[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5706-5709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2002]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8111-8]


Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide 
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide 
petitions proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for 
residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and pesticide petition number (PP), by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.

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     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to the assigned docket ID number 
for the pesticide petition of interest. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the docket without change and may 
be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided, unless the comment includes information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit 
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit 
an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and 
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk 
or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of 
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index 
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket 
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the 
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov 
website to view the docket index or access available documents. 
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in 
hard copy, at the 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The person listed at the end of the 
pesticide petition summary of interest.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an 
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. 
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides 
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be 
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining 
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any 
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular 
entity, consult the person listed at the end of the pesticide petition 
summary of interest.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

     1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
     2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Docket ID Numbers

    When submitting comments, please use the docket ID number assigned 
to the pesticide petition of interest.

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                 PP Number                        Docket ID Number
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PP 1F6263                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203
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PP 5F4505                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203
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PP 5F6918                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203
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PP 6F4791                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203
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PP 6F7025                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0323
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PP 6F7059                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1026
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PP 6E7140                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0004
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III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under 
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations in 
40 CFR

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part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various food 
commodities. EPA has determined that these pesticide petitions contain 
data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 
408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the 
submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of 
these pesticide petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA 
rules on these pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petitions included in 
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the 
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the 
pesticide chemical residues is available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov.

A. Amendment to Existing Tolerances

    1. PP 1F6263. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-00203). Acetochlor 
Registration Partnership (ARP), c/o Monsanto Company, 1300 ``I'' St., 
NW., Suite 450 East, Washington, DC 20005, proposes to amend the 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.470(a) for residues of the herbicide 
acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacetanilide) and 
its metabolites containing the ethyl methyl aniline (EMA) moiety and 
the hydroxyethyl methyl-aniline (HEMA) moiety, and expressed as 
acetochlor equivalents in or on the food commodities corn, pop, grain 
at 0.05 parts per million (ppm) and corn, pop, stover at 1.5 ppm.
    In addition, ARP proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.470(d) for residues of the herbicide acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-
methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacetanilide) and its metabolites 
containing the EMA moiety and the HEMA moiety, and expressed as 
acetochlor equivalents in or on the food commodities beet, sugar, root 
and tops/pea and bean (except soybean), dried and shelled (subgroup 
6C)/potato/and sunflower, seed at 0.05 ppm; grain, cereal (except rice) 
(group 15) at 0.05 ppm; grain, cereal (except rice), forage/fodder/
straw (group 16), forage at 0.5 ppm; grain, cereal (except rice), 
forage/fodder/straw (group 16), hay at 2.0 ppm; grain, cereal (except 
rice), forage/fodder/straw (group 16), stover at 0.1 ppm; grain, cereal 
(except rice), forage/fodder/straw (group 16), straw at 0.3 ppm.
    Acetochlor and its metabolites are hydrolyzed to either EMA or 
HEMA, which are determined by high performance liquid chromatography 
(HPLC)/oxidative coulometric electrochemical detector (OCED) and 
expressed as acetochlor equivalents. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) 
for this method is 0.02 ppm for each analyte. Contact: Vickie Walters, 
telephone number: (703) 305-5704, e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    2. PP 5F4505. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203). Acetochlor 
Registration Partnership (ARP), c/o Monsanto Company, 1300 ``I'' St., 
NW., Suite 450 East, Washington, DC 20005, proposes to amend the 
tolerance in 40 CFR 180.470(a) for residues of the herbicide acetochlor 
(2-chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacetanilide) and its 
metabolites containing the EMA moiety and the HEMA moiety, and 
expressed as acetochlor equivalents in or on the food commodity corn, 
field, forage at 3.0 ppm. Acetochlor and its metabolites are hydrolyzed 
to either EMA or HEMA, which are determined by HPLC/OCED and expressed 
as acetochlor equivalents. The LOQ for this method is 0.02 ppm for each 
analyte. Contact: Vickie Walters, telephone number: (703) 305-5704, e-
mail address: [email protected].
    3. PP 5F6918. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-00203). Monsanto 
Company, 1300 ``I'' St., NW., Suite 450 East, Washington, DC 20005, 
proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.470(a) for residues of 
the herbicide acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-
ethoxymethylacetanilide) and its metabolites containing the EMA moiety 
and the HEMA moiety, and expressed as acetochlor equivalents in or on 
the food commodities sorghum, forage at 1.0 ppm; sorghum, grain at 0.05 
ppm; and sorghum, grain, stover at 1.5 ppm. Acetochlor and its 
metabolites are hydrolyzed to either EMA or HEMA, which are determined 
by HPLC/OCED and expressed as acetochlor equivalents. The LOQ for this 
method is 0.02 ppm for each analyte. Contact: Vickie Walters, telephone 
number: (703) 305-5704, e-mail address: [email protected].
    4. PP 6F4791. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-00203). Acetochlor 
Registration Partnership (ARP), c/o Monsanto Company, 1300 ``I'' St., 
NW., Suite 450 East, Washington, DC 20005, proposes to amend the 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.470(a) for residues of the herbicide 
acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacetanilide) and 
its metabolites containing the EMA moiety and the HEMA moiety, and 
expressed as acetochlor equivalents in or on the food commodities corn, 
sweet, fodder and forage at 1.5 ppm; and corn, sweet, kernels plus cob 
with husks removed at 0.05 ppm.
    In addition, ARP proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.470(d) for residues of the herbicide acetochlor (2-chloro-2'-
methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacetanilide) and its metabolites 
containing the EMA moiety and the HEMA moiety, and expressed as 
acetochlor equivalents in or on the food commodities non-grass animal 
feeds (group 18) forage at 1.3 ppm and non-grass animal feeds (group 
18), hay at 3.5 ppm.
    Acetochlor and its metabolites are hydrolyzed to either EMA or 
HEMA, which are determined by HPLC/OCED and expressed as acetochlor 
equivalents. The LOQ for this method is 0.02 ppm for each analyte. 
Contact: Vickie Walters, telephone number: (703) 305-5704, e-mail 
address: [email protected].
    5. PP 6F7025. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-00323). Dow 
AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268, proposes 
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.364(a) by adding glyphosate 
dimethylammonium salt or dimethalamine (DMA) salt of glyphosate (n-
phosphonomethyl)glycine resulting from the application of glyphosate 
and the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate, ethanolamine salt of 
glyphosate, and the ammonium potassium salt of glyphosate. Adequate 
enforcement methods include gas liquid chromatography (GLC), HPLC, and 
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GS/MS). The limit of detection is 
0.05 ppm. Contact: Vickie Walters, telephone number: (703) 305-5704, e-
mail address: [email protected].

B. New Tolerances

    1. PP 6F7059. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1026). Bayer 
CropScience LLC, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide 
pyrasulfotole (AE 0317309) (5-hydroxy-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)[2-
(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] methanone and its 
metabolite (5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] methanone in or on food commodities barley/
oat/rye/triticale/wheat, grain at 0.07 ppm; barley/oat/rye/wheat, straw 
and oat/rye/wheat, forage at 0.25 ppm; barley/oat/wheat, hay at 0.8 
ppm; wheat, aspirated grain fractions at 1.4 ppm; and pyrasulfotole (AE 
0317309) in or on cattle/goat/hog/horse/sheep, meat and fat at 0.01 
ppm; cattle/goat/hog/horse/sheep, meat byproducts at 0.3 ppm; and milk 
at 0.005 ppm. The analytical method is a liquid chromatography/mass 
spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method which quantifies AE 
0317309 and its metabolite with a

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LOQ of 0.01 milligram/kilogram (mg/kg). Contact: Tracy White, telephone 
number: (703) 308-0042, e-mail address: [email protected].
    2. PP 6E7140. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0004). 
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR7ndash;4), 500 College Rd. 
East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 05840, proposes to establish 
tolerances for residues of the insecticide deltamethrin ((1R,3R)-3-
(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid (S)-alpha-
cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl ester) and its major metabolites, trans 
deltamethrin ((S)-alpha-cyano-m-phenoxybenzyl-(1R,3R)-3-(2,2-
dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) and alpha-R-
deltamethrin ((R)-alpha-cyano-m-phenoxybenzyl-(1R,3R)-3-(2,2-
dibromovinyl)-2,2- dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on food 
commodities flax, seed at 0.1 ppm; and flax, meal at 0.3 ppm. The 
independently validated analytical methods are based on GLC equipped 
with an electron capture detector (ECD) and a DB-1 (or equivalent) 
capillary column, and are used for the determination of cis-
deltamethrin, trans-deltamethrin, and alpha-R-deltamethrin in various 
raw agricultural, animal derived, and processed commodities. Contact: 
Shaja R. Brothers, telephone number: (703) 308-3194, e-mail address: 
[email protected].

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.


    Dated: January 29, 2007.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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