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Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Trifloxystrobin in or on Corn and Soybeans
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[Federal Register: January 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 2)]
[Notices]
[Page 340-342]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0299; FRL-7750-6]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of
Regulations for Residues of Trifloxystrobin in or on Corn and Soybeans
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of
the fungicide trifloxystrobin in or on corn and soybeans.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0299 and pesticide petition (PP) numbers PP
4F6892 and PP 5F6956, by one of the following methods:
? http://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
? E-mail: opp-docket@epa.gov.
? Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
? Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0299. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0299. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov website is
an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured
automatically and included as part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
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or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Whitehurst, Registration
Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6129; e-mail address:
whitehurst.janet@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
? Crop production (NAICS code 111).
? Animal production (NAICS code 112).
? Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
? Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or
all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a
disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD
ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
? Identify this document by docket ID number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
? Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
? Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives
and substitute language for your requested changes.
? Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
? If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
? Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
? Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats.
? Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment of regulations in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the fungicide trifloxystrobin in or on corn and
soybean commodities. EPA has determined that these pesticide petitions
contain data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA
section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency
of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting
of the pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA
rules on these pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at
http://www.regulations.gov/. To locate this information on the
home page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select ``Quick Search'' and type the
OPP docket ID number ``EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0299'' in the search field. Once
the search has located the docket, clicking on the ``Docket ID'' will
bring up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide
including the petition summary.
New Tolerance
1. PP 4F6892. Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the fungicide trifloxystrobin in or on the
food commodities corn, sweet (kernel plus cob with husks removed) at
0.04 parts per million (ppm); corn, sweet, forage at 0.6 ppm; and corn,
sweet, stover at 0.25 ppm. A practical analytical method for detecting
and measuring levels of trifloxystrobin in or on raw agricultural
commodities has been submitted to the Agency. The limit of detection
(LOD) for each analyte of this method is 0.08 ng injected, and the
limit of quantitation (LOQ) is 0.02 ppm. The method is based on crop-
specific cleanup procedures and determination by gas chromatography
with nitrogen-phosphorus detection.
2. PP 5F6956. Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the fungicide trifloxystrobin in or on
soybean, seed at 0.08 ppm; soybean, forage at 8.0 ppm; soybean, hay at
20.0 ppm; and soybean, grain aspirated fractions at 4.2 ppm. A
practical analytical method for detecting and measuring levels of
trifloxystrobin in or on raw agricultural commodities has been
submitted to the Agency. The LOD for each analyte of this method is
0.08 ng injected, and the LOQ is 0.02 ppm. The method is based on crop-
specific cleanup procedures and determination by gas chromatography
with nitrogen-phosphorus detection.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 22, 2005.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E5-8273 Filed 1-3-06; 8:45 am]
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