[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53575-53577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18362]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8144-3]


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 October 19, 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.,

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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 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 1F6253                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0637 (07P-
                                             1242)
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PP 7F3530                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0704 (07P-
                                             1243)
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PP 7F7219                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0564 (07P-
                                             1244)
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PP 7F7220                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0565 (07P-
                                             1245)
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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 Tolerance

    1. PP 1F6253. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0637). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, proposes to establish a 
tolerance for residues of the fungicide 1,3-D, [1,3-dichloropropene] in 
or on the food commodity grape at 0.009 parts per million (ppm). There 
is a practical analytical method for detecting and measuring levels of 
1,3-D in or on food with a limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 0.003 ppm. 
Contact: Tamue Gibson, 703-305-9096, e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    2. PP 7F3530. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0704). Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., 
Preservation and Material Protection Division, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton 
Road, Titusville, NJ 08560, proposes to establish a tolerance for the 
combined residues of the fungicide imazalil, 1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-
2-(2-propenyloxy)ethyl]-1H-imidazole and its metabolite, 1-(2,4-
dichlorophenyl)-2-(1H-imidazole-1-yl)-1-ethanol (R014821) in or on the 
food commodities melon crop subgroup (9-A), except watermelon at 5.0 
ppm and corn, fresh, sweet, forage and fodder at 0.2 ppm. Melon crop 
subgroup (9-A), except watermelon includes the raw agricultural 
commodities cantaloupe, casaba, citron melon, crenshaw melon, golden 
pershaw melon, honeydew melon, honeyballs, mango melon, Persian melon, 
pineapple melon, Santa Claus melon , snake melon, and true cantaloupe. 
The Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Volume II lists a gas 
chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) method, designated as 
Method I for the quantification of residues of imazalil and its 
metabolite R014821. Briefly, residues are extracted from plant samples 
with heptane:isoamyl alcohol (95:5, v:v), partitioned into 0.1 
NH2SO4 and re-extracted from alkaline solution 
into heptane:isoamyl alcohol (95:5, v:v). The extract is evaporated to 
dryness and N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl) acetamide is added to convert the 
metabolite to the trimethylsilyl derivative. Imazalil and the 
derivatized metabolite are determined separately by GC with ECD from a 
single injection of the derivative solution. The limit of detection 
(LOD) ranges from 0.01 - 0.05 ppm, depending on the plant matrix. This 
enforcement method has been successfully radio-validated. Contact: John 
Bazuin, 703-305-7381, e-mail address: [email protected].

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    3. PP 7F7219. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0564). E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company, DuPont Crop Protection, Laurel Run Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, 
Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, proposes to establish a tolerance for 
residues of the herbicide thifensulfuron methyl, methyl-3-[[[[(4-
methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino] sulfonyl]-2-
thiophenecarboxylate, in or on the food commodities barley, hay at 0.7 
ppm; oat, forage at 0.2 ppm; oat, hay at 2.0 ppm; wheat, forage at 1.0 
ppm; and wheat, hay at 0.8 ppm. Thifensulfuron methyl residues in wheat 
forage and hay, barley hay, and oat forage and hay were determined by 
an analytical method utilizing liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/
mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. The analytes were resolved by 
high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and quantitatively analyzed 
by using the Total Ion Chromatogram (TIC) from two molecular ion 
transitions for each analyte. The LOQ was 0.01 ppm in these 
commodities. Contact: Vickie Walters, 703-305-5704, e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    4. PP 7F7220. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0565). E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company, DuPont Crop Protection, Laurel Run Plaza, P.O. Box 80038, 
Wilmington, DE 19880-0038, proposes to establish a tolerance for 
residues of the herbicide tribenuron methyl; methyl 2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-
methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)methylamino]carbonyl] amino]sulfonyl]benzoate 
in or on the food commodities wheat, forage at 0.3 ppm; wheat, hay at 
0.3 ppm; barley, hay at 0.3 ppm; oat, forage at 0.3 ppm; oat, hay at 
0.8 ppm. Tribenuron methyl residues in wheat forage and hay, barley 
hay, and oat forage and hay were determined by an analytical method 
utilizing liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry 
(LC/MS/MS) analysis. The analytes were resolved by HPLC and 
quantitatively analyzed by using the Total Ion Chromatogram (TIC) from 
two molecular ion transitions for each analyte. The LOQ was 0.01 ppm in 
these commodities. There are other analytical methods to determine 
tribenuron methyl residues in wheat forage and hay, including HPLC 
column switching and ultraviolet (UV) detection. The LOQ is 0.01 ppm 
for wheat grain and forage, and 0.05 ppm for wheat hay. Contact: Vickie 
Walters, 703-305-5704, e-mail address: [email protected].

List of Subjects

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


    Dated: September 11, 2007.
Kathy S. Monk,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E7-18362 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
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