96-5241. Pesticide Tolerance for Prosulfuron  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Pages 8903-8905]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-5241]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    40 CFR Part 180
    
    [OPP-300416; FRL-5349-7]
    RIN 2070-AC18
    
    
    Pesticide Tolerance for Prosulfuron
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Aqency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Proposed rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: EPA proposes to extend the tolerances for residues of the 
    herbicide prosulfuron, 1-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin 2-yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-
    trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl]-urea in or on the raw agricultural 
    commodities corn (forage, fodder, grain and fresh [including sweet 
    kernels plus cobs with husks removed]) at 0.01 part per million (ppm), 
    milk at 0.01 ppm, and fat, kidney, liver, meat by-products, of cattle, 
    goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at at 0.05 ppm. The Agency has not 
    completed the regulatory assessment of our science findings; therefore, 
    the Agency is proposing to extend these tolerances until December 1999.
    
    DATES: Comments must be sumitted by April 5, 1996.
    
     
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    ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments, identified by the docket 
    number [OPP-300416] 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 22202. Information submitted as a comment 
    concerning this document may be claimed confidential by marking part or 
    all 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. 1132 at the address given above, from 8:00 a.m. to 
    4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
        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 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 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. 
    All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the 
    docket number [OPP-300416]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
    should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
    proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
    Additional information on electronic submissions can be found below.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Robert J. Taylor, Product 
    Manager (PM) 25, Registration Division (7505C), Environmental 
    Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
    location and telephone number: Rm. 245, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis 
    Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-6800, e-mail: 
    taylor.robert@epamail.epa.gov.
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a final rule, published in the 
    Federal Register of (60 FR 24788, May 10, 1995) which established 
    tolerances for residues of the herbicide prosulfuron, 1-(4-methoxy-6-
    methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl]-urea 
    in or on the raw agricultural commodities corn (forage, fodder, grain, 
    and fresh [including sweet kernels plus cobs with husks removed]) at 
    0.01 ppm, milk at 0.01 ppm, and meat, fat and meat by-products, of 
    cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at at 0.05 ppm, with an 
    expiration date of December 31, 1995 [PP 4F4336/R2133]. These 
    tolerances with an expiration date were required by EPA to allow the 
    petitioner, Ciba-Geigy Corp. to submit additional data concerning the 
    method trial and corn metabolism and ruminant metabolism data. The 
    petitioner has submitted the method and the method has been validated 
    by an independent laboratory. Additional time is being required to 
    complete review of this method trial and allow additional time to 
    complete and submit the required metabolism data.
        Based on the information cited above and in the document 
    establishing the time-limiting tolerance for prosulfuron (60 FR 24788), 
    the Agency has determined that when used in accordance with good 
    agricultural practice, this ingredient is useful and the tolerances 
    will protect the public health. Therefore, EPA is proposing to 
    establish the tolerances as described below.
        Any person who has registered or submitted an application for 
    registration of a pesticide, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
    and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended, which contains any of the 
    active ingredients listed herein, may request within 30 days after 
    publication of this document in the Federal Register that this 
    rulemaking proposal be referred to an Advisory Committee in accordance 
    with section 408(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
        Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
    proposed regulation. Comments must bear a notation indicating the 
    docket number [OPP-300416]. All written comments filed in response to 
    this petition will be available in the Public Response and Program 
    Resources Branch, at the address given above from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
    p.m., Monday throuqh Friday, except leqal holidays.
         A record has been established for this rulemaking under docket 
    number [OPP-300416] (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, excluding 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
    
    
        Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
    use of special characters and any form of encryption.
        The official record for this rulemaking, 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 rulemaking record which will also include all comments 
    submitted directly in writing. The official rulemaking record is the 
    paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the 
    beginning of this document.
        The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this proposed rule 
    from the requirements of section 3 of Executive Order 112866.
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
    (Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator has 
    determined that regulations establishing new tolerances or food 
    additive regulations or establishing exemptions from tolerance 
    requirements do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
    number of small entities. A certification statement to this effect was 
    published in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).
    
    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
    
        Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
    Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: February 21, 1996.
    
    Stephen L. Johnson,
    
    Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
    
        Therefore, it is proposed that 40 CFR Part 180 be amended as 
    follows:
    
    PART 180--[AMENDED]
    
        1. The authority citation for Part 180 continues to read as 
    follows:
        Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. and 371.
    
    
        2. By revising Sec. 180.481 to read as follows: 
        
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    Sec. 180.481  Prosulfuron; tolerances for residues.
    
        Tolerances that expire on December 31, 1999 are being extended for 
    residues of the herbicide prosulfuron 1-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-
    yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-trifluoro propyl)-phenylsulfonyl]-urea in or on the 
    following raw aqricultural commodities:
    
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                                                                  Parts per 
                            Commodities                            million  
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    Corn, forage...............................................         0.01
    Corn, fodder...............................................         0.01
    Corn, grain and fresh (including sweet kernels plus cobs                
     with husks removed])......................................         0.01
    Milk.......................................................         0.01
    Meat, fat, kidney, liver & meat by-products, of cattle,                 
     goats, hogs, horses, and sheep of cattle, goats, sheep....         0.05
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    [FR Doc. 96-5241 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
03/06/1996
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
96-5241
Dates:
Comments must be sumitted by April 5, 1996.
Pages:
8903-8905 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OPP-300416, FRL-5349-7
RINs:
2070-AC18
PDF File:
96-5241.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 180.481