96-14450. Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Notice of Filings and Amendment  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 29752-29754]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-14450]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    [PF-646; FRL-5354-7]
    
    
    Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Notice of Filings and Amendment
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Notice of filing.
    
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    SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filings and amendment of 
    pesticide petitions (PP) proposing the establishment of regulations for 
    residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural 
    commodities.
    
    DATES: Comments, identified by the docket number [PF-646], must be 
    received on or before July 12, 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-646]. 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: The product manager listed in the 
    table below:
    
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                                       Office location/                     
            Product Manager            telephone number          Address    
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    Rick Keigwin (PM 10)..........  Rm. 210, CM #2, 703-    1921 Jefferson  
                                     305-6788, e-            Davis Hwy,     
                                     mail:[email protected]   Arlington, VA  
                                     epamail.epa.gov.                       
    George LaRocca (PM 13)........  Rm. 204, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-6100, e-mail:                      
                                     larocca.george@epamai.                             
    Dennis Edwards (PM 19)........  Rm. 207, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-6386, e-mail:                      
                                     edwards.dennis@epamai.                             
    Connie Welch (PM 21)..........  Rm. 227, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-6226, e-mail:                      
                                     welch.connie@epamail..                               
    Cynthia Giles-Parker (PM 22)..  Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-5540, e-mail:                      
                                     parker.cynthia@epamai.                             
    Joanne I. Miller (PM 23)......  Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-7830, e-mail:                      
                                     [email protected]                  
                                     .epa.gov.                              
    Robert J. Taylor (PM 25)......  Rm. 245, CM #2, 703-    Do.             
                                     305-6027, e-mail:                      
                                     [email protected]                  
                                     .epa.gov.                              
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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions as 
    follows proposing the establishment and/or amendment of regulations for 
    residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various raw 
    agricultural commodities.
    
    Initial Filings
    
        1. PP 0F3848. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.
    
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    Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to amend 40 
    CFR 180.324 by establishing tolerances for residues of the herbicide 
    bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile) in or on the raw 
    agricultural commodities rice, grain at 0.10 ppm and rice, straw at 
    0.10 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is 
    gas chromotagraphy. (PM 25)
        2. PP 5F4560. DowElanco, 9330 Zionville Road, Indianapolis, IN 
    46268-1054, proposes to amende 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a 
    regulation to permit residues of the herbicide cloransulam-methyl, in 
    or on soybeans, soybean forage, and soybean hay at 0.02, 0.1 and 0.2 
    ppm, respectively, (PM 25).
        3. PP 5H5716. ZENECA Ag Products, P.O. Box 15458, Wilmington, DE 
    19850-5458, proposes to amend 40 CFR 185.2500 by changing the 
    regulations permitting residues of the plant growth regulator diquat 
    [6,7-dihydrodipyrido (1,2-a:2',1'-c) pyrazinediium] derived from 
    application of the dibromide salt and calculated as the cation in or on 
    the raw agricultural commodity potatoes, processed (including potato 
    chips) at 1.0 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining 
    residues is extraction with sulfurinc acid with spectrometric 
    detection. (PM 23)
        4. PP 6F4648. Valent U.S.A. Corporation, P.O. Box 1333 N. 
    California Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 
    180 by establishing a tolerance for fenpropathrin, alpha-cyano-3-
    phenoxbenzyl 2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on the 
    crop groupings 5A head and stem brassica (including cabbage, broccoli, 
    cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and related non-leafy brassica crops) at 
    1.5 ppm and 9A melons (including watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, and 
    other musk melons) at 0.5 ppm. The proposed analytical method for 
    determining residues is GC method with an electron capture detector for 
    nitrogen and phosphorus. (PM 13)
        5. PP 6E4683. American Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Research 
    Division, P.O. Box 400, Princeton, N.J. 08543-0400, proposes to amend 
    40 CFR 180 by establishing a regulation to add an import tolerance of 
    0.5 ppm for residues of the insecticide chemical AC 303,630, 4-bromo-2-
    )4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-
    pyrrole-3-carbonitrile in or on imported citrus. (PM 19)
        6. PP 6F4614. Ciba Crop Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, P.O. 
    Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 
    by establishing a tolerance for residues of the herbicide Acetic Acid 
    [[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-[(tetrahydro-3-oxo-1H,3H-[1,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,4-
    ]pyridazin-1-ylidene)amino]phenyl]thio]-methyl ester in or on 
    the raw agricultural commodity soybeans at 0.02 ppm. The proposed 
    analytic method for determining residues is gas chromatographic. (PM 
    23)
        7. PP 6F4617. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, 
    NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing 
    tolerances for the residues/combined residues of the insecticide 
    Fenoxycarb: (ethyl[2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)ethyl] carbamate in or on citrus 
    fruit at .05 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining 
    residues is column switching high performance liquid chromatography. 
    (PM 10)
        8. PP 6F4618. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, 
    NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing 
    tolerances for the combined residues of the insecticide Fenoxycarb: 
    (ethyl[2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)ethyl] carbamate in or on pome fruit at 0.02 
    ppm The proposed analytical method for determining residues is column 
    switching high performance liquid chromatography. (PM 10)
        9. PP 6F4631. Bayer Corporation, P.O. Box 4913, 8400 Hawthorne 
    Road, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013 proposes amending 40 CFR 180 by 
    establishing tolerances for the residues of the herbicide N-(4-
    flurophenyl)-N-(1-methylethyl)-2-[[5-(trifluromethyl)-1,3,4-thidrozol-
    2-yl]oxy]acetamide in or on the raw agricultural commodities field corn 
    grain at 0.05 ppm, field corn forage at 0.4 ppm, field corn stover 
    (fodder) at 0.4 ppm, soybeans at 0.1 ppm, milk at 0.01 ppm, meat at 
    0.05 ppm, and meat by products at 0.05 ppm. The proposed method for 
    determining residues if nuclear magnetic resonance. (PM 22)
        10. PP 6F4633. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, 
    NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing 
    tolerances for the combined residues of the insecticide Fenoxycarb: 
    (ethyl[2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)ethyl] carbamate in or on nutmeat at 0.05 
    ppm and almond hulls at 4.0 ppm. The proposed analytical method for 
    determining residues is column switching high performance liquid 
    chromatography and UV detection. (PM 10)
        11. PP 6F4640. BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products, P.O. Box 
    13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528 proposes to amend 40 CFR 
    180.355 by establishing tolerances for the combined residues of the 
    herbicide bentazon (3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H-one 2,2-
    dioxide) and its 6- and 8-hydroxy metabolites in or on peas, succulent 
    at 3.0 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is 
    gas chromotography with a thermionic specific detector (TSD). (PM 25)
        12. PP 6F4641. Zeneca Ag Products, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 
    15458, Wilmington, DE 19850-5458 proposes to amend 40 CFR parts 185 and 
    186 by establishing regulations permitting residues of the fungicide 
    Azoxystrobin (methyl (E)-2-[2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-
    yloxy]phenyl]-3-methoxyacrylate) in or on the raw agricultural 
    commodities grapes at 1.0 ppm, grape pomace at 2.0 ppm and raisin waste 
    at 9.0 ppm. (PM 22)
        13. PP 6F4642. Zeneca Ag Products, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 
    15458, Wilmington, DE 19850-5458 proposes to amend 40 CFR parts 185 and 
    186 by establishing regulations permitting residues of the fungicide 
    Azoxystrobin (methyl (E)-2-2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-
    yloxy]phenyl-3-methoxyacrylate) in or on the raw agricultural 
    commodities pecans at 0.01 ppm. (PM 22)
        14. PP 6F4654. Bayer Corporation, Agriculture Division, Animal 
    Health, P.O. Box 390, Shawne Mission, KS 66201-0390 proposes to amend 
    40 CFR 180.436 by increasing the established tolerance for residues of 
    the insecticide cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-
    (2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropane carboxylate, in or on 
    eggs at 0.02 ppm; poultry fat at 0.05 ppm; poultry meat at 0.05 ppm; 
    and poultry meat by-products at 0.05 ppm. (PM 13)
        15.  PP 6F4661. Monsanto Company, 700 14th Street, NW., Suite 1100, 
    Washington, DC 20005, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.479 by establishing 
    tolerances for residues of the herbicide halosulfuron, methyl 5-[[(4,6-
    dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)amino] carbonylaminosulfonyl]-3-chloro-1-
    methyl-1-H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate, and its metabolites determined as 3-
    chloro-1-methyl-5-sulfamoylpyrazole-4-carboxylic acid and expressed as 
    parent equivalents in or on the raw agricultural commodities sweet 
    corn, kernal plus cob with husks removed at 0.1 ppm; sweet corn, forage 
    at 0.5 ppm; sweet corn, fodder/stover at 1.5 ppm; pop corn, grain at 
    0.1 ppm; pop corn, fodder/stover at 1.5 ppm; and sugarcane, cane at 
    0.05 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining residues is 
    gas chromatography with an electron capture detector. (PM 23)
    
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        16.  PP 6F4664. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. 
    Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to amend 40 
    CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for residues of the herbicide 
    isoxaflutole, 5-cyclopropyl-4-(2-methylsulfonyl-4-
    trifluoromethylbenzoyl)isoxazole and its metabolites, 1-(2-
    methylsulphonyl-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-cyano-3-cyclopropyl propane-
    1,3-dione and 2-methylsulphonyl-4-trifluoromethyl benzoic acid in or on 
    the raw agricultural commodities field corn, grain at 0.10 ppm; field 
    corn, fodder at 0.40 ppm; and field corn, forage at 0.40 ppm. In 
    addition, Rhone-Poulenc proposes to establish tolerances in cattle, 
    liver at 0.20 ppm; cattle, kidney at 0.03 ppm; goat, liver at 0.20 ppm; 
    goat, kidney at 0.03 ppm; hog, liver at 0.04 ppm; hog, kidney at 0.01 
    ppm; poultry, fat at 0.05 ppm; poultry, liver at 0.20 ppm; poultry, 
    meat at 0.05 ppm; eggs at 0.05 ppm; sheep, liver at 0.20 ppm; and 
    sheep, kidney at 0.03 ppm. (PM 23)
        17. PP 6F4669. Bayer Corporation, P.O. Box 4913, 8400 Hawthorne 
    Road, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013 proposes amending 40 CFR 180 by 
    establishing tolerances for the residues of the fungicide tebuconazole 
    (alpha-(2-(4-(chlorophenyl)ethyl)-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-
    triazole-1-ethanol) in or on the raw agricultural commodities commodity 
    grapes at 5.0 ppm. (PM 21)
        18. PP 9F3727. Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc., 74 Amity Road, Bethany, 
    CT. proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.301 by establishing a tolerance for 
    the residues of the herbicide carboxin (5,6-dihydro-2-methyl-1,4-
    oxathiin-3-carboxanilide) and its metabolite 5,6-dihydro-3-
    carboxanilide-2-methyl-1,4-oxathiin-4-oxide (calulated as carboxin) 
    (from treatment of seed prior to planting) in or on the raw 
    agricultural commodity onion (dry bulb) at 0.2 ppm. (PM 21)
    
    Amended Filings
    
         PP 9F3740. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ciba Crop Protection, P.O. Box 
    18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300 proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.434 by 
    establishing tolerances for the combined residues of the fungicide (1-
    ((2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,4-
    triazole)), and its metabolites determined as 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid 
    and expressed as parent compound in or on the raw agricultural 
    commodity tree nuts crop grouping at 0.1 ppm. Notice of this petition 
    originally published in the Federal Register of March 23, 1989 (55 FR 
    12009) and proposed establishing tolerances for almonds at 0.10 ppm and 
    almond hulls at 0.10 ppm. The proposes analytical method for 
    determining residue is capillary gas chromatography. (PM 21)
         A record has been established for this notice under docket number 
    [PF-646] (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.
    
    List of Subjects
    
        Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
    Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: May 24, 1996.
    
    Susant Lewis,
    Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
    [FR Doc. 96-14450 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/12/1996
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of filing.
Document Number:
96-14450
Dates:
Comments, identified by the docket number [PF-646], must be received on or before July 12, 1996.
Pages:
29752-29754 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
PF-646, FRL-5354-7
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