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US Population from aggregate exposure

(food, drinking water and

nonresidential) to residues of

glufosinate-ammonium and metabolites.

2. Infants and children. The

toxicological data base is sufficient for

evaluating prenatal and postnatal

toxicity for glufosinate-ammonium.

There are no prenatal or postnatal

susceptibility concerns for infants and

children, based on the results of the rat

and rabbit developmental toxicity

studies and the 2-generation

reproduction study. Based on clinical

signs of neurological toxicity in short

and intermediate dermal toxicity studies

with rats, EPA has determined that an

added FQPA safety factor of 3x is

appropriate of assessing the risk of

glufosinate-ammonium derived residues

in crop commodities.

Using the conservative assumptions

described in the exposure section above,

the percent of the chronic reference

dose that will be used for exposure to

residues of glufosinate-ammonium in

food for children 1-6 (the most highly

exposed sub group) is 67%. Infants

utilize 43% of the chronic RfD. As in

the adult situation, DWLOC are higher

than the worst case drinking water

estimated concentrations and are

expected to use well below 100% of the

RfD, if they occur at all.

Therefore, there is a reasonable

certainty that no harm will occur to

infants and children from aggregate

exposure to residues of glufosinateammonium.

F. International Tolerances

Maximum residue limits (Codex

MRLs) for glufosinate-ammonium and

metabolites in or on cotton commodities

have not been established by the Codex

Alimentarius Commission.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PF–912A; FRL–6559–1]

Amended Notice of Filing a Pesticide

Petition to Establish a Tolerance for

Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on

Food

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

amended filing of a pesticide petition

proposing the establishment of

regulations for residues of certain

pesticide chemicals in or on various

food commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number PF–912A, must be

received on or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I.C. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number PF–912A in the subject

line on the first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Cynthia Giles-Parker, Fungicide

Branch, Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (703)

305–7740; and e-mail address: gilesparker.cynthia@.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

You may be affected by this action if

you are an agricultural producer, food

manufacturer or pesticide manufacturer.

Potentially affected categories and

entities may include, but are not limited

to:

Categories NAICS Examples of potentially affected entities

Industry 111

112

311

32532

Crop production

Animal production

Food manufacturing

Pesticide manufacturing

This listing is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers regarding entities likely to be

affected by this action. Other types of

entities not listed in the table could also

be affected. The North American

Industrial Classification System

(NAICS) codes have been provided to

assist you and others in determining

whether or not this action might apply

to certain entities. If you have questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number PF–

912A. The official record consists of the

documents specifically referenced in

this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as confidential business

information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

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control number PF–912A in the subject

line on the first page of your response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by E-mail

to: ‘‘opp-docket@epa.gov,’’ or you can

submit a computer disk as described

above. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number PF–912A. Electronic comments

may also be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI That I

Want to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI by marking any part or

all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of

the comment that includes any

information claimed as CBI, a copy of

the comment that does not contain the

information claimed as CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public version

of the official record without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult the person identified in

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare

My Comments for EPA?

You may find the following

suggestions helpful for preparing your

comments:

1. Explain your views as clearly as

possible.

2. Describe any assumptions that you

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical

information and/or data you used that

support your views.

4. If you estimate potential burden or

costs, explain how you arrived at the

estimate that you provide.

5. Provide specific examples to

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve

the rule or collection activity.

7. Make sure to submit your

comments by the deadline in this

notice.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,

be sure to identify the docket control

number assigned to this action in the

subject line on the first page of your

response. You may also provide the

name, date, and Federal Register

citation.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

A Notice of Filing (NOF) for

trifloxystrobin was first published in the

Federal Register on August 17, 1998 (63

FR 43937) (FRL–6018–2) . Since that

time, EPA has received an amended

pesticide petition as follows proposing

the establishment of regulations for

residues of trifloxystrobin in or on

various food commodities under section

408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Comestic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a.

EPA has determined that this petition

contains data or information regarding

the elements set forth in section

408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully

evaluated the sufficiency of the

submitted data at this time or whether

the data supports granting of the

petition. Additional data may be needed

before EPA rules on the petition. The

chronic and acute dietary risk numbers

are lower than the ones in the initial

NOF. For this reason, the Agency has

assigned a 15-day comment period for

this notice.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agricultural commodities, Feed

additives, Food additives, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

Summaries of Petition

The petitioner summary of the

pesticide petition is printed below as

required by section 408(d)(3) of the

FFDCA. The summary of the petition

was prepared by the petitioner and

represent the views of the petitioner.

EPA is publishing the petition summary

verbatim without editing it in any way.

The petition summary announces the

availability of a description of the

analytical methods available to EPA for

the detection and measurement of the

pesticide chemical residues or an

explanation of why no such method is

needed.

Amended Petition

PP 9F05070

In the Federal Register of January 19,

2000 (65 FR 2949) (FRL–6485–8), EPA

published a notice that it had received

a pesticide petition (PP 9F05070) from

Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box

18300, Greensboro, NC 27419 proposing

tolerances for the fungicide

trifloxystrobin. EPA has received an

amendment to PP 9F05070 from

Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box

18300, Greensboro, NC 27419 proposing

pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C.

346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by

establishing tolerances for the combined

residues of trifloxystrobin and its

metabolite, CGA–321113, in or on the

raw agricultural commodities almond

nutmeat at 0.04 parts per million (ppm);

almond hulls at 3.0 ppm; hops dried

cones at 11.0 ppm; sugar beet roots at

0.1 ppm; sugar beet tops at 4.0 ppm;

sugar beet dried pulp at 0.4 ppm; sugar

beet molasses at 0.2 ppm; potato tubers

at 0.04 ppm; fruiting vegetables at 0.5

ppm; wheat grain at 0.05 ppm; wheat

forage at 0.3 ppm; wheat hay at 0.2;

wheat straw at 5.0 ppm; wheat bran 0.15

ppm; and asperated grain fractions at

5.0 ppm. The tolerances proposed in

this amendment will not increase the

overall risk of the chemical. EPA has

determined that the petition contains

data or information regarding the

elements set forth in section 408(d)(2) of

the FFDCA; however, EPA has not fully

evaluated the sufficiency of the

submitted data at this time or whether

the data supports granting of the

petition. Additional data may be needed

before EPA rules on the petition.

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