[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9471-9473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04522]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9973-27]
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 April 5, 2018.
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]; or 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. As part of the mailing address, include the contact person's
name, division, and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the
end of each pesticide petition summary.
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:
[emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
[emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
[emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
[emsp14]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 petitions so that the public has an
opportunity to comment on these requests for the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food
commodities. Further information on the petitions may be obtained
through the petition summaries referenced in this unit.
III. Amended Tolerances
1. PP 7F8583. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0448). Bayer Crop Science Division,
2 TW Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709, requests to amend the tolerance
in 40 CFR 180.645 for residues of the herbicide thiencarbazone-methyl
in or on wheat, forage at 0.15 parts per million (ppm). The high
pressure liquid chromatography/triple stage quadrupole
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mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical thiencarbazone-methyl. Contact: RD.
2. PP 7F8590. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0744). Syngenta Crop Protection,
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish the
tolerance in 40 CFR 180.507 for residues of the fungicide,
azoxystrobin, in or on Beet, sugar, roots at 5.0 ppm and Vegetable,
root, subgroup 1B at 0.5 ppm. The gas chromatography with nitrogen-
phosphorus detection (GC-NPD) or in mobile phase by high performance
liquid chromatography with ultra-violet detection (HPLC-UV) is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical azoxystrobin. Contact: RD.
3. PP 7F8590. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0744). Syngenta Crop Protection,
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to amend the
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.507 for residues of the fungicide,
azoxystrobin by removing the tolerance on Vegetable, root, subgroup 1A
at 0.5 ppm. The GC-NPD or in mobile phase by HPLC-UV detection is used
to measure and evaluate the chemical azoxystrobin. Contact: RD.
IV. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)
1. PP 6F8535. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0315). Technology Sciences Group
Inc., 712 Fifth St., Suite A, Davis, CA 95616 (on behalf of Lesaffre
Yeast Corporation, 7475 W. Main St., Milwaukee, WI 53214), requests to
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the systemic resistance inducer (SRI)
Cerevisane (cell walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain LAS117) in or
on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because it is expected that, when used as proposed,
Cerevisane (cell walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain LAS117) would
not result in residues that are of toxicological concern. Contact:
BPPD.
2. PP 7F8562. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0593). Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.,
Ltd., 2-9 Kanda-Tsukasamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8535, Japan (c/o
Technology Sciences Group Inc., 712 Fifth St., Suite A, Davis, CA
95616), requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the bactericide
bacteriophages active against Xylella fastidiosa in or on all food
commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed
because an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is being
proposed. Contact: BPPD.
3. PP 7F8573. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0702). OmniLytics, Inc., 9100 South
500 West, Sandy, UT 84070, requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
bactericide bacteriophage active against Erwinia amylovora in or on
apple and pear. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed
because an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is being
proposed. Contact: BPPD.
4. PP 7F8589. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0722). Adjuvants Plus, Inc., 1755
Division Rd. North, Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y8, Canada (c/o Technology
Sciences Group Inc., 712 Fifth St., Suite A, Davis, CA 95616), requests
to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the fungicide Clonostachys rosea strain ACM941
in or on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because an analytical method for residues is not
applicable; it is expected that, when used as proposed, Clonostachys
rosea strain ACM941 would not result in residues that are of
toxicological concern. Contact: BPPD.
5. PP 7F8594. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0721). Adjuvants Plus, Inc., 1755
Division Rd. North, Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y8, Canada (c/o Technology
Sciences Group Inc., 712 Fifth St., Suite A, Davis, CA 95616), requests
to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the fungicide Clonostachys rosea strain 88-710
in or on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because an analytical method for residues is not
applicable; it is expected that, when used as proposed, Clonostachys
rosea strain 88-710 would not result in residues that are of
toxicological concern. Contact: BPPD.
V. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 7F8577. EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0719. Sipcam Agro USA, 2525 Meridian
Parkway, Suite 350, Durham, NC 27713, requests to establish a tolerance
in 40 CFR part 180.275 for residues of the fungicide, chlorothalonil in
or on sugarbeet roots at 0.5 ppm; sugarbeet, dried pulp at 0.05 ppm;
sugarbeet, refined sugar at 0.05 ppm; sugarbeet, molasses at 0.05 ppm.
The gas chromatography method is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical chlorothalonil. 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 commodity potato at 0.01 ppm; bulb vegetable crop group 3-
07 at 0.40 ppm; celery at 5.0 ppm; cucurbit crop group 9 at 0.30 ppm;
fruiting vegetable crop group 8-10 at 0.50 ppm; grape import tolerance
at 5.0 ppm; and tomato-wet peel at 0.90 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. PP 7F8618. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0673). Gowan Company, LLC, P.O. Box
556 Yuma, AZ 85364, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the insecticide fenazaquin, [3-[2-[4-(1,1-
dimethylethyl) phenyl] ethoxy] quinazoline], in or on Alfalfa, forage,
at 4.0 ppm; Alfalfa, hay, at 15 ppm; Avocado at 0.15 ppm; Beef, fat at
0.05 ppm; Bushberry, subgroup 13-07B at 0.8 ppm; Caneberry, subgroup
13-07A at 0.7 ppm; Corn, field, aspirated grain fractions at 3.0 ppm;
Corn, field, forage at 7.0 ppm; Corn, field, grain at 0.09 ppm; Corn,
field, refined oil at 0.2 ppm; Corn, field, stover at 40 ppm; Corn,
sweet, forage at 9.0 ppm; Corn, sweet, grain at 0.03 ppm; Cotton, gin
byproducts at 15.0 ppm; Cotton, undelinted seed at 0.4 ppm; Fruit,
citrus group 10-10 at 0.4 ppm; Fruit, low growing berry subgroup 13-07G
at 2.0 ppm; Fruit, pome group 11-10 at 0.4 ppm; Fruit, small fruit vine
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit subgroup 13-07F at 0.7 ppm; Fruit,
stone group 12-12 at 1.5 ppm; Grape, raisins at 0.8 ppm; Kidney at 0.01
ppm; Liver at 0.02 ppm; Milk at 0.01 ppm; Mint at 10.0 ppm; Pork, fat
at 0.05 ppm; Sheep, fat at 0.05 ppm; Vegetables, cucurbit group 9 at
0.3 ppm; Vegetables, fruiting group 8-10 at 0.3 ppm; Vegetables,
legumes, dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean) subgroup 6C at 0.3
ppm; Vegetables, legumes, edible-podded subgroup 6A at 0.4 ppm; and
Vegetables, legumes, succulent shelled pea and bean subgroup 6B at 0.02
ppm. LC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the chemical fenazaquin.
Contact: RD.
4. PP 7F8623. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0653). Nippon Soda Co., Ltd c/o
Nisso America, Inc., 88 Pine Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10005
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR for residues of the
fungicide picarbutrazox, in or on Crop Group 9, Cucurbit Vegetables at
0.20 ppm, Crop Subgroup 4-16A, Leafy Greens at 10 ppm, Corn, forage at
0.01 ppm, Corn, grain at 0.01 ppm, Corn, stover at 0.01 ppm, Corn,
sweet, forage at 0.01 ppm, Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks
removed at 0.01 ppm, Corn, sweet, stover at 0.01 ppm, Popcorn, grain at
0.01 ppm, Soybean, forage at 0.01 ppm, Soybean, hay at 0.01 ppm and
Soybean, seed at 0.01 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is
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used to measure and evaluate the chemical picarbutrazox (tert-butyl (6-
{[(Z)-(1-methyl-1H-5-tetrazolyl)
(phenyl)methylene]aminooxymethyl{time} -2-pyridyl)carbamate) and its
metabolite TZ-1E (IUPAC: tert-butyl (6-{[(E)-(1-methyl-1H-5-tetrazolyl)
(phenyl)methylene]aminooxymethyl{time} -2-pyridyl) carbamate). Contact:
RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: January 29, 2018.
Hamaad A. Syed,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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