97-23685. Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 47663-47664]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-23685]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [OPP-30439; FRL-5740-5]
    
    
    Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register a 
    pesticide product containing a new active ingredient not included in 
    any previously registered product and a product involving a change use 
    pattern pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal 
    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
    
    DATES: Written comments must be submitted by October 10, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments identified by the document 
    control number [OPP-30439] and the file symbols to: Public Information 
    and Records Integrity Branch (7506C), Information Resources and 
    Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
    Protection Agency, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. In person, 
    bring comments to: Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, 
    1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
        Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by following 
    the instructions under ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.'' No Confidential 
    Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
        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. 1132 at 
    the address given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
    Friday, excluding holidays.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Regulatory Action Leader listed in 
    the table below:
    
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                                       Office location/                     
       Regulatory Action Leader        telephone number          Address    
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    Michael Mendelsohn............  5th floor, CS #1, 703-  2800 Crystal    
                                     308-8715, e-mail:       Drive,         
                                     [email protected]   Arlington, VA  
                                     il.epa.gov.                            
    Sheila Moats,.................  Rm. 5-W39, CS #1, 703-   -Do-           
                                     308-1259, e-mail:                      
                                     moats.sheila@epamail..                               
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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received applications as follows to 
    register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient not 
    included in any previously registered product and a product involving a 
    change use pattern pursuant to the provision of section 3(c)(4) of 
    FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these applications does not imply a 
    decision by the Agency on the applications.
    
    I. Product Containing a New Active Ingredient Not Previously 
    Registered
    
        File Symbol: 70759-R. Applicant: EM Industries Inc./Rona, 7 Skyline 
    Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Product Name: Insect Repellent 3535. 
    Biochemical. Active ingredient: 3-[N-Butyl-N-acetyl]-aminopropionic 
    acid, ethyl ester at 98 percent. Proposed classification/Use: None. For 
    use only in the formulation of insect repellent products against 
    mosquitoes, deer ticks, body lice, and biting flies. (Sheila Moats)
    
    II. Product Involving a Change Use Pattern
    
        File Symbol: 65268-R. Applicant: Rogers Seed Company, 600 N. 
    Armstrong Place, Boise, ID 83704. Product Name: Attribute Insect 
    Protected Sweet Corn. Active ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis 
    CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin and the genetic material (plasmid vector 
    pZO1502) necessary for its production in corn at 0.0002-0.0006 percent. 
    Proposed classification/Use: None. To include in its presently 
    registered field corn use, a new use of the Bt protein plant pesticide 
    active ingredient for the control of the European Corn Borer and Corn 
    Earworm in sweet corn. (Mike Mendelsohn)
        Notice of approval or denial of an application to register a 
    pesticide product will be announced in the Federal Register. The 
    procedure for requesting data will be given in the Federal Register if 
    an application is approved.
        Comments received within the specified time period will be 
    considered before a final decision is made; comments received after the 
    time specified will be considered only to the extent possible without 
    delaying processing of the application.
        The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
    has been established for this notice under docket number [OPP-30439] 
    (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 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
    Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official notice 
    record is located at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of 
    this document.
        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. Comment 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 [OPP-30439]. Electronic comments on 
    this notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
        Written comments filed pursuant to this notice, will be available 
    in the
    
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    Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources 
    and Services Division at the address provided, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
    p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. It is suggested that 
    persons interested in reviewing the application file, telephone this 
    office at (703-305-5805) to ensure that the file is available on the 
    date of intended visit.
    
        Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.
    
    List of Subjects
    
        Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest, Product 
    registration.
    
        Dated: August 26, 1997.
    
    Janet L. Andersen,
    Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
    Pesticide Programs.
    
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Document Information

Published:
09/10/1997
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
97-23685
Dates:
Written comments must be submitted by October 10, 1997.
Pages:
47663-47664 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OPP-30439, FRL-5740-5
PDF File:
97-23685.pdf