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parathion. Because of these concerns,

EPA is contemplating initiating a

proceeding to cancel these remaining

registrations. The remaining end-use

product registrations that may be subject

to enforcement and regulatory actions

discussed in this Unit are identified in

the following Table 4.

TABLE 4.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS POTENTIALLY SUBJECT

TO INVOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

Company Reg.

No. Product

Drexel

Chemical

Co.

19713–

322

Seis-Tres 6-3

19713–

323

Drexel Parathion 8

19713–

324

Ida Seis-Tres 6-3

19713–

325

Drexel Parathion

4EC

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for

Taking this Action?

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be canceled or

amended to terminate one or more

pesticide uses. FIFRA section 6(f)(1)

further provides that, before acting on

the request, EPA must publish a notice

of receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register, make reasonable

efforts to inform persons who rely on

the pesticide for minor agricultural uses,

and provide a 30-day period in which

the public may comment. Thereafter,

the Administrator may approve such a

request.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of

Request

Registrants may withdraw a request

for cancellation only in conformance

with the memoranda of agreement.

Registrants must submit such

withdrawal in writing to the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. This written withdrawal of the

request for cancellation will apply only

to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1)

request listed in this notice. If the

product(s) have been subject to a

previous cancellation action, the

effective date of cancellation and all

other provisions of any earlier

cancellation action are controlling. The

withdrawal request must also include a

commitment to pay any reregistration

fees due, and to fulfill any applicable

unsatisfied data requirements.

VI. Proposed Existing Stocks Provision

Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA

intends to grant the requests for

voluntary amendment and cancellation

identified in Unit II. For purposes of the

cancellation order that the Agency

proposes to issue at the close of the

comment period for this announcement,

the term ‘‘existing stocks’’ will be

defined, pursuant to EPA’s existing

stocks policy published in the Federal

Register on June 26, 1991 at 56 FR

29362, as those stocks of a registered

pesticide product which are currently in

the United States and which have been

packaged, labeled, and released for

shipment prior to the effective date of

the amendment or cancellation. Any

distribution, sale, or use of existing

stocks after the effective date of the

cancellation order that the Agency

intends to issue that is not consistent

with the terms of that order will be

considered a violation of section

12(a)(2)(K) and/or 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.

A. Distribution, Sale and Use of EndUse Products Bearing Old Labeling

Permitting Use on Corn Grown for Seed

In any cancellation order issued in

response to registrants’ request for

registration amendment to terminate the

use on corn grown for seed, EPA does

not intend to prohibit the sale,

distribution and use of the existing

stocks of these products. Based on the

registrants’s assurance, EPA anticipates

that most of these products will be

relabeled to eliminate the canceled use.

B. Distribution, Sale and Use of

Manufacturing-Use Products

EPA anticipates that any cancellation

order issued in response to the

registrants’ request for voluntary

cancellation of manufacturing-use

product registrations would:

(1) Prohibit, as of the effective date of

the cancellation order, all sale,

distribution and use of existing stocks of

manufacturing use products imported

into the United States after July 7, 2000;

(2) Prohibit, as of the effective date of

the cancellation order, all sale and

distribution of ethyl parathion

manufacturing use products imported

into the United States prior to July 7,

2000 to pesticide registrants who have

not executed the MOA or an agreement

equivalent to the MOA, and prohibit use

by such registrants, unless the sale,

distribution or use is for the purpose of

manufacturing a product intended

solely for export consistent with the

requirements of FIFRA Section 17; and

(3) Prohibit, as of December 31, 2002,

all sale, distribution and use of existing

stocks of manufacturing-use products

imported prior to July 7, 2000, unless

the sale or distribution is solely for

purposes of export consistent with the

requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or

for proper disposal.

C. Distribution, Sale and Use of End-Use

Products

EPA anticipates that any cancellation

order issued in response to the

registrants’ request for voluntary

cancellation of end-use product

registrations would:

(1) Prohibit, as of December 31, 2002,

registrants from distributing or selling

existing stocks of the end-use products;

(2) Prohibit, as of August 31, 2003, all

sale and distribution of existing stocks

of the end-use products; and

(3) Prohibit, as of October 31, 2003, all

use of existing stocks of the end-use

products.

VII. Future Tolerance Revocations

EPA anticipates drafting a future

Federal Register notice proposing to

separate the parathion tolerances for

residues found in 40 CFR 180.121 into

180.121 for ethyl parathion and 180.122

for methyl parathion. This future notice

will additionally propose revocation of

tolerances on commodities on which

there are no registered uses of either

ethyl parathion or methyl parathion.

With this present notice, EPA seeks

comment as to whether any individuals

or groups want to support continuation

of these tolerances. For the nine crops

on which ethyl parathion may be used

until October 31, 2003, ethyl parathion

tolerances will be revoked with an

expiration date which will allow

commodities with residues resulting

from lawful applications to clear the

channels of trade.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: February 22, 2001.

Lois A. Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–10436 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34225D; FRL–6781–1]

Diazinon Products; Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

cancellation order for the product and

use cancellations as requested by two

companies that hold the registrations of

pesticide manufacturing-use and enduse products containing the active

ingredient diazinon and accepted by

EPA, pursuant to section 6(f) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This order

follows up a January 10, 2001, notice of

receipt of the two companies’ requests

for cancellations and amendments of

their diazinon product registrations to

terminate all indoor uses and certain

agricultural uses. In the January 10,

2001 notice, EPA indicated that it

would issue an order confirming the

voluntary product and use registration

cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or

use of the products subject to this

cancellation order is only permitted in

accordance with the terms of the

existing stocks provisions of this

cancellation order.

DATES: The cancellations are effective

May 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben

Chambliss, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8174; fax

number: (703) 308–7042; e-mail address:

chambliss.ben@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. You may be potentially

affected by this action if you

manufacture, sell, distribute, or use

diazinon products. The Congressional

Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as

added by the Small Business Regulatory

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does

not apply because this action is not a

rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3).

Since other entities may also be

interested, 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 applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To access

information about the risk assessment

for diazinon, go to the Home Page for

the Office of Pesticide Programs or go

directly to http://www.epa.gov/

pesticides/op/diazinon.htm.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–34225D. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this action, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, and other information

related to this action, including any

information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This official

record includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

II. Receipt of Requests to Cancel and

Amend Registrations to Delete Uses

A. Background

In December 2000, Syngenta Crop

Protection, Inc. (Syngenta) and

Makheteshim Agan of North Amenrica,

Inc./Makheteshim Chemical Works, Ltd.

(collectively referred to as the

‘‘Technical Registrants’’), the basic

manufacturers of the active ingredient

diazinon and registrants of products

containing diazinon, and EPA agreed to

several voluntary measures that will

reduce the potential exposure to

children associated with diazinon

containing products. EPA initiated the

negotiations with the Technical

Registrants after finding that diazinon,

as currently registered, was an exposure

risk, especially to children. As a result,

the Technical Registrants respectively

submitted a letter under section 6(f) of

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requesting

cancellation or amendment of all of

their diazinon product registrations to

terminate all indoor uses and certain

agricultural uses. The uses for which

termination was requested are identified

in the following List 1:

List 1.—Uses Requested for

Termination

1. Indoor uses: Pet collars, or inside

any structure or vehicle, vessel, or

aircraft or any enclosed area, and/or on

any contents therein (except mushroom

houses), including food/feed handling

establishments, greenhouses, schools,

residences, museums, sports facilities,

stores, warehouses and hospitals.

2. Agricultural uses: Alfalfa, bananas,

Bermuda grass, dried beans, celery, red

chicory (radicchio), citrus, clover,

coffee, cotton, cowpeas, cucumbers,

dandelions, kiwi, lespedeza, parsley,

parsnips, pastures, peppers, Irish

potatoes, sheep, sorghum, spinach,

squash (winter and summer), sweet

potatoes, rangeland, strawberries, Swiss

chard, tobacco, tomatoes, turnips. The

uses for dried beans, dried peas,

chicory, cowpeas and dandelions were

removed from all labels in 1991.

**In addition, Syngenta has requested

that ‘‘lawns’’ be removed from three of

its commercial agricultural products

(EPA Registrations 100–460, 100–461

and 100–784).

The letters requested that EPA cancel

the registrations of all of their diazinon

manufacturing-use products,

conditioned upon EPA’s issuance of

replacement registrations for these

products which do not allow

formulation or reformulation into

products bearing instructions for the

uses identified in List 1. The letters also

requested cancellations or amendments

of the Technical Registrants’ end-use

product registrations to terminate these

uses. These letters were followed by a

memorandum of agreement between the

Technical Registrants and EPA (MOA),

in which the Technical Registrants

agreed to phase out non-agricultural

uses of its diazinon products. A copy of

the Technical Registrants’ letters

requesting voluntary cancellation and

the above-mentioned MOA are located

in docket control number OPP–34225D.

Pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the

FIFRA, EPA announced the Agency’s

receipt of these requests from the

Technical Registrants by a Federal

Register notice published on January 10,

2001 (66 FR 1977) (FRL–6763–7). In that

Notice, EPA provided a 30-day

comment period. The Technical

Registrants requested that the

Administrator waive the 180-day

comment period provided under FIFRA

section 6(f)(1)(C). EPA also approved the

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replacement registrations for the

Technical Registrants’ diazinon

manufacturing-use products on January

11, 2001.

Following the publication of the 6(f)

notice, EPA received many comments

from growers, as well as the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, expressing

that the use of diazinon pesticide

products is vital for many of the

agricultural uses identified in List 1.

According to the comments, there is a

nationwide need for the application of

diazinon products on spinach,

strawberries, and tomatoes. There are

also needs for the application of

diazinon products on certain crops in

certain states. These needs are identified

in the following Table 1:

TABLE 1.— SPECIFIC REGIONAL NEED

FOR DIAZINON END-USE PRODUCTS

Crop Use area(s)

Bananas Hawaii

Celery Texas

Cucumbers Texas)

Ground Squirrel/

Rodent Burrow

Dust Stations for

Public Health

Use

California

Parsley Texas and California

Parsnips Texas and Oregon

Peas, succulent Texas and Maryland

Peppers Texas and California

Potatoes, Irish Texas, Washington and

Michigan

Potatoes, Sweet Texas

Squash, summer

and winter

Texas and California

Swiss Chard Texas

Turnips, root Texas and Oregon

Turnips, tops Texas and Oregon

In response to these comments, the

Technical Registrants agreed to

maintain on their diazinon product

registrations the use on spinach,

strawberries and tomatoes. EPA’s

assessment of risks associated with the

use of diazinon products concluded that

all acute and chronic dietary risk

estimates are below the Agency’s level

of concern. EPA’s assessment

considered all currently registered uses,

including the agricultural uses

identified in List 1. There may also be

adequate data to support the tolerances

for spinach, strawberries and tomatoes.

EPA is currently reviewing residue data

for these crops recently provided by the

registrant to determine their

acceptability. Accordingly, pursuant to

FIFRA section 3(c)(7)(A), EPA approved

the amendments of the Technical

Registrants’ replacement manufacturinguse product registrations to permit

formulation and reformulation into

products bearing instructions for

spinach, strawberries and tomatoes. As

amended, the approved replacement

registrations for the Technical

Registrants diazinon manufacturing-use

products permit formulation and

reformulation into products bearing

instructions only for the agricultural

uses identified in the following List 2:

List 2.—Agricultural Uses in

Technical Registrants’ Replacement

Manufacturing-Use Product

Registrations

Almonds, apples, apricots, beans

(seed treatment only) except soybeans,

beets, blackberries, blueberries,

boysenberries, broccoli, cattle (nonlactating; ear tags only), Chinese

broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,

Chinese cabbage (bok choy and napa),

cantaloupes, carrots, Casaba melons,

cauliflower, cherries, collards, field corn

(seed treatment only), sweet corn

(including seed treatment), cranberries,

Crenshaw melons, dewberries, endive

(escarole), ginseng, grapes, honeydew

melons, hops, kale, lettuce, lima beans

(seed treatment only), loganberries,

melons, muskmelons, mustard greens,

Chinese mustard, nectarines, onions,

peaches, pears, peas (seed treatment

only), Persian melons, pineapples,

plums, prunes, radishes, Chinese

radishes, raspberries, rutabagas,

spinach, strawberries, sugar beets,

tomatoes, walnuts, watercress (Hawaii

only), and watermelons.

Similarly, in today’s Cancellation

Order, EPA is approving the Technical

Registrants’ requested cancellations and

amendments of the their diazinon enduse products registrations to terminate

all uses identified in List 1 except

spinach, strawberries and tomatoes. The

individual states identified in Table 1

may wish to issue special-local-need

registrations under FIFRA section 24(c)

for diazinon end-use products to

address the specific agricultural needs

in their states respectively, as identified

in Table 1.

B. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation

of Manufacturing Use Products

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A),

the Technical Registrants submitted

requests for voluntary cancellation of

the registrations for their diazinon

manufacturing-use products,

conditioned upon EPA’s issuance of

replacement registrations for these

products which do not allow their

formulation or reformulation into

products bearing instructions for indoor

use or certain agricultural uses, as

identified in List 1 of this notice. The

product registrations for which

cancellations were requested are

identified in the following Table 2:

TABLE 2.—MANUFACTURING-USE

PRODUCT REGISTRATION CANCELLATION REQUESTS

Company Reg.

No. Product

Makhteshim

Chemical

Works,

Ltd.

11678–

6

DIAZOL Technical

Stabilized

11678–

20

DIAZOL(Diazinon)

Stabilized Oil

Concentrate

Syngenta

Crop Protection,

Inc.

100–

524

D.Z.N(R) DIAZINON

MG 87% INSECTICIDE

100–

714

D.Z.N(R) DIAZINON

MG 5%

100–

771

D.Z.N(R) DIAZINON

MG 22.4% WBC

100–

783

D.Z.N(R) DIAZINON

MG 56%

As mentioned in Unit II.A of this

notice, EPA received comments

requesting that the Agency continues to

permit the use of diazinon products on

certain agricultural sites that the

Technical Registrants had proposed to

cancel. In response to these comments,

pursuant to FIFRA section 3(c)(7)(A),

EPA approved the Technical

Registrants’ amendments of the

replacement registrations for their

diazinon manufacturing-use products to

permit formulation and reformulation of

these replacement manufacturing use

products into products bearing

instructions for spinach, strawberries,

and tomatoes, because there appears to

be a nationwide need for the use of

diazinon products on these crops. The

individual states identified in Table 1

may wish to issue special-local-need

registrations under FIFRA section 24(c)

for diazinon end-use products to meet

the specific agricultural needs in their

states, as identified in Table 1. Because

the concerns expressed in the comments

have been addressed, EPA is issuing an

order in this notice canceling the

registrations identified in Table 2, as

requested by the Technical Registrants.

C. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation

of End-Use Products

In addition to requesting voluntary

cancellation of its diazinon

manufacturing-use product

registrations, Syngenta also submitted

requests for voluntary cancellation of

the registrations for its diazinon end-use

products that are registered primarily

for indoor use. These end-use product

registrations for which cancellation was

requested are identified in the following

Table 3:

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TABLE 3.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATION CANCELLATION REQUESTS

Company Reg. No. Product

Syngenta

Crop Protection,

Inc.

100–445 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON 2D

100–477 D.Z.N(R) HOME

PEST CONTROL LIQUID

100–478 D.Z.N(R) HOME

PEST CONTROL PRESSURIZED LIQUID

100–625 D.Z.N(R) HOME

PEST CONTROL — XP

100-659 D.Z.N(R) 0.5%

RTU

100–685 D.Z.N(R) 1/2%

EW

100–686 D.Z.N(R) 1% EW

100–687 D.Z.N(R) 5.0 EW

EPA did not receive any comments

expressing a need of diazinon products

for indoor use. Accordingly, EPA is

issuing an order in this notice canceling

the registrations identified in Table 3, as

requested by Syngenta.

D. Requests for Voluntary Amendments

of End-Use Product Registrations to

Terminate Certain Uses

Pursuant to section 6(f)(1)(A) of

FIFRA, the Technical Registrants

submitted requests to amend a number

of their diazinon end-use product

registrations to terminate the uses

identified in List 1 of this notice. The

registrations for which amendments to

terminate uses were requested are

identified in the following Table 4:

TABLE 4.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES

Company Reg. No. Product

MakhteshimAgan of

North

America,

Inc.

66222–10 DIAZOL

Diazinon 50W

66222–9 DIAZOL

Diazinon

AG500

Syngenta

Crop Protection, Inc

.

100–460 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON

50W

100–461 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON

AG500

100–463 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON

TABLE 4.—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES—Continued

Company Reg. No. Product

100–469 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON

14G

100–784 D.Z.N(R)

DIAZINON

AG600 WBC

100–785 EVICT(TM) INDOOR/OUTDOOR WBC

As mentioned in Unit II.A of this

notice, EPA received comments

requesting that the Agency continues to

permit the use of diazinon products on

certain agricultural sites that the

Technical Registrants had proposed to

cancel. In response to these comments,

the Technical Registrants have agreed to

retain the use on spinach, strawberries,

and tomatoes on their current diazinon

end-use product registrations. The

individual states identified in Table 1

may also wish to issue special-localneed registrations under FIFRA section

24(c) for diazinon end-use products to

meet the specific agricultural needs in

their states, as identified in Table 1.

Accordingly, EPA is issuing an order in

this notice approving the amendments

of the registrations identified in Table 3

to terminate all uses identified in List 1

except spinach, strawberries, and

tomatoes.

III. Cancellation Order

Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA

hereby approves the requested diazinon

product registration cancellations and

amendments to terminate all indoor

uses and certain agricultural uses, as

identified in List 1 of this notice, except

spinach, strawberries, and tomatoes.

Accordingly, the Agency orders that the

diazinon manufacturing use product

registrations identified in Table 2 and

the diazinon end-use product

registrations identified in Table 3 are

hereby canceled. The Agency also

orders that all of the uses identified in

List 1, except spinach, strawberries, and

tomatoes, are hereby canceled from all

end-use product registrations identified

in Table 4. Any distribution, sale, or use

of existing stocks of the products

identified in Tables 2-4 in a manner

inconsistent with the terms of this Order

or the Existing Stock Provisions in Unit

IV of this Notice will be considered a

violation of section 12(a)(2)(K) of FIFRA

and/or section 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.

IV. Existing Stocks Provisions

For purposes of this Order, the term

‘‘existing stocks’’ is defined, pursuant to

EPA’s existing stocks policy (56 FR

29362, June 26, 1991), as those stocks of

a registered pesticide product which are

currently in the United States and

which have been packaged, labeled, and

released for shipment prior to the

effective date of the amendment or

cancellation. The existing stocks

provisions of this Cancellation Order are

as follows:

1. Distribution or sale of

manufacturing-use products.

Distribution or sale by any person of the

existing stocks of any product identified

in Table 2 will not be lawful under

FIFRA after May 2, 2001, except for the

purposes of returns for relabeling

consistent with the Technical

Registrants’ cancellation request letters

and the MOA, shipping such stocks for

export consistent with the requirements

of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper

disposal.

2. Use of manufacturing-use products

to formulate for indoor use. Use by any

person of the existing stocks of any

product identified in Table 2 for

formulation or reformulation into any

product that bears instructions for

indoor use will not be lawful under

FIFRA after May 2, 2001. All other use

of such products may continue until the

existing stocks are exhausted, provided

that such use does not violate any

existing stocks provision of this

Cancellation Order and is in accordance

with the existing labeling of that

product.

3. Use of manufacturing-use products

to formulate for agricultural use. Use by

any person of the existing stocks of any

product identified in Table 2 for

formulation or reformulation into any

product bearing instructions for the

agricultural uses identified in List 1,

except spinach, strawberries and

tomatoes, will not be lawful under

FIFRA after May 31, 2001. All other use

of such products may continue until the

existing stocks are exhausted, provided

that such use does not violate any

existing stocks provision of this

Cancellation Order and is in accordance

with the existing labeling of that

product.

4. Sale or distribution of indoor enduse products by Technical Registrants.

Sale or distribution by the Technical

Registrants of the existing stocks of any

product identified in Table 3 or Table 4

that bear instructions for indoor use will

not be lawful under FIFRA after May 2,

2001, except for the purposes of returns

for relabeling consistent with the

Technical Registrants’ cancellation

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request letters and the MOA, shipping

such stocks for export consistent with

the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA,

or proper disposal.

5. Retail and other sale or distribution

of indoor end-use products. Sale or

distribution by any person of the

existing stocks of any product identified

in Table 3 or Table 4 that bear

instructions for indoor use will not be

lawful under FIFRA after December 31,

2002, except for the purposes of returns

for re-labeling consistent with the

Technical Registrants’ cancellation

request letters and the MOA, shipping

such stocks for export consistent with

the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA,

or proper disposal.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Lois Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–10998 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PF–1017; FRL–6779–1]

Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to

Establish a Tolerance for a Certain

Pesticide Chemical in or on Food

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

initial filing of a pesticide petition

proposing the establishment of

regulations for residues of a certain

pesticide chemical in or on various food

commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number PF–1017, must be

received on or before June 1. 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I.C. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

PF–1017 in the subject line on the first

page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Hoyt Jamerson, Registration

Support Branch, Registration Division

(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (703)

308–9368; e-mail address:

jamerson.hoyt@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

You may be affected by this action if

you are an agricultural producer, food

manufacturer or pesticide manufacturer.

Potentially affected categories and

entities may include, but are not limited

to:

Categories NAICS

codes

Examples of potentially affected

entities

Industry 111 Crop production

112 Animal production

311 Food manufacturing

32532 Pesticide manufacturing

This listing is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers regarding entities likely to be

affected by this action. Other types of

entities not listed in the table could also

be affected. The North American

Industrial Classification System

(NAICS) codes have been provided to

assist you and others in determining

whether or not this action might apply

to certain entities. If you have questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ ‘‘Regulation

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number PF–

1017. The official record consists of the

documents specifically referenced in

this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as confidential business

information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number PF–1017 in the subject

line on the first page of your response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by e-mail

to: opp-docket@epa.gov, or you can

submit a computer disk as described

above. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

Wordperfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number PF–1017. Electronic comments

may also be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI That I

Want to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this