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Amendment and Extension of an Experimental Use Permit

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[Federal Register: March 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 46)]
[Notices]
[Page 10571]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0179; FRL-8398-2]

Amendment and Extension of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the
limitations in the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8263; e-mail
address: greenway.denise@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or
sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
If you have any questions regarding the information in this action,
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0179. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. EUP

    EPA has issued the following EUP:
    264-EUP-140. Amendment and Extension. Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box
12014, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27709. This EUP allows the use of 0.03 pound of the plant-incorporated
protectant Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein in events T303-3 and
T304-40 cotton plants on 152 acres (out of 1,602 total acres) planted
to Cry1Ab-containing cotton to evaluate the control of lepidopteran
larvae such as bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) and tobacco budworm
(Heliothis virescens). The program is authorized only in the States of
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and in
Puerto Rico. The EUP is effective from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: January 14, 2009.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-5278 Filed 3-10-09; 8:45 am]
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