96-19332. Pesticide Tolerance Petition; Notice of Filing by AgrEvo USA Company  

  • [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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Document Information

Published:
07/31/1996
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-19332
Dates:
Comments, identified by the docket number [PF-664], must be received on or before August 30, 1996.
Pages:
39964-39965 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
PF-664, FRL-5384-7
PDF File:
96-19332.pdf