[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7704-7705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02244]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0070; FRL-10541-12-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (December 2023)

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 March 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0070, 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: Madison H. Le, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511M), main telephone number: 
(202) 566-1400, 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 
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

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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).

New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 95213-I. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0505. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Pseudomonas oryzihabitans strain SYM23945 Technical. 
Active ingredient: Nematicide--Pseudomonas oryzihabitans strain 
SYM23945 at 100%. Proposed use: For use manufacturing pesticide 
products. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 95213-O. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0505. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Pseudomonas oryzihabitans strain SYM23945 MUP. Active 
ingredient: Nematicide--Pseudomonas oryzihabitans strain SYM23945 at 
7.15%. Proposed use: For manufacturing pesticide products. Contact: 
BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 95213-RE. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0621. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Bacillus aryabhattai strain SYM36613 MUP. Active 
ingredient: Fungicide--Bacillus aryabhattai strain SYM36613 at 100%. 
Proposed use: For manufacturing or formulating into a seed treatment 
end-use product. Contact: BPPD.
    4. File Symbol: 95213-RG. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0621. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Indigo 398 FP. Active ingredient: Fungicide--Bacillus 
aryabhattai strain SYM36613 at 3%. Proposed use: For use as a seed 
treatment to protect against and control fungal diseases on food crops. 
Contact: BPPD.
    5. File Symbol: 95213-RN. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0505. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Indigo 407 FP. Active ingredient: Nematicide--Pseudomonas 
oryzihabitans strain SYM23945 at 0.215%. Proposed use: For use as a 
seed treatment on food crops. Contact: BPPD.
    6. File Symbol: 95213-RR. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0621. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Bacillus aryabhattai strain SYM36613 Technical. Active 
ingredient: Fungicide--Bacillus aryabhattai strain SYM36613 at 100%. 
Proposed use: For manufacturing or formulating into a seed treatment 
end-use product. Contact: BPPD.
    7. File Symbol: 95213-RU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0621. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Indigo 398 WD. Active ingredient: Fungicide--Bacillus 
aryabhattai strain SYM36613 at 5%. Proposed use: For use as an in-
furrow and seed treatment to protect against and control fungal 
diseases on food crops. Contact: BPPD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 19, 2024.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2024-02244 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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