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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; 703–305–
6463; e-mail: madden.barbara@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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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 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
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
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
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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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of each
pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.
346a, proposing the establishment or
amendment of regulations in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food
commodities. EPA has determined that
these pesticide petitions contain data or
information regarding the elements set
forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2);
however, EPA has not fully evaluated
the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data support
granting of these pesticide petitions.
Additional data may be needed before
EPA rules on these pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of each petition included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner
along with a description of the
analytical method available for the
detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available
on EPA’s Electronic Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov/. To locate this
information on the home page of EPA’s
Electronic Docket, select ‘‘Quick
Search’’ and type the OPP docket ID
number. Once the search has located the
docket, clicking on the ‘‘Docket ID’’ will
bring up a list of all documents in the
docket for the pesticide including the
petitions summary.
New Tolerance
1. PP 4E6844. Interregional Research
Project No. 4 (IR–4), Rutgers University,
681 U. S. Highway #1 South, North
Brunswick, NJ 08902–3390, proposes to
establish tolerances for residues of the
dimethenamid, (R,S)–2–chloro-N-[(1–
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methyl–2–methoxy) ethyl]-N-(2,4–
dimethylthien–3–yl)-acetamide in or on
food commodities onion, green; onion,
Welsh; leek; and shallot, fresh leaves at
0.01 parts per million (ppm);
2. PP 0F6138. Grass, forage at 0.05
ppm; grass, hay at 0.30 ppm; grass,
straw at 0.01 ppm; and grass, seed
screenings at 0.01 ppm.
The proposed analytical method uses
extraction and clean-up followed by
quantification with capillary column gas
chromatography using thermionic
nitrogen specific detector. A gas
spectrometry/mass spectrometry (GS/
MS) method for identification is also
available. This method is not selective
towards the dimethenamid isomer and
is therefore valid for residues from both
racemic dimethenamid and the enriched
isomer dimethenamid-P. Tolerances are
proposed based on a non-isomer
specific basis.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 6, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06–2634 Filed 3–21–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–0537; FRL–7767–8]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
for Establishment of Regulations for
Residues of Ethofumesate and Its
Metabolites in or on Various Food
Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of
regulations for residues of the herbicide
ethofumesate (2–ethoxy–2,3–dihydro–
3,3–dimethyl–5–benzofuranyl
methanesulfonate) and its metabolites
NC 8493 and NC 9607 (both calculated
as the parent compound) in or on
carrots (with regional restriction for use
in Washington and Oregon only), garden
beets (tops and roots), onion dry bulb,
garlic bulb, and shallots.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 21, 2006.
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Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–0537 and
pesticide petition numbers (PPs)
3E6564, 3E6565, and 5E6914, by one of
the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention:
Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–
0537. The docket facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the docket facility
is (703) 305–5805. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–
0537. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available on-line at https://
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 www.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
at regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be captured automatically and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public 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
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encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the regulation.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.
119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; 703–305–
6463; e-mail: madden.barbara@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.
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B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
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
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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of each
pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C.346a, proposing the establishment
or amendment of regulations in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food
commodities. EPA has determined that
these pesticide petitions contain data or
information regarding the elements set
forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2);
however, EPA has not fully evaluated
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the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data support
granting of these pesticide petitions.
Additional data may be needed before
EPA rules on these pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of each petition included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner
along with a description of the
analytical method available for the
detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available
on EPA’s Electronic Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov/. To locate this
information on the home page of EPA’s
Electronic Docket, select ‘‘Quick
Search’’ and type the OPP docket ID
number. Once the search has located the
docket, clicking on the ‘‘Docket ID’’ will
bring up a list of all documents in the
docket for the pesticide including the
petition summary.
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New Tolerances
1. PP 3E6564. Interregional Research
Project No. 4 (IR–4), 681 U. S. Highway
No. 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ
08902–3390, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the herbicide
ethofumesate (2–ethoxy–2,3–dihydro–
3,3–dimethyl–5–benzofuranyl
methanesulfonate) and its metabolites
NC 8493 and NC 9607 (both calculated
as the parent compound) in or on food
commodities garden beet tops at 4.0
parts per million (ppm) and garden beet
roots at 0.5 ppm; and
2. PP 3E6565. Carrots (with regional
restriction for use in Washington and
Oregon only) at 10.0 ppm; and
3. PP 5E6914. Onion dry bulb, garlic
bulb, and shallots at 0.3 ppm.
Analytical methods have been
developed and validated for the
determination of ethofumesate and its
metabolites NC 9607 and NC 8493 in
sugar beet (roots and tops), meat, and
milk. The method has also been shown
to capture NC 20645 as NC 9607 in
sugar beet and milk. Therefore, reported
residues of NC 9607 include any NC
20645 that may be present.
Ethofumesate and its related residues
are extracted in a two-part process and
quantified using gas chromatography
equipped with flame photometric
detector (GC-NPD) operated in sulfur
mode. The method limit of
quantification is 0.05 ppm. Therefore,
adequate analytical methodology is
available for enforcement purposes and
it allows detection of residues at or
above the proposed tolerances.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
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and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 13, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06–2635 Filed 3–21–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–0542; FRL–7769–7]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
for Establishment of Regulations for
Residues of the Insecticide
Imidacloprid in or on Various Food
Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of
regulations for residues of the
insecticide imidacloprid, 1–[(6–chloro–
3–pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro–2–
imidazolidinimine in or on various food
commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–0542 and
pesticide petition numbers (PPs)
3E6543, 3E6561, 3E6738, 3E6760,
5E6920, 5E6921, 5E6922, and 5E6923,
by one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB)
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention:
Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–
0542. The docket facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the docket facility
is (703) 305–5805. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP–2005–
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0542. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available on-line at https://
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 www.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
at regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be captured automatically and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public 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. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the regulation.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.
119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Madden, Registration Division,
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0537; FRL-7767-8]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of
Regulations for Residues of Ethofumesate and Its Metabolites in or on
Various Food Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of
the herbicide ethofumesate (2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-
benzofuranyl methanesulfonate) and its metabolites NC 8493 and NC 9607
(both calculated as the parent compound) in or on carrots (with
regional restriction for use in Washington and Oregon only), garden
beets (tops and roots), onion dry bulb, garlic bulb, and shallots.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 21, 2006.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0537 and pesticide petition numbers (PPs)
3E6564, 3E6565, and 5E6914, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0537. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0537. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at https://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 e-
mail. The www.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 at
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket
Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall
2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 703-
305-6463; e-mail: madden.barbara@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
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 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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C.346a, proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various
food commodities. EPA has determined that these pesticide petitions
contain data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA
section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated
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the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data
support granting of these pesticide petitions. Additional data may be
needed before EPA rules on these pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each petition included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at
https://www.regulations.gov/. To locate this information on the home
page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select ``Quick Search'' and type the
OPP docket ID number. Once the search has located the docket, clicking
on the ``Docket ID'' will bring up a list of all documents in the
docket for the pesticide including the petition summary.
New Tolerances
1. PP 3E6564. Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4), 681 U.
S. Highway No. 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390, proposes to
establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide ethofumesate (2-
ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranyl methanesulfonate) and
its metabolites NC 8493 and NC 9607 (both calculated as the parent
compound) in or on food commodities garden beet tops at 4.0 parts per
million (ppm) and garden beet roots at 0.5 ppm; and
2. PP 3E6565. Carrots (with regional restriction for use in
Washington and Oregon only) at 10.0 ppm; and
3. PP 5E6914. Onion dry bulb, garlic bulb, and shallots at 0.3 ppm.
Analytical methods have been developed and validated for the
determination of ethofumesate and its metabolites NC 9607 and NC 8493
in sugar beet (roots and tops), meat, and milk. The method has also
been shown to capture NC 20645 as NC 9607 in sugar beet and milk.
Therefore, reported residues of NC 9607 include any NC 20645 that may
be present. Ethofumesate and its related residues are extracted in a
two-part process and quantified using gas chromatography equipped with
flame photometric detector (GC-NPD) operated in sulfur mode. The method
limit of quantification is 0.05 ppm. Therefore, adequate analytical
methodology is available for enforcement purposes and it allows
detection of residues at or above the proposed tolerances.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 13, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-2635 Filed 3-21-06; 8:45 am]
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