[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6518]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50826; FRL-5592-3]
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following
applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the
provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with
respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purposes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Mike Mendelsohn, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division
(7501W), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460. In person or by telephone: Rm. 3142, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, Telephone: 703-308-8715, e-mail:
mendelsohn.mike@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has issued the following experimental
use permit: 70218-EUP-1. Issuance. This experimental use permit allows
the use of 0.825 pounds of the Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies
tolworthi Cry9C protein in seeds shipped on 3,305 acres of corn to
evaluate the control of the European corn borer and other lepidopteran
corn pests. The program is authorized in the States of Alabama,
California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and Wisconsin. The experimental use permit is effective from
February 5, 1997 to November 30, 1997. This permit is issued with the
limitation that all treated crops are destroyed or used for research
purposes only.
Persons wishing to review this experimental use permit are referred
to the designated contact person. Inquires concerning this permit
should be directed to the person cited above. It is suggested that
interested persons call before visiting the EPA office, so that the
appropriate file may be made available for inspection purposes from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.
Dated: March 5, 1997.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-6518 Filed 3-13-97; 8:45 am]
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