[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39964-39965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19332]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-664; FRL-5384-7]
Pesticide Tolerance Petition; Notice of Filing by AgrEvo USA
Company
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions 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-664], 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 Hwy., Arlington, VA. Information submitted and any
comment(s) 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(s) 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 to the submitter. Information on
the proposed test and any written comments will be available for public
inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address given above, from 8 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 [PF-664]. 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 in
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Joanne Miller, Product
Manager (PM) 23, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 237, CM #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, 703-305-6224; e-mail:
miller.joanne@epamail.epa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received pesticide petition (PP)
5F4578 from the AgrEvo Company proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.473 by
establishing tolerances for residues of the herbicide, glufosinate-
ammonium: butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-,
monoammonium salt and its metabolites: 2-acetamido-4-methylphosphinico-
butanoic acid and 3-methylphosphinico-propionic acid expressed as
glufosinate free acid equivalents in or on the following raw
agricultaral commodities: field corn grain, at 0.2 parts per million
(ppm), field corn forage, at 4.0 ppm, field corn fodder, at 6.0 ppm,
soybeans, at 2.0 ppm, aspirated grain fractions, at 25.0 ppm, eggs, at
0.05 ppm, poultry, meat at 0.05 ppm, poultry, fat at 0.05 ppm, and
poultry, mbyp (meat byproducts) at 0.10 ppm; and by establishing a
maximum residue level for the same residues in or on the process
commodity under section 701 of FFDCA: soybean hulls at 5.0 ppm.
A record has been established for this document under docket
number [PF-664] (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 document, 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 record which will also include all comments submitted directly
in writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the
address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
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 22, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-19332; Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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