[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 130 (Monday, July 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31777-31778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14322]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0292; FRL-9963-16]
Lambda-Cyhalothrin; Receipt of Application for Emergency
Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the
Washington State Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide lambda-
cyhalothrin (CAS No. 91465-08-6) to treat up to 7,000 acres of
asparagus to control the European asparagus aphid. The applicant
proposes a use which is supported by the Interregional Research Project
number 4 (IR-4) program and has been requested in 5 or more previous
years, and a petition for tolerance has not yet been submitted to the
Agency. Therefore, in accordance with regulatory requirements, EPA is
soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to
grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0292, 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/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
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: Michael L. Goodis, Registration
Division (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:
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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/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.
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 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (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 Washington State
Department of Agriculture has requested the EPA Administrator to issue
a specific exemption for the use of lambda-cyhalothrin on asparagus to
control the European asparagus aphid. Information in accordance with 40
CFR part 166 was submitted as part of the request.
As part of the request, the applicant asserts that the cancellation
of the previously relied-upon tool, disulfoton, has left asparagus
growers in the state of Washington with no adequate alternatives to
control the European asparagus aphid, and significant economic losses
will occur without sufficient control.
The Applicant proposes to make no more than 3 applications at a
maximum rate of 0.03 pounds (lb.) (total of 0.09 lb.) per acre of
lambda-cyhalothrin on up to 7,000 acres of asparagus grown in the state
of Washington from June 15 to October 30, 2017. Treatment of the
maximum acreage at the maximum rate would result in a total use of
lambda-cyhalothrin of 630 lbs.
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
application itself. The regulations governing FIFRA section 18 at 40
CFR 166.32(a)(7), require publication of a notice of receipt of an
application for a specific exemption proposing a use which is supported
by the Inter-Regional Project Number 4 (IR-4) program and has been
requested in 5 or more previous years, and a petition for tolerance has
not yet been submitted to the Agency.
The notice provides an opportunity for public comment on the
application. The Agency will review and consider all comments received
during the comment period in determining whether to issue the specific
exemption requested by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: June 8, 2017.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-14322 Filed 7-7-17; 8:45 am]
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