[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-15682]
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[Federal Register: June 29, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-598; FRL-4866-3]
Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings, Amendment, and Withdrawal
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces two initial filings, an amendment, and a
withdrawal for pesticide petitions (PPs) and food/feed additive
petitions (FAPs) proposing the establishment of regulations for
residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural
commodities.
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. 1128, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of 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. 1128 at
the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named
in each petition at the following office location/telephone number:
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Office location/
Product Manager telephone No. Address
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Cynthia Giles-Parker Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis
(PM 22). 5440. Hwy., Arlington, VA.
Joanne Miller (PM 23).. Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.
7830.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions and a
food/feed additive petition as follows proposing the establishment and/
or amendment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals
in or on various agricultural commodities. EPA also announces the
withdrawal without prejudice to future filing for a food/feed additive
petition.
Initial Filings
1. PP 3F4234. Valent U.S.A. Corp., 1333 N. California Blvd., Suite
600, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing a regulation to permit residues of the herbicide pentyl
[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1,3-dioxo-2H-isoindol-2-
yl)phenoxy]acetate in or on the raw agricultural commodities soybeans,
corn, grain, corn, forage, corn, fodder, and corn, silage at 0.01 ppm.
The analytical method used is gas chromatography with a thermionic-
specific detector. (PM 23)
2. PP 4F4320. Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorne Rd., P.O. Box 4913,
Kansas City, MO 64120, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.450 by establishing
tolerances for residues of beta-(4-chlorophenoxy)-alpha-(1,1-dimethyl)-
1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol in or on the raw agricultural commodities
barley, straw, oat, straw, and wheat, straw at 0.2 part per million
(ppm). The analytical method used is gas chromatography. (PM 22)
Amended Filing
3. PP 2F4154. The petition appearing in the Federal Register of
December 30, 1992 at page 62334 (57 FR 62334; Dec. 30, 1992) is amended
to read as follows: Rohm & Haas Co., Independence Mall West,
Philadelphia, PA 19105, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing a regulation to permit residues of fenbuconazole,
-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]--phenyl-1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1-propanenitrile and its metabolites cis-5-(4-
chlorophenyl)dihydro-3-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ylmethyl-)-2(3H)-
furanone, and trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)dihydro-3-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-
triazole-1-ylmethyl-)-2(3H)-furanone, in or on bananas (whole fruit) at
0.3 ppm of which not more than 0.05 ppm is contained in banana pulp.
(PM 22)
Withdrawn Filing
4. FAP 0H5595. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposed to amend 40 CFR 185.2700 to establish
a tolerance for the plant growth regulator ethephon [(2-
chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on sugarcane molasses at 3.0 parts
per million (ppm) and baagasse at 0.25 ppm in conjunction with an
experimental use program. The original filing appeared in the Federal
Register of May 9, 1990 (55 FR 19320), and an amendment to the petition
appeared in the Federal Register of May 29, 1991 (56 FR 24190). This
notice announces that Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co. has voluntarily withdrawn
the petition without prejudice to future filing. (PM 22)
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Food and feed
additives, Pesticides and pests.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: June 17, 1994.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-15682 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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