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Fipronil (Rhone-Poulenc). January 29, 1999. Issuance of Experimental Use Permit: 264-EUP-119. Federal Register.


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[Federal Register: January 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 19)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-50850; FRL-6056-7]

 
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following 
applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the 
provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with 
respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purposes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Ann Sibold, Registration 
Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
location, telephone number, and e-mail address: 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Rm. 212, CM #2, Arlington, VA, 703-305-6502, e-mail: 
sibold.ann@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has issued the following experimental 
use permit:
    264-EUP-119. Issuance. Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 
T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. This 
experimental use permit allows the use of 0.0012 pounds of the 
insecticide fipronil on 60 acres of turfgrass that is not used for 
grazing or recreation to evaluate the control of imported fire ants. 
The program is authorized only in the States of Florida, Georgia, 
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. The 
experimental use permit is effective from December 21, 1998 to December 
21, 1999.
    Persons wishing to review this experimental use permit are referred 
to the designated contact person. Inquires concerning this permit 
should be directed to the person cited above. It is suggested that 
interested persons call before visiting the EPA office, so that the 
appropriate file may be made available for inspection purposes from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: January 21, 1999.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-2203 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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