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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0179; FRL-8398-2]

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8263; e-mail address:                         *greenway.denise@epa.gov*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## I. General Information

### A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

                    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or sponsor research on pesticides, 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 information in this action, consult the person listed under                     **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**                    .                

### B. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?

                    1.                     *Docket*. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0179. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at                     *http://www.regulations.gov*, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.                

                    2.                     *Electronic access*. You may access this                     **Federal Register**                     document electronically through the EPA Internet under the “                    **Federal Register**                    ” listings at                     *http://www.epa.gov/​fedrgstr*.                

## II. EUP

EPA has issued the following EUP:

*264-EUP-140*. Amendment and Extension. Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. This EUP allows the use of 0.03 pound of the plant-incorporated protectant                     *Bacillus thuringiensis*                     Cry1Ab protein in events T303-3 and T304-40 cotton plants on 152 acres (out of 1,602 total acres) planted to Cry1Ab-containing cotton to evaluate the control of lepidopteran larvae such as bollworm (                    *Helicoverpa zea*) and tobacco budworm (                    *Heliothis virescens*). The program is authorized only in the States of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and in Puerto Rico. The EUP is effective from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010.                

Authority:7 U.S.C. 136c.

# List of Subjects

      - Environmental protection
      - Experimental use permits

Dated: January 14, 2009.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E9-5278 Filed 3-10-09; 8:45 am]

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