[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37096-37097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13275]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0049; FRL-10010-84]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients

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 July 20, 2020.

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.
    Please note that due to the public health emergency the EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room was closed to public visitors on March 
31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will continue to provide customer service 
via email, phone, and webform. For further information on EPA/DC 
services, docket contact information and the current status of the EPA/
DC and Reading Room, please visit https://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]. 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).

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. For actions being evaluated under EPA's public 
participation process for registration actions, there will be an 
additional opportunity for public comment on the proposed decisions. 
Please see EPA's public participation website for additional 
information on this process (http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).

A. Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 71771-RG. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0285. 
Applicant: Plant Health Care Inc., 2626 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 350, 
Raleigh, NC 27608. Product name: PHC 25279. Active ingredient: 
Fungicide; PDHP 25279 at 1%. Proposed classification/Use: Biochemical, 
food and non-food crops. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 73049-LRA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0516. 
Applicant: Valent BioSciences LLC. Product name: ACC Technical Powder 
Plant Growth Regulator. Active ingredient: Plant Growth Regulator; 1-
Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid (ACC) at 98.56%. Proposed 
classification/use: Manufacturing Use Product. Contact: BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 73049-LRT. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0516. 
Applicant: Valent BioSciences LLC. Product name: VBC-30445 Plant Growth 
Regulator Liquid Concentrate. Active ingredient: Plant Growth 
Regulator; 1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid (ACC) at 10.0%. Proposed 
classification/Use: End Use Product. Contact: BPPD.
    4. File Symbol: 89186-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0252. 
Applicant: ConidioTec LLC, 2440 Earlystown Road, Suite 600 Centre Hall, 
PA 16828 (c/o Lewis & Harrison, 2461

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South Clark Street, Suite 710, Arlington, VA 22202). Product name: 
Aprehend RTU. Active ingredient: Insecticide; Beauveria bassiana Strain 
l93-825 at 2%. Proposed classification/Use: For use to control and 
prevent bed bug infestations in indoor environments. Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: June 10, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-13275 Filed 6-18-20; 8:45 am]
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