[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68156-68157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18966]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0058; FRL-11681-07-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (July 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 September 23, 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]; Anita Pease, 
Antimicrobials Division (AD) (7510P),

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main telephone number: (202) 566-0736; 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. 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 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).

Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients

    File Symbol: 464-IRLL and 464-IRLU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2024-0213. Applicant: LANXESS CORPORATION, 111 RIDC Park West Drive, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1112. Product name: Bioban PH 100 Antimicrobial 
and Bioban PH 100 Technical. Active ingredient: Antimicrobial--2-
Phenoxyethanol at 99.8%. Proposed use: In-container preservative for 
the control of bacteria in industrial and household consumer products. 
Contact: AD.
    File Symbol: 94201-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0340. 
Applicant: MBFi LLC, 11125 North Ambassador Drive, Suite 120, Kansas 
City, MO 64153. Product name: Trichoderma asperellum DSM 33649 
Technical. Active ingredient: Fungicide and nematicide--Trichoderma 
asperellum DSM33649 at 100%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use only 
to formulate end-use products. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 94201-G. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0340. 
Applicant: MBFi LLC, 11125 North Ambassador Drive, Suite 120, Kansas 
City, MO 64153. Product name: Trillum DS. Active ingredient: Fungicide 
and nematicide--Trichoderma asperellum DSM33649 at 1%. Proposed use: 
For control of soil-borne fungal pathogens and nematodes on outdoor 
agricultural and greenhouse crops, ornamental plants, and turf. 
Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 94201-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0340. 
Applicant: MBFi LLC, 11125 North Ambassador Drive, Suite 120, Kansas 
City, MO 64153. Product name: Trillum WP. Active ingredient: Fungicide 
and nematicide--Trichoderma asperellum DSM33649 at 1%. Proposed use: 
For control of soil-borne fungal pathogens and nematodes on outdoor 
agricultural and greenhouse crops, ornamental plants, and turf. 
Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 102839-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0329. 
Applicant: EcoPhage LTD., 3 Pinchas Sapir St., Ness Ziona, Israel 
7403626 (c/o Spring Regulatory Sciences, 6620 Cypresswood Dr., Suite 
250, Spring, TX 77379). Product name: Golden--Eco 1000. Active 
ingredients: Bactericides--Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas 
campestris pv. Vesicatoria EcoPhage at 0.000001716% and Bacteriophage 
active against Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato EcoPhage at 
0.000000624%. Proposed use: To protect tomatoes and peppers from 
bacterial spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria) and bacterial 
speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato). Contact: BPPD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 19, 2024.
Kimberly Smith,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Program Support.
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