[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5767-5768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3022]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50814; FRL-5347-4]
Trichodex; Notice of Receipt of Request for an Experimental Use
Permit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd., a
request (11678-R) for an Experimental Use Permit for the use of
Trichodex (ABG-8007) on raw agricultural commodities. This request is
associated with a petition for a temporary exemption from tolerances
(PP) 6G4622 for all raw agricultural commodities treated with
Trichodex. EPA considers this application to be of national or regional
significance.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted to EPA by March 15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: By mail: submit written comments to: Public Response and
Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Comments and data may also be submitted
electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic comments must be submitted in ASCII
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1
file format or ASCII file format. All comments and data in electronic
form must be identified by docket number ``OPP-50814.'' No Confidential
Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
Electronic comments on this document may be filed online at many
Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic
submissions can be found under the
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION unit of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: 5th Floor, CS
#1, 2805 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)-308-8097; e-
mail: bacchus.shanaz@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received
a request for an Experimental Use Permit for use of Trichodex on
certain crops from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd., c/o Makhteshim-Agan
of North America Inc., 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100, New York, NY
10176. The request is associated with a petition (PP 6G4622) for a
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for Trichodex
in or on all raw agricultural commodities. The microbial pesticide
Trichodex is also referred to as ABG-8007. It contains dried
fermentation solids and solubles resulting from fermentation of
Trichoderma harzianum isolate T-39, containing T-39 fungus propagules
as either conidia or mycelia.
The request for the EUP is being submitted as a 2-year non-crop
destruct program. The pesticide is to be applied to a total of 360
acres (A) as shown below: in Arizona (10 A), California (250 A),
Florida (20 A), New York (25 A), Ohio (5 A), Oregon (25 A) and
Washington (25 A). For this EUP, the registrant plans to treat wine
grapes, table grapes and strawberry. The rates of application are 2 to
4 lb Trichodex per acre. One to four applications are to be made to
wine grapes in a rotational program, while four to six applications are
to be applied to wine grapes during pre-bloom, bloom, bunch closure,
veraison, and preharvest stages. Table grapes are to be treated with
one to three applications during pre-bloom to fruit set. Treatment for
strawberry includes up to eight applications (once per week) throughout
the growing season from pre-bloom to harvest. A total of 5,000 pounds
of Trichodex will be used on wine grapes: California (3,500 lbs), New
York (500 lbs), Oregon (500 lbs), Washington (500 lbs). Table grapes in
Arizona will be treated with 120 lbs and in California with 600 lbs for
a total of 720 lbs Trichodex. Strawberry treatment will include 1,200
lbs (CA), 960 lbs (FL), and 240 lbs (OH) for a total of 2,400 lbs of
Trichodex. In total, 8,120 lbs of this microbial pesticide will be
applied annually in this 2-year non-crop destruct program.
EPA has established a record for this notice under docket number
OPP-50814; (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as (CBI), is available for inspection from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The public
record is located in Room 1132 of the Public Response and Program
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official
record which will also include all comments submitted directly in
writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the
address listed under the ``ADDRESSES'' unit at the beginning of this
document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.
Dated: February 1, 1996.
Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-3022 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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