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a complaint against ISO New England,

Inc.

Comment date: February 22, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Northern Maine Independent

System Administrator, Inc.

[Docket No. ES00–17–000]

Take notice that on January 28, 2000,

the Northern Maine Independent

System Administrator, Inc. (NMISA)

submitted an application under Section

204 of the Federal Power Act, requesting

authorization to enter into a $1,000,000

revolving line of credit with an effective

date of no later than March 1, 2000.

NMISA also requests that the

Commission waive its competitive

bidding or negotiated placement

requirements of 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: February 23, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–2885 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30451B; FRL–6487–3]

Burkholderia cepacia Strain Ral-3;

Withdrawal of an Application to

Register a Pesticide Product

Containing a New Active Ingredient

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Agrium U.S., Inc., has

withdrawn its application to register a

pesticide product containing the active

ingredient Burkholderia cepacia strain

Ral-3 (EPA File Symbol 70724–R). The

application is withdrawn without

prejudice to future filing for registration

of products containing Burkholderia

cepacia strain Ral-3.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise L. Greenway, c/o Product

Manager 91, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division (7511C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460, telephone

number (703) 308–8263, e-mail address:

greenway.denise@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

Although this action only applies to

the registrant in question, it is directed

to the public in general. Since various

individuals or entities may be

interested, the Agency has not

attempted to describe all the specific

entities that may be interested in this

action. If you have any questions

regarding this action, please consult the

person listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

II. 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

OPP–30451B. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this action 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 Hwy., 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.

III. Background Information

EPA issued a notice in the Federal

Register on March 24, 1998 (63 FR

14114) (FRL–5780–3), which announced

the Agrium U.S., Inc. submission of an

application to register a pesticide

product (EPA File Symbol 70724–R)

containing an active ingredient, the

microbial pesticide Burkholderia

cepacia strain Ral-3, an active

ingredient not included in any

previously registered pesticide product.

Subsequently, EPA issued a correction

notice in the Federal Register on April

15, 1998 (63 FR 18410) (FRL–5783–3)

for the microbial pesticide Burkholderia

cepacia strain Ral-3.

The application was the subject of a

joint review with the Pest Management

Regulatory Agency of Health Canada,

where the application was also

withdrawn from further consideration

by the applicant.

EPA received comments from the

Allegheny University of the Health

Sciences, the University of Edinburgh

Medical School, Children’s Hospital of

Oklahoma, the University of British

Columbia, and the Cystic Fibrosis

Foundation. EPA co-chaired and

participated in a symposium entitled,

‘‘Burkholderia cepacia–Friend or Foe?,’’

at a joint meeting of the American

Phytopathological Society (APS) and the

Entomological Society of America

(ESA). EPA held and participated in an

inter-Agency meeting entitled, ‘‘Risk

Assessment for Intentional Use of

Opportunistic Pathogens,’’ with the

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

the United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

within the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS), the National

Institutes of Health (NIH), the National

Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences, and Health Canada. EPA also

participated in several meetings of the

International Burkholderia cepacia

Working Group (IBCWG) and held and

participated in a Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting

entitled, ‘‘Burkholderia cepacia: Risk

Assessment of a Biopesticide with

Affinities to a Human Opportunistic

Pathogen,’’ a record of which is

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available at http://www.epa.gov/

scipoly/sap/1999/index.htm#july.

IV. What Action is the Agency Taking?

EPA is announcing that Agrium U.S.,

Inc., South Ulster St., Suite 1400,

Denver, CO 80237, has withdrawn its

application to register a microbial

pesticide containing Burkholderia

cepacia strain Ral-3, as provided for in

section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA), as amended by the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

Burkholderia cepacia strain Ral-3 is an

active ingredient not included in any

previously registered pesticide product.

Burkholderia cepacia strain Ral-3 had

been proposed as a microbial pesticide

for commercial indoor application to

seed and/or seedlings of conifers and

deciduous trees.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: January 21, 2000.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–2954 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–50865; FRL–6488–4]

Plant-Pesticide Insect-Protected

Soybean Experimental Use Permit;

Receipt of Application

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of application 524–EUP–OR from

Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield

Parkway North, St. Louis, Missouri

63198, requesting an experimental use

permit (EUP) for the Cry1Ac protein and

the genetic material necessary for its

production (Vector PV–GMBT01) in

soybean. The Agency has determined

that this application may be of regional

and national significance. Therefore, in

accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the

Agency is soliciting comments on this

application.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–50865, must be

received on or before March 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and data 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.’’

To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–50865 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Alan Reynolds, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7511C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (703) 605–0515; and e-mail

address: reynolds.alan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

plant-pesticides under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other

entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all

the specific entities that may be affected

by this action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

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

OPP–50865. The official record consists

of the documents specifically referenced

in this action, 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 Hwy.,

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

control number OPP–50865 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, Ariel Rios Bldg., 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 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–50865. 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.