Environmental Protection Agency March 15, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of Regulations for Residues of Quillaja Saponaria in or on All Food Commodities
Document Number: E6-3738
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of an exemption from the requirement of regulations for residues of Quillaja Saponaria extract in or on all food commodities.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Exchange Network Grants Progress Report; EPA ICR No. 2207.02, OMB Control No. 2025-0006
Document Number: E6-3730
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
Adequacy Status of the Truckee Meadows (Washoe County, NV) Submitted Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes
Document Number: E6-3729
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the submitted Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Truckee Meadows (Washoe County, Nevada) Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area (September 2005) (``Truckee Meadows Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan'') are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use the carbon monoxide motor vehicle emissions budgets from the submitted plan for future conformity determinations.
Pesticides; Data Requirements for Biochemical and Microbial Pesticides Proposed Rule; Notice of Public Workshops
Document Number: E6-3728
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is convening two public workshops to explain the provisions of its recently proposed rule updating and revising the data requirements for registration of biochemical and microbial pesticides in 40 CFR part 158. These workshops are open to the public.
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Spray Drift Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-3726
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) Spray Drift Work Group on March 29 and 30, 2006. An agenda for this meeting is being developed and will be posted on EPA's Web site. The work group is developing input and advice concerning spray drift for EPA's Offices of Water and Pesticide Programs.
TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data
Document Number: E6-3586
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data regarding In Vitro Dermal Absorption Rate Testing of certain chemicals of interest to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). EPA received data on the following chemicals: Acetonitrile (CAS No. 75-05- 8); methyl acetate (CAS No. 79-20-9); propylene dichloride (CAS No. 78- 87-5); p-nitroaniline (CAS No. 100-01-6); pentane (CAS No. 109-66-0); n-heptane (CAS No. 142-82-5); and tetrahydrofuran (CAS No. 109-99-9). These data were submitted pursuant to a test rule issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Mancozeb in or on Various Food Commodities
Document Number: 06-2432
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of mancozeb in or on food commodities sugar apple, cherimoya, atemoya, custard apple, and sweetsop (9E5061); mango, star apple (caimito), canistel, mamey sapote, sapodilla, and white sapote (5E4570); ginseng (9E5054); and the cucurbit vegetable crop group 9 (3E4173).
Modified Cry3A Protein and the Genetic Material for Its Production in Corn; Extension of a Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Document Number: 06-2431
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation extends an existing temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry3A protein (mCry3A) and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn on field corn, sweet corn, and popcorn when applied/used as a plant-incorporated protectant. Syngenta Seeds, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting this extension of the existing temporary tolerance exemption. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of modified Cry3A protein (mCry3A) and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn. The temporary tolerance exemption as extended will expire on October 15, 2007.
Triflumizole; Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: 06-2379
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of triflumizole, 1-(1-((4-chloro-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)imino-2- propoxyethyl)-1H-imidazole, and its metabolites containing the 4- chloro-2-trifluoromethylaniline moiety, calculated as the parent compound in or on filberts. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of1996 (FQPA).
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