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Prosulfuron (Ciba-Geigy). May
29, 1996.
Extension of Pesticide Tolerance. Final Rule. Federal
Register.
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[Federal Register: May 29, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 104)] [Rules and Regulations]ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[OPP-300416A/R2243; FRL-5371-8]
Prosulfuron; Extension of Pesticide Tolerance
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final Rule.
SUMMARY: This rule establishes tolerances for residues of the herbicide prosulfuron, 1-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2- (3,3,3- trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl]-urea in or on the raw agricultural commodities corn (forage, fodder, grain and fresh [including sweet kernels plus cobs with husks removed]), milk, and meat, fat and meat by-products, of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep. The regulation was requested by Ciba-Geigy Corporation and establishes the maximum permissible level for residues of the herbicide in or on corn.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation becomes effective May 29, 1996. These tolerances will expire on December 31, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written objections and hearing requests, identified by the document
control number, [OPP-300416A/R2243], may be submitted to: Hearing Clerk (1900),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm M3708, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Fees accompanying objections shall be labeled ``Tolerance Petition Fees'' and
forwarded to EPA Headquarters Accounting Office Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees),
P.O. Box 360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy of any objections and hearing
requests filed with the Hearing Clerk should be identified by the document control
number and submitted 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 copy of objections
and hearing request to: Rm 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,
VA 22202. A copy of objections and hearing requests filed with the Hearing Clerk
may also be submitted electronically by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to:
oppdocket@epamil.gov.
Copies of objections and hearing requests must be submitted as an ACSII file
avoiding the use of special characters and any firm of encryption. Copies of
objections and hearing requests will also be accepted on disks in Word Perfect
5.1 file format or ASCII file format. All copies of objections and hearing requests
in electronic hearing requests in electronic form must be identified by the
docket number [OPP-300416A/R2243]. No Confidential Business Information (CBI)
should be submitted through e-mail Electronic copies of objections and hearing
requests on this 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, Robert J. Taylor, Product Manager (PM 25), Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 241, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson-Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 305-6027; e-mail: taylor.robert@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a proposed rule (FRL-5349-7), in the Federal Register of March 6, 1996 (61 FR 8903) which proposed to extend the tolerances for residues of the herbicide prosulfuron, 1-(4- methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)- phenylsulfonyl]-urea in or on the raw agricultural commodities corn (forage, fodder, grain and fresh [including sweet kernels plus cobs with husks removed]) at 0.01 part per million (ppm), milk at 0.01 part per million (ppm), and meat, fat and meat by-products, of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.05 part per million (ppm), to December 31, 1999. These tolerances with an expiration date were required by EPA to allow the petitioner, Ciba-Geigy Corp. to submit additional data concerning the method trial and corn metabolism and ruminant metabolism data. The petitioner has
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submitted the method trial and the method has been validated by an independent
laboratory. Additional time is being required to complete review of this method
trial and allow additional time to complete and submit the required metabolism
data.
No comments were received in response to the proposed rule. Based on the information
cited above and in the document establishing the time-limiting tolerance for
prosulfuron (60 FR 24788, May 10, 1995), the Agency has determined that when
used in accordance with good agricultural practice, this ingredient is useful
and the tolerances will protect the public health. Therefore, EPA is establishing
the tolerances as described below. Any person adversely affected by this regulation
may, within 30 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register,
file written objections with the Hearing Clerk, at the address given above,
40 CFR 178.20. A copy of the objections and/or hearing requests filed with the
Hearing Clerk should be submitted to the OPP docket for this rulemaking. The
objections submitted must specify the provisions of the regulation deemed objectionable
and the grounds for the objections (40 CFR 178.25). Each objection must be accompanied
by the fee prescribed by 40 CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is requested, the objections
must include a statement of the factual issue(s) on which a hearing is requested,
the requestor`s contentions on each such issue, and a summary of any evidence
relied upon by the objector, 40 CFR 178.27. A request for a hearing will be
granted if the Administrator determines that the material submitted shows the
following: There is a genuine and substantial issue of fact; there is a reasonable
possibility that available evidence identified by the requestor would, if established,
resolve one or more of such issues in favor of the requestor, taking into account
uncontested claims or sought by the requestor would be adequate to justify the
action requested (40 CFR 178.32). A record has been established for this rulemaking
under docket number [OPP-300416A/R2243] (including objections and hearing requests
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. Written
objections and hearing requests, identified by the document control number [OPP-300416A/R2243],
may be submitted to the Hearing Clerk (1900), Environmental Protection Agency,
Rm 3708, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
A copy of electronic objections and hearing requests filed with the Hearing
Clerk can be sent directly to EPA at: opp-Docket@epamail.epa.gov
A copy of electronic objections and hearing requests filed with the Hearing
Clerk must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption. The official record for this rulemaking, as well
as the public version, as describes above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly,
EPA will transfer any objections and hearing requests received electronically
into printed, paper form as they are received and will place the paper copies
in the official rulemaking record which will also include all objections and
hearing requests submitted directly in writing. The official rulemaking record
is a paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning
of this document.
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the Agency must
determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' and therefore subject
to review by the Office Of Management and Budget (OMB) and the requirements
of the Executive Order. Under section 3(f), the order defines a ``significant
regulatory action'' as an action that is likely to result in a rule (1) having
an annual effect on the economy of $100 millionor more, or adversely and materially
affecting a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities
(also referred to as ``economically significant''); (2) creating serious inconsistency
or otherwise interfering with an action taken or planned by another agency;
(3) materially altering the budgetary impacts of entitlement, grants, user fees,
or loan programs or the rights and obligation of recipients thereof; or (4)
raising novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President`s
priorities, or the principles set forth in this Executive Order. Pursuant to
the terms of the Executive Order, EPA has determined that this rule is not ``significant''
and is therefore not subject to OMB review.
This action does not impose any enforceable duty, or contain any ``unfunded
mandates'' as described in Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104-4), or require prior consultation as specified by Executive Order
12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993), entitled Enhancing the Intergovernmental
Partnership, or special consideration as required by Executive Order 12898 (59
FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub L. 96-354,
94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator has determined that regulations
establishing new tolerances or raising tolerance levels or establishing exemptions
from tolerance requirements do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. A certification statement to this effect was published
in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Agricultural commodities, Food additive, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: May 16, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is amended as follows:
Sec. 180.481 Prosulfuron; tolerances for residues.
Tolerances that expire on the date indicated in the following table are established for residues of the herbicide prosulfuron 1-(4-methoxy- 6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl]- urea in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
Parts per
Commodity million Expiration date
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Corn, fodder...................... 0.01 Do.
Corn, grain and fresh [including
sweet kernels plus cobs with
husks removed]).................. 0.01 Do.
Milk.............................. 0.01 Do.
cattle, meat...................... 0.05 Do.
cattle, fat....................... 0.05 Do.
cattle, kidney.................... 0.05 Do.
cattle, liver,.................... 0.05 Do.
cattle, meat by-produts........... 0.05 Do.
Goats, meat....................... 0.05 Do.
Goats, fat........................ 0.05 Do.
Goats, kidney..................... 0.05 Do.
Goats, liver...................... 0.05 Do.
Goats, meat by-products........... 0.05 Do.
Hogs, meat........................ 0.05 Do.
Hogs, fat......................... 0.05 Do.
Hogs, kidney...................... 0.05 Do.
Hogs, liver....................... 0.05 Do.
Hogs, meat byproducts............. 0.05 Do.
Horses, meat...................... 0.05 Do.
Horses, fat....................... 0.05 Do.
Horses, kidney.................... 0.05 Do.
Horses, liver..................... 0.05 Do.
Horses, meat by-products.......... 0.05 Do.
Sheep, meat....................... 0.05 Do.
Sheep, fat........................ 0.05 Do.
Sheep, kidney..................... 0.05 Do.
Sheep, liver...................... 0.05 Do.
Sheep, meat by-products........... 0.05 Do.
[FR Doc. 96-13444 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F