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pesticide including the petition
summary.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
New Tolerance
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0190; FRL–8062–5
(PP) 5F7009. Bayer CropScience, P.O.
Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
proposes to establish a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide AE 0172747 (2[(2-chloro-4-(methylsulfonyl)-3-[2,2,2trifluoroethoxy)methyl]benzoyl]-1,3cyclohexanedione), and its metabolite
AE 1417268 (2-[2-chloro-4(methylsulfonyl)-3-[(2,2,2trifluoroethoxy)methyl]benzoyl]-4,6dihydroxy-1,3-cyclohexanedione) in or
on food commodities field corn, grain at
0.02 parts per million (ppm); field corn,
forage and stover at 0.5 ppm; sweet corn
(K+CWHR) at 0.03 ppm; sweet corn,
forage and stover at 1.0 ppm; popcorn,
grain at 0.01 ppm; and popcorn, stover
at 0.25 ppm. Tolerances are also
proposed for AE 1417268 (2-[2-chloro-4(methylsulfonyl)-3-[(2,2,2trifluoroethoxy) methyl]benzoyl]-4,6dihydroxy-1,3-cyclohexanedione) in or
on food commodities cattle, goat, hog
liver; and sheep and horse meat byproducts at 0.5 ppm; and cattle, goat,
hog, sheep; and horse kidney at 0.07
ppm.
Independently validated analytical
methods suitable for enforcement
purposes for plants, plant products, and
animal matrices have been submitted for
measuring AE 0172747 and all its
significant metabolites. Typically,
residues are extracted from plant or
animal using accelerated solvent
extraction. Following concentration,
quantitation is by liquid
chromatography/mass spectrometry/
mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) using
deuterated internal standards.
Metabolite AE 1392936 requires
additional clean-up by anion exchange,
solid phase extraction prior to
quantitation. AE 1417268 in ruminant
samples requires a hexane wash prior to
quantitation.
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition
for Establishment of a Regulation for
Residues of Metaldehyde in or on
Various Food Commodities
List of Subjects
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Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: April 18, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of a
regulation for residues of the
molluscicide metaldehyde in or on
various food commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0190 and
pesticide petition number (PP) 5F6995,
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502C),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001.
• Hand Delivery: OPP Regulatory
Public Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal
Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA.
Deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’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 telephone number is (703) 3055805.
• Important Note: OPP will be moving
to a new location the first week of May
2006. As a result, from Friday, April 28
to Friday, May 5, 2006, the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket will NOT be
accepting any deliveries at the Crystal
Mall #2 address and this facility will be
closed to the public. Beginning on May
8, 2006, the OPP Regulatory Public
Docket will reopen at 8:30 a.m. and
deliveries will be accepted in Rm. S4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA 22202. The mail code for
the mailing address will change to
(7502P), but will otherwise remain the
same. The Docket telephone number
and hours of operation will remain the
same after the move.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0190. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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received will be included in the 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 Federal regulations.gov Web
site 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. 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,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available in the electronic
docket at https://www.regulations.gov,
or, if only available in hard copy, at the
OPP Regulatory Public Docket at the
location identified under ‘‘Delivery’’
and ‘‘Important Note.’’ The hours of
operation for 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.
Dan
Kenny, Registration Division (7505C),
Office of Pesticide Programs, U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703305-7546; e-mail address:
kenny.dan@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 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.
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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 this
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
this pesticide petition contains 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 the pesticide petition.
Additional data may be needed before
EPA rules on this pesticide petition.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of the 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 Tolerance
(PP) 5F6995. Lonza, Inc., 90 Boroline
Road, Annandale, NJ 07401, proposes to
establish a tolerance for residues of the
molluscicide metaldehyde in or on food
commodities broccoli, cabbage, mustard
(greens) (representing the Brassica
(Cole) Crop Group) at 2.5 parts per
million (ppm); lemon, grapefruit, and
oranges (representing the Citrus Crop
Group) at 0.26 ppm; tomato at 0.24 ppm;
lettuce at 1.73 ppm; strawberries at 6.25
ppm; and the processed food
commodities citrus, oil and dry pulp at
0.26 ppm; and tomato, paste and puree
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at 0.24 ppm. The analytical method for
the determination of the residues of
metaldehyde in various food crops was
validated with respect to specificity and
non-analyte interference, precision
(repeatability), accuracy, sensitivity,
linearity, of standards, stability of
standard solutions and precision
(replicate injections) under EN-CAS
Analytical Laboratories Study No. 990055 (MRID 46010501). The method of
detection (GS/MSD) ensured the
specificity of the method.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: April 17, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–6293 Filed 4–25–06; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP–2006–0144; FRL–8066–3]
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition
for an Exemption from the
Requirement of Regulations for
Residues of Poly(2–Ethylhexyl
Acrylate/2–Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/N(Hydroxymethyl)–2–Methylacrylamide/
Methacrylic Acid/Methyl Methacrylate/
Styrene), Ammonium Salt in or on All
Food Commodities When Used as an
Inert Ingredient in Pesticide Products
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of an
exemption from the requirement of
regulations for residues of poly (2–
ethylhexyl acrylate/2–hydroxyethyl
acrylate/N-(hydroxymethyl)–2–
methylacrylamide/ methacrylic acid/
methyl methacrylate/styrene),
ammonium salt in or on all food
commodities when used as an inert
ingredient in pesticide products.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0144, and
pesticide petition number number (PP)
6E7037, by one of the following
methods:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0190; FRL-8062-5
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of a
Regulation for Residues of Metaldehyde 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 a pesticide
petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of
the molluscicide metaldehyde in or on various food commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0190 and pesticide petition number (PP)
5F6995, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket'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 telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
Important Note: OPP will be moving to a new location the
first week of May 2006. As a result, from Friday, April 28 to Friday,
May 5, 2006, the OPP Regulatory Public Docket will NOT be accepting any
deliveries at the Crystal Mall 2 address and this facility
will be closed to the public. Beginning on May 8, 2006, the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket will reopen at 8:30 a.m. and deliveries will
be accepted in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. The mail code for the mailing
address will change to (7502P), but will otherwise remain the same. The
Docket telephone number and hours of operation will remain the same
after the move.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0190. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the 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 Federal regulations.gov Web site 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.
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, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available in the electronic docket at https://www.regulations.gov, or,
if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at
the location identified under ``Delivery'' and ``Important Note.'' The
hours of operation for 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Kenny, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: 703-305-7546; e-mail address: kenny.dan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 this 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 this pesticide petition
contains 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 the pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA
rules on this pesticide petition.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the 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 Tolerance
(PP) 5F6995. Lonza, Inc., 90 Boroline Road, Annandale, NJ 07401,
proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the molluscicide
metaldehyde in or on food commodities broccoli, cabbage, mustard
(greens) (representing the Brassica (Cole) Crop Group) at 2.5 parts per
million (ppm); lemon, grapefruit, and oranges (representing the Citrus
Crop Group) at 0.26 ppm; tomato at 0.24 ppm; lettuce at 1.73 ppm;
strawberries at 6.25 ppm; and the processed food commodities citrus,
oil and dry pulp at 0.26 ppm; and tomato, paste and puree at 0.24 ppm.
The analytical method for the determination of the residues of
metaldehyde in various food crops was validated with respect to
specificity and non-analyte interference, precision (repeatability),
accuracy, sensitivity, linearity, of standards, stability of standard
solutions and precision (replicate injections) under EN-CAS Analytical
Laboratories Study No. 99-0055 (MRID 46010501). The method of detection
(GS/MSD) ensured the specificity of the method.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: April 17, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-6293 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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