Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of
Regulations for the Residues of the Insecticide Metaflumizone in or on
Food and Feed Commodities
[Federal Register: January 23, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 14)]
[Notices]
[Page 3510-3512]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0302; FRL-7751-9]
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of
Regulations for the Residues of the Insecticide Metaflumizone in or on
Food and Feed Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide
petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the
insecticide metaflumizone (mixture comprising 4-(2E)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino]
carbonylhydrazono)-2-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]
ethylbenzonitrile and 4-(2Z)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino]
carbonyl hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)
phenyl]
ethylbenzonitrile) in or on cotton (seed and gin trash), cattle
and hen (fat and meat), liver and kidney (meat byproducts), milk and egg.
DATES: Comments must be received on or beforeFebruary 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0302 and pesticide petition (PP) number PP
5F6944, 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-
2005-0302. 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-
2005-0302. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public
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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 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.regulation.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: Ann Hanger, Registration Division
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 306-0395; e-mail address: hanger.ann@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 the 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 a pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the amendment of regulations in 40 CFR part
180.473(d) for the residues of the insecticide metaflumizone (mixture
comprising 4-(2E)-2-([4-(trifluoromethoxy) anilino]
carbonylhydrazono)-
2-[3-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]
ethylbenzonitrile and 4-(2Z)-2-([4-
(trifluoromethoxy)anilino]
carbonyl hydrazono)-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)
phenyl]ethylbenzonitrile) in or on cotton (seed and gin trash); cow and
hen (meat and fat); kidney and liver (meat byproducts); milk, and egg
food and feed commodities. EPA has determined that this pesticide
petition contains 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 this pesticide petition.
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-2005-0302for the pesticide petition (as
specified in Unit I.B.1.) 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
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docket for the pesticide including the petition summary.
New Tolerance
PP 5F6944. BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the
insecticide metaflumizone in or on the commodities cotton, seed at 0.05
parts per million (ppm); cotton, gin trash at 35.0 ppm; cattle and
poultry, meat at 0.05 ppm; cattle and poultry, fat at 0.5 ppm; kidney
and liver, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; milk at 0.05 ppm; and eggs at
0.1 ppm. BASF Analytical Method No. 531/0 was developed to determine
residues of metaflumizone (E- and Z-Isomer) and its metabolites
(M320I04 and M320I23), the residues of concern in plants and in crop
matrices. In this method, residues of metaflumizone are extracted from
plant matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/v) and then partitioned
into dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the residues are extracted
with a mixture of isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). For animal
matrices, a method was developed to determine the residues of
metaflumizone (E-and Z-Isomer), the residues of concern. For clean-up,
a liquid/liquid partition against dichloromethane is used. The final
determination of metaflumizone is performed by using HPLC-MS-MS.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: January 12, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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