[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 36816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09609]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154; FRL-11873-01-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Application for New 
Use

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received an application proposing to register new uses 
for a new pesticide product containing a currently registered active 
ingredient. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on this application.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154, 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, Director, Registration 
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; main telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address: 
[email protected].

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).
 Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).

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 Application

    EPA has received an application to register new uses for a new 
pesticide product containing a currently registered active ingredient. 
Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 
136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt of this 
application and an opportunity to comment on the information provided 
below as well as the current proposed labeling associated with this 
application. Notice of receipt of this application does not imply a 
decision by the Agency on this application.
    File Symbol: 264-REUR. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154. 
Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 
63167. Active ingredient: Dicamba. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed 
use: Dicamba-tolerant cotton and dicamba-tolerant soybeans. Contact: 
RD.
    This proposed new use has been coded as an R170, additional food 
use, which carries a PRIA 5 statutory review time of 17 months from the 
date that the action gets in-processed. Because EPA expects a large 
stakeholder interest in this application, EPA also included Bayer 
CropScience's current proposed labeling associated with the 
application, in https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-
0154.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: April 29, 2024.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-09609 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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