19588 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 19, 1995 / Notices

In June 1994, EPA updated Table II of

the Pesticide Assessment Guidelines,

Subdivision O, Residue Chemistry.

Table II provides a listing of all

significant food and feed commodities,

both raw and processed, for which

residue data are collected and tolerances

or FARs are established. The Agency

requires data for only those feed items

considered to be ‘‘significant.’’ Feed

items are considered to be ‘‘significant’’

if (1) the U.S. annual production of the

crop is greater than 500 million pounds

and the maximum amount in the

livestock diet is greater than 10 percent;

or (2) the commodity is grown mainly

as a livestock feed. Based on the above

criteria, the Agency has determined that

dried apple pomace is not a significant

feed item and has removed it from Table

II.

The Petitioner requests that the

Agency revoke the section 409 FAR for

this feed item because it is no longer

necessary.

It should be noted that in the Federal

Register of July 1, 1994 (59 FR 33941),

EPA issued a proposed rule to revoke

the section 409 food additive

regulations for propargite because the

Agency has determined that propargite

induces cancer in animals. Thus, the

regulation violates the Delaney clause in

section 409 of the FFDCA. The Agency

has not yet proposed similar action for

the feed additive regulation for

propargite on dried apple pomace. If

this petition is granted, dried apple

pomace will be removed from the list of

pesticides that violate the Delaney

clause and no further action will be

required under section 408 of the

FFDCA for the raw agricultural

commodity apples.

Pursuant to 40 CFR 177.125 and

177.30, EPA may issue an order ruling

on the petition or may issue a proposal

in response to the petition and seek

further comment. If EPA issues an order

in response to the petition, any person

adversely affected by the order may file

written objections and a request for a

hearing on those objections with EPA on

or before the 30th day after date of the

publication of the order (40 CFR

178.20).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Feed

additives, Food additives, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–9061 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–180968; FRL 4946–6]

Propazine; Receipt of Application for

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of

Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific

exemption request from the Colorado

Department of Agriculture (hereafter

referred to as the ‘‘Applicant’’) to use

the pesticide propazine (CAS 139–40–2)

to treat up to 272,000 acres of sorghum

to control various weeds. The Applicant

proposes the use of a new (unregistered)

chemical; therefore, in accordance with

40 CFR 166.24, EPA is soliciting public

comment before making the decision

whether or not to grant the exemption.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written

comments, bearing the identification

notation ‘‘OPP–180968,’’ should be

submitted by mail to: Public Response

and Program Resource 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, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

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.’’

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 Confidential Business

Information must be provided by the

submitter for inclusion in the public

record. Information not marked

confidential may be disclosed publicly

by EPA without prior notice. All written

comments filed pursuant to this notice

will be available for public inspection in

Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Andrea Beard, Registration

Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location and telephone

number: Floor 6, Crystal Station #1,

2800 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, (703) 308–8417; e-mail:

beard.andrea@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

(7 U.S.C. 136p), the Administrator may,

at her discretion, exempt a state agency

from any registration provision of

FIFRA if she determines that emergency

conditions exist which require such

exemption. The Applicant has requested

the Administrator to issue a specific

exemption for the use of propazine on

sorghum to control pigweed.

Information in accordance with 40 CFR

part 166 was submitted as part of this

request.

Sorghum is grown as a rotational crop

with cotton and wheat, in order to

comply with the soil conservation

requirements. Propazine, which was

formerly registered for use on sorghum,

was voluntarily canceled by the former

Registrant, who did not wish to support

its re-registration. The Applicant claims

that this has left many sorghum growers

with no pre-emergent herbicides that

will adequately control certain broadleaf

weeds, especially pigweed. The

Applicant states that other available

herbicides have serious limitations on

their use, making them unsuitable for

control of pigweed in sorghum. The

Applicant claims that significant

economic losses will occur without the

availability of propazine.

Although the original Registrant of

propazine has decided not to support

this chemical through re-registration,

another company has committed to

support the data requirements for this

use. Propazine was once registered for

this use, but has now been voluntarily

canceled and is therefore considered to

be a new chemical.

The Applicant proposes to apply

propazine at a maximum rate of 2.3 lbs.

active ingredient (4.6 pt. of product) per

acre, by ground or air, to a maximum of

272,000 acres of sorghum, with one

application allowed per crop growing

season. Therefore, use under this

exemption could potentially amount to

a maximum total of 625,600 lbs. of

active ingredient (156,400 gal. of

product). This notice does not constitute

a decision by EPA on the application

itself. The regulations governing section

18 require publication of a notice of

receipt of an application for a specific

exemption proposing use of a new

chemical (i.e., an active ingredient not

contained in any currently registered

pesticide). Such notice provides for
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opportunity for public comment on the

application. Accordingly, interested

persons may submit written views on

this subject to the Field Operations

Division at the address above.

The Agency, accordingly, will review

and consider all comments received

during the comment period in

determining whether to issue the

emergency exemption requested by the

Colorado Department of Agriculture.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Crisis exemptions.

Dated: April 5, 1995.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–9532 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–00405; FRL–4943–5]

Publication of Addenda for Data

Reporting E, K, and N Requirements

for Pesticide Assessment Guidelines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of a new addenda which

includes a Data Reporting Guideline

(DRG) for those environmental

chemistry methods associated with

Subdivision E, K, and N. This DRG is

not intended to introduce any new data

requirements or revisions into the

existing guidelines. Its purpose is to

further clarify technical aspects of the

existing Pesticide Assessment

Guidelines and to provide a format for

organizing and submitting soil and

water methods and their supporting

data in order to facilitate their review.

EPA recognizes there are sections of the

DRG that do not apply to specific soil

and water methods; therefore,

registrants should exercise scientific

judgement in deciding which sections

apply to their methods.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this addenda to

the Guidelines can be obtained from the

National Technical Information Services

(NTIS) at the following address: NTIS,

ATTN: Order Desk, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, VA 22161,

Telephone: 703–487–4650.

EPA’s written response to Public

Comments can be obtained from the

pesticide public docket at the following

address: Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations

Division (7506C), Office of Pesticides

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20640. In person or by telephone:

Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald A. Marlow, Chief, Analytical

Chemistry Branch (7503W), Biological

and Economic Analysis Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Crystal Station

1, Rm. CS 44J1, 2800 Crystal Drive,

Arlington, VA, 703–308–8198.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires the

registration of all pesticides that are

manufactured for use in the United

States. In order to obtain a registration

from EPA, manufacturers must

demonstrate that their pesticides do not

cause any unreasonable adverse effects

to human health and the environment.

It is now considered appropriate to

provide available soil and water residue

methods to EPA because of the

increased public concern regarding the

contamination of the environment with

pesticides. They will validate some of

those methods and may assemble them

into a new manual in order to make

them available to address potential

environmental problems. This DRG

provides more detailed technical

guidance regarding those analytical

methods and amends Pesticide

Assessment Guidelines E, K, and N

referred to earlier.

These methods may be validated in an

EPA laboratory to determine if they

identify and quantify the pesticide

parent compound, toxicologically

significant metabolites(s) and

degradate(s) at the level indicated. The

results from the soil and water method

validation program may be used to

support regulatory decisions regarding

the reliability and validity of the

chemistry data sent to the Agency with

exposure, environmental fate, and

ecological effects studies.

The Data Reporting Guideline (DRG)

provides the registrant with a detailed

format for submitting soil and water

methods to the Agency. Each method

should be complete and meet the

technical requirements identified in the

DRG. Those methods should be sent to

the Agency to support specific

exposure, environmental fate, and

ecological effects studies during the

normal registration and reregistration

cycle. Each study for which

environmental chemistry methods are

needed has been clearly identified

below. Soil and water methods should

be clearly written and capable of being

repeated by chemists in Federal and

state laboratories.

The Agency has developed a new

Data Reporting Guideline for the

Pesticide Assessment Guidelines (E, K,

and N) and these requirements impact

the studies identified below:

Subdivision E—Hazard Evaluation

Series 71-5—Simulated and Actual

Field Testing for Mammals and Birds

Series 72-7—Simulated and Actual

Field Testing for Aquatic Organisms

Subdivision K—Reentry Protection

Series 132-1—Soil Dislodgeable

Residue Dissipation Studies

Subdivision N—Environmental Fate

Series 164-1—Terrestrial Field

Dissipation Studies*

Series 164-2—Aquatic Field

Dissipation Studies

Series 164-3—Forest Field Dissipation

Studies

Series 164-5—Long Term Soil

Dissipation Studies*

Series 165-3—Accumulation Studies

in Irrigation Crops

Series 166-1—Groundwater Study

*In practice these studies are considered to

be equivalent because they evaluate the

persistent nature of pesticide residues in soil.

These addenda supercede the

paragraphs in the respective guidelines

and the other addenda issued by the

Pesticide Program regarding soil and

water methods sent to the Agency for

the studies identified above.

While these addenda to the

Guidelines are not mandatory, data

submitters are strongly encouraged to

follow the format to assure that reports

will be consistent, thereby increasing

the efficiency of pesticide registration,

reregistration, and other regulatory

activities.

The specific citation for this addenda

with the NTIS ordering number and

price are as follows:

Document Title NTIS Accession No. EPA Document No. Hardcopy Price

Pesticide Assessment Guideline

Subdivision E: