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Astoria units 10 and 20 in New York.

The Designated Representative is

Raymond Kimmel, Jr.

Rochester 3 units 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8

in New York. The Designated

Representative is David Irish.

Oswego units 1 and 2 in New York.

The Designated Representative is

Clement Nadeau.

Waterside units 41 and 42 in in New

York. The Designated Representative is

Raymond Kimmel, Jr.

Dated: May 1, 1995.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of

Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95–11503 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5205–1]

Correction to Previous Notice of

Contractor Access to Confidential

Business Information Under the Clean

Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: On April 17, 1995, the EPA

published a Federal Register Notice

announcing contractor access to

confidential business information (60

FR 19250). This notice incorrectly listed

contract numbers and contract

expiration dates. The correct

information is as follows.

The EPA has authorized the following

subcontractors for access to information

that has been, or will be, submitted to

EPA under section 114 of the Clean Air

Act (CAA) as amended. (1) EC/R, Inc.,

3721–D University Drive, Durham, NC

27707, contract number 68D10118; (2)

Alpha Gamma Technologies, Inc., 900

Ridgefield Drive, Suite 350, Raleigh, NC

27609, contract number 68D10117; (3)

Energy and Environmental Research

Corporation (EER), 3710 University

Drive, Suite 160, contract 68D10117.

The prime contractor for contract

68D10117 is Radian Corporation, PO

Box 13000, RTP, NC 27709 and the

prime contractor for contract 68D10118

is Research Triangle Institute, PO Box

12194, RTP, NC 27709. Both of these

contracts expire on August 1, 1996, thus

CBI access under these contracts expires

at that time as well.

DATES: Access to confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than ten days after issuance of this

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris Maxwell, Document Control

Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards (MD–13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541–5312.

Dated: May 1, 1995.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95–11506 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–50806A; FRL–4952–8]

Issuance of an Experimental Use

Permit for a Transgenic Plant Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On April 13, 1995, EPA

issued EPA Experimental Use Permit

(EUP) to Calgene Inc. to conduct field

testing of a transgenic plant pesticide.

EPA has determined that this permit

may be of regional and national

significance. The Agency evaluated the

data submitted by Calgene and, based

on these data and other available data,

could foresee no significant risk to

humans or to nontarget organisms from

this group of field tests as proposed by

Calgene. In accordance with 40 CFR

172.11(a), the Agency is soliciting

public comments.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 9, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments, in

triplicate should bear the docket control

number OPP–50806A and be submitted

to: Public Response and Program

Resources 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.

1128, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Crystal City, 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–50806A’’ 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 in

unit III of 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’’

(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 to the submitter.

Written comments will be available for

public inspection in Rm. 1128 at the

address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding

legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Linda A. Hollis, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7501W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

CS1 5th floor, 2800 Crystal Drive,

Crystal City, VA (703–308–8733).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. EUP Program

The EUP was issued to Calgene Inc.,

1920 5th St., Davis, CA 95616. The

permit was assigned EUP number

65247–EUP–1 and issued for 1 year,

beginning April 13, 1995 and ending

April 15, 1996. Calgene will be testing

a transgenic insect resistant cotton plant

which expresses a Bacillus thuringiensis

subsp. kurstaki (B.t.k.) cryIA(c) segment

within the plant cells. Bacillus

thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki protein

will be present at no more than .001

percent of the total weight of the

cottonseed. The cryIA(c) gene of

Bacillus thuringiensis is transferred to

cotton via the Ti plasmid of

Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a vector

system which has been used to stably

transform many plant pesticides. All

transgenic plants to be used in this field

trial are upland cotton Gossypium

hirsutum.

A total of 2,460 pounds of transgenic

cottonseed will be planted on 2.0 to 27.0

acre sites for a total of 67 acres

transgenic planting. Calgene’s test sites

are located in the following States:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and

Texas. Upon completion of data

collection and/or harvest, all cotton

plants in the transgenic trial will be

destroyed by incorporation into the soil.

Seed harvested from the plant breeding

nursery and strains test may be retained

for use in further research and
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development and used as future

planting seed. No seed may be used for

food or feed, and all other plant material

must be destroyed.

Calgene’s EUP program will include

the following three experiments

designed to evaluate the performance of

the expressed proteins against

lepidopteran pests: Strains Tests;

Breeding Nurseries, and Research Tests.

EPA’s scientific staff has evaluated

the potential for adverse effects on

nontarget species and the environment

as a result of this EUP. The Agency does

not foresee any human health risks or

effects resulting from the proposed field

tests because there will be minimal

human exposure.

Further, EPA foresees no significant

environmental impact resulting from the

testing under this EUP because it is of

limited acreage and duration and

because minimal offsite movement

(approximately three percent or less) of

expressed proteins is expected to occur.

Yet a potential exists for offspring of

commercially grown cotton to become

feral (wild), and these wild offspring

might have a selective advantage due to

the addition of these insect resistance

traits in their genetic make-up; however,

feral cotton has many additional

constraints, such as hardiness, habit,

and reproductive limits, which have

prevented it from becoming aggressive

or weedy despite cotton’s long

cultivation in the continental United

States. Hence, the expression of B.t.k.

protein or NPT II marker enzyme genes

is expected to neither create nor

aggravate any weedy or aggressive

characteristics in cotton grown for this

EUP.

Because the field tests will be

conducted in areas of the 11 States

where no known populations of

endangered lepidopteran species exist,

no risk is expected as a result of the

proposed field tests. In addition,

because of the low exposure due to the

limited acreage and duration of the EUP,

EPA feels that there will not be a

situation warranting a formal review

under the Endangered Species Act for

any endangered mammals, birds,

invertebrates, plants or aquatic species.

II. Labeling

The labeling states the following:

This package contains insect resistant

cottonseed expressing a Bacillus

thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (B.t.k.) protein

effective in controlling certain lepidopteran

insects. For use only at an application site of

a cooperator and in accordance with the

terms and conditions of the Experimental

Use Permit. This labeling must be in the

possession of the user at the time of planting.

Not for sale to any person other than a

participant or cooperator of the EPA

approved Experimental Use Permit Program.

The contents may only be used according to

the approved EUP program. Cooperators

must have at least one copy of each

applicable protocol prior to initiating any

research with the contents.

III. Public Comments

A record has been established for this

document under docket number ‘‘OPP–

50806A’’ (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.

The Agency announced receipt of

Calgene’s application in the Federal

Register of March 1, 1995 (60 FR

11904). A 30–day public comment

period was provided. No comments

were received.

Dated: April 28, 1995.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–11500 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[PP 2G4048 and 2G4049/T674; FRL 4948–

9]

Miles Inc.; Renewal of Temporary

Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has renewed temporary

tolerances for residues of the insecticide

O-[2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-5-pyrimidinyl]

O-ethyl O-(1-methylethyl)phosphorothioate and for residues of the

insecticide cyfluthrin in or on certain

raw agricultural commodities.

DATES: These temporary tolerances

expire December 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Robert Forrest, Product Manager

(PM) 14, Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. 219, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

6600; e-mail:

forrest.robert@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

issued a notice, published in the

Federal Register of June 8, 1994 (59 FR

29608), announcing that temporary

tolerances had been established for

residues of the insecticide O-[2-(1,1-

Dimethylethyl)-5-pyrimidinyl] O-ethyl

O-(1-methylethyl)phosphorothioate in

or on the raw agricultural commodities

corn, sweet (K + CWHR); corn, grain,

field and pop; corn, forage and fodder,

field, pop, and sweet at 0.01 part per

million (ppm), and for residues of the

insecticide cyfluthrin Cyano-(4-fluoro-3-

phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or on these

raw agricultural commodities at 0.01

ppm. These tolerances are being

renewed in response to pesticide

petitions (PP) 2G4048 and 2G4049,

submitted by Miles Inc., Agricultural

Division, P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City,

MO 64120–0013.

The company has requested a 1–year

renewal of the temporary tolerances for

residues of the insecticides to permit the

marketing of the above raw agricultural

commodities when treated in

accordance with the provisions of the

experimental use permit 3125–EUP–

202, which is being renewed under the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended

(Pub. L. 95–396, 92 Stat. 819; 7 U.S.C.

136). The scientific data reported and

other relevant material were evaluated,

and it was determined that renewal of