Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-30370; FRL-4903-1]

Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register

pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any

currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section

3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by September 23, 1994.

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

control number [OPP-30370] and the registration/file number, attention

Product Manager (PM) 18, to: Public Response and Program Resources

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

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

DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

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 except in accordance with procedures set forth in 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. 1132 at

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

excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PM 18, Phil Hutton, Rm. 213, CM #2,

(703-305-7690).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received applications as follows to

register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included

in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of

section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these applications does

not imply a decision by the Agency on the applications.

Products Containing Active Ingredients Not Included In Any

Currently Registered Products

1. File Symbol: 55638-ET. Applicant: Ecogen Incorporated, 2005

Cabot Boulevard West, Langhorne, PA 19042-1810. Product name: Raven OF.

Insecticide. Active ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies

kurstaki strain EG7673, coleopteran active toxin at 8 percent and

lepidopteran active toxin at 2 percent. Proposed classification/Use:

None. For the control of the Colorado potato beetle on potatoes,

tomatoes, and eggplants. (PM 18)

2. File Symbol: 55638-EA. Applicant: Ecogen Incorporated, 2005

Cabot Boulevard West, Langhorne, PA 19042-1810. Product name: Raven

Technical Powder. Insecticide. Active ingredient: Bacillus

thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki strain EG7673, coleopteran active

toxin at 40 percent and lepidopteran active toxin at 10 percent.

Proposed classification/Use: None. For manufacture of bioinsecticide

end-use products; for application on potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants.

(PM 18)

Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki strain EG7673, the

active ingredient in file symbols 55638-ET and 55638-EA, constitutes

the first application for a FIFRA section 3 registration of a viable

microbial pesticide that has been developed via recombinant DNA

technology.

3. File Symbol: 68186-R. Applicant: IJO Products, Inc., P.O. Box

778, El Centro, CA 92244. Product name: Detur. Insecticide. Active

ingredient: Jojoba oil at 97.5 percent. Proposed classification/Use:

None. For use on all raw agricultural commodities. (PM 18)

4. File Symbol: 45729-E. Applicant: Safe and Sure Pesticide

Products Company, P.O. Box 5547, Sarasota, FL 34277. Product name: De-

Flea Shampoo Concentrate. Insecticide. Active ingredients: Docusate

sodium sulfosuccinate at 12 percent and undecylenic acid at 2 percent.

Proposed classification/Use: None. For flea control on dog, cats,

puppies, and kittens. (PM 18)

Notice of approval or denial of an application to register a

pesticide product will be announced in the Federal Register. The

procedure for requesting data will be given in the Federal Register if

an application is approved.

Comments received within the specified time period will be

considered before a final decision is made; comments received after the

time specified will be considered only to the extent possible without

delaying processing of the application.

Written comments filed pursuant to this notice, will available in

the Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operation

Division office at the address provided from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except legal holidays. It is suggested that persons

interested in reviewing the application file, telephone the FOD office

(703-305-5805), to ensure that the file is available on the date of

intended visit.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product

registration.

Dated: August 10, 1994.

Lois Rossi,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-20438 Filed 8-23-94; 8:45 am]

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