[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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