Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 56089

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[FR Doc. 97–28641 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300480A; FRL–5751–5]

Aminoethoxyvinylglycine; Pesticide

Tolerances; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of

May 7, 1997 (62 FR 24835) (FRL–5713–

5), EPA established time-limited

tolerances for residues of the plant

regulator aminoethoxyvinylglycine in or

on the food commodities apples and

pears. The reference dose (RfD) was

incorrectly stated. This document

corrects the RfD. On page 24836,

column three, third full paragraph, line

11, the RfD was incorrectly stated as

‘‘0.0002’’; the correct RfD is ‘‘0.002.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7511W),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location, telephone number, and

e-mail address: Rm. 5-W57, CS #1, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202,

703–308–8263, e-mail:

greenway.denise@epamail.epa.gov.

List of Subjects in Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–28651 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300570; FRL–5752–4]

RIN 2070–AB78

Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances

for Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes

time-limited tolerances for residues of

tebuconazole in or on sunflower seed

and sunflower oil. This action is in

response to an emergency exemption

under section 18 of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act authorizing use of the pesticide on

sunflowers. This regulation establishes a

maximum permissible level for residues

of tebuconazole in these food

commodities pursuant to section

408(l)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996. The

tolerances will expire and are revoked

on September 30, 1998.

DATES: This regulation is effective

October 29, 1997. Objections and

requests for hearings must be received

by EPA on or before December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

docket control number, [OPP–300570],

must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk

(1900), Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Fees

accompanying objections and hearing

requests shall be labeled ‘‘Tolerance

Petition Fees’’ and forwarded to: EPA

Headquarters Accounting Operations

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy

of any objections and hearing requests

filed with the Hearing Clerk identified

by the docket control number, [OPP–

300570], must also be submitted to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

a copy of objections and hearing

requests to Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

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@epamail.epa.gov. Copies of

objections and hearing requests must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Copies of objections and

hearing requests will also be accepted

on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All copies of

objections and hearing requests in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number [OPP–

300570]. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Daniel Rosenblatt, Registration

Division 7505C, Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number, and e-mail address: Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, (703) 308-9375, e-mail:

rosenblatt.dan@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA, on

its own initiative, pursuant to section

408(e) and (l)(6) of the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21

U.S.C. 346a(e) and (l)(6), is establishing

tolerances for residues of the fungicide

tebuconazole, in or on sunflower seed

and sunflower oil at 0.2 and 0.4 parts

per million (ppm). These tolerances will

expire and are revoked on September

30, 1998. EPA will publish a document

in the Federal Register to remove the

revoked tolerances from the Code of

Federal Regulations.

I. Background and Statutory Authority

The Food Quality Protection Act of

1996 (FQPA) (Pub. L. 104–170) was

signed into law August 3, 1996. FQPA

amends both the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.

301 et seq., and the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq . The FQPA

amendments went into effect

immediately. Among other things,

FQPA amends FFDCA to bring all EPA

pesticide tolerance-setting activities

under a new section 408 with a new

safety standard and new procedures.

These activities are described below and

discussed in greater detail in the final

rule establishing the time-limited

tolerance associated with the emergency

exemption for use of propiconazole on

sorghum (61 FR 58135, November 13,

1996)(FRL-5572-9).

New section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of the

FFDCA allows EPA to establish a

tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide

chemical residue in or on a food) only

if EPA determines that the tolerance is

‘‘safe.’’ Section 408(b)(2)(A)(ii) defines

‘‘safe’’ to mean that ‘‘there is a