[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39971-39972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19080]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-663; FRL-5384-6]
Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Notice of Filings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filings of pesticide
petitions (PP) and 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-663], must be
received on or before August 30, 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-663]. 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: 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 number/email Address
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George LaRocca (PM 13)........ Rm. 204, CM #2, 703- 1921 Jefferson
305-6100, e-mail: Davis Hwy,
[email protected] Arlington, VA
l.epa.gov.
Connie Welch (PM 21).......... Rm. 227, CM #2, 703- Do.
305-6226, e-mail:
welch.connie@epamail..
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petitions as
follows proposing the amendment of regulations for residues of certain
pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural commodities.
Initial Filings
1. PP 6F4738. Gowan, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569, proposes
to amend 40 CFR 180.448 by establishing tolerances for the combined
residues of the acaricide hexythiazox, trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-
cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine-3-carboxamide and its metabolites
containing the (4-chlorophenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-3-thiazolidine moiety
(expressed as parts per million of the parent compound) in or on the
following commodities: milk, at 0.05 parts per million (ppm), cattle,
meat and cattle, fat at 0.05 ppm, cattle, mbyp (meat byproducts) at
0.1, almonds, nutmeat at 0.2 ppm, stone fruits (except plums) at 1 ppm
and almonds, hulls at 10 ppm. (PM-13)
2. PP 6F4707. AgrEvo USA Company, 2711 Centerville Road,
Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing
a tolerance for the combined residues of the fungicide Propamocarb
Hydrochloride (propyl [3-(dimethylamino)propyl] carbamate
hydrochloride) and its metabolites, determined as propamocarb free base
(propyl [3-(dimethylamino)propyl] carbamate) in or on potatoes, meat,
and milk raw agricultural commodities at 0.05 ppm. The analytical
method for determining residues is by N-FID/GLC or MSD/GLC. (PM-21)
A record has been established for this notice under docket number
[PF-663] (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 Rm. 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.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: July 16, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-19080 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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