Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Pirimicarb in or on Various Commodities, 39315-39316 [E6-10846]
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Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish a
tolerance for the combined residues of
the fungicide prothioconazole and its
desthio metabolite in or on food
commodities soybean, seed at 0.15 parts
per million (ppm), soybean, forage at 5
ppm; soybean, hay at 22 ppm. Bayer
CropScience has submitted an analytical
method for determining residues of
concern in plants extracts residues of
prothioconazole and JAU6476-desthio
and converts the prothioconazole to
JAU6476-desthio and JAU6476-sulfonic
acid. Following addition of internal
standards the sample extracts are
analyzed by Liquid Chromatography/
Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry
(LC/MS/MS). Radiovalidation and
independent laboratory validation have
shown that the method adequately
quantifies prothioconazole residues in
treated commodities. The analytical
method for analysis of large animal
tissues includes extraction of the
residues of concern, followed by
addition of an internal standard to the
extract. The extract is then hydrolyzed
to release conjugates, partitioned and
analyzed by LC/MS/MS as
prothioconazole, JAU6476-desthio and
JAU6476-4-hydroxy. The method for
analysis of milk eliminated the initial
extraction step in the tissue method.]
This method is use to measure and
evaluate the chemical residue(s).
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–10862 Filed 7–11–06; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0512; FRL–8075–1]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
for Establishment of Regulations for
Residues of Pirimicarb in or on
Various Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of
regulations for residues of pirimicarb in
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or on asparagus, hops, and leafy petioles
subgroup.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0512 and
pesticide petition numbers (PP) 2E6388,
2E6509 and 0E6102, 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 (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 Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, 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.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0512. 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 email. The Federal 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 email 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
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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 either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 308-3194; e-mail address:
brothers.shaja@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 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
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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 of
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of pirimicarb in or on
asparagus, hops, and leafy petioles
subgroup. 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 the pesticide petitions.
Additional data may be needed before
EPA rules on these pesticide petitions.
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 Tolerances
PP 2E6388, 2E6509 and 0E6102.
Interregional Research Project Number 4
(IR-4), 681 Highway 1 South, North
Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390, proposes to
establish tolerances for residues of the
insecticide 2-(dimethylamino)-5,6dimethyl-4-pyrimidinyl
dimethylcarbamate (9Cl) and its two
carbamate metabolites: desmethyl
pirimicarb and desmethylformamido
pirimicarb, expressed as desmethyl
pirimicarb in or on the following food
commodities:
PP 2E6388 proposes to establish a
tolerance for asparagus at 0.01 parts per
million (ppm).
PP 2E6509 proposes to establish a
tolerance for leafy petioles subgroup at
1.0 ppm.
PP 0E6102 proposes to establish a
tolerance for hops at 4.0 ppm.
The analytical enforcement method uses
Gas Chromatography equipped with a
thermionic nitrogen specific detector.
Crop samples are macerated with
methanol and then filtered. After
filtration, the methanol is evaporated
and the samples resuspended and
partitioned with hexane and
hydrochloric acid. The samples are left
overnight to allow conversion of the
desmethylforamido pirimicarb
metabolite to the desmethyl pirimicarb
metabolite. The hexane layer is
discarded and the acidic aqueous layer
is further partitioned with ethyl acetate.
Sodium hydroxide is added to the
aqueous layer and pirimicarb and its
carbamate metabolites are extracted
with dichloromethane. This method has
been validated by an independent
laboratory, with a limit of detection of
0.01 ppm.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–10846 Filed 7–11–06; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0523; FRL–8074–3]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
for Establishment and Amendment to
Regulations for Residues of
Thiamethoxam in or on Various
Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment or
amendment of regulations for residues
of pesticide chemicals in or on various
commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0523 and
pesticide petition number (PP) 6E7060,
0F6142, and 9F5051, 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 (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 Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, 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 Facility telephone number is
(703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0523. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0512; FRL-8075-1]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of
Regulations for Residues of Pirimicarb in or on Various 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
pirimicarb in or on asparagus, hops, and leafy petioles subgroup.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0512 and pesticide petition numbers (PP)
2E6388, 2E6509 and 0E6102, 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 (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
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 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.
-Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0512. 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 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. 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 either in the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address:
brothers.shaja@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 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.
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 of regulations in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of pirimicarb in or on asparagus, hops, and leafy
petioles subgroup. 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 the pesticide petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA
rules on these pesticide petitions.
-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 Tolerances
PP 2E6388, 2E6509 and 0E6102. Interregional Research Project Number
4 (IR-4), 681 Highway 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390, proposes
to establish tolerances for residues of the insecticide 2-
(dimethylamino)-5,6-dimethyl-4-pyrimidinyl dimethylcarbamate (9Cl) and
its two carbamate metabolites: desmethyl pirimicarb and
desmethylformamido pirimicarb, expressed as desmethyl pirimicarb in or
on the following food commodities:
PP 2E6388 proposes to establish a tolerance for asparagus at 0.01
parts per million (ppm).
PP 2E6509 proposes to establish a tolerance for leafy petioles
subgroup at 1.0 ppm.
PP 0E6102 proposes to establish a tolerance for hops at 4.0 ppm.
The analytical enforcement method uses Gas Chromatography equipped with
a thermionic nitrogen specific detector. Crop samples are macerated
with methanol and then filtered. After filtration, the methanol is
evaporated and the samples resuspended and partitioned with hexane and
hydrochloric acid. The samples are left overnight to allow conversion
of the desmethylforamido pirimicarb metabolite to the desmethyl
pirimicarb metabolite. The hexane layer is discarded and the acidic
aqueous layer is further partitioned with ethyl acetate. Sodium
hydroxide is added to the aqueous layer and pirimicarb and its
carbamate metabolites are extracted with dichloromethane. This method
has been validated by an independent laboratory, with a limit of
detection of 0.01 ppm.
List of Subjects
-Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-10846 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-S