[Federal Register: August 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 161)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2003-0222; FRL-7316-3]
Issuance of Experimental Use Permits
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMMARY: EPA has granted experimental use permits (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicants. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the
limitations in the permit.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 69592-EUP-1: Susanne Cerrelli,
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8077;
e-mail address: cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov, or
For 70515-EUP-3: Carol E. Frazer, Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division (7511C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8810; e-mail
address: frazer.carol@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or
sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
If you have any questions regarding the information in this action,
consult the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0222. The
official public docket consists of the documents specifically
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other
information related to this action. Although a part of the official
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials
that is available for public viewing at the Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This 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.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
appropriate docket ID number.
II. EUP
EPA has issued the following EUPs:
1. 69592-EUP-1. Issuance. AgraQuest, Inc, 1530 Drew Ave., Davis, CA
95616. This EUP allows the use of 2,371.2 pounds of the fungicide
Bacillus pumilus strain QST2808 on 3,955 total acres of brassica, bulb
vegetables, cereal grains, cucurbits, fields of roses, forestry,
fruiting vegetables, grapes, grass seed, hops, landscape, leafy
vegetables, legume vegetables, mint, peanuts, pome fruits, root/tuber
vegetables, stone fruits, strawberries, and sugarbeets to obtain
phytotoxicity data over a large geographical area and to evaluate the
control of various plant pathogens including: Bremia lactucae,
Cercospora spp., Erysiphe spp., Oidiopsis taurica, Peronospora
parasitica, Puccinia spp., Sclerotinia spp., Sphaerotheca macularis,
Uncinula necator, Uromyces phaseoli, and Phytophthora spp. The program
is authorized only in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado,
Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina,
North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West
Virginia. The EUP is effective from June 6, 2003 to June 30, 2005. A
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of
the Bacillus pumilus strain QST2808 in or on all agricultural
commodities has been established.
2. 70515-EUP-3. Issuance. Nutra-Park Inc., 3225 Deming Way, Suite
140, Middleton, WI 53562. This EUP allows the use of 220 gallons of the
growth regulator NPI 100 10EC (containing the active ingredient
lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE)) on 5,000 acres of apples, apricots,
avocados, bananas, blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cherries,
coffee, crabapples, cranberries, currants, eggplant, grapefruits,
grapes, kiwis, lemons, limes, mandarins, mangos, mineolas, oranges,
peaches, pears, peppers, pimentos, pineapples, plums, pomegranates,
pummelos, raspberries, strawberries, tangelos, tangerines, and tomatoes
to evaluate the control of ripening and shelf life. The program is
authorized only in the States of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia,
Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin. The
EUP is effective from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005. An exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance has been established for residues of the
active ingredient in or on all food commodities.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.
Dated: August 8, 2003.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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