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local governments are not eligible to

submit proposals to this program.

Potential applicants who are uncertain

of their eligibility should contact EPA’s

Grants Operations Branch at (202) 260–

9266.

Proprietary Information

By submitting an application in

response to this solicitation, the

applicant grants EPA permission to

share the application with technical

reviewers both within and outside of the

Agency. Applications containing

proprietary or other types of

confidential information will be

immediately returned to the applicant

without review.

Funding Mechanisms

The funding mechanism for all

awards issued under this solicitation

will consist of a grant agreement

between EPA and the recipient. In

accordance with Pub. L. 95–225, a grant

is used to accomplish a public purpose

of support or stimulation authorized by

Federal statute rather than acquisition

for the direct benefit of the Agency.

Minority Institution Assistance

Pre-application assistance is available

upon request for potential investigators

representing institutions identified by

the Secretary, Department of Education,

as Historically Black Colleges or

Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic

Association of Colleges and Universities

(HACUs), or Native American or Tribal

Colleges. For further information on

minority assistance, contact Charles

Mitchell by telephone at (202) 260–

7448, by faxing a written request to

(202) 260–0211, or by mailing it to the

address for EPA’s Office of Exploratory

Research shown below.

Contacts

Additional general and technical

information on this solicitation and the

grants program may be obtained by

contacting: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Exploratory

Research (8703), 401 M Street SW.,

Washington DC 20460, Phone: (202)

260–7474/Fax: (202) 260–0211.

Information about the technical

content of the solicitation may be

obtained by contacting: Kenneth Jewett,

Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation, Phone: (202) 260–4211/Fax:

(202) 260–2685.

General information on the ETI may

be obtained from the ETI information

line: (202) 260–2686.

Dated: April 27, 1994.

Thomas E. Kelly,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Policy,

Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 95–10881 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–00408; FRL–4952–9]

Metabolism Testing Guideline; Notice

of Workshop

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: There will be a 1-day

workshop sponsored by the EPA’s

Office of Pesticide Programs, to discuss

the revision of the Metabolism Testing

Guideline.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

Wednesday, May 24, 1995, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. Written comments must

be submitted by May 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

Interested persons are invited to submit

written comments in triplicate to: By

mail: Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations

Division (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, 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. 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 WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

‘‘OPP–00408.’’ No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this document may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

Additional information on electronic

submissions can be found under the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

unit of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Yiannakis M. Ioannou (7509C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. 820D, CM #2, 192l Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

7894. Copies of documents may be

obtained by contacting: By mail: Public

Docket and Freedom of Information

Section, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 40l

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

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. ll28 Bay, CM #2, l92l Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)

305–5805 or 5454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Pesticide Assessment Guidelines

Subdivision F, describe protocols for

performing toxicology and related tests

to support registration of pesticides

under the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA). Some of the tests are also used

in tolerance reviews under the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

Subdivision F was proposed for public

comment in 1978 and published in

October 1982. At that time, the Agency

published the criteria for performing a

general metabolism study on a pesticide

and reserved a line item, Section 85-1,

for a guideline on General Metabolism

Studies of Pesticides. The Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA) also

specifies that General Metabolism

studies can be required under the TSCA

section 4 test rule.

The proposed revisions are the result

of efforts by Agency scientists to

improve the existing guideline to reflect

current state-of-the-art regarding

metabolism of pesticides and other toxic

compounds. In addition, a need for

revision was indicated by the results of

the Pesticide Reregistration Rejection

Rate Analysis as well as by comments

received in response to the notice

published in the Federal Register of

September 19, 1990 (55 FR 38578).

The agenda for the meeting and a

draft of the proposed Metabolism

Guideline revisions will be available

from the public docket within a week or

two prior to the meeting.

Any member of the public wishing to

submit written comments should

contact the OPP docket staff at the

address or the phone number given

above. Interested persons are permitted

to file written statements before the

meeting. To the extent that time permits

and upon advance notice, interested

persons may be permitted to present

oral statements at the meeting. There is

no limit on written comments for

consideration by the Panel, but oral

statements before the Panel are limited

to approximately 5 minutes. Since oral

statements will be permitted only as

time permits, the Agency urges the

public to submit written comments in

lieu of oral presentations. Persons

wishing to make oral and/or written
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statements should notify the OPP docket

staff and submit three copies of a

summary no later than May 17, 1995, in

order to ensure appropriate

consideration by the Panel.

A record has been established for this

document under docket number ‘‘OPP–

00408’’ (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 a.m. to

4:30 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 document,

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.

Information submitted as a comment

in response to 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 docket.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public docket

without prior notice. All statements will

be made part of the record and will be

taken into consideration by the Panel.

Dated: April 27, 1995.

Stephanie R. Irene,

Acting Director, Health Effects Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–10865 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–180970; FRL 4951–2]

Cymoxanil and Dimethomorph;

Receipt of Applications for Emergency

Exemptions, Solicitation of Public

Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received specific

exemption requests from the Delaware,

Minnesota, and Pennsylvania

Departments of Agriculture, the New

York Department of Environmental

Conservation, and the Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade, and

Consumer Protection (hereafter referred

to as the ‘‘Applicants’’) to use the

pesticides cymoxanil (CAS 57966–95–7)

and dimethomorph (CAS 110488–70–5)

to treat up to 5,000 (DE), 60,000 (MN),

30,000 (NY), 24,000 (PA), and 30,000

(WI) acres of potatoes to control

metalaxyl-resistant late blight. The

Applicants propose the use of new

(unregistered) chemicals; therefore, in

accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is

soliciting public comment before

making the decision whether or not to

grant the exemptions.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written

comments, bearing the identification

notation ‘‘OPP–180970,’’ should be

submitted by mail to: Public Response

and Program Resource Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, 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. 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 WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

[OPP-180970; FRL 4951–2]. No

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI) should be submitted through email. 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 in any

comment concerning this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information.’’

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 Confidential Business

Information must be provided by the

submitter for inclusion in the public

record. Information not marked

confidential may be disclosed publicly

by EPA without prior notice. All written

comments filed pursuant to this notice

will be available for public inspection in

Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Libby Pemberton, Registration

Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location and telephone

number: Floor 6, Crystal Station #1,

2800 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, (703) 308–8326; e-mail:

pemberton.libby@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 Applicants have

requested the Administrator to issue

specific exemptions for the use of

cymoxanil and/or dimethomorph on

potatoes to control late blight.

Information in accordance with 40 CFR

part 166 was submitted as part of these

requests.

Recent failures to control late blight in

potatoes with the registered fungicides,

have been caused almost exclusively by

immigrant strains of late blight

Phytophthora infestans, which are

resistant to the control of choice,

metalaxyl. Before the immigrant strains

of late blight arrived, all of the strains

in the U.S. were previously controlled

by treatment with metalaxyl. The

Applicants state that presently, there are

no fungicides registered in the U.S. that

will provide adequate control of the

immigrant strains of late blight. The

Applicants state that both

dimethomorph and cymoxanil have

been shown to be effective against these

strains of late blight. Both of these

materials hold current registrations

throughout many European countries

for control of this disease. The

Applicants state that losses in some

states have been greater than $10

million per year for the past 3 years, due