[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52077-52082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20254]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0245; FRL-8664-01-OCSPP]


Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
fluazinam in or on multiple commodities that are identified and 
discussed later in this document. Interregional Research Project Number 
4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective September 20, 2021. Objections and 
requests for hearings must be received on or before November 19, 2021, 
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0245, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805.
    Due to the public health emergency, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) 
and Reading Room is closed to visitors with

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limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration 
Division (7505P), 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. How can I get electronic access to other related information?

    You may access a frequently updated electronic version of EPA's 
tolerance regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through the Government 
Publishing Office's e-CFR site at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40tab_02.tpl.

C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?

    Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 
objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a 
hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a 
hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided 
in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0245 in the subject line on the first 
page of your submission. All objections and requests for a hearing must 
be in writing and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before 
November 19, 2021. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections 
and hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 178.25(b).
    In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the 
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of 
the filing (excluding any Confidential Business Information (CBI)) for 
inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked confidential 
pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA without 
prior notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your objection or hearing 
request, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0245, 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 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.

II. Summary of Petitioned-For Tolerance

    In the Federal Register of September 30, 2020 (85 FR 61681) (FRL-
10014-74), EPA issued a document pursuant to FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 
21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP 
0E8827) by IR-4, IR-4 Project Headquarters, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540. The petition requested the establishment of tolerances in 40 
CFR 180.574 for residues of the herbicide fluazinam in or on multiple 
commodities. For a complete list, please refer to the September 30, 
2020 notification (85 FR 61681) (FRL-10014-74). Additionally, the 
petitioner proposed removing established tolerances for residues of 
fluazinam in or on the raw agricultural commodities; vegetable, legume, 
edible podded, subgroup 6A, except pea at 0.10 ppm; pea and bean, 
succulent shelled, subgroup 6B, except pea at 0.04 ppm; pea and bean, 
dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C, except pea at 0.02 ppm; 
vegetable, brassica leafy, group 5, except cabbage at 0.01 ppm; and 
turnip, greens at 0.01 ppm. That document referenced a summary of the 
petition prepared by ISK Biosciences, the registrant, which is 
available in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov. Two comments were 
received in response to the notice of filing. One was about geographic 
pesticide concentration but not about fluazinam specifically, and the 
other was associated with a different chemical.
    Based upon review of the data supporting the petition, EPA is 
establishing tolerances at different levels than petitioned-for and 
modified some of the commodity definitions used. The reasons for these 
changes are explained in Unit IV.C.

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety

    Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a 
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a 
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section 
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a 
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure 
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary 
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable 
information.''
    This includes exposure through drinking water and in residential 
settings but does not include occupational exposure. Section 
408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special consideration to 
exposure of infants and children to the pesticide chemical residue in 
establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there is a reasonable 
certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue . . . .''
    Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors 
specified in FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has reviewed the available 
scientific data and other relevant information in support of this 
action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to make a 
determination on aggregate exposure for fluazinam including exposure 
resulting from the tolerances established by this action. EPA's 
assessment of exposures and risks associated with fluazinam follows.
    In an effort to streamline its publications in the Federal 
Register, EPA is not reprinting sections that repeat what has been 
previously published for tolerance rulemakings of the same pesticide 
chemical. Where scientific information concerning a particular chemical 
remains unchanged, the content of those sections would not vary between 
tolerance rulemakings and republishing the same sections is

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unnecessary; EPA considers referral back to those sections as 
sufficient to provide an explanation of the information EPA considered 
in making its safety determination for the new rulemaking.
    EPA has previously published a number of tolerance rulemakings for 
fluazinam, in which EPA concluded, based on the available information, 
that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm would result from 
aggregate exposure to fluazinam and established tolerances for residues 
of that chemical. EPA is incorporating previously published sections 
from those rulemakings as described further in this rulemaking, as they 
remain unchanged.
    Toxicological profile. For a discussion of the Toxicological 
Profile of fluazinam, see Unit III.A. of the April 8, 2016 rulemaking 
(81 FR 20545) (FRL-9942-99).
    Toxicological points of departure/Levels of concern. For a summary 
of the Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of Concern used for the 
safety assessment, see Unit III.B. of the November 7, 2012 rulemaking 
(77 FR 66723) (FRL-9366-6).
    Exposure assessment. Much of the exposure assessment remains the 
same, although some updates have occurred to accommodate exposures from 
the petitioned-for tolerances. The updates are discussed in this 
section.
    The acute dietary analysis is based on tolerance-level residues for 
all commodities and uses high-end residue estimates for the metabolite 
3-[[4-amino-3-[[3-chloro-5- (trifloromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]amino]-2-
nitro-6-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl] thio]-2-(beta-Dglucopyranosyloxy) 
propionic acid), known as AMGT. In addition, the acute assessment 
assumes 100 percent crop treated (PCT) and incorporates modeled EDWCs 
that account for both parent fluazinam and its transformation products. 
The chronic dietary analysis is based on tolerance level residues for 
all commodities except apples. For apples, the average field trial 
value was used. As with the acute assessment, the chronic assessment 
incorporates high-end estimates for AMGT and default processing factors 
for all relevant processed commodities without a separate tolerance, 
and modeled EDWCs that account for both parent and transformation 
products. The chronic assessment also incorporated PCT data.
    Anticipated residue and PCT information. Section 408(b)(2)(E) of 
FFDCA authorizes EPA to use available data and information on the 
anticipated residue levels of pesticide residues in food and the actual 
levels of pesticide residues that have been measured in food. If EPA 
relies on such information, EPA must require pursuant to FFDCA section 
408(f)(1) that data be provided 5 years after the tolerance is 
established, modified, or left in effect, demonstrating that the levels 
in food are not above the levels anticipated. For the present action, 
EPA will issue such data call-ins as are required by FFDCA section 
408(b)(2)(E) and authorized under FFDCA section 408(f)(1). Data will be 
required to be submitted no later than 5 years from the date of 
issuance of these tolerances.
    Section 408(b)(2)(F) of FFDCA states that the Agency may use data 
on the actual percent of food treated for assessing chronic dietary 
risk only if:
     Condition a: The data used are reliable and provide a 
valid basis to show what percentage of the food derived from such crop 
is likely to contain the pesticide residue.
     Condition b: The exposure estimate does not underestimate 
exposure for any significant subpopulation group.
     Condition c: Data are available on pesticide use and food 
consumption in a particular area, and the exposure estimate does not 
understate exposure for the population in such area.
    In addition, the Agency must provide for periodic evaluation of any 
estimates used. To provide for the periodic evaluation of the estimate 
of PCT as required by FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(F), EPA may require 
registrants to submit data on PCT.
    The following average PCT estimates were used in the chronic 
dietary risk assessments for the crops that are currently registered 
for fluazinam: Apples (<1%), beans (5%), cabbage (<1%), carrots (<1%), 
dry beans/peas (<2.5%), lima beans (5%), onions (<1%), peanuts (<2.5%), 
potatoes (15%), pumpkin (<1%), and soybeans (<1%).
    In most cases, EPA uses available data from United States 
Department of Agriculture/National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(USDA/NASS), proprietary market surveys, and California Department of 
Pesticide Regulation (CalDPR) Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) for the 
chemical/crop combination for the most recent 10 years. EPA uses an 
average PCT for chronic dietary risk analysis and a maximum PCT for 
acute dietary risk analysis. The average PCT figures for each existing 
use is derived by combining available public and private market survey 
data for that use, averaging across all observations, and rounding up 
to the nearest 5%, except for those situations in which the average PCT 
is less than 1% or less than 2.5%. In those cases, the Agency would use 
less than 1% or less than 2.5% as the average PCT value, respectively. 
The maximum PCT figure is the highest observed maximum value reported 
within the most recent 10 years of available public and private market 
survey data for the existing use and rounded up to the nearest multiple 
of 5%, except where the maximum PCT is less than 2.5%, in which case, 
the Agency uses less than 2.5% as the maximum PCT.
    The Agency believes that the three conditions discussed in Unit 
III.C.1.iv. have been met. With respect to Condition a, PCT estimates 
are derived from Federal and private market survey data, which are 
reliable and have a valid basis. The Agency is reasonably certain that 
the percentage of the food treated is not likely to be an 
underestimation. As to Conditions b and c, regional consumption 
information and consumption information for significant subpopulations 
is taken into account through EPA's computer-based model for evaluating 
the exposure of significant subpopulations including several regional 
groups. Use of this consumption information in EPA's risk assessment 
process ensures that EPA's exposure estimate does not understate 
exposure for any significant subpopulation group and allows the Agency 
to be reasonably certain that no regional population is exposed to 
residue levels higher than those estimated by the Agency. Other than 
the data available through national food consumption surveys, EPA does 
not have available reliable information on the regional consumption of 
food to which fluazinam may be applied in a particular area.
    Dietary exposure from drinking water. The Agency used screening-
level water exposure models in the dietary exposure analysis and risk 
assessment for fluazinam in drinking water. Further information 
regarding EPA drinking water models used in pesticide exposure 
assessment can be found at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks/about-water-exposure-models-used-pesticide.
    Based on the FQPA Index Reservoir Screening Tool (FIRST) and 
Pesticide Root Zone Model for Groundwater (PRZM-GW), EPA used an EDWC 
of 226 ppb for the acute dietary assessment and 141 ppb in the chronic 
dietary risk assessment.
    Non-occupational exposure. See Unit III.C.3. of the April 8, 2016 
rulemaking for a discussion of non-dietary exposure, which included 
residential exposures to golf course turf.
    Cumulative exposure. Unlike other pesticides for which EPA has 
followed a cumulative risk approach based on a

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common mechanism of toxicity, EPA has not made a common mechanism of 
toxicity finding as to fluazinam and any other substances, and 
fluazinam does not appear to produce a toxic metabolite produced by 
other substances. For the purposes of this action, therefore, EPA has 
not assumed that fluazinam has a common mechanism of toxicity with 
other substances.
    Safety factor for infants and children. EPA continues to conclude 
that there is reliable data to support the reduction of the Food 
Quality Protection Act (FQPA) safety factor. See Unit III.D. of the 
April 8, 2016 rulemaking for a discussion of the Agency's rationale for 
that determination.
    Aggregate risks and determination of safety. EPA determines whether 
acute and chronic dietary pesticide exposures are safe by comparing 
aggregate exposure estimates to the acute population adjusted dose 
(aPAD) and chronic PAD (cPAD). Short-, intermediate-, and chronic-term 
risks are evaluated by comparing the estimated aggregate food, water, 
and residential exposure to the appropriate points of departure to 
ensure that an adequate margin of exposure (MOE) exists. For linear 
cancer risks, EPA calculates the lifetime probability of acquiring 
cancer given the estimated aggregate exposure.
    Acute dietary risks are below the Agency's level of concern of 100% 
of the aPAD: They are 37% of the aPAD for females 13 to 49 years old, 
the population subgroup with the highest risk estimate. Chronic dietary 
risks are below the Agency's level of concern of 100% of the cPAD: they 
are 88% of the cPAD for all infants, the population subgroup with the 
highest exposure estimate. The short-term aggregate risk assessments 
resulted in MOEs that are greater than the Agency's level of concern of 
100 and therefore are not of concern. The MOEs are 381 for children 6 
to less than 11 years old; 470 for youths 11 to less than 16 years old; 
and 420 for adults. Intermediate-term and long-term residential 
exposures are not expected.
    Therefore, based on the risk assessments and information described 
above, EPA concludes there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will 
result to the general population, or to infants and children, from 
aggregate exposure to fluazinam residues. More detailed information 
about the Agency's analysis can be found at http://www.regulations.gov 
in the document titled ``Fluazinam. Human Health Risk Assessment for 
the Proposed Use on Individual Commodities of Proposed Crop Subgroup 6-
19B; Edible Podded Pea Legume Vegetable Subgroup, Crop Subgroup 6-19D: 
Succulent Shelled Pea Subgroup, Crop Subgroup 6-19F: Dried Shelled Pea 
Subgroup, Crop Subgroup 8-10A: Tomato Subgroup, Papaya, and Crop Group 
Conversions.'' in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0245.

IV. Other Considerations

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology

    For a discussion of the available analytical enforcement method, 
see Unit IV.A of the April 8, 2016 rulemaking.

B. International Residue Limits

    In making its tolerance decisions, EPA seeks to harmonize U.S. 
tolerances with international standards whenever possible, consistent 
with U.S. food safety standards and agricultural practices. EPA 
considers the international maximum residue limits (MRLs) established 
by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as required by FFDCA 
section 408(b)(4). No Codex MRLs have been established for fluazinam.

C. Revisions to Petitioned-For Tolerances

    Most of the proposed commodity definitions have been modified to be 
consistent with Agency nomenclature. In addition, EPA adjusted the 
tolerances for the edible podded bean commodities by removing the 
trailing zero to be consistent with the OECD Rounding Practice.

V. Conclusion

    Therefore, tolerances are established for residues of fluazinam in 
or on Bean, adzuki, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, American potato, dry 
seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, asparagus, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, 
asparagus, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, black, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; 
Bean, broad, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, broad, succulent shelled at 
0.04 ppm; Bean, catjang, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, catjang, dry 
seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, catjang, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Bean, 
cranberry, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, dry, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, 
field, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, French, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, 
French, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, garden, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; 
Bean, garden, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, goa, dry seed at 0.02 
ppm; Bean, goa, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, goa, succulent shelled 
at 0.04 ppm; Bean, great northern, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, green, 
dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, green, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, 
guar, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, guar, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, 
kidney, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, kidney, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; 
Bean, lablab, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, lablab, edible podded at 0.1 
ppm; Bean, lablab, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Bean, lima, dry seed 
at 0.02 ppm; Bean, lima, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Bean, morama, 
dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, moth, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, moth, 
edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, moth, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; 
Bean, mung, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, mung, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; 
Bean, navy, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, navy, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; 
Bean, pink, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, pinto, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; 
Bean, red, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, rice, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; 
Bean, rice, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, scarlet runner, dry seed at 
0.02 ppm; Bean, scarlet runner, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, scarlet 
runner, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Bean, snap, edible podded at 0.1 
ppm; Bean, sword, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, sword, edible podded at 
0.1 ppm; Bean, tepary, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, urd, dry seed at 
0.02 ppm; Bean, urd, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, wax, edible podded 
at 0.1 ppm; Bean, wax, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Bean, yardlong, 
dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Bean, yardlong, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Bean, 
yellow, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 
0.01 ppm; Chickpea, dry seed at 0.04 ppm; Chickpea, edible podded at 
0.15 ppm; Chickpea, succulent shelled at 0.03 ppm; Cowpea, dry seed at 
0.02 ppm; Cowpea, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Cowpea, succulent shelled 
at 0.04 ppm; Gram, horse, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Grass pea, dry seed at 
0.04 ppm; Grass pea, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Jackbean, dry seed at 
0.02 ppm; Jackbean, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Jackbean, succulent 
shelled at 0.04 ppm; Kohlrabi at 0.01 ppm; Lentil, dry seed at 0.04 
ppm; Lentil, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Lentil, succulent shelled at 
0.03 ppm; Longbean, Chinese, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Longbean, Chinese, 
edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Lupin, Andean, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Lupin, 
Andean, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Lupin, blue, dry seed at 0.02 
ppm; Lupin, blue, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Lupin, grain, dry seed 
at 0.02 ppm; Lupin, grain, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Lupin, sweet 
white, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Lupin, sweet white, succulent shelled at 
0.04 ppm; Lupin, sweet, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Lupin, sweet, succulent 
shelled at 0.04 ppm; Lupin, white, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Lupin, white, 
succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Lupin, yellow, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; 
Lupin, yellow, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Papaya at 3 ppm; Pea, 
blackeyed, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Pea, blackeyed,

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succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Pea, crowder, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Pea, 
crowder, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; Pea, dry, dry seed at 0.04 ppm; 
Pea, dwarf, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Pea, English, succulent shelled 
at 0.03 ppm; Pea, field, dry seed at 0.04 ppm; Pea, field, hay at 40 
ppm; Pea, field, vines at 6 ppm; Pea, garden, dry seed at 0.04 ppm; 
Pea, garden, succulent shelled at 0.03 ppm; Pea, green, dry seed at 
0.04 ppm; Pea, green, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Pea, green, succulent 
shelled at 0.03 ppm; Pea, pigeon, dry seed at 0.04 ppm; Pea, pigeon, 
edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Pea, pigeon, succulent shelled at 0.03 ppm; 
Pea, snap, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Pea, snow, edible podded at 0.15 
ppm; Pea, southern, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Pea, southern, succulent 
shelled at 0.04 ppm; Pea, sugar snap, edible podded at 0.15 ppm; Pea, 
winged, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Pea, winged, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; 
Soybean, vegetable, dry seed at 0.02 ppm; Soybean, vegetable, edible 
podded at 0.1 ppm; Soybean, vegetable, succulent shelled at 0.04 ppm; 
Tomato subgroup 8-10A at 1.5 ppm; Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, 
group 5-16, except cabbage at 0.01 ppm; Velvetbean, dry seed at 0.02 
ppm; Velvetbean, edible podded at 0.1 ppm; Velvetbean, succulent 
shelled at 0.04 ppm; and Yam bean, African, dry seed at 0.02 ppm.
    Additionally, the following tolerances are removed as unnecessary: 
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C, except pea; 
Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B, except pea; Turnip, 
greens; Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5, except cabbage; and 
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A, except pea.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This action establishes tolerances under FFDCA section 408(d) in 
response to a petition submitted to the Agency. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these types of actions from 
review under Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory Planning and 
Review'' (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because this action has been 
exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, this action is not 
subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled ``Actions Concerning 
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or 
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, entitled 
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). This action does not contain any 
information collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), nor does it require any 
special considerations under Executive Order 12898, entitled ``Federal 
Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and 
Low-Income Populations'' (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    Since tolerances and exemptions that are established on the basis 
of a petition under FFDCA section 408(d), such as the tolerances and 
modifications in this final rule, do not require the issuance of a 
proposed rule, the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), do not apply.
    This action directly regulates growers, food processors, food 
handlers, and food retailers, not States or Tribes, nor does this 
action alter the relationships or distribution of power and 
responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions 
of FFDCA section 408(n)(4). As such, the Agency has determined that 
this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States or 
Tribal Governments, on the relationship between the National Government 
and the States or Tribal Governments, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government or between 
the Federal Government and Indian Tribes. Thus, the Agency has 
determined that Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 
43255, August 10, 1999) and Executive Order 13175, entitled 
``Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 
67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply to this action. In addition, this 
action does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any unfunded 
mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
(UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
    This action does not involve any technical standards that would 
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant 
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note).

VII. Congressional Review Act

    Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required 
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and 
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of 
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' 
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

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

    Dated: September 13, 2021.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    Therefore, for the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA is amending 
40 CFR chapter I as follows:

PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES 
IN FOOD

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.


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2. In Sec.  180.574, revising the table to paragraph (a)(1) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  180.574  Fluazinam; tolerances for residues.

    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *

                       Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)
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                                                              Parts per
                         Commodity                             million
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Apple......................................................          2.0
Apple, wet pomace..........................................          5.0
Bean, adzuki, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, American potato, dry seed............................         0.02
Bean, asparagus, edible podded.............................          0.1
Bean, asparagus, dry seed..................................         0.02
Bean, black, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, broad, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, broad, succulent shelled.............................         0.04
Bean, catjang, edible podded...............................          0.1
Bean, catjang, dry seed....................................         0.02
Bean, catjang, succulent shelled...........................         0.04
Bean, cranberry, dry seed..................................         0.02
Bean, dry, dry seed........................................         0.02
Bean, field, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, French, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, French, edible podded................................          0.1
Bean, garden, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, garden, edible podded................................          0.1
Bean, goa, dry seed........................................         0.02
Bean, goa, edible podded...................................          0.1
Bean, goa, succulent shelled...............................         0.04
Bean, great northern, dry seed.............................         0.02
Bean, green, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, green, edible podded.................................          0.1
Bean, guar, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, guar, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, kidney, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, kidney, edible podded................................          0.1
Bean, lablab, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, lablab, edible podded................................          0.1
Bean, lablab, succulent shelled............................         0.04
Bean, lima, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, lima, succulent shelled..............................         0.04
Bean, morama, dry seed.....................................         0.02

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Bean, moth, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, moth, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, moth, succulent shelled..............................         0.04
Bean, mung, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, mung, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, navy, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, navy, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, pink, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, pinto, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, red, dry seed........................................         0.02
Bean, rice, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Bean, rice, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, scarlet runner, dry seed.............................         0.02
Bean, scarlet runner, edible podded........................          0.1
Bean, scarlet runner, succulent shelled....................         0.04
Bean, snap, edible podded..................................          0.1
Bean, sword, dry seed......................................         0.02
Bean, sword, edible podded.................................          0.1
Bean, tepary, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Bean, urd, dry seed........................................         0.02
Bean, urd, edible podded...................................          0.1
Bean, wax, edible podded...................................          0.1
Bean, wax, succulent shelled...............................         0.04
Bean, yardlong, dry seed...................................         0.02
Bean, yardlong, edible podded..............................          0.1
Bean, yellow, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B.....................         0.01
Bushberry subgroup 13-07B..................................          7.0
Cabbage....................................................          3.0
Carrot, roots..............................................         0.70
Chickpea, dry seed.........................................         0.04
Chickpea, edible podded....................................         0.15
Chickpea, succulent shelled................................         0.03
Cowpea, dry seed...........................................         0.02
Cowpea, edible podded......................................          0.1
Cowpea, succulent shelled..................................         0.04
Ginseng....................................................          4.5
Gram, horse, dry seed......................................         0.02
Grass pea, dry seed........................................         0.04
Grass pea, edible podded...................................         0.15
Jackbean, dry seed.........................................         0.02
Jackbean, edible podded....................................          0.1
Jackbean, succulent shelled................................         0.04
Kohlrabi...................................................         0.01
Lentil, dry seed...........................................         0.04
Lentil, edible podded......................................         0.15
Lentil, succulent shelled..................................         0.03
Lettuce, head..............................................         0.02
Lettuce, leaf..............................................          2.0
Longbean, Chinese, dry seed................................         0.02
Longbean, Chinese, edible podded...........................          0.1
Lupin, Andean, dry seed....................................         0.02
Lupin, Andean, succulent shelled...........................         0.04
Lupin, blue, dry seed......................................         0.02
Lupin, blue, succulent shelled.............................         0.04
Lupin, grain, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Lupin, grain, succulent shelled............................         0.04
Lupin, sweet white, dry seed...............................         0.02
Lupin, sweet white, succulent shelled......................         0.04
Lupin, sweet, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Lupin, sweet, succulent shelled............................         0.04
Lupin, white, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Lupin, white, succulent shelled............................         0.04
Lupin, yellow, dry seed....................................         0.02
Lupin, yellow, succulent shelled...........................         0.04
Mayhaw.....................................................          2.0
Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A................................         0.20
Papaya.....................................................            3
Pea, blackeyed, dry seed...................................         0.02
Pea, blackeyed, succulent shelled..........................         0.04
Pea, crowder, dry seed.....................................         0.02
Pea, crowder, succulent shelled............................         0.04
Pea, dry, dry seed.........................................         0.04
Pea, dwarf, edible podded..................................         0.15
Pea, English, succulent shelled............................         0.03
Pea, field, dry seed.......................................         0.04
Pea, field, hay............................................           40
Pea, field, vines..........................................            6
Pea, garden, dry seed......................................         0.04
Pea, garden, succulent shelled.............................         0.03
Pea, green, dry seed.......................................         0.04
Pea, green, edible podded..................................         0.15
Pea, green, succulent shelled..............................         0.03
Pea, pigeon, dry seed......................................         0.04
Pea, pigeon, edible podded.................................         0.15
Pea, pigeon, succulent shelled.............................         0.03
Pea, snap, edible podded...................................         0.15
Pea, snow, edible podded...................................         0.15
Pea, southern, dry seed....................................         0.02
Pea, southern, succulent shelled...........................         0.04
Pea, sugar snap, edible podded.............................         0.15
Pea, winged, dry seed......................................         0.02
Pea, winged, edible podded.................................          0.1
Peanut.....................................................         0.02
Pepper/eggplant subgroup 8-10B.............................         0.09
Soybean, hulls.............................................         0.05
Soybean, seed..............................................         0.01
Soybean, vegetable, dry seed...............................         0.02
Soybean, vegetable, edible podded..........................          0.1
Soybean, vegetable, succulent shelled......................         0.04
Tea, dried \1\.............................................          6.0
Tomato subgroup 8-10A......................................          1.5
Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16, except              0.01
 cabbage...................................................
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9...............................         0.07
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C..................         0.02
Velvetbean, dry seed.......................................         0.02
Velvetbean, edible podded..................................          0.1
Velvetbean, succulent shelled..............................         0.04
Yam bean, African, dry seed................................         0.02
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