April 30, 2003

Federal Register: (Volume 68, Number 83)
[Page 23073-23077]
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US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2003-0147; FRL-7302-4]
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F protein in cotton when applied/used as a plant-incorporated protectant.

Mycogen Seeds, c/o Dow AgroSciences LLC, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting the temporary/tolerance exemption. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F protein in cotton. The temporary tolerance exemption will expire on May 1, 2004.

DATES: This regulation is effective April 30, 2003. Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0147, must be received by EPA on or before June 30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and hearing requests may be submitted electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as provided in Unit VIII. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Cole, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5412; e-mail address: cole.leonard@epa.gov.