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Fomesafen. December 28, 1994.
Emergency Pesticide Use Exemptions. Federal Register.
Note from FAN:
There were 52 Emergency Exemptions in the notice below. We only include
the fluorinated pesticides: bifenthrin, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen.
http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1994/December/Day-28/pr-80.html
[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180954; FRL-4922-5]
Emergency Exemptions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various pests
to the 16 States listed below. There were 14 crisis exemptions initiated by
various States. These exemptions, issued during the months of April, May, June,
July, August, September, and October 1994, are subject to application and timing
restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the environment
to the maximum extent possible. EPA has denied four specific exemption requests.
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 #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,
VA, (703-308-8417).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
- Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin on fall
melon crop to control the sweet potato, or silverleaf whitefly; August 11,
1994, to November 1, 1994. (Andrea Beard)
- Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin on broccoli,
cauliflower, cabbage, and lettuce to control the silverleaf whitefly; August
12, 1994, to May 15, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
- Arkansas Department of Agriculture for the use of fomesafen on snap
beans to control weeds; June 1, 1994, to September 10, 1994. Arkansas had
initiated a crisis exemption for this use. (Larry Fried)
- California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of bifenthrin
on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, and rapini to control the silverleaf
whitefly; August 12, 1994, to April 30, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation for the use of fomesafen
on snap beans to control weeds; June 15, 1994, to August 31, 1994. (Larry
Fried)
- Oklahoma Department of Agriculture for the use of fomesafen on snap
beans to control weeds; June 1, 1994, to July 1, 1994. Oklahoma had initiated
a crisis exemption for this use. (Larry Fried)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of lactofen on snap
beans to control weeds; May 31, 1994, to July 10, 1994. (Larry Fried)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture for the us of avermectin on hops to control
spider mites; April 22, 1994, to September 20, 1994. (Larry Fried)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of oxyfluorfen on blackberries
to control primocanes; April 5, 1994, to July 31, 1994. (Larry Fried)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of oxyfluorfen grass
grown for seed to control grassy weeds and volunteer crop seedlings; August
18, 1994, to January 15, 1995. (Susan Stanton)
- Illinois Department of Agriculture on June 22, 1994, for the use of fomesafen
on lima beans to control puncture vine and black nightshade. This program
has ended. (Larry Fried)
- Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on May 12, 1994, for
the use of fomesafen on snap beans to control annual weeds. This program
has ended. (Larry Fried)
- Texas Department of Agriculture on August 12, 1994, for the use of bifenthrin
on grain sorghum to control Banks grass mites. This program has ended. (Andrea
Beard)
- Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of lactofen on peanuts
to control eclipta. This specific exemption was denied because an urgent nonroutine
situation does not exist in spite of increased infestations of the weed eclipta.
(Margarita Collantes)
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.
Dated: December 15, 1994.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-31930 Filed 12-27-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F