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Cyhalothrin. October 9, 1996. Emergency Exemptions. Federal Register.


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We have included only the fluorinated pesticides in this Notice: Cyhalothrin, Oxyfluorfen, Chlorfenapyr (Pirate).

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[Federal Register: October 9, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 197)] [Notices]
[Page 52945-52946]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-181026; FRL-5395-7]

Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.


SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various pests to 17 States listed below. Six crisis exemptions were initiated by various States. These exemptions, issued during the months of June and July 1996, are subject to application and timing restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the environment to the maximum extent possible. Information on these restrictions is available from the contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific and crisis exemption for its effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See each emergency exemption for the name of the contact person. The following information applies to all contact persons: By mail: Registration Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 6th Floor, CS 1B1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA (703-308-8417); email: group.ermus@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:


  1. Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate on cotton to control tobacco budworms and beet armyworms; July 1, 1996, to September 30, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
  2. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the use of cyhalothrin on sugarcane to control sugarcane borer; June 21, 1996, to September 15, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
  3. Minnesota Department of Agriculture for the use of triclopyr on infested water bodies to control purple loose strife; July 31, 1996, to September 15, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
  4. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of oxyfluorfen on grasses grown for seed to control weeds; July 29, 1996, to January 15,
  5. (Andrea Beard)

  6. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry on July 12, 1996, for the use of cyhalothrin on rice
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    to control rice water weevils. This program has ended. (Dave Deegan)


  8. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

    List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: September 12, 1996.

    Stephen L. Johnson,
    Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    [FR Doc. 96-25950 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F