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Chlorfenapyr. April 10, 1996. Request for Emergency Exemption to use PIRATE on cotton in Alabama and Mississippi. Federal Register.
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[Federal Register: April 10, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 70)] [Notices]
[Page 15940-15941]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-181006; FRL-5360-4]
Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption to use Pirate; Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Alabama Department
of Agriculture Industries, Arkansas State Plant Board, and the Mississippi Department
of Agriculture Commerce (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicants'') to use
the pesticide Pirate to treat up to 3,300,000 acres of cotton to control
the beet armyworm (BAW) and the tobacco budworm (TBW).
The Applicants propose the use of a new (unregistered) chemical [40 CFR 166.24(a)(1)].
Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is soliciting
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public comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 25, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Three copies of written comments, bearing the identification notation
``OPP-181006'', should be submitted by mail to: Public Response and Program
Resource Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460. In person,
bring comments to: Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA. Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic comments
must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and
any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in
WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments and data in
electronic form must be identified by the docket number [OPP-181006]. No Confidential
Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments
on this notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional
information on electronic submissions can be found below in this document.
Information submitted in any comment concerning this notice may be claimed confidential
by marking any part or all of that information as (CBI). 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 CBI 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.
1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Margarita Collantes, Registration Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Floor 6, Crystal Station #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 308-8347; email: collantes.margarita@epamail.epa.gov.
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 Applicants have requested the Administrator to issue specific exemptions
for the use of Pirate on cotton to control the beet armyworm and the tobacco
budworm. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part
of these requests. According to the Applicants, the rationale for requesting
this emergency exemption is based on pheromone trap catches from the previous
winter and spring months indicating that the BAW may be overwintering in Alabama,
Arkansas and Mississippi and if environmental conditions are favorable early
in the growing season, a large outbreak of BAW could occur. In addition the
inability of the currently available insecticides to control the BAW and increased
development of pyrethroid resistance in the TBW has resulted in yield losses
and high control costs.
The use of Pirate to control the BAW and TBW was issued to most of the states
within the southern cotton belt region last year. In an effort to mitigate risk
to Federally-listed threatened and endangered species from potentially harmful
exposure to Pirate, specific directions, restrictions, precautions and monitoring
for wildlife mortality were required.
Under the proposed exemption, Pirate 3SC may be applied at a maximum rate of
0.2 pounds per acre (8.53 fl. ozs.) for control of the BAW and at a maximum
rate of 0.35 lbs. a.i. (14.9 fl. ozs.) per acre for control of the TBW, using
ground or aerial application equipment in a minimum of 10 gallons per acre total
volume by ground, or 5 gallons of spray solution per acre by air. This notice
does not constitute a decision by EPA on the application itself. The regulations
governing section 18 require publication of a notice of receipt of an application
for a specific exemption proposing use of a new chemical (i.e. an active ingredient
not contained in any currently registered pesticide),
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticide and pests, Emergency exemptions.
Dated: March 29, 1996.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-8947 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F