[Federal Register: October 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 201)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0800; FRL-8096-1]
Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of an application 352-EUP-RTN
from E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, DuPont Crop Protection
requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the end use
formulations of chloantraniliprole (DuPont Coragen SC and Altacor WG).
The Agency has determined that the application may be of regional and
national significance. Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a),
the Agency is soliciting comments on this application.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 17, 2006
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0800, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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-
2006-0800. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the 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
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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 http://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: Kable Bo Davis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 306-0415; e-mail address: davis.kable@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of interest to agricultural producers, food manufacturers,
pesticide manufacturers, or those persons who are or may be required to
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested,
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
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 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. Background
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, DuPont Crop Protection, is
requesting an EUP for chloantraniliprole, a new active ingredient. The
proposed EUP program would be initiated on March 1, 2007 and finalized
on February 28, 2009. The amount of pesticide product proposed for use
is 205 lbs active ingredient, which equals 123 gallons of Coragen SC
formulation, and 134 lbs active ingredient, which equals 382 lbs of
Altacor WG formulation. The total acreage of specified vegetable and
fruit crops for each year is 1,300 acres. The crops on or in which the
pesticide is to be used includes apples, celery, cucumbers, head
lettuce, leaf lettuce, pears, peppers, spinach, squash, tomatoes, and
watermelon. The states in which the proposed program will be conducted
include: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas,
Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Records of all application
parameters, crop stages at application and evaluation, pest control
efficacy evaluations, and crop response evaluations will be reported
for each EUP field trial site.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Following the review of the E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company,
DuPont Crop Protection application and any comments and data received
in response to this notice, EPA will decide whether to issue or deny
the EUP request for this EUP program, and if issued, the conditions
under which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will be
announced in the Federal Register.
IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
The specific legal authority for EPA to take this action is under
FIFRA section 5.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.
Dated: October 5, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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