[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7542-7543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3115]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[PF-620; FRL-4935-6]


Pesticide Tolerance Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA announces the amendment of two pesticide petitions and one 
food/feed additive petition and the withdrawal of a pesticide petition.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments to: Public Docket and 
Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division (7505C), 
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. 246 at 
the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division 
(7505C), Attention: [Product Manager (PM) named in the petition], 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, contact the PM named in each 
petition at the following office location/telephone number:

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                            Office location &                           
    Product Manager           Telephone no.               Address       
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Phil Hutton (BPPD).....  5th Floor, CS #1, 703-   2800 Crystal Drive,   
                          308-8260.                Arlington, VA.       
Dennis Edwards (PM-19).  Rm. 207, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis  
                          6386.                    Hwy., Arlington, VA. 
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[[Page 7543]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received amendments to 
pesticide (PP) and/or food/feed additive (FAP) petitions as follows 
proposing the establishment and/or amendment of tolerances or 
regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on 
certain agricultural commodities. EPA has also received a request to 
withdraw without prejudice to future filing a pesticide peitition. The 
petitions are as follows:

Amended Petitions

    1. PP 3F4231. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has submitted a revised petition, notice of 
which originally appeared in the Federal Register of October 21, 1993 
(58 FR 54354). The revised petition proposes that 40 CFR part 180 be 
amended to establish tolerances for combined residues of imidacloprid, 
1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its 
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as 
imidacloprid, on the following commodities: Fruiting vegetables 
(including tomato, eggplant, and pepper) at 1.0 part per million (ppm); 
Brassica (cole) leafy vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, 
Brussels sprouts, and cabbage at 3.5 ppm; lettuce, head and leaf at 3.5 
ppm; and grapefruit at 1.0 ppm. (PM 19)
    2. PP 4F4318. Myotech Corp., 630 Utah Ave., P.O. Box 4109, Butte, 
MT 59702, has submitted a revised petition, notice of which originally 
appeared in the Federal Register of July 13, 1994 (59 FR 35718). The 
revised petition proposes that 40 CFR part 180 be amended by 
establishing a regulation to exempt from the requirement of a tolerance 
residues of the insecticide Beauvaria bassiana strain GHA in or on all 
raw agricultural commodities. (Phil Hutton)
    3. FAP 3H5675. Miles, Inc., Agricultural Div., P.O. Box 4913, 
Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, has submitted a revised food/feed additive 
petition, notice of which originally appeared in the Federal Register 
of October 21, 1993 (58 FR 54356). The revised petition proposes that 
40 CFR parts 185 (food additives) and 186 (feed additives) be amended 
to establish tolerances for combined residues of imidacloprid, 1-[(6-
chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its 
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as 
imidacloprid, in or on the following food additive commodities: Tomato, 
puree at 3.0 ppm, tomato, paste at 6.0 ppm, and grape, raisin and juice 
at 1.5 ppm; and in or on the following feed additive commodities: 
Tomato, pomace (wet or dried) at 4.0 ppm; grape, pomace (wet or dried) 
at 5.0 ppm; and grape, raisin waste at 15.0 ppm. (PM 19)

Withdrawn Petition

    4. PP 1E2573. Sandoz Agro, Inc., 1300 E. Touhy Ave., Des Plaines, 
IL 60018-3300, has requested to withdraw without prejudice to future 
filing its petition to establish tolerances for residues of quinalphos 
(O,O-diethyl O-2-quinoxalinyl phosphorothioate) at 0.2 ppm in or on 
apples, 0.2 ppm in or on citrus, and 0.1 ppm in or on tomatoes. Sandoz 
made the request in a letter dated January 5, 1995. (PM 19)

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Food additives, 
Feed additives, Pesticides and pests.

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

Dated: February 2, 1995.

Janet L. Andersen,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-3115 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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