[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36814-36815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09692]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0058; FRL-11681-03-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients March 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 June 3, 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.

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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 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.

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 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://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).

A. Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients

    File Symbol: 524-AAA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0138. 
Applicant: Bayer CropScience, LP, 800 North Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, 
MO 63167. Product name: MON 95275. Active ingredient: Brevibacillus 
laterosporus Mpp75Aa1.1 protein and the genetic material (vector 
PVZMIR525664) necessary for its production in corn event MON 95275; 
Bacillus thuringiensis Vpb4Da2 protein and the genetic material (vector 
PV-ZMIR525664) necessary for its production in corn event MON 95275; 
and dsRNA transcript comprising a DvSnf7.1 inverted repeat sequence 
derived from Diabrotica virgifera, and the genetic material (vector PV-
ZMIR525664) necessary for its production in corn event MON 95275 
Proposed use: Plant-incorporated protectant. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 93167-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0133. 
Applicant: Oxitec Ltd. 71, Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, 
Oxfordshire OX14 4RQ, United Kingdom. Product name: 
FriendlyTM Aedes aegypti. Active ingredient: Tetracycline 
Trans-Activator Variant (tTAV-OX5034) protein and the genetic material 
(from vector pOX5034) necessary to produce the protein in vivo. 
Proposed use: Insecticide. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 93350-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0125. 
Applicant: Lepidext, Inc. 1122 Oak Hill Drive, Suite 150, Lexington, KY 
40505. Product name: InsterusHZ Moths. Active ingredient: Helicoverpa 
zea nudivirus 2 isolate 90DR71 at 0.0000015%. Proposed use: 
Insecticide. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 71771-RA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0136. 
Applicant: Plant Health Care, Inc. 242 South Main Street, Suite 216, 
Holly Springs, NC 27540. Product name: PHC 68949. Active ingredient: 
PDHP 68949 at 1 percent. Proposed use: Nematicide/plant growth 
regulator. Contact: BPPD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: April 29, 2024.
Kimberly Smith,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Program Support.
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