[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16470-16471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06163]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0160; FRL-9409-02-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients--February 2022

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and the File Symbol of interest as shown in the body of 
this document, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on 
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about 
dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/about-epa-dockets.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is open to visitors by 
appointment only. For the latest status information on EPA/DC services 
and access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090, email address: [email protected]; or Marietta 
Echeverria, Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090, email address: [email protected]. The mailing address 
for each contact person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001. As part of the mailing address, include the contact person's 
name, division, and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the 
end of each pesticide petition summary.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an 
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. 
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System 
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. 
Potentially affected entities may include:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) 
(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of 
these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these 
applications. For actions being evaluated under EPA's public 
participation process for registration actions, there will be an 
additional opportunity for public comment on the proposed decisions. 
Please see EPA's public participation website for additional 
information on this process (http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-
registration/public-

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participation-process-registration-actions).

A. Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 100-RTNA, 100-RTNE, 100-RTNG, 100-RTNI, 100-RTNL, 
100-RTNO, 100-RTNT, 100-RTNU, 100-RTRE, 100-RTRG, 100-RTRN, 100-RTRR, 
100-RTRU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0641. Applicant: Syngenta 
Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 
27419-8300. Active ingredient: Insecticide--Isocycloseram at 1.0%, 
98.0%, 18.3%, 34.8%, 9.35%, 1.71%, 34.8%, 0.71%, 18.3%, 9.27%, 25.7%, 
34.8%, 8.26% respectively. Proposed uses: Terrestrial field and 
greenhouse food crop uses: Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop 
group 5-16); brassica leafy greens (crop subgroup 4-16B); bulb 
vegetable (crop group 3-07); citrus fruit (crop group 10-10); corn 
(field, popcorn, seed); cotton (crop subgroup 20C); cucurbit vegetables 
(crop group 9); fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-10); berry and small 
fruit crop group (crop group 13-07); tropical and subtropical fruit, 
edible peel group (crop group 23); tropical and subtropical fruit, 
inedible peel group (crop group 24); leafy greens (crop subgroup 4-
16A); peanut; pome fruit (crop group 11-10); soybean, stone fruit (crop 
group 12-12); tree nuts (crop group 14-12); and tuberous and corm 
vegetables (crop subgroup 1C). Terrestrial and Greenhouse Nonfood Uses: 
Turfgrass (golf courses; institutional, commercial, and residential 
lawns and landscapes; sod farms; sports fields; parks; municipal 
grounds; cemeteries); ornamentals (ornamental plants, ornamental bulb, 
corm, and tuber crops; conifers; Christmas trees grown in greenhouses 
and nurseries; field and container-grown plants grown in outdoor 
growing structures (shade houses, lath houses and other growing 
structures); conifer and deciduous tree nurseries; forest nurseries; 
retail nurseries; outdoor ornamental plants grown in commercial and 
residential landscapes; parks; and interior plantscapes. Seed Treatment 
Uses: Cereals, small grain (barley, buckwheat, oats, pearl millet, 
proso millet, rye, teosinte, triticale, wheat); dried shelled pea and 
bean (except soybean) (crop subgroup 6C); onion, bulb (crop subgroup 3-
07A); and rapeseed (crop subgroup 20A). Commercial and Industrial Uses 
(Indoor and Outdoor Nonfood): For use in, on, and around institutional 
(including schools and daycare facilities), commercial, agricultural 
(including livestock, poultry, and companion animal housing) and 
industrial facilities (including warehouses, apartments, supermarkets, 
restaurants, motels, hotels, hospitals, food-handling/storage/
processing establishments, and zoos); and transportation equipment, 
such as aircraft, trains, ships, boats, and buses. Domestic Uses 
(Indoor and Outdoor Nonfood): For use in and around single and 
multifamily residential buildings. Contact: RD.
    2. File Symbol: 88847-T. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0782. 
Applicant: Vestaron Corporation 600 Park Offices, Suite 117, Research 
Triangle, NC 27709. Product name: VST-7300 (Basin). Active ingredient: 
Insecticide; U1-AGTX-Ta1b-QA at 8.5%. Proposed classification/Use: 
Insecticide. Contact: BPPD.
    3. EPA Registration Number: 100506-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2022-0206. Applicant: State University of New York (SUNY) College of 
Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210. 
Product name: Darling 58 American Chestnut. Active ingredient: Oxalate 
oxidase enzyme and the genetic material necessary for its production at 
0.1144%. Proposed classification/Use: Plant-Incorporated Protectant. 
Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: March 14, 2022.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
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