[Federal Register: March 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 59)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1021; FRL-8354-7]

 
Flutolanil and Its Metabolites; Withdrawal of Tolerance Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agency is withdrawing pesticide petition (PP 6F7070) at 
the request of the petitioner, Nichino America, Inc., because the data 
submitted to the Agency do not support the proposed indirect or 
inadvertent tolerances for flutolanil on corn and cotton.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Jones, Registration Division 
(7505P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9424; fax 
number: (703) 308-5320; e-mail address: jones.lisa@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    Although this action only applies to the registrant in question, it 
is directed to the public in general. Since various individuals or 
entities may be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe 
all the specific

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entities that may be interested in this action. If you have any 
questions regarding this action, please consult the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

 B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related 
Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1021. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., 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 Facility 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.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is announcing that Nichino America, Inc., 4550 New Linden Hill 
Road, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808, has withdrawn its application to 
establish inadvertent or indirect tolerances for the fungicide 
flutolanil and its metabolites in or on the food commodities corn and 
cotton, as provided for in section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended by the 
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
    EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of January 23, 2008 (73 
FR 3967) (FRL-8345-7), which announced Nichino America, Inc.'s 
submission of pesticide petition (PP 6F7070). This petition requested 
that EPA amend 40 CFR 180.484 by establishing increased tolerances for 
residues of the fungicide flutolanil [N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2-
(trifluoromethyl) benzamide] and its metabolite, M-4, 
desisopropylflutolanil [N-3(3-hydroxyphenyl)2-(trifluromethyl) 
benzamide] for inadvertent or indirect tolerances in or on the food 
commodities corn, field, forage at 0.30 parts per million (ppm); corn, 
field, grain at 0.20 ppm; corn field, stover at 0.30 ppm; and cotton, 
undelinted seed at 0.20 ppm.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: March 13, 2008.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-6203 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]

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