[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20334]
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[Federal Register: August 18, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-604; FRL-4901-5]
Rhone Poulenc Ag Co. et al.; Filing and Amendment of Pesticide
Tolerance Petitions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the filing of a pesticide petition (PP)
for the fungicide fosetyl-Al by the Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co. and an amended
pesticide petition submitted by Rohm & Haas Co. for fenbuconazole.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Docket and
Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division (7505C),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 246,
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. 246 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division
(7505C), Attention: Cynthia Giles-Parker (PM-22), Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named in the petition
at the following office location/telephone number: Rm. 229, CM #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, 703-305-5540.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is giving notice of a filing of a
pesticide petition and an amendment to a petition as follows:
Initial filing
1. PP 1F4014. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, has submitted a
pesticide tolerance petition (PP 1F4014) to EPA requesting that the
Administrator, pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(d)), amend 40 CFR 180.415 to establish a
tolerance for the fungicide fosetyl-Al, aluminum tris(O-
ethylphosphonate), in or on tomatoes at 3 parts per million (ppm).
Amended Filing
2. PP 2F4127. Rohm & Haas Co., Agricultural Chemicals Registration
and Regulatory Affairs, Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19105, has
submitted an amendment to PP 2F4127, notice of which originally
published in the Federal Register of December 30, 1992 (57 FR 62334).
The original notice proposed amendment to 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing a regulation to permit combined residues of fenbuconazole
(alpha-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl)-alpha-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazole)-1-
propanenitrile) in or on wheat (grain, straw, and processed fractions),
poultry, meat, milk, and eggs. The petition, as amended, proposes to
amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit combined
residues of fenbuconazole (alpha-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]-alpha-
phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile] and its metabolites RH-9129
[cis-5-(4-chlorphenyl)dihydro-3-phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ylmethyl-
)-2(3H)-furanone] and RH-9130 [trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)dihydro-3-
phenyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ylmethyl-)-2(3H-furanone] in or on the
following commodities: wheat grain at 0.05 part per million (ppm); and
wheat straw at 10 ppm. It also proposes combined residues of
fenbuconazole and its metabolite RH-7968 [4-chlorophenyl-alpha-
(hydroxymethyl)-alpha-phenyl-benzenebutanenitrile] in or on fat
(cattle, hogs, horses, and sheep) at 0.05 ppm and combined residues of
fenbuconazole and its metabolites RH-9129, RH-9130, and RH-7968 in or
on liver (cattle, hogs, horses, and sheep) at 0.3 ppm.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Food and feed additives, Pesticides and
pests.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a.
Dated: August 8, 1994.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-20334 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]
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