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limited resources may be focused most

effectively.

Of these pesticides, those that the

Agency believes may pose high dietary,

occupational, or residential exposure or

risk are ones that the Agency would give

priority to in its reregistration

evaluation. Therefore, information of

particular value to the Agency in

prioritizing these FY ’97 candidates

should relate to exposure and risks from

use of the chemicals.

2,4-D

2,4-DB

2,4-DP

Acrolein

Allethrin

Arsenal

Azadioxabicyclooctane

Azinphos-Methyl

Bendiocarb

Benfluralin

Bensulide

Benzisothiaszolin-3-one

Bioban P-1487

Bis(bromoacetoxy)-2-butene

Brodifacoum

Bromonitrostyrene

Cacodylic Acid

Calcium Polysulfide

Carbofuran

Chlorine Dioxide

Chloroneb

Chloropicrin

Chlorphacinone

Chlorsulfuron

Coal Tar/Creosote

Cycloate

Dazomet

Diiodomethyl p-Tolyl Sulfone

Dipropyl Isocinchomeronate

Dikegulac Sodium

Diphacinone

Diphenylamine

Diuron

EPTC

Endosulfan

Flumetralin

Fluometuron

Formaldehyde

Formetanate HCl

Grotan

Iprodione

Irgasan

Malathion

MCPB

Mefluidide and Salts

Methomyl

Methyl Esters of Fatty Acids

Napthalene

Octhilinone

Oil of Pennyroyal

Oxadiazon

Oxydemeton Methyl (ODM)

Oxythioquinox

Pentachlorophenol

Perbulate

Phenmedipham

Phenol

Phosmet

Pine Oil

Piperonyl Butoxide

Pirimiphos-Methyl

Prometon

Propanil

Propetamphos

Propylene Oxide

Pyrazon

Pyrethrin

Pyrimidinone (Amdro)

Sethoxydim

Siduron

Sodium Bisulfite and Sulfur Dioxide

Sodium Chlorate

Sulfonated Oleic Acid

Sumithrin

Telone

Terbacil

Terrazole

Tetramethrin

Thiabendazole

Triallate

Zinc Omadine

Zinc Phosphide

The official record for this notice, 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 record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Lois Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–12080 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[PF–651; FRL–5365–7]

Dicamba; Notice of Filing of Pesticide

Tolerance Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received from

Sandoz Agro, Inc., 1300 E. Touhy

Avenue, Des Plaines, Il 60018, pesticide

petition proposing to establish

tolerances for the herbicide dicamba on

various agricultural commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the

document control number [PF–651],

must be received on or before June 14,

1996.

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 Highway, Arlington, VA

22202.

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 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

[PF–651]. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found below in this document.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI). CBI should not be submitted

through e-mail. Information marked as

CBI 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Robert Taylor, Product Manager

(PM) 25, Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. 245, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)–

305–6800; e-mail:

taylor.robert@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Environmental Protection Agency has

received pesticide petition (PP) 4F3041

proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.227 to

establish tolerances for the use of the

herbicide dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic

acid) and its metabolite 3,6-dichloro-5-

hydroxy-o-anisic acid and 3,6-dichloro2-hydroxy benzoic acid in or on wheat

grain at 0.5 parts per million (ppm),

wheat straw at 50 ppm, barley grain at

0.5 ppm, barley straw at 50 ppm,

soybean grain at 1.0 ppm, soybean hulls

at 5.0 ppm, soybean forage at 0.5 ppm

and soybean, aspirated grain fractions at

75 ppm. The petition was submitted by
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Sandoz Agro, Inc. 1300 E. Touhy

Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018.

A record has been established for this

notice of filing under docket number

[PF–651] (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 Room 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 Virginia

address in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the

beginning of this document.

List of subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

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

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–12194; Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–181012; FRL 5368–5]

Carbofuran; Receipt of Application for

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of

Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received specific

exemption requests from the Louisiana

Department of Agriculture and Forestry,

and from the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the

‘‘Applicants’’) to use the pesticide

flowable Carbofuran (Furadan 4F

Insecticide/Nematicide) (EPA Reg. No.

279–2876) to treat up to 750,000 acres

of cotton in Louisiana, and up to

148,000 acres of cotton in Oklahoma, to

control cotton aphids. The Applicants

propose the use of a chemical which has

been the subject of a Special Review

within EPA’s Office of Pesticide

Programs, and the proposed use could

pose a risk similar to the risk assessed

by EPA under the Special Review of

granular carbofuran. 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 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written

comments, bearing the identification

notation ‘‘OPP–181012,’’ 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.

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

[OPP–181012]. No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail. Electronic

comments on this notice may be filed

online at many Federal Depository

Libraries. Additional information on

electronic submissions can be found

below in this document.

Information submitted in any

comment concerning this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as (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 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 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: David Deegan, 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) 308–8327; e-mail:

deegan.dave@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 Applicants have

requested that the Administrator issue

specific exemptions for the use of

carbofuran on cotton to control aphids.

Information in accordance with 40

CFR part 166 was submitted as part of

these requests. As part of these requests,

the Applicants assert that the states of

Louisiana and Oklahoma are likely to

experience nonroutine infestations of

aphids during the 1996 cotton growing

season. The applicants further claim

that, without specific exemptions of

FIFRA for the use of flowable

carbofuran on cotton to control cotton

aphids, cotton growers in much of these

states will suffer significant economic

losses. The applicants also detail use

programs designed to minimize risks to

pesticide handlers and applicators, nontarget organisms (both Federally-listed

endangered species, and non-listed

species), and to reduce the possibility of

drift and runoff.

The applicants propose to make no

more than two applications at the rate

of 0.25 lb. active ingredient [(a.i.)] (8

fluid oz.) in a minimum of 2 gallons of

finished spray per acre by air, or 10

gallons of finished spray per acre by

ground application. The total maximum

proposed use during the 1996 growing

season (Louisiana proposes a use season

of June 01, 1996 until September 30,

1996; Oklahoma proposes a use season

from July 10, 1996 until October 15,

1996) would be 0.5 lb. a.i. (16 fluid oz.)

per acre. The applicants propose that

the maximum acreage which could be

treated under the requested exemptions

would be 750,000 acres (Louisiana) and

148,000 acres (Oklahoma). If all acres