[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7542-7543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3115]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-620; FRL-4935-6]
Pesticide Tolerance Petitions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA announces the amendment of two pesticide petitions and one
food/feed additive petition and the withdrawal of a pesticide petition.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Docket and
Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division (7505C),
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 Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
``Confidential Business Information'' (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 may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. All
written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 246 at
the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division
(7505C), Attention: [Product Manager (PM) named in the petition],
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named in each
petition at the following office location/telephone number:
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Office location &
Product Manager Telephone no. Address
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Phil Hutton (BPPD)..... 5th Floor, CS #1, 703- 2800 Crystal Drive,
308-8260. Arlington, VA.
Dennis Edwards (PM-19). Rm. 207, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis
6386. Hwy., Arlington, VA.
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[[Page 7543]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received amendments to
pesticide (PP) and/or food/feed additive (FAP) petitions as follows
proposing the establishment and/or amendment of tolerances or
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
certain agricultural commodities. EPA has also received a request to
withdraw without prejudice to future filing a pesticide peitition. The
petitions are as follows:
Amended Petitions
1. PP 3F4231. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 4913,
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has submitted a revised petition, notice of
which originally appeared in the Federal Register of October 21, 1993
(58 FR 54354). The revised petition proposes that 40 CFR part 180 be
amended to establish tolerances for combined residues of imidacloprid,
1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as
imidacloprid, on the following commodities: Fruiting vegetables
(including tomato, eggplant, and pepper) at 1.0 part per million (ppm);
Brassica (cole) leafy vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower,
Brussels sprouts, and cabbage at 3.5 ppm; lettuce, head and leaf at 3.5
ppm; and grapefruit at 1.0 ppm. (PM 19)
2. PP 4F4318. Myotech Corp., 630 Utah Ave., P.O. Box 4109, Butte,
MT 59702, has submitted a revised petition, notice of which originally
appeared in the Federal Register of July 13, 1994 (59 FR 35718). The
revised petition proposes that 40 CFR part 180 be amended by
establishing a regulation to exempt from the requirement of a tolerance
residues of the insecticide Beauvaria bassiana strain GHA in or on all
raw agricultural commodities. (Phil Hutton)
3. FAP 3H5675. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Div., P.O. Box 4913,
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has submitted a revised food/feed additive
petition, notice of which originally appeared in the Federal Register
of October 21, 1993 (58 FR 54356). The revised petition proposes that
40 CFR parts 185 (food additives) and 186 (feed additives) be amended
to establish tolerances for combined residues of imidacloprid, 1-[(6-
chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as
imidacloprid, in or on the following food additive commodities: Tomato,
puree at 3.0 ppm, tomato, paste at 6.0 ppm, and grape, raisin and juice
at 1.5 ppm; and in or on the following feed additive commodities:
Tomato, pomace (wet or dried) at 4.0 ppm; grape, pomace (wet or dried)
at 5.0 ppm; and grape, raisin waste at 15.0 ppm. (PM 19)
Withdrawn Petition
4. PP 1E2573. Sandoz Agro, Inc., 1300 E. Touhy Ave., Des Plaines,
IL 60018-3300, has requested to withdraw without prejudice to future
filing its petition to establish tolerances for residues of quinalphos
(O,O-diethyl O-2-quinoxalinyl phosphorothioate) at 0.2 ppm in or on
apples, 0.2 ppm in or on citrus, and 0.1 ppm in or on tomatoes. Sandoz
made the request in a letter dated January 5, 1995. (PM 19)
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Food additives,
Feed additives, Pesticides and pests.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: February 2, 1995.
Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-3115 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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