (EPA Registration Numbers 66736-1 and
68467-1)
The Agency has considered all required data on risks associated
with the proposed use of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin as
produced in corn by a cryIA(b) gene and its controlling sequences as
found on plasmid vector pCIB4431, and information on social, economic,
and environmental benefits to be derived from use. Specifically, the
Agency has considered the nature of the chemical and its pattern of
use, application methods and rates, and level and extent of potential
exposure. Based on these reviews, the Agency was able to make basic
health safety determinations which show that use of Bacillus
thuringiensis delta-endotoxin as produced in corn by a cryIA(b) gene
and its controlling sequences as found on plasmid vector pCIB4431 when
used in accordance with the limitations of these registrations, will
not generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to the environment.
More detailed information on these registrations is contained in a
Pesticide Fact Sheet on Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin as
produced in corn by a cryIA(b) gene and its controlling sequences as
found on plasmid vector pCIB4431.
A copy of this fact sheet, which provides a summary description of
the chemical, use patterns and formulations, science findings, and the
Agency's regulatory position and rationale, may be obtained from the
National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, VA 22161.
In accordance with section 3(c)(2) of FIFRA, a copy of the approved
label and the list of data references used to support registration are
available for public inspection in the office of the Product Manager.
The data and other scientific information used to support registration,
except for material specifically protected by section 10 of FIFRA, are
available for public inspection in the Public Response and Program
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2,
Arlington, VA 22202 (703-305-5805). Requests for data must be made in
accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and
must be addressed to the Freedom of Information Office (A-101), 401 M
St., SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Such requests should: (1) Identify
the product name and registration number and (2) specify the data or
information desired.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product
registration.
Dated: October 19, 1995.
Flora Chow,
Acting Director, Biopesticides Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-26858 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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