[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42072-42074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14678]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8138-1]


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 modification of regulations 
for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 31, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) of interest, 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.
     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 
and the pesticide petition number 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

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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 and the 
pesticide petition number of interest, as shown in the table.


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                 PP Number                        Docket ID Number
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PP 7E7218                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0495
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PP 6F7024                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0539
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PP 6F7119                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0475
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PP 7F7222                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0504
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III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is printing notice of the filing of pesticide petitions 
received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or modification of 
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in 
or on various food commodities. EPA has determined that the pesticide 
petitions described in this notice 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 the pesticide 
petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these 
pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a 
docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket for each of the 
petitions is available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov.

New Tolerances

    1. PP 7E7218. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0495). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the 
insecticide methoxyfenozide in or on food commodities avocado, black-
sapote, canistel, mamey sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, and star 
apple at 0.6 parts per million (ppm); guava, feijoa, jaboticaba, wax 
jambu, starfruit, passion fruit, and acerola at 0.4 ppm; green onion, 
fresh chive leaves, fresh Chinese chive leaves, Elegans Hosta, 
Fritillaria leaves, kurrat, Lady's leek, leek, wild leek, Beltsville 
bunching onion, fresh onion, macrostem onion, tree onion tops, Welsh 
onion tops, and fresh shallot leaves at 5.0 ppm. Adequate enforcement 
methods are available for determination of methoxyfenozide residues in 
plant commodities based on the Rohm and Haas Company Technical Report 
No. 34-98-87, ``Tolerance Enforcement Method for Parent RH-2485 in Pome 
Fruit''. The available Analytical Enforcement Methodology was 
previously reviewed in the Federal Register of September 20, 2002 (67 
FR 59193). Contact: Susan Stanton, telephone number: (703) 305-5218; e-
mail address: [email protected].
    2. PP 6F7024. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0539). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes 
to establish a tolerance for residues of the fungicide trifloxystrobin 
in or on food commodities grass, forage at 10.0 ppm and grass, hay at 
14.0 ppm. A practical analytical methodology for detecting and 
measuring levels of trifloxystrobin in or on raw agricultural 
commodities has been submitted. The limit of detection (LOD) for each 
analyte of this method is 0.08 ng injected, and the limit of 
quantitation (LOQ) is 0.02 ppm. The method is based on crop specific 
cleanup procedures and determination by gas chromatography with 
nitrogen-phosphorus detection. Contact: Janet Whitehurst, telephone 
number: (703) 305-6129; e-mail address: [email protected].
    3. PP 6F7119. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0475). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes 
to establish a tolerance for residues of the insecticide spirotetramat, 
cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-8-methoxy-2-oxo-1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-4-yl 
ethyl carbonate and its metabolite cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-
hydroxy-8-methoxy- 1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-one], calculated as 
spirotetramat equivalents, in or on food commodities vegetable, 
tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 1.0 ppm; potato, granules/flakes at 
2.5 ppm; onions, dry bulb, subgroup 3A at 0.3 ppm; vegetables, leafy, 
except Brassica, group 4 at 5.0 ppm; Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 
5A at 3.0 ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 16.0 ppm; 
vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 ppm; tomato, dried pomace at 2.5 
ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.2 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 
at 0.5 ppm; citrus, oil at 4.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.5 ppm; 
fruit, stone, group 12 at 2.0 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.5 ppm; 
almond, hulls at 9.0 ppm; grape at 1.0 ppm; grape, raisin at 2.5 ppm; 
hop at 10.0 ppm; strawberry at 0.5 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep and 
horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep and horse, fat at 
0.01 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep and horse, liver at 0.01 ppm; 
cattle, goat, hog, sheep and horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 
0.02 ppm. The residues of spirotetramat and its metabolites were 
quantified by high pressure liquid chromatography/triple stage 
quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) using the stable isotopically 
labeled analytes as internal standards. The individual analyte residues 
were converted to spirotetramat molar equivalents and summed to give 
total spirotetramat residues. The limit of quantification (LOQ) for 
each analyte was 0.01 ppm for all commodities, except citrus (0.05 ppm) 
and hops (0.1 ppm). Contact: Rita Kumar, telephone number: (703) 308-
8291; e-mail address: [email protected].
    4. PP 7F7222. Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, 
IN, 46268, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the 
herbicide isoxaben in or on food commodities grape/grape, juice/grape, 
raisin at 0.01 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 and pistachio at 0.03 ppm; 
almond, hulls at 0.35 ppm; and to request a waiver for the requirement 
of a tolerance for isoxaben in or on the raw agricultural commodity 
cattle, meat byproducts; meat and milk. There is a practical method 
(liquid chromatography with positive ion atmospheric pressure chemical 
ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)) for detection of 
isoxaben residues. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of 
quantitation (LOQ) are 0.003 [micro]g/g and 0.01 [micro]g/g, 
respectively and are suitable for detecting and measuring levels of 
isoxaben in or on food and allows monitoring of food with residues at 
or above the level set for these tolerances. The method has an 
independent laboratory validation. Contact: Kathryn Montague, telephone 
number: (703) 305-1243; e-mail address: [email protected].

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed

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additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 16, 2007.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E7-14678 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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