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Oxyfluorfen. December 28, 1994. Emergency Pesticide Use Exemptions. Federal Register.

Note fromFAN:
There were 52 Emergency Exemptions in the notice below. We include only the fluorinated pesticides: bifenthrin, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen.

http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1994/December/Day-28/pr-80.html

[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-180954; FRL-4922-5]

Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has granted specific exemptions for the control of various pests to the 16 States listed below. There were 14 crisis exemptions initiated by various States. These exemptions, issued during the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, and October 1994, are subject to application and timing restrictions and reporting requirements designed to protect the environment to the maximum extent possible. EPA has denied four specific exemption requests. Information on these restrictions is available from the contact persons in EPA listed below.

DATES: See each specific and crisis exemption 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 #1, 2800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703-308-8417).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has granted specific exemptions to the:


  1. Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin on fall melon crop to control the sweet potato, or silverleaf whitefly; August 11, 1994, to November 1, 1994. (Andrea Beard)
  2. Arizona Department of Agriculture for the use of bifenthrin on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and lettuce to control the silverleaf whitefly; August 12, 1994, to May 15, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
  3. Arkansas Department of Agriculture for the use of fomesafen on snap beans to control weeds; June 1, 1994, to September 10, 1994. Arkansas had initiated a crisis exemption for this use. (Larry Fried)
  4. California Environmental Protection Agency for the use of bifenthrin on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, and rapini to control the silverleaf whitefly; August 12, 1994, to April 30, 1995. (Andrea Beard)
  5. New York Department of Environmental Conservation for the use of fomesafen on snap beans to control weeds; June 15, 1994, to August 31, 1994. (Larry Fried)
  6. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture for the use of fomesafen on snap beans to control weeds; June 1, 1994, to July 1, 1994. Oklahoma had initiated a crisis exemption for this use. (Larry Fried)
  7. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of lactofen on snap beans to control weeds; May 31, 1994, to July 10, 1994. (Larry Fried)
  8. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the us of avermectin on hops to control spider mites; April 22, 1994, to September 20, 1994. (Larry Fried)
  9. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of oxyfluorfen on blackberries to control primocanes; April 5, 1994, to July 31, 1994. (Larry Fried)
  10. Oregon Department of Agriculture for the use of oxyfluorfen grass grown for seed to control grassy weeds and volunteer crop seedlings; August 18, 1994, to January 15, 1995. (Susan Stanton)
  11. Illinois Department of Agriculture on June 22, 1994, for the use of fomesafen on lima beans to control puncture vine and black nightshade. This program has ended. (Larry Fried)
  12. Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on May 12, 1994, for the use of fomesafen on snap beans to control annual weeds. This program has ended. (Larry Fried)
  13. Texas Department of Agriculture on August 12, 1994, for the use of bifenthrin on grain sorghum to control Banks grass mites. This program has ended. (Andrea Beard)
  14. Texas Department of Agriculture for the use of lactofen on peanuts to control eclipta. This specific exemption was denied because an urgent nonroutine situation does not exist in spite of increased infestations of the weed eclipta. (Margarita Collantes)

  16. List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

    Dated: December 15, 1994.

    Stephen L. Johnson,
    Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    [FR Doc. 94-31930 Filed 12-27-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F