[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52265-52266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25757]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-617A; FRL-6028-1]
EcoScience Corp; Withdrawal of Pesticide Petition
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the withdrawal of pesticide petition
(PP) 4F4397 without prejudice to future filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Shanaz Bacchus, c/o Product
Manager (PM) 90, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division
(7511C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460. Office location, telephone number and e-mail address: Rm.
902W34, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)
308-8097, e-mail: bacchus.shanaz@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 8, 1995,
60
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FR 7540 (FRL-4926-4), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)
announcing the filing of a pesticide tolerance petition, PP 4F4397, by
EcoScience Corp., 377 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01605. The petition
requested that 40 CFR part 180 be amended by establishing an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial
insecticide Beauveria bassiana strain ESC 170 in or on all food/feed
commodities. EcoScience has since informed the Agency that it no longer
wished to support the registration of the active ingredient and the
pesticide petition. Further, EcoScience has not submitted data nor a
reproposal of the exemption from tolerance petition to comply with the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996. EPA issued notice regarding these
matters to EcoScience, noting that the application would be kept open
for a period of 75 days, after which it would be administratively
withdrawn. This notice announces the Agency's decision, after the 75
days have passed, to withdraw that pesticide application and the
pesticide petition without prejudice to future filing.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 16, 1998.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-25757 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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