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- Federal Register
- Vol. 59, No. 119
- Wednesday, June 22, 1994
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- [OPP─180944; FRL 4872─9]
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- Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption To Use Pirate Insecticide;
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- Solicitation of Public Comment
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- AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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- ACTION: Notice.
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- SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Georgia
- Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the "Applicant") for use
- of the pesticide,
- 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-c
- arbonitrile,
- to control beet armyworms (BAW) on up to 25,000 acres of cotton in Georgia. In
- accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is soliciting public comment before making
- the decision whether or not to grant the exemption.
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- DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 7, 1994.
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- ADDRESSES: Three copies of written comments, bearing the identification
- notation "OPP─180944," should be submitted by mail to: Public Response and
- Human Resource Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide
- Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, D.C.
- 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1128, Crystal Mall ±2, 1921 Jefferson
- Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Information submitted in any comment concerning
- this notice may be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that
- information as "Confidential Business Information." Information so marked will
- not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
- 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain Confidential Business
- Information must be provided by the submitter for inclusion in the public
- record. Information not marked confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA
- without prior notice. All written comments filed pursuant to this notice will
- be available for public inspection in Rm. 1128, Crystal Mall ±2, 1921
- Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
- Friday, except legal holidays.
-
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Susan Stanton, Registration Division
- (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
- St., SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Office location and telephone number: 6th
- Floor, Crystal Station I, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202,
- (703) 308─8327.
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- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,
- Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), the Administrator may,
- at her discretion, exempt a State agency from any registration provision of
- FIFRA if she determines that emergency conditions exist which require such
- exemption. The Applicant has requested the Administrator to issue a specific
- exemption for use of the insecticide,
- 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-c
- arbonitrile,
- available as Pirate 3SC from American Cyanamid Company, to control beet
- armyworms (BAW) on up to 25,000 acres of cotton in Georgia. Information in
- accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part of this request.
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- According to the Applicant, BAW has historically been a late-season pest of
- cotton, particularly in drought years. However, the use of organophosphate
- insecticides in the Boll Weevil Eradication Program has disrupted the natural
- biological control of BAW, causing it to become a serious, season-long problem
- in certain years. According to the Applicant, the registered pesticides
- provide only partial control of BAW. If Pirate Insecticide is not available
- for use and a severe outbreak occurs, the Applicant claims that yield losses
- of up to 100 percent are possible in some fields.
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- Under the proposed exemption, a maximum of two ground applications of Pirate
- 3SC would be made at 8.53 fluid ounces of product (0.2 pounds active
- ingredient) per acre. No applications would be made within 21 days of harvest.
- A maximum of 10,000 pounds of active ingredient would be needed to treat up to
- 25,000 acres of cotton.
-
- This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the application itself.
- The regulations governing section 18 require that the Agency publish notice of
- receipt in the Federal Register and solicit public comment on an application
- for a specific exemption proposing use of a new chemical (i.e., an active
- ingredient not contained in any currently registered pesticide) [40 CFR 166.24
- (a)(1)].
- 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-c
- arbonitrile
- is a new chemical. Accordingly, interested persons may submit written views on
- this subject to the Field Operations Division at the address above. The Agency
- will review and consider all comments received during the comment period in
- determining whether to issue the emergency exemption requested by the Georgia
- Department of Agriculture.
-
- List of Subjects
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- Environmental protection, Crisis exemptions, Pesticides and pests.
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- Dated: June 13, 1994.
-
- Stephen L. Johnson,
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- Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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- [FR Doc. 94─15073 Filed 6─21─94; 8:45 am]
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- BILLING CODE 6560─50─F
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