[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02551]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0041; FRL-10004-54]
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (December 2019)
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 March 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket
identification (ID) number and 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: Michael Goodis, Registration Division
(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address:
[email protected]; or Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), 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:
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
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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 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.
Amended Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except Pips)
PP 9F8780. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0692). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,
410 South Swing Rd., Greensboro, NC 27409, requests to amend an
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.1254 to
include residues of the fungicide Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL 21882
in or on almond and pistachio. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because a petition for an amendment to the currently
existing exemption from tolerance for Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL
21882 has been submitted. Contact: BPPD.
New Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 9E8793. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0626). Syngenta Crop Protection,
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC, 27419-8300, requests to establish
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
difenoconazole, in or on persimmon, Japanese at 0.7 parts per million
(ppm). Gas chromatography equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorous detector
and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry are used to measure and
evaluate the chemical difenoconazole. Contact: RD.
2. PP 9F8754. EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,
410 Swing Road, Greensboro, NC 27409, requests to establish tolerance
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide Fludioxonil: [4-(2, 2-
difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3- carbonitrile] in or on the
raw agricultural commodities Brassica leafy greens subgroup 4-16B at
10.0 parts per million (ppm), Vegetable, Head and Stem Brassica, Group
5-16 at 2.0 ppm, and Kohlrabi at 2.0 ppm. The analytical methodology
Syngenta Crop Protection Method AG- 597B is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical fludioxonil. Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: January 24, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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