[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5771-5772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3023]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50815; FRL-5347-5]
Aspergillus Flavus AF36; Notice of Receipt of a Request for an
Experimental Use Permit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received from the Interregional Research Project No. 4
(IR-4) an application for an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) (69224-EUP-
R) for the use of Aspergillus flavus AF36 as an antimicrobial agent in
or on cotton. EPA considers this EUP to be of regional or national
significance and is associated with Petition No. 5E5475.
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. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Comments and data may also
be submitted electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic comments must be submitted in
ASCII file format 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-50815.
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 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, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)-308-8097; e-
mail: bacchus.shanaz@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received
from IR-4, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, P.O. Box 231,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231, an application for an EUP (69224-EUP-R)
for the use of Aspergillus flavus AF36 (non-aflatoxin-producing strain)
as an antimicrobial agent in or on cotton. EPA considers this EUP to be
of regional or national significance and is associated with Petition
No. 5E5475. The application was submitted on behalf of the Agricultural
Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1100 Robert
E. Lee Boulevard, P.O. Box 19687, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70179-0687.
The use of Aspergillus flavus AF36 in the proposed manner is
intended to prevent aflatoxin contamination of cottonseed by
competitively excluding aflatoxin producing strains from infecting
treated crop. The microbial pesticide is to be applied over a 3-year
period at 10 pounds per acre to 1,120 acres of commercial cotton fields
in Yuma County, Arizona. There will be one application per crop, thus
allowing a total of 11,200 pounds per year. Applications will be made
at last cultivation prior to first bloom with a cultivator mounted
granular applicator. For this EUP program, the registrant proposes to
treat 120 acres in year 1, and 500 acres each in years 2 and 3.
Aspergillus flavus AF36 was initially isolated from this region which
is most seriously affected by aflatoxin contamination. Cottonseed from
treated and untreated fields will be sampled according to the Arizona
Commercial Feed Law and monitored for aflatoxin content in a commercial
laboratory. This experimental use program will be performed in order to
assess grower response to the use of the microbial pesticide and to
determine long-term and short-term influences of treating relatively
large contiguous acreages. Impact within treated fields and outside
treated fields will be determined and monitored over multiple years.
Treated crops are intended for commercial use.
EPA has established a record for this document under docket number
OPP-50815 (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
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The official record for this document, 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. 96-3023 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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