30170 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 116 / Friday, June 14, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

2. By adding § 180.492 to subpart C to

read as follows;

§ 180.492 Triflusulfuron Methyl;

Tolerances for Residues

Tolerances to expire as shown in the

table below are established for residues

of the herbicide, triflusulfuron methyl,

methyl 2-[[[[[4-(dimethylamino)-6-

(2,2,2-trifluorothoxy)-1,3,5-triazin-2-

yl]amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-3-

methylbenzoate, in or on the raw

agricultural commodities:

Commodity Parts per

million

Expiration

date

Sugar beet, root 0.05 June 14,

1999.

Sugar beet, top 0.05 June 14,

1999.

[FR Doc. 96–15194 Filed 6–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

40 CFR Part 180

[PP 0E3835/R2241; FRL–5370–8]

RIN 2070–AB78

Diflubenzuron; Pesticide Tolerance for

use on Artichokes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document establishes a

tolerance for the insecticide

diflubenzuron in or on the raw

agricultural commodity artichokes. The

Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR4) requested the regulation to establish

a maximum permissible level for

residues of the insecticide pursuant to

the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetici

Act (FFDCA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulations is

effective June 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

docket number, [PP 0E3835/R2241],

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 docket 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: EPA Headquarters

Accounting Operations Branch, OPP

(Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box 360277M,

Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy of

objections and hearing requests filed

with the Hearing Clerk may also be

submitted by sending electronic mail (email) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests must be submitted as

an ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests will also be accepted

on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All copies of

electronic objections and hearing

requests must be identified by the

docket number [PP 0E3835/R2241]. No

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests on this rule may be

filed online at many Federal Depository

Libraries. Additional information on

electronic submissions can be found

below in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Hoyt L. Jamerson, Registration

Division (7505C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Sixth Floor,

Crystal Station #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; 703-

308-8783; email:jamerson.hoyt@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of April 17, 1996 (61

FR 16745), EPA issued a proposed rule

(FRL–5356–5) that gave notice that the

Interregional Research Project No.4 (IR4), New Jersey Agricultural Experiment

Station, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick,

NJ 08903, had submitted pesticide

petition (PP) 0E3835 to EPA on behalf

of the Agricultural Experiment Station

of California. This petition requests that

the Administrator, pursuant to section

408(e) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)

amend 40 CFR 180.377 by establishing

a tolerance for residues of the insectide

diflubenzuron (N-[[4-

chlorophenyl)amino]carbonyl]-2,6-

diflubenzamide) in or on the raw

agricultural commodity artichokes at 6.0

parts per million (ppm). There were no

comments or request for referral to an

advisory committee received in

response to the proposed rule.

The data submitted with 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

to the regulation and may also request

a hearing on those objections.

Objections and hearing requests must be

filed 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:

There is 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).

EPA has established a record for this

rulemaking under docket number [OPP–

300401A] (including any comments and

data submitted electronically). 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 may be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
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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 any copies of objections and

hearing requests 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 address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR

51735, October 4, 1993), the Agency

must determine whether the regulatory

action is ‘‘significant’’ and therefore

subject to all the requirements of the

Executive Order (i.e., Regulatory Impact

Analysis, review by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)). Under

section 3(f), the order defines

‘‘significant’’ as those actions likely to

lead to 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 known 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 (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 this

Executive Order, EPA has determined

that this rule is not ‘‘significant’’ and is

therefore not subject to OMB review.

This action does not impose any

enforceable duty, or contain any

‘‘unfunded mandates’’ as described in

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4), or

require prior consultation as specified

by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093,

October 28, 1993), entitled Enhancing

the Intergovernmental Partnership, or

special consideration as required by

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,

February 16, 1994).

Pursuant to the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (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 explaining the

factual basis of this determination 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: June 3, 1996.

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 § 180.377, the table to paragraph

(a) is amended by adding alphabetically

the entry for artichokes, to read as

follows:

§ 180.377 Diflubenzuron; tolerance for

residues.

(a) * * *

Commodity Parts per

million

Artichokes ................................. 6.0

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 96–15191 Filed 6–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

40 CFR Parts 180 and 186

[PP3F4268, FAP5720/R2247; FRL–5375-6]

Quizalofop-P Ethyl Ester; Pesticide

Tolerance and Feed Additive

Regulation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document increases the

current tolerance for cotton seeds to 0.1

part per million (ppm) for the combined

residues of the herbicide quizalofop-pethyl ester [ethyl (R)-2[4-((6-

chloroquinoxalin-2-

yl)oxy)phenoxyl]propanoate], and its

acid metabolite quizalofop-p [R-(2-[4-

((6-chloroquinoxalin-2-yl)oxy)phenoxy])

propanoic acid], and the S enantiomers

of both the ester and the acid, all

expressed as quizalofop-p-ethyl ester;

establishes time limited tolerances with

an expiration date for quizalofop-p-ethyl

ester in or on the raw agricultural

commodities legume vegetables

(succulent or dried) group at 0.25 ppm,

foliage of legume vegetables (except

soybeans) at 3.0 ppm, sugarbeet root at

0.1 ppm, sugarbeet top at 0.5 ppm; and

establishes a time limited feed additive

tolerance with an expiration date for

quizalofop-p-ethyl ester for sugarbeet

molasses at 0.2 ppm. Because there has

been insufficient time since the

imposition of the additional data

requirements for specific geographical

representation for sugarbeet and bean

field trials to generate the necessary

residue data and additional time is

necessary to further refine a revised

analytical method and complete the

tolerance method validation (TMV), the

Agency is granting the tolerances for

legume vegetables (succulent and dried)

group, foliage of legume vegetables

(except soybeans), sugarbeet top and

sugarbeet root with a 3–year expiration

date]. E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co.,

requested these tolerances and feed

additive regulations in petitions

submitted to the EPA pursuant to the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(FFDCA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: These regulations

become effective June 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written objection and

hearing requests, identified by the

document control number, [PP3F4268,

FAP5H5720/R2247], may be submitted

to: Hearing Clerk (1900), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 3708, 401 M St.,

SW., Washington DC 20460. Fees

accompanying objections shall be

labeled ‘‘Tolerance Fees’’ and forwarded

to: EPA Headquarters Accounting

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy

of any objections and hearing request

filed with the Hearing Clerk may also 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 a copy of objections and

hearing requests to: Rm. 1132, CM #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA 22202. A copy of objections and

hearing requests filed with the Hearing

Clerk may also be submitted

electronically by sending electronic

mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov.

Copies of objections and hearing

requests must be submitted as an ASCII

file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.