[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4317]
[[Page 9153]]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-181065A; FRL-6059-3]
Malathion and Diazinon; Receipt of Application for Emergency
Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment Period; Extension of Comment
Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period related to the
consideration of a section 18 quarantine exemption request submitted to
the Agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the use of the
pesticides malathion and diazinon to treat areas in Florida where
nonindigenous subtropical fruit flies (various species in the family
Tephritidae) are discovered. The public may directly review the
materials submitted in support of the subject emergency exemption
application at the EPA's Pesticide Public Docket or through the main
branch of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Library. The comment period is
extended for an additional 30 days.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to EPA by March 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and Services Division
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, deliver comments to:
Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-docket@epa.gov. Follow the
instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. No Confidential Business
Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance
with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that
does not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public
record. Information not marked confidential will be included in the
public docket by EPA without prior notice. The public docket is
available for public inspection in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address
given in this unit, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Daniel J. Rosenblatt, Office
of Pesticide Programs (7505C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and
e-mail address: Crystal Mall #2, Rm. 280, 1921 Jefferson-Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA, (703-308-9375); e-mail: rosenblatt.dan@epamail.epa.gov.
The emergency exemption application is also available for public
inspection in the Special Collection Department of the main library of
the Tampa-Hillsborough County Library system located at 900 N. Ashley,
Tampa, Florida, (813-273-3629).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a notice published in the Federal
Register of December 9, 1998 (63 FR 67880)(FRL-6047-8) which solicited
public comment on the section 18 quarantine exemption request which was
submitted to the Agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the
use of the pesticides malathion and diazinon to treat areas in Florida
where nonindigenous subtropical fruit flies (various species in the
family Tephritidae) are discovered.
EPA is evaluating the quarantine exemption request under section 18
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the
``Applicant'') to use the pesticides malathion (CAS No. 121-75-5),
formulated as Fyfanon ULV (EPA Registration Numbers 4787-8 and 51036-
104 and diazinon (CAS No. 333-41-5), formulated as Diazinon 4-E (EPA
Registration Number 769-687) at this time. The purpose of this notice
is to extend the period for public comment about how the Agency should
respond to the emergency exemption application from the Applicant.
In the past years, severe infestations of the Mediterranean fruit
fly (Ceratitis capitata) has been discovered in Florida. The
Mediterranean fruit fly is a destructive pest capable of damaging a
wide range of important agricultural crops. In order to ensure that the
Mediterranean fruit fly does not become established in Florida, the
Applicant and the State of Florida have undertaken emergency
eradication programs to combat each outbreak.
The section 18 request under consideration by the Agency involves
use of the pesticides in eradication programs, the release of sterile
Mediterranean fruit flies, and numerous other exclusion and detection
activities in order to help ensure that this pest species does not
become established.
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
has been established for this notice under docket control number [OPP-
181065A] (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described in this unit). 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 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The
official notice record is located at the Virginia address in
``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epa.gov
Electronic comments must be submitted as an 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 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket control number [OPP-181065A]. Electronic comments on this
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Emergency
exemptions.
Dated: February 16, 1999.
Peter Caulkings,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-4317 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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