[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24492-24493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12194]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-651; FRL-5365-7]
Dicamba; Notice of Filing of Pesticide Tolerance Petition
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Sandoz Agro, Inc., 1300 E. Touhy Avenue,
Des Plaines, Il 60018, pesticide petition proposing to establish
tolerances for the herbicide dicamba on various agricultural
commodities.
DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-651],
must be received on or before June 14, 1996.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments 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.
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 [PF-651]. Electronic comments on this notice may be filed
online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on
electronic submissions can be found below in this document.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). CBI should not be
submitted through e-mail. Information marked as CBI 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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Robert Taylor, Product
Manager (PM) 25, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has
received pesticide petition (PP) 4F3041 proposing to amend 40 CFR
180.227 to establish tolerances for the use of the herbicide dicamba
(3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid) and its metabolite 3,6-dichloro-5-hydroxy-
o-anisic acid and 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxy benzoic acid in or on wheat
grain at 0.5 parts per million (ppm), wheat straw at 50 ppm, barley
grain at 0.5 ppm, barley straw at 50 ppm, soybean grain at 1.0 ppm,
soybean hulls at 5.0 ppm, soybean forage at 0.5 ppm and soybean,
aspirated grain fractions at 75 ppm. The petition was submitted by
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Sandoz Agro, Inc. 1300 E. Touhy Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018.
A record has been established for this notice of filing under
docket number [PF-651] (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 Virginia address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the
beginning of this document.
List of subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: May 6, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-12194; Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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