[Federal Register: March 31, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 61)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-50856; FRL-6070-8]

 
Issuance of Experimental Use Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted experimental use permits to the following 
applicants. These permits are in accordance with, and subject to, the 
provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with 
respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purposes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Registration Division 
(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
    In person or by telephone: Contact the designated person at the 
following address at the office location, telephone number, or e-mail 
address cited in each experimental use permit: 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has issued the following experimental 
use permits:
    45639-EUP-60. Extension. AgrEvo USA Company, Little Falls Centre 
One, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, DE 19808. This experimental use 
permit allows the use of 3,797 pounds of the herbicide glufosinate-
ammonium on 2,543 acres of canola, rice, and sugar beet to evaluate the 
control of weed in glufosinate-ammonium tolerant canola, rice, and 
sugar beet and to eliminate non-glufosinate-ammonium tolerant canola 
and rice in seed production. The program is authorized only in the 
States of Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North 
Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. The experimental use 
permit is effective from March 10, 1999 to November 30, 1999. This 
permit is being issued with the condition that all canola, rice, and 
sugar beet commodities will be destroyed, except glufosinate-ammonium 
tolerant canola, rice, and sugar beet seed propagated for planting. 
(Eugene Wilson, Rm. 235, CM #2, 703-305-6103, e-mail: 
wilson.eugene@epa.gov)
    352-EUP-166. Issuance. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Dupont 
Agricultural Products, Walker's Mill, Barley Mill Plaza, P.O. Box 
80038, Wilmington, DE 19880-0038. This experimental use permit allows 
the use of 82.5 pounds of the insecticide indoxacarb on 150 acres of 
cotton on a crop destruct basis to evaluate the control of various 
insect pests. The program is authorized only in the States of Alabama, 
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The experimental use permit is 
effective from March 9, 1999 to March 9, 2000. This permit is issued 
with the limitation that all treated crops will be destroyed or used 
for research purposes only. (Ann Sibold, Rm. 212, CM #2, 703-305-6502, 
e-mail: sibold.ann@epa.gov)
    Persons wishing to review these experimental use permits are 
referred to the designated contact person. Inquires concerning these 
permits should be directed to the persons cited above. It is suggested 
that interested persons call

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before visiting the EPA office, so that the appropriate file may be 
made available for inspection purposes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.

    Dated: March 17, 1999.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-7433 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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