Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt of Application for a Reference Method Determination

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Office of Research and Development

[FRL-4855-3]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt

of Application for a Reference Method Determination

Notice is hereby given that on February 16, 1994, the Environmental

Protection Agency received an application from Rupprecht and Patashick

Co., Inc., 25 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203, to determine if

their Partisol TM Model 2000 Air Sampler for measuring ambient

concentrations of PM10, should be designated by the Administrator

of the EPA as a reference method under 40 CFR part 53. If, after

appropriate technical study, the Administrator determines that this

method should be so designated, notice thereof will be given in a

subsequent issue of the Federal Register.

Carl R. Gerber,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[PF-596; FRL-4769-8]

Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Filing of Pesticide Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the filing of pesticide petition (PP)

8F3654 to establish certain tolerances for the fungicide 1-([2-(2,4-

dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole

and its metabolites in or on certain agricultural commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-596],

must be received on or before April 29, 1994.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments 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.

Information submitted and any comment(s) 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(s) 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 to

the submitter. Information on the proposed test and any written

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

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Sidney Jackson, Acting

Product Manager (PM) 21, Registration Division (7505C), Office of

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

Washington, DC 20460, (703)-305-6900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that EPA has received

PP 8F3654 from Ciba-Geigy Corp., Agricultural Division, P.O. Box 18300,

Greensboro, NC 27419, proposing that 40 CFR 180.434 be amended to

establish a regulation to permit residues of the fungicide 1-([2-(2,4-

dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole

and its metabolites determined as 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid and

expressed as parent compound in or on peanuts at 0.2 part per million

(ppm), peanut hay at 20 ppm, and peanut hulls at 1 ppm. The proposed

analytical method for determining residues is capillary gas

chromatography. This notice of filing was previously published in the

Federal Register of October 12, 1988 (53 FR 39783). Since 6 years have

passed and EPA is now preparing to take action on the petition, it is

republished. (PM 21).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and

pests.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.

Dated: March 18, 1994.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[PF-595; FRL-4769-1]

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., et al.; Filings of Pesticide

Petitions and a Corrected Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide

petitions proposing to establish regulations for residues of certain

pesticide chemicals in or on certain agricultural commodities, and it

announces a correction to a previously issued petition.

DATES: Comments, identified by the document control number [PF-595],

must be received on or before April 29, 1994.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written comments 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.

Information submitted and any comment(s) 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(s) 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 to

the submitter. Information on the proposed test and any written

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

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Registration Division (7505C), Attn.:

Product Manager (PM) named in the petition, Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460. In person, contact the PM named in each petition at the

following office location/telephone number:

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Office location/

Product Manager telephone number Address

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Dennis H. Edwards, Jr., Rm. 202, CM #2, 703-305- 1921 Jefferson Davis

(PM-19). 6386. Hwy., Arlington, VA.

Cynthia Giles-Parker Rm. 229, CM #2, 703-305- Do.

(PM-22). 5540.

Joanne Miller (PM-23).. Rm. 237, CM #2, 703-305- Do.

6800.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received initial filings of

pesticide petitions (PPs) as follows proposing the establishment of

regulations regarding residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on

various agricultural commodities. EPA is also correcting a previously

issued petition.

Initial Filings

1. PP 4F4314. D-I-1-4, Inc., 15401 Cartwright Rd., Boise, ID 83703,

has submitted the petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR part 180 to

establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the

plant growth regulator 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene for use on potatoes

(post-harvest). (PM-22)

2. PP 4F4322. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Agricultural

Products, Barley Mill Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038,

has submitted the petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.451 to

establish tolerances for residues of the herbicide tribenuron methyl

(methyl 2-[[[[N-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)methylamino]

carbonyl] amino] sulfonyl] benzoate) in or on grass seed; grass, seed

straw; and grass, seed cleanings (screenings) at 0.04 part per million

(ppm). The proposed method for determining residues is gas

chromatography with mass spectral detector. (PM- 23)

3. PP 6F3417. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, has submitted the

petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.407(c) to establish

permanent tolerances for residues of the insecticide thiodicarb

(dimethyl N,N'-[thiobis[[(methylimino) carbonyl]oxy]]

bis[ethanimidothioate]) and its metabolite methomyl (S-methyl N-

[(methylcarbamoyl)oxy] thioacetimidate) in or on broccoli, cabbage, and

cauliflower at 7 parts per million. (PM-19)

4. PP 7F3516. Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W.

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, has submitted the

petition to EPA proposing to amend 40 CFR 180.407(b) to establish a

permanent tolerance for residues of the insecticide thiodicarb

(dimethyl N,N'-[thiobis[[(methylimino) carbonyl]oxy]]

bis[ethanimidothioate]) and its metabolite methomyl (S-methyl N-

[(methylcarbamoyl)oxy] thioacetimidate) in or on leafy vegetables at 35

parts per million. (PM-19)

Corrected Filing

The notice of the amended filing of PP 2F4107 appearing at page

1017 in the Federal Register of January 7, 1994, is corrected to read

as follows:

PP 2F4107. In the Federal Register of June 10, 1992 (57 FR 24644),

EPA issued notice of the petition submitted by the Ciba-Geigy Corp.,

P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, proposing to amend 40 CFR

part 180 by establishing a regulation to permit residues of

difenoconazole, 1-(2-[4-chlorophenoxy)-2-chlorophenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-

dioxolan-2-yl-methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole, in or on wheat forage at 0.1

ppm, wheat straw at 0.1 ppm, barley forage at 0.1 ppm, and barley straw

at 0.1 ppm. Ciba-Geigy has submitted an amendment to the petition,

proposing to establish additional tolerances as follows: cattle, fat,

meat, and meat byproducts (mbyp) at 0.05 ppm; eggs at 0.05 ppm; milk at

0.01 ppm; goats, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm, hogs, fat, meat, and

mbyp at 0.05 ppm; horses, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm; poultry,

fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm; sheep, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05

ppm; barley grain at 0.1 ppm; and wheat grain at 0.1 ppm. The proposed

analytical method for determining residues is gas chromatography with

nitrogen phosphorous detection. (PM-22)

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and

pests.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.

Dated:March 18, 1994.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-7372 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]

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