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Emergency Exemptions in several states for the use of
PIRATE. Federal Register.
[Federal Register: February 21, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 35)] [Notices]
[Page 6640-6641]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180990; FRL-5348-3]
Emergency Exemptions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various pests
to 11 States listed below. Six crisis exemptions were initiated by various States
and one quarantine exemption was granted to the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services. These exemptions, issued during the months of July through
December 1995, and the one in January 1996, are subject to application and timing
restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the environment
to the maximum extent possible. EPA has denied specific exemption requests from
the Minnesota and North Dakota Departments of Agriculture. Information on these
restrictions is available from the contact persons in EPA listed below.
DATES: See each specific, crisis, and quarantine exemptions for its effective
date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See each emergency exemption for the name
of the contact person. The following information applies to all contact persons:
By mail: Registration Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and
telephone number: 6th Floor, CS 1B1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,
VA (703-308-8417); email: group.ermus@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:
- Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to September 30, 1995.
(Margarita Collantes)
- Alabama Agriculture and Industries for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control beet armyworms; August 25, 1995, to September 30,
- (Margarita Collantes)
- Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of propamocarb hydrochloride
on potatoes to control late blight; December 18, 1995, to April 30, 1996.
(Libby Pemberton)
- Arkansas State Plant Board for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to September 30, 1995.
(Margarita Collantes)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of propamocarb
hydrochloride on tomatoes to control late blight; October 12, 1995, to December
31, 1995. (Libby Pemberton)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of methyl bromide
on watermelons to control nematodes, weeds, and fungi; December 15, 1995,
to April 30, 1996. (Libby Pemberton)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation for the use of methyl bromide
on carrots to control nematodes; December 14, 1995, to December 13, 1996.
(Libby Pemberton)
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the use of
lactofen on snap beans to control nightshade and common ragweed;
September 1, 1995, to May 31, 1996. (Margarita Collantes)
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the use of
Pirate on cotton to control beet armyworms
and tobacco budworms; September 1, 1995, to September 1, 1996. (Margarita
Collantes)
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the use of
avermectin on potatoes to control leafminers; October 27, 1995, to June 1,
1996. (David Deegan)
- Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of metalaxyl on mustard greens,
turnips and collards to control downy mildew; October 13, 1995, to June 30,
1996. (David Deegan)
- Georgia Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 8, 1995, to September 30,
- (Margarita Collantes)
- Idaho Department of Agriculture for the use of imazalil on sweet corn seed
to control damping-off and die-back diseases; November 22, 1995, to November
22, 1996. (Andrea Beard)
- Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control tobacco budworms; August 4, 1995, to September 30, 1995.
(Margarita Collantes)
- Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control beet armyworms; August 25, 1995, to September 30, 1995.
(Margarita Collantes) [[Page 6641]]
16. Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the use of
Pirate on cotton to control tobacco budworms;
August 4, 1995, to September 30, 1995. (Margarita Collantes) 17. New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection for the use of carboxin on onion
seed to control onion smut; November 22, 1995, to June 1, 1996. (Kerry Leifer)
18. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of propamocarb hydrochloride
on potatoes to control late blight; January 1, 1996, to October 31, 1996.
(Libby Pemberton)
19. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of Pirate
on cotton to control beet armyworms; August 18, 1995, to September 30, 1995.
(Margarita Collantes)
Crisis exemptions were initiated by the:
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumber Services on August
14, 1995, for the use of tebufenozide on cotton to control beet armyworms.
This program has ended. (Margarita Collantes)
- Idaho Department of Agriculture on July 14, 1995, for the use of paraquat
dichloride on dry peas to control regrowth vegetation. This program has
ended. (David Deegan)
- New Mexico Department of Agriculture on September 2, 1995, for the
use of triadimefon on peppers to control powdery mildew. This program
has ended. (Andrea Beard)
- Washington Department of Agriculture on July 20, 1995, for the use
of paraquat dichloride on dry peas to control regrowth vegetation. This
program has ended. (David Deegan)
- United States Department of Agriculture on December 1, 1995, for the
use of methyl bromide on leafy vegetables, root and tuber vegetables,
and kiwi fruit to control foreign pests. This program is expected to last
until December 1, 1998. (Libby Pemberton)
- United States Department of Agriculture on October 14, 1995, for the
use of methyl bromide on bananas, plantains, avocados, blackberries, raspberries,
and opuntia to control various imported pests. This program is expected
to last until October 14, 1998. (Libby Pemberton)
EPA has denied specific exemption requests from the Minnesota and North
Dakota Departments of Agriculture for the use of triallate on sugarbeets
to control wild oats. The Agency denied the exemptions because there are
registered alternative products available for the uses; therefore, an
emergency situation does not exist. (David Deegan) EPA has granted a quarantine
exemption to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
for the use of naled on non-food sites (utility poles, trees, other inanimate
objects), as bait spots in a program to eradicate the Oriental fruit fly;
October 18, 1995, to October 18, 1998. (Andrea Beard) Authority: 7 U.S.C.
136.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.
Dated: February 7, 1996.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-3462 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F