[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14483-14484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03893]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0058; FRL-11681-01-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (January 2024)

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 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0058, 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]; 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 
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

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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).

New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 84059-GL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0143. 
Applicant: Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., 1540 Drew Ave., Davis, CA 
95618. Product name: MBI-306 TGAI. Active ingredient: Insecticide, 
miticide, nematicide, and fungicide--Inactivated Burkholderia 
rinojensis A396 cells and spent fermentation media at 100%. Proposed 
use: For manufacturing use. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 84059-GU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0143. 
Applicant: Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., 1540 Drew Ave., Davis, CA 
95618. Product name: MBI-306 EP. Active ingredient: Insecticide, 
miticide, nematicide, and fungicide--Inactivated Burkholderia 
rinojensis A396 cells and spent fermentation media at 94.46%. Proposed 
use: For indoor and outdoor agricultural use on crops and ornamentals, 
seed treatment, and indoor and outdoor residential use. Contact: BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 95213-RA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0650. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Indigo 451 FP. Active ingredient: Fungicide--Trichoderma 
hamatum strain SYM37537 at 15%. Proposed use: For use as a seed 
treatment to protect against and control fungal diseases on food crops. 
Contact: BPPD.
    4. File Symbol: 95213-RL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0650. 
Applicant: Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129. 
Product name: Trichoderma hamatum strain SYM37537 Technical. Active 
ingredient: Fungicide--Trichoderma hamatum strain SYM37537 at 100%. 
Proposed use: For manufacturing use in a seed treatment pesticide 
product. Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: February 13, 2024.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
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