[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56017-56018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25564]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9968-55]


Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of several 
initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or 
modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or 
on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) of interest as shown 
in the body of this document, 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: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703) 
305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Michael Goodis, 
Registration Division (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; 
email address: [email protected]. The mailing address for each 
contact person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.

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).
    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the division 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 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 pesticides 
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    EPA is announcing its receipt of several pesticide petitions filed 
under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
21 U.S.C. 346a, requesting the establishment or modification of 
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in 
or on various food commodities. The Agency is taking public comment on 
the requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing 
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the 
pesticide petitions described in this document contain the data or 
information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 
346a(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. After considering the public comments, EPA intends 
to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data 
may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these 
pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is 
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket 
for each of the petitions is available at http://www.regulations.gov.
    As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA 
is publishing notice of the petition so that the public has an 
opportunity to comment on this request for the establishment or 
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food 
commodities. Further information on the petition may be obtained 
through the petition summary referenced in this unit.

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IV. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7F8557. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0429). E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and 
Company, Chestnut Run Plaza, 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805, 
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of 
the fungicide picoxystrobin in or on alfalfa, forage at 4 parts per 
million (ppm); alfalfa, hay at 5 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 9 ppm; almond 
hulls at 15 ppm; cotton, gin by-products at 40 ppm; cottonseed (Crop 
Subgroup 20C) at 4 ppm; grass, forage (Grown for Seed) at 40 ppm; 
grass, hay (Grown for Seed) at 80 ppm; head lettuce at 7 ppm; onion, 
bulb (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) at 0.8 ppm; onion, green (Crop Subgroup 3-
07B) at 15; pea and bean, succulent shelled (Crop Subgroup 6B) at 3 
ppm; peanut at 0.1 ppm; peanut, hay at 40 ppm; sunflower (Crop Subgroup 
20B) at 3 ppm; tree nut except hulls (Crop Group 14-12) at 0.15 ppm; 
vegetable, brassica head and stem (Crop Group 5-16) at 5 ppm; 
vegetable, cucurbit (Crop Group 9) at 0.7 ppm; vegetable, fruiting 
(Crop Group 8-10) at 1.5 ppm; vegetable, leaf petiole (Crop Subgroup 
22B) at 40 ppm; vegetable, leafy except head lettuce (Crop Group 4-16) 
at 60 ppm; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber (Crop Group 2) at 40 
ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded (Crop Subgroup 6A) at 4 ppm; 
vegetable, root (Crop Subgroup 1A) at 0.6 ppm; and vegetable, tuberous 
and corm (Crop Subgroup 1C) at 0.06 ppm. The LC/MS/MS is used to 
measure and evaluate the chemical picoxystrobin. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7F8582. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0417). FMC Corporation, 1735 Market 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 requests to establish a tolerance in 40 
CFR 180 for residues of the fungicide, valifenalate, in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities: Bulb vegetable crop group 3-07 at 0.40 ppm; 
celery at 6.0 ppm; cucurbit crop group 9 at 0.3 ppm; fruiting vegetable 
crop group 8 at 0.60 ppm; grape at 3.0 ppm; potato at 0.04 ppm; potato-
chips at 0.05 ppm; potato-dried pulp at 0.06 ppm; potato-granules/
flakes at 0.15 ppm; and tomato-wet peel at 1.8 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method 
is used to measure and evaluate the chemical valifenalate (beta-
Alanine, N-[(1-methylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-valyl-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-, 
methyl ester). Contact: RD.
    3. PP7E8601. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0494). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish import 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide 
methoxyfenozide [3-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5-
dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide] in or on tea, dried, 
and tea, instant at 20 ppm. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass 
spectrometry detection is used to measure and evaluate the residues of 
methoxyfenozide. Contact: RD.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-25564 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am]
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