[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40695-40696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14813]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0324; FRL-9947-51]
Pyridate; Receipt of Applications for Emergency Exemption,
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Montana
and the North Dakota Departments of Agriculture to use the herbicide
pyridate (CAS No. 55512-33-9) on chickpea to control kochia, including
glyphosate-resistant kochia. The applicants propose a use of a
pesticide that was voluntarily canceled in 2004, and which is now
considered to be unregistered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is soliciting public comment before
making the decision whether or not to grant the exemptions.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0324, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Lewis, Registration Division
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(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone
number: (703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected].
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.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
www.regulations.gov or email. 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 preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticide
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
Under section 18 of the FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of
the EPA Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from
any provision of FIFRA if the EPA Administrator determines that
emergency conditions exist which require the exemption. The Montana and
North Dakota Departments of Agriculture have requested the EPA
Administrator to issue specific exemptions for the use of pyridate on
chickpea to control kochia, including glyphosate-resistant kochia in
chickpea. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was submitted
as part of this request. The Applicants' submissions which provide an
explanation of the need for the exemption as well as the proposed use
pattern can be found at http://www.regulations.gov in the following
documents ``Montana Section 18 Exemption Request For Tough[supreg]
Herbicide (pyridate) in Chickpea'' and ``North Dakota Section 18
Exemption Request For Tough[supreg] Herbicide (pyridate) in Chickpea''.
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
applications themselves. The regulations governing FIFRA section 18
require publication of a notice of receipt of an application for
specific exemptions proposing use of a pesticide that was voluntarily
canceled in 2004, and which is now considered to be unregistered under
the FIFRA.
The notice provides an opportunity for public comment on the
applications. The Agency, will review and consider all comments
received during the comment period in determining whether to issue
specific exemptions requested by the Montana and North Dakota
Departments of Agriculture.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: June 13, 2016.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-14813 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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