[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5800]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PP 4G4409 and 5G4448/T668; FRL-4939-9]
Northrup King Co. and Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Initial Filings of
Exemptions from the Requirement of Tolerances; Technical Amendment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing a technical amendment to clarify a notice on
establishing temporary exemptions from the requirement of tolerances
for the delta endotoxin protein produced in field corn by a CryIA(b)
gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 and inserted in
the plant expression vector pZ01502 and for the plant pesticide
Bacillus-thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) insect control protein
as produced in corn plants and the genetic material necessary for its
production. EPA has not yet granted the temporary tolerance exemptions;
instead, EPA is announcing that it has received the petitions and is
considering whether or not to grant them.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Office location and telephone number: Crystal Station, 5th Fl. 2800
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-308-8712; e-mail:
Mendelsohn.Mike@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 15, 1995
(60 FR 8658), EPA issued a notice of temporary tolerance exemptions for
PP 4G4409 filed by Northrup King Co. and PP 5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy
Corp. EPA is issuing this technical amemdment to that notice to state
that the petitions have not yet been granted, but are being considered.
PP 4G4409 filed by Northrup King Co., 7500 Olson Memorial Hwy., Golden
Valley, MN 55427, has requested the establishment of an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for the delta endotoxin protein produced
in field corn by a CryIA(b) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.
kurstaki HD-1 and inserted in the plant expression vector pZ01502. PP
5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709-2257, has requested the establishment of an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance for the plant pesticide Bacillus
thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) insect control protein as
produced in corn plants and the genetic material necessary for its
production.
EPA reiterates that these filings have been received, but they are
not yet granted. If the temporary tolerances are granted, notice to
this effect will be published in the Federal Register.
This document contains technical amendments only and does not
require notice and comment, 5 U.S.C. 553.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and
pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 2, 1995.
Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director of Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-5800 Filed 3-7-95; 3:17 pm]
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