[Federal Register: March 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 45)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0540; FRL-7765-5]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of
Regulations for Residues of Azoxystrobin and Its Z-Isomer 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
azoxystrobin and its Z-isomer in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0540 and pesticide petition numbers (PPs)
3E6637, 3E6749, 4E6823, and 5E6916, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0540. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0540. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://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 http://www.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 at
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA
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Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm/.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
regulation.gov 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall
2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 703-
305-6463; e-mail: madden.barbara@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.
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 arrved 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 or amendment of regulations in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various
food commodities. 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 these 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 petitions 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
http://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
1. PP 3E6637. Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4), Rutgers
University, 681 U. S. Highway 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ
08902-3390, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the
fungicide azoxystrobin (methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidin-
4-yloxy]phenyl{time} -3-methoxyacrylate) and its Z-isomer (methyl (Z)-
2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl{time} -3-
methoxyacrylate) in or on food commodities Spice Subgroup 19B, except
black pepper at 38.0 parts per million (ppm);
2. PP 3E6749. Oil seeds of crambe, flax, Indian mustard, field
mustard, black mustard, rapeseed, Indian rapeseed, safflower, and
sunflower at 0.5 ppm;
3. PP 4E6823. Herb Subgroup 19A, fresh at 50.0 ppm and Herb
Subgroup 19A, dried at 260.0 ppm;
4. PP 5E6916. Citrus, dried pulp at 20.0 ppm and citrus, oil at
40.0 ppm; Fruit, citrus, Group 10 at 10.0 ppm; Vegetable, foliage of
legumes, Group 7, at 30.0 ppm; Vegetable, fruit, Group 8 (except
tomato) at 2.0 ppm; pea and bean, succulent shelled, Subgroup 6B at 0.5
ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled (except soybean) Subgroup 6C at 0.5
ppm; animal feed, nongrass, Group 18, forage at 30.0 ppm, and animal
feed, nongrass Group 18, hay at 55.0 ppm.
An adequate analytical method for the above commodities, gas
chromatography with nitrogen-phosphorus detection (GC-NPD) or in mobile
phase by high performance liquid chromatography with ultra-violet
detection (HPLC-UV) is available for enforcement purposes with a limit
of detection that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above
the levels set in these tolerances. The Analytical Chemistry section of
the EPA concluded that the method(s) are adequate for enforcement.
Analytical methods are also available for analyzing
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meat, milk, poultry, and eggs which also underwent successful
independent laboratory validations.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: February 24, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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