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Flutolanil (AgrEvo). July 3, 1996. Pesticide Tolerance Petitions. Federal Register.


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[Federal Register: July 3, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 129)] [Notices]
[Page 34811-34812]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-658; FRL-5378-5]

Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.


SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket number PF-658, must be received on or before August 2, 1996.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: 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: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. Information submitted and any comment(s) 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(s) 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. Information on the proposed test and any written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. 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 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number [PF-658]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions can be found below in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Connie Welch, Product Manager (PM) 21, Registration Division, (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 237, CM #2, 2801 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, 703-305-6226; e-mail: welch.connie@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received the following pesticide petitions from Rohm and Haas Company, AgroEvo USA Company and Griffin Corporation proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various raw agricultaral commodities.


PP 5F4582. Griffin Corporation, P.O. Box 1847, Rocky Ford Road, Valdosta, GA. 31603-1847 proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a tolerance for the residues of ethylene bisdithiocarbamate from the fungicides maneb and mancozeb calculated as zinc ethylene bisdithiocarbamate and their common metabolite ethylenethiourea in or on the raw agricultural commodity walnuts at 0.1 parts per million (ppm).


2. PP 6F4693. AgrEvo USA Company, Little Falls Center One, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit the combined residues of flutolanil (N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide)) and its metabolites converted to 2-trifluoromethyl benzoic acid and calculated as flutolanil, in or on the raw agricultural commodity potato tubers at 0.20 parts per million (ppm).

3. PP 9F3812. Rohm and Haas Company, 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19105 proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.443 by establishing a tolerance for the combined residues of the fungicide myclobutanil [alpha-butyl-alpha-(4-chlorphenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile] and its metabolite alpha-(3-hydroxbutyl)-alpha-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H- 1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile (free and bound) in or on the raw agricultural commodity pome fruit at 0.5 ppm.

4. FAP 6H5749. AgrEvo USA Company, Little Falls Center One, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to amend 40 CFR part 185 by establishing a food additive regulation to permit the combined residues of flutolanil (N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2- (trifluoromethyl)benzamide)) and its metabolites converted to 2- trifluoromethyl benzoic acid and calculated as flutolanil, in or on the processed food commodity potato, dry peel at 3.0 ppm.

A record has been established for this document under docket number [PF-658] (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 Room 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.

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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 document, 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.

List of subjects

Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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

Dated: June 24, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-16858; Filed 7-02-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F