[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28556]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0083; FRL-9409-08-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients November 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 February 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0083, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://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 and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511M), main telephone number: 
(202) 566-1400, email address: [email protected]; or Dan 
Rosenblatt, Registration Division (RD) (7505T), main telephone number: 
(202) 566-2875, 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 application 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 
https://www.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 (https://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).
Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients
    File Symbol: 264-REEI, 264-REGR, 264-REGE, 264-REGG. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0871. Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP, 800 N 
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167. Product name: Spidoxamat 
technical, plenexos care, pridixor, plenexos smart. Active ingredient: 
Insecticide and spidoxamat at 97.04%, 4.8%, 82.84%, 7.2%. Proposed 
classification/Use: Citrus fruit (CG 10-10); pome fruit (CG 11-10); 
small fruit vine climbing--except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-
07F); stone fruit (CG 12-12); tree nuts (group 14-12, except almond). 
Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 29964-GU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0930. 
Applicant: Pioneer HiBred International, Inc., 7100 NW 62 Avenue, P.O. 
Box 1000, Johnston, IA 50131-1000. Product name: DP915635-4 Corn. 
Active ingredient: Insecticide; ophioglossum pendulum IPD079Ea 
insecticidal protein and the genetic material necessary (PHP83175 TDNA) 
for its production in corn event DP[hyphen]915635-4. Proposed use: 
Plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) for corn. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 72662-I. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0915. 
Applicant: Oro-Agri Inc. 2788 S Maple Ave., Fresno, CA. Product name: 
OR-097. Active ingredient: Sweet orange oil 5.5%. Product Type: 
Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide. Proposed classification/Use: 
Agricultural crops, greenhouse plants, nursery, turf. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 72662-O. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0915. 
Applicant: Oro-Agri Inc. 2788 S Maple Ave., Fresno, CA. Product name: 
Oro orange oil. Active ingredient: Sweet orange oil at 100%. Product 
Type: Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide. Proposed classification/use: 
For manufacturing or formulating of product to be used on agricultural 
crops, greenhouse plants, nursery, turf. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 72662-T. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0915. 
Applicant: Oro-Agri, Inc. 2788 S Maple Ave., Fresno, CA. Product name: 
OR-009. Active ingredient: Sweet orange oil 6.0%. Product type: 
Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide. Proposed classification/use: 
Agricultural crops, greenhouse plants, nursery, turf. Contact: BPPD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: December 21, 2022.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2022-28556 Filed 1-3-23; 8:45 am]
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