[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 202 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58656-58658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23041]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751; FRL-9076-01-OCSPP]


Pesticide Registration Review; Interim Decisions and Case 
Closures for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's interim 
registration review decisions for the following chemicals: 
Amicarbazone; aminopyralid; azadirachtin, cold pressed neem oil and 
clarified hydrophobic neem oil; benzoic acid; endothall and salts; 
ethofumesate; fluoxastrobin; forchlorfenuron; gamma-cyhalothrin; 
inorganic halides; ipconazole; L-lactic acid; lambda-cyhalothrin; 
metam/MITC; metconazole; myclobutanil; novaluron; picloram; prometon; 
prothioconazole; and pyrasulfotole. In addition, it announces the 
closure of the registration review case for propazine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide specific information, 
contact: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest 
identified in the Table in Unit IV.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 305-7106; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; 
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, 
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be 
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the pesticide specific contact person listed in the Table in 
Unit IV.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The dockets these cases, identified by the docket identification 
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the 
Table in Unit IV., are 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 concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with 
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.

II. Background

    Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide 
registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the 
statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform 
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human 
health or the environment. As part of the registration review process, 
the Agency has completed interim decisions for all pesticides listed in 
the Table in Unit IV. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each 
pesticide's

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registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, 
including its effects on human health and the environment.

III. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed 
in the Table in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural 
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the 
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under 
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only 
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA 
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with 
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must 
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on 
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the 
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the 
use of a pesticide in or on food.

IV. What action is the Agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability 
of EPA's interim registration review decisions for the pesticides shown 
in the following table. The interim registration review decisions are 
supported by rationales included in the docket established for each 
chemical.

                            Table--Registration Review Interim Decisions Being Issued
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                                                                                        Chemical review manager
 Registration review case name and No.                   Docket ID No.                  and contact information
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Amicarbazone, Case Number 7262.........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0400                          Samantha Thomas,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0514.
Aminopyralid, Case Number 7267.........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0749                          Rachel Stephenson,
                                                                                        [email protected], (703) 347-8904.
Azadirachtin, Cold Pressed Neem Oil,     EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0632                          Joseph Mabon,
 and Clarified Hydrophobic Neem Oil,                                                    [email protected],
 Case Number 6021.                                                                      (703) 347-0177.
Benzoic Acid, Case Number 5107.........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0692                          Megan Snyderman,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0671.
Endothall and Salts, Case Number 2245..  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0591                          Robert Little,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8156.
Ethofumesate, Case Number 2265.........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0406                          James Douglass,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8630.
Fluoxastrobin, Case Number 7044........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0295                          Rachel Fletcher,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0512.
Forchlorfenuron, Case Number 7057......  EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0641                          Srijana Shrestha,
                                                                                        [email protected]
                                                                                        , (703) 305-6471.
Gamma-cyhalothrin, Case Number 7437....  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0479                          Darius Stanton,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0433.
Inorganic halides, Case Number 4051....  EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0168                          Erin Dandridge,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0185.
Ipconazole, Case Number 7041...........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0590                          Alex Hazlehurst,
                                                                                        [email protected], (703) 347-0221.
L-lactic Acid, Case Number 6062........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0552                          SanYvette Williams,
                                                                                        [email protected], (703) 305-7702.
Lambda-cyhalothrin, Case number 7408...  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0480                          Darius Stanton,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0433.
Metam/MITC, Case Number 2390 & 2405....  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0140 & EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0242   Tiffany Green,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0314.
Metconazole, Case Number 7049..........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0013                          Samantha Thomas,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0514.
Myclobutanil, Case Number 7006.........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0053                          Anitha Kisanga,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0540.
Novaluron Case Number 7615.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0171                          Robert Little,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8156.
Picloram, Case Number 0096.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0740                          Andy Muench,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8263.
Prometon, Case Number 2545.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0068                          Carolyn Smith,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8325.
Prothioconazole, Case Number 7054......  EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0474                          Rachel Eberius,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-0492.
Pyrasulfotole, Case Number 7272........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0391                          James Douglass,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (703) 347-8630.
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    The proposed interim registration review decisions for the 
chemicals in the table above were posted to the docket and the public 
was invited to submit any comments or new information. EPA addressed 
the comments or information received during the 60-day comment period 
for the proposed interim decisions in the discussion for each pesticide 
listed in the table. Comments from the 60-day comment period that were 
received may or may not have affected the Agency's interim decision. 
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review case docket for 
the chemicals listed in the Table will remain open until all actions 
required in the interim decision have been completed.
    This document also announces the closure of the registration review 
case for propazine (Case Number 0230, Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-
0250) because the last U.S. registrations for these pesticides have 
been canceled.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.


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

    Dated: October 18, 2021.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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