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Fipronil (Rhone Merieux). June 28, 1995. Application to Register the insecticide "Frontline Spray Treatment." Federal Register.

http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1995/June/Day-28/pr-318.html

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-30389; FRL-4959-4]

Certain Companies; Applications To Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any previously registered products and products 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 July 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: By mail submit comments identified by the document control number [OPP-30389] and the registration/file number, attention Product Manager (PM) named in each application at the following address: Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, In person, bring comments to: Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: 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. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number [OPP-30389]. No ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic submission can be found below in this document.
Information submitted in any 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 to the submitter. All written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division (7505C), [[Page 33417]] Attn: (Product Manager (PM) named in each registration), Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
In person: Contact the PM named in each registration at the following office location/telephone number:

                             Office location/                           

                          6900); e-mail:           Protection Agency    
                          welch.connie@unixmail.  1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          epa.gov.                 Hwy                  
                                                  Arlington, VA 22202   

                          6757); e-mail:                                
                          johnson.marion@unixmai                        
                          l.epa.gov.                                    

                          7618); e-mail:                                
                          keigwin.richard@unixma                        
                          il.epa.gov.                                   

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received applications as follows to register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any previously registered products and products involving a change use pattern pursuant to the provisions 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. Products Containing Active Ingredients Not Included In Any Previously Registered Products

2. File Symbol: 65331-R. Applicant: Rhone Merieux, Inc., 115 Transtech Drive,, Athens, GA 30601. Product name: Frontline Spray Treatment. Insecticide. Active ingredient: Fipronil (5-amino-1-[2,6- dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)- (trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile at 0.29 percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For the control of ticks and fleas on dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens. (PM 10) II.
   
   2. 
      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. A record has been established for this notice under docket number [OPP-30389] (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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public record is located in Rm. 1132 of the Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. 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. The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official record which will also include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document. Written comments filed pursuant to this notice, will be available in the Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division at the address provided from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 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 pests, Product registration.

      Dated: June 15, 1995.

      Peter Caulkins,
      Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

      [FR Doc. 95-15443 Filed 6-27-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F