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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0161; FRL-8410-9]

# 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:

                        Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail address:                         *bacchus.shanaz@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-2007-0161. 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:

*82608-EUP-1*. Issuance. AgroGreen, Biological Division, Minrav Infrastructures (1993) Ltd., 3 Habossem Str, P.O. Box 153, Ashdod, 77101, Israel, represented by SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA. This EUP allows the use of 85.84 pounds (39. 02 kilograms) of the end-use product BAFI SDN (100%), containing the active ingredient                     *Bacillus firmus*                     isolate I-1582 for treating seeds to be planted on 7,478.25 acres of corn, cotton, and soybean to evaluate the control of nematodes. The program is authorized only in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and North Carolina for seed treatments and in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin for planting treated seeds. Untreated seeds are to be planted as controls on approximately 1,496 acres concurrently with the planting of treated seeds in the specified states. The EUP is effective from April 8, 2009 to April 8, 2011.                

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

# List of Subjects

      - Environmental protection
      - Experimental use permits

Dated: April 17, 2009.

Janet L. Andersen,

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

[FR Doc. E9-9568 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]

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