[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 170 (Friday, September 5, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42896-42898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17008]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 174 and 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0028; FRL-12474-06-OCSPP]
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities--June 2025
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits
public comment on initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the
establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities. The Agency is providing this
notice in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). EPA uses the month and year in the title to identify when the
Agency compiled the petitions identified in this notice of filing. Unit
II. of this document identifies certain petitions received in 2023,
2024, and 2025 that are currently being evaluated by EPA, along with
information about each petition, including who submitted the petition
and the requested action.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition (PP) of interest identified in
Unit II. of this document, online 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: Each application summary in Unit II.
specifies a contact division. The appropriate division contacts are
identified as follows:
BPPD (Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division)
(Mail Code 7511M); Shannon Borges; main telephone number: (202) 566-
1400; email address: [email protected].
RD (Registration Division) (Mail Code 7505T); Charles
Smith; main telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action provides information that is directed to the public in
general.
B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
EPA regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on
various food commodities are established under section 408 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a. FFDCA
section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), requires EPA to publish a
notice of receipt of these petitions in the Federal Register and
provide an opportunity for public comment on the requests.
C. What action is the Agency taking?
As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA
is publishing notice of the receipt of pesticide petitions filed under
FFDCA section 408 that request the establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various food
commodities. The Agency is taking public comment on the requests before
responding to the petitioner. Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of
the petition identified in this document, prepared by the petitioner,
is included in a docket. EPA has determined that the pesticide
petitions described in this document contain data or information
prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2), and 40 CFR
180.7(b); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the
submitted data at this time or whether the data supports granting the
pesticide petitions. After considering the public comments, EPA intends
to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data
may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these
pesticide petitions.
Based upon review of the data supporting these petitions and in
accordance with its authority under FFDCA section 408(d)(4)(A)(i), EPA
may establish a final tolerance or tolerance exemption that ``may vary
from that sought by the petitioner.'' For example, EPA may determine
that it is appropriate to vary the commodity name for consistency with
EPA's Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary, which is located here https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-tolerances/food-and-feed-commodity-vocabulary,
or vary the tolerance level based on available data, harmonization
interests, or the trailing zeros policy. In addition, when evaluating a
petition's requests for a tolerance or exemption, EPA will consider how
use of the pesticide on a crop for which a tolerance is requested may
result in residues in or on commodities related to that requested
commodity (e.g., whether use on sugar beets for which a tolerance was
requested on sugar beet root also requires a tolerance on sugar beet
tops or whether use on a cereal grain for which a grain tolerance was
requested also requires a tolerance on related animal feed commodities
derived from that cereal grain). Public commenters
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should consider the possibility of such revisions in preparing comments
on these petitions.
D. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or email. If you wish to include CBI in your
comment, please follow the applicable instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules and clearly mark the
information that you claim to be CBI. In addition to one complete
version of the comment that includes CBI, a copy of the comment without
CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information
marked as CBI 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. Petitions Received
This unit provides the following information about the
petitions:
The Pesticide Petition (PP) Identification (IN) number;
EPA docket ID number for the petition;
Information about the petition (i.e., name of the
petitioner, name of the pesticide chemical residue and the commodities
for which a tolerance or exemption is sought);
The analytical method available to detect and measure the
pesticide chemical residue or the petitioner's statement about why such
a method is not needed; and
The division to contact for that petition.
Additional information on the petitions may be obtained through the
petition summaries that were prepared by the petitioners pursuant to 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(2)(A)(i)(I) and 40 CFR 180.7(b)(1), which are included
in the docket for the petition as identified in this unit.
PP 4F9135. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322. Gowan Company, LLC, P.O.
Box 556, Yuma, AZ 85366, requests to convert the existing regional
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide
hexythiazox and its metabolites in or on the raw agricultural
commodities of citrus crop group 10-10 at 0.6 parts per million (ppm)
to include a national tolerance for crop subgroup 10-10B lemon/lime at
0.6 ppm, while establishing separate, remaining regional tolerances for
grapefruit, subgroup 10-10C (CA, AZ, TX only) at 0.5 ppm and orange,
subgroup 10-10A (CA, AZ, TX only) at 0.5 ppm. The methodology, Morse
Laboratories, LLC, Analytical Method# Meth-220, Original, titled
``Determination of Hexythiazox in/on Various Matrices,'' dated May 6,
2013, with method modifications dated May 16, 2013, was reviewed by the
Agency in the study entitled ``Magnitude of the Residue of Hexythiazox
in or on Citrus Raw Agricultural Commodities Following One Application
of Onager[supreg] 1E Miticide''. The same method was used in the new
residue data generated to amend the crop subgroup 10-10B lemon/lime
tolerance, nationally. Date of receipt: April 9, 2024. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9183. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0294. FMC Corporation, 2929
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, requests to amend the tolerance
in 40 CFR 180 for residues of the insecticide chlorantraniliprole in or
on rice, grain at 10 parts per million (ppm) and rice, hulls at 30 ppm.
The LC/MS/MS methods are used to measure and evaluate the chemical.
Date of receipt: April 30, 2025. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9183. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0294. FMC Corporation, 2929
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, requests to amend the tolerance
in 40 CFR 180 for residues of the insecticide chlorantraniliprole in or
on rice, grain at 10 parts per million (ppm) and rice, hulls at 30 ppm.
The LC/MS/MS methods are used to measure and evaluate the chemical.
Date of receipt: April 30, 2025. Contact: RD.
PP IN-11992. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0154. Ramboll, 4245 North
Fairfax Dr., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203, on behalf of Shell Trading
(US) Company, 1000 Main Street 12th Floor, Houston, TX 77002, requests
to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of alkanes, C12-15-branched and linear (CAS Reg. No. 1437281-
03-2); distillates (Fischer-Tropsch), C8-26-branched and linear (CAS
Reg. No. 848301-67-7); and alkanes, C18-24-branched and linear (CAS
Reg. No. 1437280-85-7) when used as pesticide inert ingredients
(solvents) in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.910 (limited to
<=40% by weight in water-based formulations and at no more than 95% by
weight in neat spray oil formulations). The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance. Date of receipt: June 11, 2025.
Contact: RD.
PP 4F9125. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0099. Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., 7300 NW 62nd Avenue, P.O. Box 1000, Johnston, IA
50131, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 174 for residues of the plant-incorporated
protectant (PIP) Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1B.34.1 protein in or on all
food and feed commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is
being sought. Date of receipt: April 24, 2025. Contact: BPPD.
PP 4F9126. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0100. Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., 7300 NW 62nd Avenue, P.O. Box 1000, Johnston, IA
50131, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 174 for residues of the plant-incorporated
protectant (PIP) Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1B.61.1 protein in or on all
food and feed commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
without is being sought. Date of receipt: April 24, 2025. Contact:
BPPD.
PP 4F9127. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0089. Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., 7300 NW 62nd Avenue, P.O. Box 1000, Johnston, IA
50131, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 174 for residues of the plant-incorporated
protectant (PIP) Adiantum trapeziforme var. braziliense IPD083Cb
protein in or on all food and feed commodities. The petitioner believes
no analytical method is needed because an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance is being sought. Date of receipt: April 24,
2025. Contact: BPPD.
PP 3F9097. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0402. FMC Corporation, 2929
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide
tetflupyrolimet in or on Crop Group 7-22; Forage and Hay for Legume
Vegetable Group at 0.2 ppm; Rice, grain at 0.04 parts per million
(ppm); and Soybean, seed at 0.01 ppm. The high-pressure liquid
chromatography with ESI-MS/MS detection, is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical tetflupyrolimet, (3S, 4S)-N-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-
methyl-2-oxo-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-pyrrolidinecarboxamide,
including its metabolites and degradates. Date of receipt: November 13,
2023. Contact: RD.
PP 4F9135. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322. Gowan Company, LLC, P.O.
Box 556 Yuma, AZ 85366, requests to convert the existing regionally
restricted tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide
hexythiazox and its metabolites in or on the raw agricultural
commodities of Citrus Crop
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Group 10-10 at 0.6 parts per million (ppm) to include a national
tolerance for Crop Subgroup 10-10B lemon/lime at 0.6 ppm, while
establishing separate, remaining regionally restricted tolerances for
Grapefruit, subgroup 10-10C (CA, AZ, TX only) at 0.5 ppm and Orange,
subgroup 10-10A (CA, AZ, TX only) at 0.5 ppm. The methodology, Morse
Laboratories, LLC, Analytical Method# Meth-220, Original, titled
``Determination of Hexythiazox In/On Various Matrices,'' dated May 6,
2013, with method modifications dated May 16, 2013, was reviewed by the
Agency in the study entitled ``Magnitude of the Residue of Hexythiazox
in or on Citrus Raw Agricultural Commodities Following One Application
of Onager[supreg] 1E Miticide''. The same method was used in the new
residue data generated to amend the crop subgroup 10-10B lemon/lime
tolerance, nationally. Date of receipt: April 9, 2024. Contact: RD.
PP 4F9136. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0323. BASF Corporation, 26
Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests
to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.649(a)(1) for residues of the
herbicide saflufenacil, including its metabolites and degradates, in or
on Corn, pop, forage at 0.4 parts per million (ppm); corn, pop, stover
at 5 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 0.5 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 0.6
ppm; soybean, forage at 0.3 ppm; and soybean, hay at 0.3 ppm. Adequate
enforcement methodology (liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass
spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)) methods for plant and livestock commodities
are available to enforce the tolerance expression. Date of receipt:
April 29, 2024. Contact: RD.
PP 4F9138. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0183. Syngenta Crop Protection,
LLC., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, requests to establish
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
pydiflumetofen including its metabolites and degradates in or on
sugarcane at 0.05 parts per million (ppm). The QuEChERS and GRM061.03A
methods are used to measure and evaluate the chemical pydiflumetofen.
Date of receipt: May 2, 2024. Contact: RD.
PP 4F9163. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0219. BASF Corporation, 26
Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27709-3528, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the fungicide pyraclostrobin and its desmethoxy metabolite
in or on tea, dried at 20 parts per million (ppm). The BASF no. 535/1
(L0076/09) method is used to measure and evaluate the chemical
pyraclostrobin and its metabolite. Date of receipt: December 17, 2024.
Contact: RD.
PP5E9165.EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0210. Bayer CropScience LP, 800
N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR 180 for residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N-[2-
[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on crop subgroup 24B, tropical and
subtropical, medium to large fruit, smooth, inedible peel subgroup at 1
parts per million (ppm). The high-performance liquid chromatography-
electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical fluopyram. Date of receipt: December
19, 2024. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9175. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0158. ABERCO, Inc. A Balchem
Company, 5 Paragon Drive, Suite 201, Montvale, NJ 07645, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
propylene oxide (PPO) in or on sesame, seed; turmeric, roots, dried;
ginger, dried; pepper, bell, dried; and pepper, nonbell, dried at 300
parts per million (ppm) for PPO, including its metabolites and
degradates and 6,000 parts per million (ppm) for its reaction product
propylene chlorohydrin (PCH), including its metabolites and degradates.
The analytical method using solvent extraction followed by gas
chromatography (GC) in tandem with electron impact ionization mass
spectrometry (EIMS) or electron capture detection (ECD) is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical PPO. Date of receipt: February 11,
2025. Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: August 22, 2025.
Kimberly Smith,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management
Division, Office of Program Support.
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