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EPA authorized the use of formetanate 

hydrochloride on dry bulb onions to 

control thrips; April 17, 2008 to 

September 15, 2008. Contact: Andrew 

Ertman. 

South Dakota 

Department of Agriculture 

Crisis: On April 10, 2008, for the use of 

anthraquinone on corn, field and sweet 

seed to repel ring-necked pheasant. This 

program ended on July 1, 2008. Contact: 

Marcel Howard. 

Tennessee 

Department of Agriculture 

Crisis: On March 1, 2008, for the use of 

anthraquinone on corn, field and sweet 

seed to repel blackbird species and 

grackle. This program ended on July 30, 

2008. Contact: Marcel Howard. 

Texas 

Department of Agriculture 

Crisis: On June 5, 2008, for the use of 

imazethapyr on clearfield rice to control 

red rice. This program ended on July 20, 

2008. Contact: Andrew Ertman. 

On June 16, 2008, for the use of 

dinotefuran on rice to control rice stink 

bug. This program is expected to end on 

October 30, 2008. Contact: Libby 

Pemberton. 

On June 27, 2008, for the use of 

fipronil up to ten feet out and three feet 

up on outdoor structures to control 

Caribbean crazy ant. This program is 

expected to end on September 1, 2011. 

Contact: Andrea Conrath. 

Specific exemption: EPA authorized the 

use of hexythiazox on field corn to 

control the bank grass mite and twospotted spider mite; May 15, 2008 to 

August 31, 2008. Contact: Andrew 

Ertman. 

Washington 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific exemption: EPA authorized the 

use of formetanate hydrochloride on dry 

bulb onions to control thrips; April 17, 

2008 to August 30, 2008. Contact: 

Andrew Ertman. 

EPA authorized the use of linuron on 

lentils to control dog fennel and prickly 

lettuce; April 17, 2008 to June 10, 2008. 

Contact: Andrea Conrath. 

Wisconsin 

Department of Agriculture, Trade, and 

Consumer Protection 

Specific exemption: EPA authorized the 

use of formetanate hydrochloride on dry 

bulb onions to control thrips; April 17, 

2008 to September 15, 2008. Contact: 

Andrew Ertman. 

EPA authorized the use of 

chlorothalonil on ginseng to control 

botrytis and alternaria blight; April 22, 

2008 to October 31, 2008. Contact: 

Stacey Groce. 

EPA authorized the use of mancozeb 

on ginseng to control alternaria blight; 

April 22, 2008 to October 31, 2008. 

Contact: Stacey Groce. 

EPA authorized the use of zoxamide 

on ginseng to control phytophthora 

blight; April 22, 2008 to October 31, 

2008. Contact: Stacey Groce. 

IV. Federal Departments and Agencies 

Agriculture Department 

Animal and Plant Health Inspector 

Service 

Crisis: On March 3, 2008, for the use of 

methyl bromide on various imported 

raw agricultural commodities to control 

exotic plant pests. This program is 

expected to end on March 3, 2009. 

Contact: Libby Pemberton. 

Quarantine: EPA authorized the use of 

E-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate and E,E9,11-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate on all 

raw agricultural commodities, and 

residential areas to control the light 

brown apple moth; April 15, 2008, to 

April 15, 2011. Contact: Andrew 

Ertman. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Donald R. Stubbs, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–24270 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0695; FRL–8384–8] 

Kasugamycin; Receipt of Application 

for Emergency Exemption and 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Michigan 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide kasugamycin (CAS No. 6980– 

18–3) to treat up to 10,000 acres of 

apples to control fire blight. The 

applicant proposes the use of a new 

chemical which has not been registered 

by the EPA. EPA is soliciting public 

comment before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 30, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0695, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008– 

0695. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Ertman, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–9367; fax number: (703) 605– 

0781; e-mail address: 

ertman.andrew@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD-ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD-ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental Justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Michigan 

Department of Agriculture has requested 

the Administrator to issue a specific 

exemption for the use of kasugamycin 

on apples to control fire blight. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that kasugamycin is needed to 

control streptomycin-resistant strains of 

Erwinia amylovora, the causal pathogen 

of fire blight due to lack of available 

alternatives and effective alternative 

control practices. Without the use of 

kasugamycin, the applicant states that 

up to 50% of the yield of susceptible 

apple varieties could be lost in 2008. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than 4 applications of Kasumin 2L 

on 10,000 acres of apples between April 

20 and May 31, 2009 in Berrien, Cass, 

Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Newaygo, 

Oceana, Ottawa, and Van Buren 

counties in Michigan. As currently 

proposed, the maximum amount of 

product to be applied would be 20,000 

gallons. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA 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) 

which has not been registered by EPA. 

The notice provides an opportunity 

for public comment on the application. 

The Agency, will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the Michigan Department 

of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Donald R. Stubbs, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–24019 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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