US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs Petition for Halosulfuron June 3, 2009 ------- The Go To Company June 3, 2009 l Registration Division Office of Pesticide Programs - (H7504C) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Room S-4900, One Potomac Yard 2777 S, Crystal Drive (South Arlington, VA 22202 Attention: Ms. Angulo Minor Use - Exclusive Use to March 6, 2009 Request Canyon Group, LLC requests the exclusive use of the data provided to support the minor use tolerances for Pea and beans, succulent shelled, subgroup 6BS Pea and bean, dried shelled, subgroup 6C, vegetable, tuberous and com, subgroup 1C, rhubarb, busfaberry, subgroup 13-07B, apples and okra for halosulfuron as allowed under Public Law 104-170 Section 210. Canyon Group, LLC along with 1R-4 supported this bundled registration package. Canyon group is assuming all the liability for adding these minor uses to the label, has done the efficacy and pfayto testing for the crops and should therefore be granted exclusive use of the data. T am hereby requesting exclusive use provisions for the above mentioned approved by the Agency for faalosulfwoa. The standard 10 year exclusive use period for halosulfuron expired in 2004 - the uvU registration for com was in 1994. However, according to Section 210 (b)(4)s>r)-i,a** above mentioned uses submitted by Canyon Group to be added to their halosulfuron label and approved by US EPA are eligible for exclusive use provisions since they were obtained for minor crops. Specifically this section states "With respect to data submitted after the enactment of this clause (Augusts, i996) !?•• s^ applicant or registrant to support an amendment adding a new use to an existing registration, that d' ocs nut retain any period of exclusive use, is such data relates, solely to a minor use of a pestieioe, iuch data, shall not, without the written permission of the original data submitter be considered by the Administra.or to support an application for a minor use by another person during the period of 10 years following the dpte of submission of such data," By this letter, Canyon Group is applying for exclusive use of the data we provided for pea and beans, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B; pea and bean, dried shelled, subgroup 6C; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; bushberry, subgroup 13-07B; rhubarb, apples and okra. All are minor uses and all are on the EPA approved label. All data for these minor uses was provided to the Agency after enactment of the law. Please let us know what additional data or information the Agency needs to process this request. Thanks very much for your assistance. Sincerely, Julie M, Butcher Agent for Canyon Group, LLC Canyon Group, LLC P.O. Box 5569 A Yuma, AZ 85366-5569 A Phone 1928) 783-8844 A FAX (928) 343-9255 ------- |