Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division; Amended Pesticide Petition for Tebuconazole

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[PF-599; FRL-4870-3]

Miles, Inc., Agricultural Division; Amended Pesticide Petition

for Tebuconazole

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received from Miles, Inc., the filing of an amendment

to pesticide petition (PP) 9F3724 proposing to establish tolerances for

residues of the fungicide tebuconazole (alpha-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-

ethyl]-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol) in or on

the raw agricultural commodities peanuts at 0.1 part per million (ppm)

and peanut hulls at 4.0 ppm.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments, identified by the document

control number [PF-599], to: Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1128, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.

Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as

``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information so marked will

not be disclosed exept in accordance with procedures set forth on 40

CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked

confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. All

written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 1128 at

the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Robbins, Acting Product Manager

(PM 21), Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number: Rm. 227, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-305-6900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received from Miles, Inc.,

Agricultural Division (formerly Mobay Corp., Agricultural Chemicals

Division), P.O. Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120-0013, an amendment to

the notice of filing under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) for pesticide petition (PP) 9F3724, which

appeared in the Federal Register of March 23, 1989 (54 FR 12009). The

original petition proposed to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing

tolerances for the fungicide (alpha-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]-alpha-

(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol) in or on the

commodities barley grain at 2.0 ppm, barley grain forage at 5.0 ppm,

barley straw at 5.0 ppm, grapes at 2.0 ppm, grass, seed cleanings

(including hulls) at 25.0 ppm, grass, seed straw (including chaff) at

30.0 ppm, peanuts at 0.05 ppm, peanut hulls at 3.5 ppm, peanut hay at

50.0 ppm, raisins at 3.0 ppm, wheat grain at 0.40 ppm, wheat grain

forage at 4.5 ppm, and wheat straw at 19.0 ppm.

Miles, Inc., has amended the petition to propose amending 40 CFR

part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit the residues of the

fungicide (alpha-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-

1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol) in or on peanuts at 0.1 ppm and peanut

hulls at 4.0 ppm. The proposed analytical method for determining

residues is high-performance liquid chromatography.

In previous amendments to the cited pesticide petition, requested

by Miles, Inc., all commodities other than peanuts and peanuts hulls

(peanut hay, barley grain, barley grain forage, barley straw, grapes,

grass seed cleanings including hulls, grass seed straw including chaff,

raisins, wheat grain, wheat grain forage, and wheat straw) were

withdrawn.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

Dated: May 26, 1994.

Stephanie R. Irene,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-13673 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]

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