[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11436-11437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03743]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0067; FRL-10578-01-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses January 2023

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for 
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. 
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 March 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0067, and the specific case number for the 
chemical substance related to your comment, 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. To make 
special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed 
information, please follow the instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional instructions on commenting or 
visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets 
generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Pease, Antimicrobials Division 
(AD) (7510P), main telephone number: (202) 566-0736: 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:

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     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 new uses for pesticide 
products containing currently registered active ingredients. 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.

Notice of Receipt--New Uses

    EPA Registration Number: 100-739, 100-740. Docket ID number: EPA-
HQ-OPP-2022-0856. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC 410 Swing 
Road Greensboro, NC 27419 Active ingredient: Difenoconazole. Product 
type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Dried Shelled Pea and Bean (except 
Soybean) Crop Subgroup 6C (Seed treatment). Contact: RD.
    EPA Registration Numbers: 5905-580, 62719-87, and 62719-533. Docket 
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0890. Applicant: Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity 
Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27606. Active ingredient: 
Triclopyr. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Sugarcane. Contact: 
RD.
    File Symbol: 69132-L. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0016. 
Applicant: Purac America, Inc., 7905 Quivira Rd., Lexena, KS 66215. 
Active ingredient: L-lactic acid. Product type: In-can preservative. 
Proposed use: In-can preservative for controlling microorganisms 
(bacteria and fungi) that cause spoilage and/or fouling in industrial, 
commercial and consumer (household) products, such as liquid 
detergents, laundry products, fabric softeners, soaps, liquid cleaners, 
all-purpose cleaners, disinfectants and sanitizers, furniture and floor 
care, cleaning wipes, shampoos (carpet, upholstery, animal, 
industrial), leather care, shower gels, inks, adhesives, silicone 
emulsions, and surfactants. Contact: AD.
    EPA Registration Numbers: 7969-335 and 7969-336. Docket ID number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0887. Applicant: BASF Corporation 26 Davis Drive, P.O. 
Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. Active ingredient: 
Cyflumetofen. Product type: Insecticide. Proposed uses: Cucurbit crop 
group 9; crop group expansions for berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G 
and fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-
07F; and new field use on pepper/eggplant, subgroup 8-10B. Contact: RD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: February 13, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
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