Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 1997 / Notices 66625

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William R. Schneider, PM 90,

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention

Division (7511W), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

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

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number, and e-mail address: 5th floor

CS1 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA,

(703) 308-8683, e-mail:

schneider.william@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Notice of receipt of this notification

does not imply a decision by the Agency

on this notification.

These small-scale field tests are

designed to evaluate fluorescent

Pseudomonas strains that are able to

control the plant pathogens that cause

the following diseases in wheat: take-all,

Rhizoctonia root rot, and Pythium root

rot. The bacteria will be applied to the

seeds prior to planting. In accordance

with 40 CFR 172.3, these small-scale

field tests will be conducted on a

cumulative total of no more than 10

acres of land and any food or feed crops

will be destroyed. Each test site will

include a containment border such as a

20 foot wide unplanted area, fallowfield, or sod-berm, and will be directseeded in accordance with no-till

practices to reduce or eliminate run-off

of water from the site. The geneticallymodified construct and the naturallyoccuring wild type parental control

strain will have been selected for a

rifampicin-resistance marker gene to

facilitate monitoring.

The object of the genetic

manipulations is to combine: (1) The

properties of Pseudomonas isolates that

produce efficacious levels of antibiotics

effective against the microorganisms

that cause wheat diseases with (2) other

Pseudomonas isolates that colonize

wheat roots well. The antibiotic genes

will be stably inserted into the

chromosome of the recipient strain and

both the recipient and the donor strains

will be fluorescent pseudomonads. For

example, in the proposed 1997 tests, the

genes for phenazine-1-carboxylate from

Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79, isolated

from wheat, were transfered into the

chromosome of Pseudomonas

fluorescens Q8R1-96, which is a better

wheat root colonizer than strain 2-79.

The plasmid used to introduce the

phzA, -B, -C, -D, -E, -F, and -G genes is

not maintained by the recipient strain

and, thus, is eliminated, leaving the

phenazine biosynthetic genes in the

Q8R1-06 chromosome.

Following the review of the ARS/

WSU notification and any comments

received in response to this notice, EPA

may approve the tests, ask for additional

data, require additional modifications to

the test protocols, or require EUP

applications to be submitted. In

accordance with 40 CFR 172.50, under

no circumstances shall the proposed

tests proceed until the submitters have

received notice from EPA of its approval

of such tests.

II. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this notice under docket

control number ‘‘OPP–50857’’

(including comments and data

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 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

record is located at the Virginia address

in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of

this document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPP–

50837.’’ Electronic comments on this

document may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Kathleen D. Knox,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–33228 Filed 12–18–97; 9:30 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30444; FRL–5761–1]

Novartis Seeds, Inc.; Application to

Register a Pesticide Product

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of an application to register a plant

pesticide containing an active

ingredient involving a changed use

pattern of the product pursuant to the

provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30444] and the

file symbols to: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch (7502C),

Information Resources and Services

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person, bring comments to:

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.’’ No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential 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.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public docket by

EPA without prior notice. The public

docket is available for public inspection

in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address

given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Michael Mendelsohn, Regulatory

Action Leader, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7511W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. CS51B6, Westfield Building North

Tower, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,

VA 22202, (703) 308–8715; e-mail:

mendelsohn.mike@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

received an application from Novartis

Seeds, Inc., 3054 Cornwallis Road, P.O.

Box 12257, Research Triangle Park, NC

27709–2257, to amend the plant

pesticide Bacillus thuringiensis

European Corn Borer Control Protein

(EPA Registration Number 66736–1)
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containing the active ingredient Bacillus

thuringiensis CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin

and the genetic material necessary for

its production (pCIB4431 in corn) at

0.0001-0.0018 percent, which involves a

changed use pattern of the product. This

product is proposed for use on popcorn

to be added to its presently registered

use on field corn pursuant to the

provision of section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA.

Notice of receipt of the application does

not imply a decision by the Agency on

the application.

Notice of approval or denial of an

application to register a pesticide

product will be announced in the

Federal Register. The procedure for

requesting data will be given in the

Federal Register if an application is

approved.

Comments received within the

specified time period will be considered

before a final decision is made;

comments received after the time

specified will be considered only to the

extent possible without delaying

processing of the application.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this notice under docket

number [OPP–30444] (including

comments and data 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 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The official notice record is

located at the address in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’

at the beginning of this document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number [OPP–

30444]. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

Written comments filed pursuant to

this notice, will be available in the

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division at the address

provided, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding

holidays. It is suggested that persons

interested in reviewing the application

file, telephone this office at (703–305–

5805) to ensure that the file is available

on the date of intended visit.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pest, Product registration.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Kathleen D. Knox,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–33229 Filed 12–18–97; 9:30 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5937–3]

Lindsley Lumber Site/Tifton, Georgia;

Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: Under section 122(h)(1) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed

to settle claims for response costs at the

Lindsley Lumber Site (Site) located in

Dania, Florida, with Lone Star

Industries, Inc./Lone Star Building

Centers (Eastern), Inc. EPA will consider

public comments on the proposed

settlement for thirty days. EPA may

withdraw from or modify the proposed

settlement should such comments

disclose facts or considerations which

indicate the proposed settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

Copies of the proposed settlement are

available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IV, Program Services Branch,

Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth

Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303,

(404) 562–8887.

Written comment may be submitted to

Mr. Greg Armstrong at the above

address within 30 days of the date of

publication.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Jewell Harper,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33224 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–42197B; FRL–5763–1]

Enforceable Consent Agreement

Development for Ethylene Dichloride;

Solicitation of Interested Parties and

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting interested

parties who want to monitor or

participate in negotiations on an

enforceable consent agreement (ECA)

concerning the use of pharmacokinetics

(PK) studies and mechanistic data to

help meet testing requirements for

ethylene dichloride (CAS No. 107–06–

02) in the proposed hazardous air

pollutants (HAPs) test rule. In addition,

EPA invites all interested parties to

attend a public meeting to initiate

negotiations on the ECA for ethylene

dichloride.

DATES: EPA must receive written

notification requesting designation as an

interested party for ethylene dichloride

on or before January 9, 1998. Those

persons who identify themselves as

interested parties for ethylene

dichloride may submit written

comments to EPA on the PK proposal

for this chemical, on EPA’s preliminary

technical analysis, and on other

materials in the docket for the proposed

HAPs test rule, that relate to the ECA

process for this chemical by January 9,

1998.

The public meeting is scheduled from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on January 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Each comment must bear

the docket control number, OPPTS–

42197B. All comments should be sent in

triplicate to: OPPT Document Control

Officer (7407), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

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

G–099, East Tower, Washington, DC

20460.

EPA will address these comments at

the public meeting.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov. following

the instructions under Unit VI. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this document.