
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0161; FRL-8410-9]

 
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail 
address: bacchus.shanaz@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-2007-0161. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket Facility 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. EUP

    EPA has issued the following EUP:
    82608-EUP-1. Issuance. AgroGreen, Biological Division, Minrav 
Infrastructures (1993) Ltd., 3 Habossem Str, P.O. Box 153, Ashdod, 
77101, Israel, represented by SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, 
Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA. This EUP allows the use of 85.84 pounds (39. 
02 kilograms) of the end-use product BAFI SDN (100%), containing the 
active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 for treating seeds to 
be planted on 7,478.25 acres of corn, cotton, and soybean to evaluate 
the control of nematodes. The program is authorized only in the States 
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and North 
Carolina for seed treatments and in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, 
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, 
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Texas, and Wisconsin for planting treated seeds. Untreated seeds are to 
be planted as controls on approximately 1,496 acres concurrently with 
the planting of treated seeds in the specified states. The EUP is 
effective from April 8, 2009 to April 8, 2011.


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

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.


    Dated: April 17, 2009.
Janet L. Andersen,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-9568 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]

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