Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0119-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
Posted Date: 2007-05-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 99)]
[Notices]               
[Page 28971]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0119; FRL-8128-8]

 
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the 
following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for 
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the 
limitations in the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail 
address: bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or 
sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. 
If you have any questions regarding the information in this action, 
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0119. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 
Crystal Drive 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 telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. EUP

    EPA has issued the following EUP:
    71693-EUP-1. Issuance. Arizona Cotton Research and Protection 
Council, 3721 East Wier Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85040-2933. This EUP allows 
the use of a total of 90,000 pounds of the antifungal agent containing 
approximately 0.72 pound of the active ingredient, Aspergillus flavus 
AF36 on 9,000 acres (3,000 acres/yr.) of pistachio over three years. 
The goal of the program is to evaluate the reduction of aflatoxin-
producing colonies of Aspergillus flavus. The program is authorized 
only in the State of California. The EUP is effective from May 15, 2007 
to May 14, 2010.

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

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: May 14, 2007.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-9728 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]

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