[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57944-57946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22756]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 174 and 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0028; FRL-12474-08-OCSPP]
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities--August 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.
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of this document identifies certain petitions received in 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 January 14, 2026.
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 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//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 IN-11877. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0090. Compliance Services
International (7501 Bridgeport Way West Lakewood, WA 98499), on behalf
of SpayVac-for-Wildlife, Inc. (1202 Ann Street Madison, WI 53713)
requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
for residues of phosphatidylcholine (CAS Reg. No. 97281-47-5) when used
as a pesticide inert ingredient (adjuvant/carrier) in pesticide
formulations under 40 CFR 180.930 applied in equine, cervid, bovine,
porcine, pinniped, elephant, raccoon, feral dog, and feral cat
contraceptive formulations. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because it is not required for an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
PP IN-11993. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0816. Wagner Regulatory
Associates, Inc. as part of Syntech Research Group (7217 Lancaster
Pike, Hockessin, DE 19707) on behalf of Minagro (1, avenue Jean Monnet
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium), requests to amend an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of cinnamaldehyde (CAS Reg. No.
104-55-2) when used as a pesticide inert ingredient (preservative/
stabilizer) in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.910 (not to
exceed 100 ppm). The petitioner believes no analytical method
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is needed because it is not required for an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
PP 4E9137. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0361. Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), IR-4 Project Headquarters, North Carolina
State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh,
NC 27606, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.675 for
residues of tolfenpyrad (4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[[4-(4-
methylphenoxy)phenyl]methyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide), including its
metabolites and degradates, in or on the vegetable, legume, bean,
edible podded, subgroup 6-22A. An acceptable high performance liquid
chromatography method with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC/MS/
MS) for enforcement of tolfenpyrad residue tolerances in/on plant
commodities exist. Contact: RD.
PP 4F9154. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0850. Nissan Chemical
Corporation, 5-1 Nihonbashi 2-Chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6119 Japan,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the fungicide, Quinoxyfen, in or on Fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 0.20
parts per million (ppm), Fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 0.70 parts per
million (ppm). The analytical method uses high performance liquid
chromatography by means of tandem mass spectrometric detection to
measure and evaluate the chemical Quinoxyfen. Contact: RD.
PP 5E9179. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0270. Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), IR-4 Project Headquarters, North Carolina
State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh,
NC 27606, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.444 for
residues of the fungicide sulfur dioxide (determined as
(SO2)), in or on the raw agricultural commodity fig at 1.5
parts per million (ppm). An adequate enforcement methodology using high
performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/
MS) is used to measure and evaluate the sulfite residues of sulfur
dioxide to enforce the tolerance expression. Contact: RD.
PP 5F9174. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-1415. BASF Corporation,
Agricultural Solutions, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad (3-
(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl- N -(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-
1 H -pyrazole-4-carboxamide), including its metabolites and degradates,
in or on pennycress, seed at 0.9 parts per million (ppm). Independently
validated analytical methods that have been submitted are used to
measure and evaluate the chemical fluxapyroxad. Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: December 9, 2025.
Edward Messina,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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