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21. United States Department of the

Army on August 4, 1995, for the use of

paraformaldehyde to decontaminate

high-security biocontaminent

laboratories of microorganisms. This

program has ended. (Larry Fried)

EPA has granted a quarantine

exemption to the United States

Department of Agriculture for the use of

paraformaldehyde in laboratories to

control infectious diseases; September

29, 1995, to June 5, 1998. UDSA had

initiated a crisis exemption for this use.

(Larry Fried)

EPA has denied a specific exemption

request from the Oregon Department of

Agriculture for the use of pendimethalin

on grasses grown for seed. Oregon

requested use of metolachlor for the

same spectrum of weeds, and due to

endangered species concerns with

pendimethalin, the Agency denied the

exemption. (David Deegan)

EPA has withdrawn a specific

exemption from the Connecticut

Department of Environmental Protection

for the use of avermectin on pears to

control pear psylla. Connecticut had

initiated a crisis exemption for this use.

The use of avermectin ended under the

crisis exemption on September 30, 1995.

(Larry Fried)

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Crisis exemptions.

Dated: November 30, 1995.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–30114 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[PF–636; FRL–4971–5]

Pesticide Tolerance Petitions; Filings,

Amendment, and a Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces initial

filings and an amendment and a

withdrawal of pesticide petitions (PP)

and food and feed additive petitions

(FAP) proposing the establishment of

regulations for residues of certain

pesticide chemicals in or on various

agricultural commodities.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments 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. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA

22202.

Information submitted as a 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. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

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

[PF-636]. 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 below in this

document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person, contact the PM named in each

petition at the following office location/

telephone number:

Product Manager

Office location/

telephone number/e-mailAddress

George

LaRocca (PM

13).

Rm. 204, CM

#2, 703-305-

6100; e-mail:

larocca.

george @

epamail. epa.

gov..

1921

Jefferson

Davis

Hwy.,

Arlington,

VA

Product Manager

Office location/

telephone number/e-mailAddress

Connie Welch

(PM 21).

Rm. 227, CM

#2, 703- 305-

6226; e-mail:

welch. connie

@ epamail.

epa. gov..

Do.

Phillip Hutton

(PM 90).

5th Floor, CS

#1, 703-308-

8260; e-mail:

hutton. phillip

@ epamail.

epa. gov..

2800

Jefferson

Davis

Hwy.,

Arlington,

VA

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

received pesticide petitions and food/

feed additive petitions as follows

proposing the amendment of regulations

for residues of certain pesticide

chemicals in or on various agricultural

commodities.

Initial Filings

1. PP 5F4509. Lakeshore Enterprises,

P.O. Box 238-P, Benzonia, MI 49616,

has submitted the petition proposing

that 40 CFR part 180 be amended to

establish an exemption from the

requirement of a tolerance for the

biochemicals meat meal and red pepper

(capsicum) in or on agricultural,

vegetable, ornamental, turf, tree, vine,

and other terrestrial crops. (PM 90)

2. PP 5F4588. Zeneca Ag Products,

1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 15458, has

submitted the petition proposing to

amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish

tolerances for lambda-cyhalothrin, (S)-

alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (Z)-(1R,-

3R)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-

enyl)-2,2-

dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and

(R)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (Z)-

(1S,3S)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop1-enyl)-2,2-

dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, and

epimer of lambda-cyhalothrin, a 1:1

mixture of (S)-alpha-cyano-3-

phenoxybenzyl (Z)-(1S,-3S)-3-(2-chloro3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-

dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and

(R)-alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (Z)-

(1R,3R)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop1-enyl)-2,2-

dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or

on the following raw agricultural

commodities: lettuce, leaf at 2.0 parts

per million (ppm); head and stem

brassica crop subgroup (broccoli;

broccoli, Chinese; brussels sprouts;

cabbage; cabbage, Chinese (napa);

cabbage, Chinese mustard; cauliflower;

caval broccolo; and kohlrabi) at 0.4
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ppm; alfalfa, forage at 3.0 ppm; and

alfalfa, hay at 4.0 ppm. (PM 13)

3. PP 5F4591. Ciba Crop Protection,

Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 18300,

Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, has

submitted the petition that proposes

that 40 CFR 180.434 be amended to

establish tolerances for the fungicide

propiconazole (1-[[2-(2,4-

dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan2-yl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole) and its

metabolites determined as 2,4-

dichlorobenzoic acid and expressed as

parent compound equivalent in or on

the raw agricultural commodities berry

crop grouping at 1.0 ppm, carrots at 0.2

ppm, green onions at 8.0 ppm, and dry

bulb onions at 0.3 ppm. (PM 21)

Amended Filing

4. PP 4F4309. EPA gave notice in the

Federal Register of July 13, 1994 (59 FR

35719), that Miles, Inc., 8400 Hawthorn

Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO

64120-0013, had submitted the petition

proposing that 40 CFR 180.436 be

amended by establishing a tolerance to

permit residues of the insecticide

cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-

phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-

dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl

cyclopropane carboxylate, in or on

sweet corn, forage at 54.0 ppm; alfalfa,

hay at 10.0 ppm; soybean, forage at 10.0

ppm; alfalfa, forage at 5.0 ppm; soybean,

hay at 1.5 ppm; sunflower, forage at 1.0

ppm; sweet corn at 0.05 ppm; soybeans

at 0.03 ppm; and sunflower, seed at 0.02

ppm. The company has submitted an

amended petition that proposes

decreasing the proposed tolerances on

sweet corn forage from 54.0 ppm to 30.0

ppm; increasing tolerances for cattle fat,

goat fat, hog fat, horse fat, and sheep fat

from 0.05 ppm to 5.0 ppm; establishing

a tolerance of 15.0 ppm for milkfat

(representing 0.5 ppm in whole milk);

and withdrawing proposed tolerances

for soybean, forage, soybean, hay, and

soybeans. (PM 13)

Withdrawn Filing

5. FAP 4H5686. EPA gave notice in

the Federal Register of July 13, 1994 (59

FR 35719), that Miles, Inc., 8400

Hawthorn Rd., P.O. Box 4913, Kansas

City, MO 64120-0013, had submitted the

petition proposing that 40 CFR 186.1250

be amended by establishing a food/feed

additive regulation to permit the

residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin,

cyano(4-fluoro-3-

phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-

dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl

cyclopropane carboxylate, in or on

sunflower hulls at 2.5 ppm and soybean,

hulls at 0.1 ppm. The company has

withdrawn the petition without

prejudice to a future filing. (PM 13)

A record has been established for this

rulemaking under docket number [PF636] (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

rulemaking, 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 rulemaking

record which will also include all

comments submitted directly in writing.

The official rulemaking record is the

paper record maintained at the address

in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of

this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Feed additives, Food

additives, Reporting and recordkeeping

requriements.

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

Dated: November 13, 1995.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–30373; Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–180982; FRL–4985–1]

Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific

exemptions for the control of various

pests to the 28 States as listed below.

Crisis exemptions were initiated by the

Mississippi and Montana Departments

of Agriculture. These exemptions,

issued during the months of May, June,

and July 1995, are subject to application

and timing restrictions and reporting

requirements designed to protect the

environment to the maximum extent

possible. EPA has denied 11 specific

exemption requests. Information on

these restrictions is available from the

contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific and crisis

exemption for its effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See

each emergency exemption for the name

of the contact person. The following

information applies to all contact

persons: By mail: Registration Division

(7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

6th Floor, CS #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)–308–

8417; e-mail:

group.ermus@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

granted specific exemptions to the:

1. Alabama Department of Agriculture

and Industries for the use of

tebufenozide on cotton to control beet

armyworms; July 18, 1995, to September

30, 1995. Alabama had initiated a crisis

exemption for this use. (Margarita

Collantes)

2. Arizona Department of Agriculture

for the use of imidacloprid and

bifenthrin on melons to control the

sweet potato whitefly; June 9, 1995, to

June 9, 1996. (David Deegan)

3. Arkansas State Plant Board for the

use of tebufenozide on cotton to control

beet armyworms; July 18, 1995, to

September 30, 1995. (Margarita

Collantes)

4. California Environmental

Protection Agency for the use of

myclobutanil on strawberries to control

powdery mildew; July 28, 1995, to July

27, 1996. (David Deegan)

5. Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services for the use of

malathion on atemoya and sugar apples

to control Annona seed borers; July 12,

1995, to July 12, 1996. (Margarita

Collantes)

6. Georgia Department of Agriculture

for the use of tebufenozide on cotton to

control beet armyworms; July 18, 1995,

to September 30, 1995. (Margarita

Collantes)

7. Idaho Department of Agriculture for

the use of propamocarb hydrochloride,

dimethomorph, and cymoxanil on

potatoes to control late blight; July 14,

1995 to September 30, 1995. (Libby

Pemberton)

8. Louisiana Department of

Agriculture and Forestry for the use of