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Isoxaflutole (Rhone Poulenc). March 31, 1999.
Issuance of Experimental Use Permit: 264-EUP-123.
Federal Register.

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1999/March/Day-31/p7769.htm

[Federal Register: March 31, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 61)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-50855; FRL-6069-9]

 
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following 
applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the 
provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with 
respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purposes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Joanne Miller, Registration 
Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
location, telephone number, and e-mail address: 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Rm. 241, CM #2, Arlington, VA, 703-305-6224, e-mail: 
miller.joanne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has issued the following experimental 
use permit:
    264-EUP-123. Issuance. Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, P.O. Box 12014, 2 
T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. This 
experimental use permit allows the use of 280 pounds of the herbicide 
isoxaflutole [5-cyclopropyl-4-(2-methylsulfonyl-4-
trifluoromethylbenzoyl) isoxazole] on 2,000 acres of field corn to 
evaluate the control of various weeds. The program is authorized only 
in the States of Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, 
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, 
Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. The experimental use permit is 
effective from March 1, 1999 to March 1, 2000.
    Persons wishing to review this experimental use permit are referred 
to the designated contact person. Inquires concerning this permit 
should be directed to the person cited above. It is suggested that 
interested persons call before visiting the EPA office, so that the 
appropriate file may be made available for inspection purposes from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: March 23, 1999.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-7769 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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