[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 228 (Monday, December 1, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55065-55066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21679]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 174 and 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0028; FRL-12474-09-OCSPP]
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities--September 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 2024,
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 December 31, 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:
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
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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 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//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 4F9161. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0129). Valent U.S.A. LLC, 4600
Norris Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583 requests to amend 40 CFR part
180 by establishing a tolerance for residues of fungicide inpyrfluxam
(3-(difluoromethyl)-N-[(R)-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-inden-4-yl]-
1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide) in or on leafy greens subgroup 4-
16A at 5 parts per million (ppm). An independently validated method is
used to measure and evaluate the chemical inpyrfluxam. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9188. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-1444). ADAMA Agan Ltd. c/o
Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (d/b/a ADAMA) 8601 Six Forks
Road, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27615, requests to establish a tolerance in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide metamitron in or on beet,
sugar, roots at 0.01 ppm. The HPLC employing tandem mass spectrometric
(MS/MS) detection (LC-MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical metamitron. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9198. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2103). Corteva Agriscience,
9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the nematicide
fluazaindolizine in or on: Almond, hulls at 3.0 ppm; strawberry at 0.15
ppm; fruit, small vine climbing (except fuzzy kiwifruit), subgroup 13-
07F at 0.04 ppm; raisins at 0.15 ppm; cherry subgroup 12-12A at 0.01
ppm; orange subgroup 10-10A at 0.03 ppm; lemon/lime subgroup 10-10B at
0.01 ppm; grapefruit subgroup 10-10C at 0.01 ppm; nut, tree, group 14-
12 at 0.04 ppm; vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 0.02
ppm; vegetable, leafy, group 4-16 at 0.02 ppm and herb, fresh leaves,
subgroup 25A at 0.02 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical fluazaindolizine. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9198. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2103). Corteva Agriscience,
9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish an
indirect or inadvertent tolerance for residues of the nematicide
fluazaindolizine in or on Sugarcane at 0.01 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is
used to measure and evaluate the chemical fluazaindolizine. Contact:
RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: November 25, 2025.
Edward Messina,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-21679 Filed 11-28-25; 8:45 am]
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