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April 26, 1995. Emergency Exemptions. Federal Register.
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The fluorinated pesticides included in this Notice are:
bifenthrin, bromethalin, norflurazon
http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1995/April/Day-26/pr-236.html
[Federal Register: April 26, 1995]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180969; FRL-4949-5]
Emergency Exemptions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
[[Page 20493]] ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various pests
to the 11 States listed below and to the United States Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service. There were also six crisis exemptions initiated by
various States. These exemptions, issued during the months of January and February
1995, are subject to application and timing restrictions and reporting requirements
designed to protect the environment to the maximum extent possible. EPA has
denied a specific exemption request from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture
and Forestry. 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; email: beard.andrea@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
- Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries for the use of norflurazon
on Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 2, 1995, to June
15, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
- California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of
bifenthrin on cucurbits to control whiteflies; February 6, 1995,
to February 6, 1996. A notice of receipt published in the Federal Register
of January 12, 1995 (60 FR 2962). The exemption was issued because the situation
was determined to be urgent and nonroutine, and significant economic losses
were expected for the affected acreage. (Andrea Beard)
- California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of imidacloprid
on cucurbits to control whiteflies; February 6, 1995, to February 6, 1996.
(Andrea Beard)
- Delaware Department of Agriculture for the use of metolachlor on spinach
to control annual weeds; January 25, 1995, to January 24, 1996. (Margarita
Collantes)
- Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of norflurazon
on Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 2, 1995, to July
1, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
- Hawaii Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid on tomatoes
to control the sweet potato whitefly; February 2, 1995, to December 31, 1995.
Hawaii had initiated a crisis exemption for this use. (David Deegan)
- North Carolina Department of Fertilizer and Pesticide Control, Clemson
University, for the use of imidacloprid and fenpropathrin on tomatoes to control
the sweet potato whitefly; February 23, 1995, to February 23, 1996. (David
Deegan)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of fenoxycarb on pears to
control pear psylla; February 14, 1995, to May 1, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
- South Carolina Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs for the
use of tralomethrin on tomatoes (fresh market) to control stinkbugs; February
27, 1995, to December 31, 1995. (Margarita Collantes)
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture for the use of cypermethrin on mustard
greens to control various insects; February 14, 1995, to November 15, 1995.
(Libby Pemberton)
- Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of norflurazon
on Bermuda grass to control annual grassy weeds; February 2, 1995, to July
1, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
- Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin
on cucurbits to control whiteflies; January 24, 1995, to January 12, 1996.
A notice of receipt published in the Federal Register of January 12, 1995
(60 FR 2962). The exemption was issued because the situation was determined
to be urgent and nonroutine, and significant economic losses were expected
for the affected acreage. (Andrea Beard)
- Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid on cucurbits
to control whiteflies; January 24, 1995, to January 24, 1996. (Andrea Beard)
- Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of imidacloprid and fenpropathrin
on tomatoes to control the sweet potato whitefly; February 23, 1995, to February
23, 1996. (David Deegan)
- Washington Department of Agriculture for the use of fenoxycarb on pears
to control pear psylla; February 14, 1995, to May 1, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
- United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, for
the use of brodifacoum and bromethalin on the
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge to control Norway rats in the Aleutian Chain
and Pribilof Islands. January 6, 1995, to January 5, 1996. (Larry Fried)
Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
- Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries on January 25, 1995, for
the use of hydrogen cyanamide on peaches to stimulate uniform bud-break. This
program has ended. (Rick Keigwin)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation on February 21, 1995, for
the use of fenamiphos on broccoli and cauliflower to control nematodes. This
program is expected to last until February 20, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
- Georgia Department of Agriculture on January 19, 1995, for the use of hydrogen
cyanamide on peaches to stimulate uniform bud-break. This program has ended.
(Rick Keigwin)
- Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry on February 13, 1995,
for the use of norflurazon on Bermuda grass
to control annual grassy weeds. This program has ended. (Libby Pemberton)
- Texas Department of Agriculture on February 8, 1995, for the use of hydrogen
cyanamide on blueberries to allow uniform bloom. This program has ended. (Rick
Keigwin)
- Texas Department of Agriculture on January 30, 1995, for the use of hydrogen
cyanamide on peach trees to stimulate uniform bud-break. This program has
ended. (Rick Keigwin)
EPA has denied a specific exemption request from the Louisiana Department
of Agriculture and Forestry for the use of metolachlor on spinach to control
annual weeds. This specific exemption was denied because an emergency situation
does not exist. This situation is not about avoiding economic losses if metolachlor
is not granted due to the cancellation of diethatyl-ethyl, but rather about
future marketing opportunity of earning profits due to a new enterprise of
growing processed spinach which was not generally grown in central Louisiana.
This new acreage did not previously use diethatyl-ethyl; therefore, it could
not be lost as a weed control tool in spinach production. Use of metolachlor
would allow growers entry into a profitable market of a new crop rather than
prevent losses from a crop already established for market. No significant
economic loss would be attributed to this pest problem. (Margarita Collantes)
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.
[[Page 20494]] Dated: April 13, 1995.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-10255 Filed 4-25-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F