[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08192]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0230; FRL-10007-81]
RIN 2070-ZA16


Banda de Lupinus Albus Doce (BLAD); Proposal To Revoke Exemption 
and Establish Pesticide Tolerances; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of February 
11, 2020, concerning the revocation of an existing tolerance exemption 
and establishment of pesticide tolerances for residues of the fungicide 
BLAD. This document reopens and extends the comment period to July 12, 
2020. Consumo Em Verde S.A., Biotecnologia De Plantas, Parque 
Technologico de Cantanhede (CEV) formally requested a 90-day extension 
of the public comment period to permit it reasonable time to respond to 
the proposed rule.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2015-0230, must be received on or before July 12, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of February 11, 2020 (85 FR 7698) (FRL-
9998-74).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Overstreet, Deputy Director, 
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: This document reopens the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of February 11, 
2020 (85 FR 7698) (FRL-9998-74). In that document, EPA is proposing to 
revoke the existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for 
residues of the fungicide BLAD in or on all food commodities that was 
established in the Federal Register of March 22, 2013 (78 FR 17600) 
(FRL-9380-6). In place of the exemption, EPA is proposing to establish 
tolerances for residues of the fungicide BLAD at the level of 
quantitation, i.e., 0.02 parts per million (ppm), in or on the 
following commodities: Almond; almond, hulls; fruit, pome, group 11-10; 
fruit, stone, group 12-12; grape; hops, dried cones; strawberry; 
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; and vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10. In 
order to provide additional time for comments, EPA is hereby reopening 
the comment period that ended on April 13, 2020, such that it now ends 
on July 12, 2020.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of February 11, 2020. If you have questions, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 14, 2020.
Richard Keigwin,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-08192 Filed 4-20-20; 8:45 am]
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