[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 12703-12704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5654]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180

[PP 4E4349/R2111; FRL-4940-3]
RIN 2070-AB78


Pesticide Tolerance for Amitraz

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document establishes a tolerance for residues of the 
insecticide/miticide amitraz and its metabolites in or on imported 
dried hops at 60 parts per million (ppm). AgrEvo (formerly Nor Am) 
Chemical Co. requested this regulation to establish the maximum 
permissible level for residues of the insecticide/miticide in or on the 
commodity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation becomes effective March 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written objections, identified by the document control 
number, [PP 4E4349/R2111], may be submitted to: Hearing Clerk (1900), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. A copy of any objections and hearing requests filed with the 
Hearing Clerk should be identified by the document control number and 
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 copy of objections and hearing requests to: Rm. 1132, 
CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202. Fees 
accompanying objections shall be labeled ``Tolerance Petition Fees'' 
and forwarded to: EPA Headquarters Accounting Operations Branch, OPP 
(Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box 360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Dennis H. Edwards, Jr., 
Registration Division (7505C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 
Rm. 207, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-386.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of January 19, 1995 
(60 FR 3797), EPA issued a proposed rule that gave notice that the 
AgrEvo (formerly Nor Am) Chemical Co., Little Falls Centre One, 2711 
Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808, had petitioned EPA under section 
408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 346a, to 
establish a tolerance for the insecticide/miticide amitraz (N'-[2,4-
dimethylphenyl]-N-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)imino]methyl]-N-
methylmethanimidamide) and its metabolites N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-N-
methyl formamide and N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-N-methylmethanimidamide 
(both calculated as the parent compound) in or on imported dried hops 
at 75 ppm. An EPA review of the data concluded that a tolerance of 60 
ppm was needed given the existing application rates.
    There were no comments or requests for referral to an advisory 
committee received in response to the proposed rule.
    The data submitted on the proposal and other relevant material have 
been evaluated and discussed in the proposed rule. Based on the data 
and information considered, the Agency concludes that the tolerance 
will protect the public health. Therefore, the tolerance is established 
as set forth below.
    Any person adversely affected by this regulation may, within 30 
days after publication of this document in the Federal Register, file 
written objections and/or request a hearing with the Hearing Clerk, at 
the address given above (40 CFR 178.20). A copy of the objections and/
or hearing requests filed with the Hearing Clerk should be submitted to 
the OPP docket for this rulemaking. The objections submitted must 
specify the provisions of the regulation deemed objectionable and the 
grounds for the objections (40 CFR 178.25). Each objection must be 
accompanied by the fee prescribed by 40 CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is 
requested, the objections must include a statement of the factual 
issue(s) on which a hearing is requested, the requestor's contentions 
on such issues, and a summary of any evidence relied upon by the 
objector (40 CFR 178.27). A request for a hearing will be granted if 
the Administrator determines that the material submitted shows the 
following: [[Page 12704]] There is a genuine and substantial issue of 
fact; there is a reasonable possibility that available evidence 
identified by the requestor would, if established, resolve one or more 
of such issues in favor of the requestor, taking into account 
uncontested claims or facts to the contrary; and resolution of the 
factual issue(s) in the manner sought by the requestor would be 
adequate to justify the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).
    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993), the Agency 
must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' and 
therefore subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) and the requirements of the Executive Order. Under section 3(f), 
the order defines a ``significant regulatory action'' as an action that 
is likely to result in a rule (1) having an annual effect on the 
economy of $100 million or more, or adversely and materially affecting 
a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the 
environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal 
governments or communities (also referred to as ``economically 
significant''); (2) creating serious inconsistency or otherwise 
interfering with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) 
materially altering the budgetary impacts of entitlement, grants, user 
fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or (4) raising novel legal or policy issues arising out of 
legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth 
in this Executive Order.
    Pursuant to the terms of the Executive Order, EPA has determined 
that this rule is not ``significant'' and is therefore not subject to 
OMB review.
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Administrator 
has determined that regulations establishing new tolerances or raising 
tolerance levels or establishing exemptions from tolerance requirements 
do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities. A certification statement to this effect was published 
in the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 23, 1995.

Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

    2. In Sec. 180.287, by amending the table therein by adding and 
alphabetically inserting the raw agricultural commodity dried hops, to 
read as follows:


Sec. 180.287 Amitraz; tolerances for residues.

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                                                              Parts per 
                         Commodity                             million  
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Hops, dried................................................           60
                                                                        
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[FR Doc. 95-5654 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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