Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 12, 1997 / Notices 11453

K. International Tolerances

A maximum residue level has not

been established for pyridaben by the

Codex Alimentarius Commission.

II. Public Record

EPA invites interested persons to

submit comments on this notice of

filing. Comments must bear a

notification indicating the docket

control number [PF–721]. All written

comments filed in response to this

petition will be available, in the Public

Response and Program Resources

Branch, at the address given above from

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

Friday, except legal holidays. A record

has been established for this notice

under docket control number [PF–721]

(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 public

record is located in Rm. 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.

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. The official record for

this notice, as well as the public

version, as described above, will be kept

in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will

transfer all comments received

electronically into printed, paper form

as they are received and will place the

paper copies in the official record which

will also include all comments

submitted directly in writing. The

official record is the paper record

maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–6209 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–50827; FRL–5595–2]

Receipt of a Notification to Conduct

Small-Scale Field Testing of a

Genetically Engineered Microbial

Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of a notification (352-NMP-L) of intent

to conduct small-scale field testing

involving a baculovirus, Autographa

californica Multiple Nuclear

Polyhedrosis Virus (AcMNPV), which

has been genetically engineered to

express a synthetic gene which encodes

for an insect-specific toxin from the

scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus

hebraeus. Dupont intends to test this

microbial pesticide on leafy vegetables

in six states. Target pests for these field

trials include: the cabbage looper,

Trichoplusia ni, and the diamondback

moth, Plutella xylostella. The Agency

has determined that the notification

may be of regional and national

significance. Therefore, in accordance

with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency is

soliciting public comments on this

notification.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to EPA by April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the docket

control number [OPP–50827] to: Public

Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Divisions

(7506C), 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 by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will be accepted on

disks in Wordperfect 5.1 file format or

ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be

identified by the docket control number

[OPP–50827]. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found below in this document.

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

may be disclosed publicly by EPA

without prior notice. All written

comments will be 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:

William R. Schneider, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7501W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location, telephone number, and

e-mail address: 5th Floor, CS #1, 2805

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA,

(703) 308–8683, e-mail:

schneider.william@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

received a notification from DuPont

Agricultural Products of Delaware (352-

NMP-L). The proposed small-scale field

trial involves the introduction of a

genetically engineered isolate of the

baculovirus, Autographa californica

Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus

(AcMNPV), which has been genetically

engineered to express a synthetic gene

which encodes for an insect-specific

toxin from the venom of the scorpion

Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus.

The purpose of the proposed testing

will be to assess and compare the

efficacy of formulated and unformulated

genetically engineered construct,

formulated and unformulated wild type

AcMNPV, and various controls against

the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, and

the diamondback moth, Plutella

xylostella. The proposed program will

be conducted in spring 1997, and will

consist of one trial per site. There will

be one site per state in Georgia (0.12

acres), Florida (0.25 acres), Mississippi

(0.12 acres), California (0.12 acres),

Texas (0.37 acres), and Illinois (0.37

acres). The total amount of AcMNPV for

all of the testing will not exceed 2.2E13

occlusion bodies for each of the viruses

tested. The test sites will either be 2

rows or 4 rows wide and 50 feet long.
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On completion of the test, the

genetically engineered AcMNPV treated

plants will remain standing for at least

2 weeks prior to shredding, mowing,

and plowing under. Following review of

DuPont’s notification and any

comments received in response to this

notice, EPA may approve the test, ask

for additional data, require additional

modifications to the test protocols, or

require an Experimental Use Permit

application to be submitted. In

accordance with 40 CFR 172.50, under

no circumstances shall the proposed test

proceed until the submitter has received

notice from EPA of its approval of such

test.

A record has been established for this

notice under docket control number

[OPP–50827] (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 public record is located in

Rm. 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.

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.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 172

Environmental protection, Genetically

engineered microbial pesticides.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–6208 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

be available for inspection at the offices

of the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than April 4, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Cumberland Bancorp, Inc.,

Carthage, Tennessee; to acquire 9.2

percent of the voting shares of The Bank

of Mason, Mason, Tennessee.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 5, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–6094 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

be available for inspection at the offices

of the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than April 4, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(R. Chris Moore, Senior Vice President)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Commercial Bancshares Savings

and Employee Stock Ownership Plan,

West Liberty, Kentucky; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 32

percent of the voting shares of

Commercial Bancshares, Inc., West

Liberty, Kentucky, and thereby

indirectly acquire Commercial Bank,

West Liberty, Kentucky.

2. Southeast Bancorp, Inc., Corbin,

Kentucky; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First Bank of East

Tennessee, National Association, La

Follette, Tennessee.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St.

Louis, Missouri, and Ameribanc, Inc.,

St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Roosevelt

Financial Group, Inc., Chesterfield,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire

Missouri State Bank & Trust Company,

St. Louis, Missouri.

In connection with this application,

Applicants have also applied to acquire

Roosevelt Bank, Chesterfield, Missouri,

a federal savings bank, and thereby

engage in the operation of a federal

savings bank, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9)

of the Board’s Regulation Y.