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variance technologies for the National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

The meeting will be divided into two

parts. The first part involves getting

ideas and insights from stakeholders on

approaches to the national level

affordability criteria that will be used to

determine which pathway (compliance

technology or a variance) a system will

proceed along and which technologies

would be available for the system. The

second part will focus on treatment

technology performance, including an

evaluation of Point-Of-Use and PointOf-Entry devices as potential

compliance technologies.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 98–11143 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30453; FRL–5785–6]

Certain Companies; Applications to

Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of applications to register pesticide

products containing new active

ingredients not included in any

previously registered products 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 May 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30453] and the

file symbols to: Public Information and

Records Intregrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person, bring comments to:

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

119, 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 notice 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. The public

docket is available for public inspection

in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address given

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

through Friday, excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Regulatory Action Leader, Biopesticides

and Pollution Prevention Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs (7511W)

listed in the table below:

Regulatory action

leader Office location/telephone number Address

Rita Kumar ..................... 5th Floor, CS1 #1, 703–308–8291, e-mail: kumar.rita@epamail.epa.gov. 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,

VA 22202

Sharlene Matten ............ 5th Floor, CS #1, 703–605–0514, e-mail: matten.sharlene@epamail.epa.gov. Do.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

received applications as follows to

register pesticide products containing

active ingredients not included in any

previously registered products pursuant

to the provision of section 3(c)(4) of

FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these

applications does not imply a decision

by the Agency on the applications.

I. Products Containing Active

Ingredients Not Included In Any

Previously Registered Products

1. File Symbol: 70115–R. Applicant:

GML Industries, LLC, 2701 Texoma

Drive, P.O. Box 87, Denison TX 75020.

Product Name: A Natureza Flea

Shampoo. Active ingredient: Coocamide

DEA at 10.0 percent. Proposed

classification/Use: None. Controls fleas

on dogs and cats. (Rita Kumar)

2. File Symbol: 62388–R. Applicant:

Bio-Care Technology Pty Ltd., 3085

South Myers Rd., Geneva, OH 44041.

Product Name: NoGall. Microbial

Agent/Bacterial Inoculant. Active

ingredient: Agrobacterium radiobacter,

strain K1026 at 0.25 percent. Proposed

classification/Use: General. Controls

crown gall disease organisms on nonfood and non-bearing plants only.

(Sharlene Matten)

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.

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

number [OPP–30453] (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 number [OPP–30453].

Electronic comments on this notice may

be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pest, Product registration.
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Dated: April 18, 1998.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–11138 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–181062; FRL 5787–1]

Glyphosate; Receipt of Application for

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of

Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific

exemption request from the Washington

Department of Agriculture (hereafter

referred to as the ‘‘Applicant’’) to use

the pesticide glyphosate [N-

(Phosphonomethyl)glycine] (CAS 1071–

83–6), formulated as Roundup Ultra and

Ultra RT (both are 41% active

ingredient) to treat up to 19,685 acres of

dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas to

control Canada Thistle. The growing

areas in Washington to be treated are

Adams, Benton, Columbia, Franklin,

Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat,

Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille,

Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and

Whitman counties. Most application

will occur in Whitman county followed

by Spokane county. This is the fourth

year this use has been requested, and it

has been allowed under section 18 for

the past 3 years. Since this request

proposes a use which has been

requested or granted in any three

previous years, and a complete

application for registration and petition

for tolerance has not yet been submitted

to the Agency, EPA is soliciting public

comment before making the decision

whether or not to grant the exemption,

in accordance with 40 CFR 166.24(a)(6).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written

comments, bearing the identification

notation ‘‘OPP–181062,’’ should be

submitted by mail 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, D.C. 20460. In person,

bring comments to: Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

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

instruction under ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.’’ No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail.

Information submitted or any

comment concerning this notice 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 included in the public record by

EPA without prior notice.

The public docket is available for

public inspection in Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

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

Monday through Friday, except legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Jackie Mosby-Gwaltney,

Registration Division (7505C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,

telephone number and e-mail: Rm. 274,

CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, (703–305–6792); e-mail:

gwaltney.jackie@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

(7 U.S.C. 136p), the Administrator may,

at her discretion, exempt a state agency

from any registration provision of

FIFRA if she determines that emergency

conditions exist which require such

exemption. The Applicant has requested

the Administrator to issue a specific

exemption for the use of glyphosate on

dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas to

control Canada thistle. Information in

accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was

submitted as part of this request.

According to the Applicant, Canada

thistle is a severe threat to Eastern

Washington croplands due to a

combination of weather and

environmental conditions that

encouraged its excessive spread and

growth. There had been an increase in

Canada thistles in the fall of 1997

because of irregular growing conditions

which resulted in poor timing of

glyphosate applications. The long wet

spring of 1997 delayed seeding and

applications to kill Canada thistles until

late in the season. This period was

followed by a long period of dry heat

(drought) which made chemical

applications less effective, and a large

crop of Canada thistles went to seed.

The warm weather conditions in 1997

encouraged early thistle growth. The

weather and environmental conditions

in 1997 threaten a severe outbreak of the

weed in 1998. This occurrence would

greatly and negatively impact dry pea,

lentil, and chickpea yields and would

have a residual effect on wheat yields in

subsequent years.

The use of glyphosate has been

allowed under section 18 for the past 3

years, and the Applicant states that

alternative controls are not adequate to

prevent significant economic losses due

to damage and contamination problems

from Canada thistles. Under the

proposed exemption, glyphosate would

be applied at a rate of two – three quarts

of formulated product per acre, which is

2–3 lbs., active ingredient (a.i.) per acre.

The maximum number of applications

allowed is one, and the total number of

acres to be treated is 19,685. At the

maximum rate and maximum acreage,

14,764 gallons of formulation could

potentially be used.

This notice does not constitute a

decision by EPA on the application

itself. The regulations governing section

18 require publication of a notice of

receipt of an application for a specific

exemption proposing a use which has

been requested or granted in any three

previous years, and a complete

application for registration and or

tolerance petition has not been

submitted to the Agency [40 CFR 166.24

(a)(6)]. Such notice provides for

opportunity for public comment on the

application.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this notice under docket

number [OPP-181062] (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 the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at: 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

also be accepted on disks in