Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 92 / Friday, May 10, 1996 / Notices 21467

Information Office (A-101), 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Such

requests should: (1) Identify the product

name and registration number and (2)

specify the data or information desired.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registration.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Flora Chow,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–11619 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–181011; FRL–5367–2]

Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific

exemptions for the control of various

pests to 11 States listed below. A

quarantine exemption was granted to

the United States Department of

Agriculture. These exemptions, issued

during the month of March 1996, are

subject to application and timing

restrictions and reporting requirements

designed to protect the environment to

the maximum extent possible. EPA has

denied specific exemption requests.

Information on these restrictions is

available from the contact persons in

EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific and quarantine

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 1B1, 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. Arizona Department of Agriculture

for the use of imidacloprid on spinach

to control aphids; March 15, 1996, to

April 15, 1996. Arizona had initiated a

crisis exemption for this use. (Margarita

Collantes)

2. California Department of Pesticide

Regulation for the use of imidacloprid

on spinach to control aphids; March 15,

1996, to March 30, 1996. California had

initiated a crisis exemption for this use.

(Margarita Collantes)

3. California Department of Pesticide

Regulation for the use of maneb on

walnuts to control bacterial blight;

March 15, 1996, to June 15, 1996. (Dave

Deegan)

4. California Department of Pesticide

Regulation for the use of methyl

bromide on sweet potatoes to control

nematodes; March 16, 1996, to March

15, 1997. (Libby Pemberton)

5. California Department of Pesticide

Regulation for the use of cymoxanil on

tomatoes to control late blight; March

14, 1996, to March 14, 1997. (Libby

Pemberton)

6. Delaware Department of

Agriculture for the use of metolachlor

on spinach to control weeds; March 26,

1996, to January 31, 1997. (Margarita

Collantes)

7. Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services for the use of

dimethomorph on tomatoes to control

late blight; March 14, 1996, to March 13,

1997. (Libby Pemberton)

8. Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services for the use of

propamocarb hydrochloride on

tomatoes to control late blight; March

14, 1996, to March 13, 1997. (Libby

Pemberton)

9. Minnesota Department of

Agriculture for the use of sodium

bentazon on peas to control canada

thistle; March 14, 1996, to July 15, 1996.

(Andrea Beard)

10. Oregon Department of Agriculture

for the use of ethoprop on hops to

control garden symphlans; March 15,

1996, to May 30, 1996. (Margarita

Collantes)

11. South Carolina Department of

Fertilizer and Pesticide Control for the

use of Pirate on cotton to control beet

armyworms; March 15, 1996, to

September 30, 1996. (Margarita

Collantes)

12. Texas Department of Agriculture

for the use of carbofuran on cotton to

control cotton aphids; March 15, 1996,

to September 15, 1996. (Dave Deegan)

13. Texas Department of Agriculture

for the use of Pirate on cotton to control

beet armyworms; March 1, 1996, to

September 30, 1996. (Margarita

Collantes)

14. Virginia Department of

Agriculture and Consumer Services for

the use of imidacloprid on spinach to

control aphids; March 15, 1996, to

October 31, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)

15. Washington Department of

Agriculture for the use of chlorpyrifos

on grapes to control mealybugs and

cutworms; March 13, 1996, to August

15, 1996. (Andrea Beard)

16. Wisconsin Department of

Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer

Protection for the use of mancozeb on

ginseng to control stem and leaf blight;

March 6, 1996, to August 31, 1996. A

notice published in the Federal Register

of March 6, 1996 (61 FR 8933). For the

previous 3 years an emergency

exemption has been requested and, a

complete application for registration of

this use has not been submitted to the

Agency. In addition, this emergency

exemption has been subject to Special

Review. However, without the use of

mancozeb significant economic losses

would occur. (Margarita Collantes)

EPA has granted a quarantine

exemption to the United States

Department of Agriculture for the use of

methyl bromide on various imported

commodities to control various foreign

pests at United States ports of entry;

March 4, 1996, to March 3, 1999. USDA

had initiated crisis exemptions for this

use. (Libby Pemberton)

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Crisis exemptions.

Dated: May 1, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–11620 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 1996,

the Board of Directors of the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation met in

closed session to consider matters

relating to the Corporation’s corporate

activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

seconded by Director Joseph N. Neely

(Appointive), concurred in by Director

Eugene A. Ludwig (Comptroller of the

Currency), Director Jonathan L. Fiechter

(Acting Director, Office of Thrift

Supervision), and Chairman Ricki

Helfer, that Corporation business

required its consideration of the matters

on less than seven days’ notice to the

public; that no earlier notice of the

meeting was practicable; that the public

interest did not require consideration of