

[Federal Register: March 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 55)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0176; FRL-7767-4]

 
Issuance of Experimental Use Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Hutton, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental

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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8260; e-mail address: 
hutton.phil@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-2006-0176. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either electronically at 
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 
1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
docket 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. EUPs

    EPA has issued the following EUPs:
    82681-EUP-1. Issuance. Agricultural Research Initiatives (ARI) 
Incorporated, 700 Research Center Blvd., Fayetteville, AR 72701. This 
EUP allows the use of 414 pounds of the herbicide active ingredient 
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. aeschynomene on 5,000 acres of 
rice to evaluate the control of northern joint vetch. The active 
ingredient consists of viable microbial spores and fermentation medium 
and comprises 45% by weight of the end product, LockDown. The program 
is authorized only in the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and 
Mississippi. The EUP is effective from February 1, 2006 to February 1, 
2007.
    82681-EUP-2 and 82681-EUP-3. Issuances. Agricultural Research 
Initiatives (ARI) Incorporated, 700 Research Center Blvd., 
Fayetteville, AR 72701. Each EUP allows the use of 414 pounds of the 
herbicide active ingredient Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. 
aeschynomene on 5,000 acres of rice to evaluate the control of northern 
joint vetch. For each of these EUPs, the active ingredient consists of 
viable microbial spores and fermentation medium and comprises 40% by 
weight of each end product, LockDown EF for 82681-EUP-2 and LockDown 
Plus for 82681-EUP-3. The program is authorized only in the States of 
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The EUPs are effective from 
February 27, 2006 to February 27, 2007.


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

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.


    Dated: March 13, 2006.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-2709 Filed 3-21-06; 8:45 am]

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