[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57416-57417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23361]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0039; FRL-10001-13]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (September 2019)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and the File Symbol 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 https://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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/about-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 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 
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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) 
(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of 
these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these 
applications.

New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 91213-G. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. 
Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural 
Research Service, 920 Valley Road, Reno NV 89512. Product name: 
Battalion Pro. Active ingredient: Herbicide--Pseudomonas fluorescens 
strain ACK55 at 100%. Proposed use: End use product. For suppression of 
cheat grass/downy brome, medusahead, and jointed goat grass through use 
as a seed treatment or a spray in the following areas: Crops (i.e., 
cereal grains and forage, fodder, and straw of cereal grains; grass 
forage, fodder, and hay; non-grass animal feeds; oilseeds; legumes; 
tree nuts; and berries and small fruit), rangeland, forest, pasture, 
turf, conservation reserve program lands, sod production, golf courses,

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recreational areas, road sides, road cuts, construction sites, and 
rights-of-way. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 91213-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. 
Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural 
Research Service, 920 Valley Road, Reno NV 89512. Product name: 
Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 Technical. Active ingredient: 
Herbicide--Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 100%. Proposed use: 
Manufacturing use product. Contact: BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 93566-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0550. 
Applicant: G.D.G Environment, 430 Rue Saint-Laurent, Trois-Rivieres 
(Quebec) G8T 6H3 Canada c/o Technology Sciences Group, USA, 1150 18th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Product name: Fraxiprotec. Active 
ingredient: Insecticide--Beauveria bassiana strain CFL-A at 12%. 
Proposed use: End use product/Control Emerald Ash Borer Beetle. 
Contact: BPPD.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: October 10, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-23361 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
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