80 FR 51759 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-21188
This document announces EPA's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0032; FRL-9931-74]


Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces EPA's receipt of several initial 
filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or 
modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or 
on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 25, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket 
Identification (ID) Number and the Pesticide Petition Number (PP) of 
interest as shown in the body of this document, by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001.

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     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional 
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNally, Director, 
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main 
telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: [email protected]; 
or Susan Lewis, Director, Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main 
telephone number: (703) 305-7090, 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. 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 pesticide petition 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).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the division listed at the end of the 
pesticide petition summary of interest.

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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental 
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group, 
including minority and/or low-income populations, in the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and 
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, EPA 
seeks information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a 
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may 
have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human health 
impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides 
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is announcing its receipt of several pesticide petitions filed 
under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
21 U.S.C. 346a, requesting the establishment or modification of 
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in 
or on various food commodities. EPA is taking public comment on the 
requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing any 
particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the pesticide 
petitions described in this document contain the data or information 
prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); however, 
EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at 
this time or whether the data support granting of 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 final determinations on these pesticide 
petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is 
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket 
for each of the petitions is available at http://www.regulations.gov.
    As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA 
is publishing notice of the petitions so that the public has an 
opportunity to comment on these requests for the establishment or 
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food 
commodities. Further information on the petitions may be obtained 
through the petition summaries referenced in this unit.

New Tolerances

    1. PP 4F8261. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to establish tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.361 for residues of the herbicide pendimethalin in or on 
milk at 0.04 parts per million (ppm); cattle, fat at 0.30 ppm; cattle, 
liver at 1.5 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.1 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts, 
except liver at 3.0 ppm; goat, fat at 0.30 ppm; goat, liver at 1.5 ppm; 
goat, meat at 0.10 ppm; goat, meat byproducts, except liver at 3.0 ppm; 
horse, fat at 0.30 ppm; horse, liver at 1.5 ppm; horse, meat at 0.10 
ppm; horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 3.0 ppm; sheep, fat at 
0.30 ppm; sheep, liver at 1.5 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.10 ppm; and sheep, 
meat byproducts, except liver at 3.0 ppm. The aqueous organic solvent 
extraction, column clean up, and quantitation by a gas chromatography 
(GC) method is used to measure and evaluate pendimethalin and its 
metabolite. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 4F8284. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0443). Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.661 for residues of the fungicide fluopyram 
(N-[2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the raw agricultural commodities 
artichoke, globe at 4.0 ppm; aspirated grain fractions at 50.0 ppm; 
peanut hay at 40.0 ppm; hops at 60.0 ppm; root vegetables, except beet, 
sugar, root, crop subgroup 1B at 0.30 ppm; tuberous and corm 
vegetables, crop subgroup 1C at 0.10 ppm; potato wet peel at 0.30 ppm; 
vegetables, leaves of root and tuber, crop group 2 at 30.0 ppm; bulb 
vegetables, bulb onion (crop subgroup 3-07A) at 0.30 ppm; bulb 
vegetables, green onions (crop subgroup 3-07B) at 15.0 ppm; leafy 
greens (crop subgroup 4A), without spinach at 20.0 ppm; leafy greens 
(crop subgroup 4A) spinach at 40.0 ppm; leafy petioles subgroup,

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celery (crop subgroup 4B) at 20.0 ppm; brassica leafy vegetables: Head 
and stem (crop subgroup 5A) at 4.0 ppm; brassica leafy vegetables: 
Leafy greens (crop subgroup 5B) at 50.0 ppm; soybean forage at 9.0 ppm; 
soybean hay at 30.0 ppm; legume vegetables: Edible podded (crop 
subgroup 6A) at 4.0 ppm; legume vegetables: Succulent shelled peas and 
beans (crop subgroup 6B) at 0.20 ppm; legume vegetables: Dried shelled 
peas and beans (crop subgroup 6C) at 0.70 ppm; vegetable, foliage of 
legume vegetables, forage, hay and vines, forage (crop group 7) at 90.0 
ppm; fruiting vegetables, tomato subgroup (crop subgroup 8-10A) at 1.00 
ppm; fruiting vegetables, pepper/eggplant subgroup (crop subgroup 8-
10B) at 3.00 ppm; cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9A), melon subgroup 
at 0.90 ppm; cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9B), cucumber/squash 
subgroup at 0.30 ppm; citrus fruits (crop group 10-10) at 0.90 ppm; 
citrus oil at 8.0 ppm; pome fruit (crop group 11-10) at 2.0 ppm; stone 
fruit (crop group 12-12A), cherry subgroup at 2.00 ppm; stone fruit 
(crop group 12-12B), peach subgroup at 1.00 ppm; stone fruit (crop 
group 12-12C), plum subgroup at 0.50 ppm; berries and small fruit: 
Caneberry (crop subgroup 13-07A) at 5.0 ppm; berries and small fruit: 
Bushberry (crop subgroup 13-07B) at 7.0 ppm; raisins at 4.0 ppm; 
berries and small fruit, small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwi 
(crop subgroup 13-07F) at 1.5 ppm; berries and small fruit: Low growing 
berry (crop subgroup 13-07G) at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain at 1.5 ppm; 
wheat milled by-products at 2.0 ppm; grass forage, fodder and hay: 
Forage (crop group 17) at 80.0 ppm; herb crop (subcrop group 19A) at 
70.0 ppm; dill seed at 70.00 ppm; herbs, dried at 400 ppm; oilseeds, 
rapeseed, canola (crop subgroup 20A) at 0.70 ppm; oilseeds, sunflower, 
seed (crop subgroup 20B) at 0.70 ppm; and oilseeds: Cottonseed (crop 
subgroup 20C) at 0.80 ppm and in or on the animal commodities chicken, 
meat byproducts at 0.40 ppm; chicken, fat at 0.15 ppm; chicken, meat at 
0.10 ppm; goat, fat at 4.00 ppm; and goat, meat at 4.00 ppm. Bayer 
CropScience LP also requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.661 
for indirect or inadvertent residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N-[2-
[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the raw agricultural commodity 
sugarcane, cane at 0.08 ppm. High performance liquid chromatography-
electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to 
measure and evaluate the chemical fluopyram. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 5E8362. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0439). Makhteshim Agan of North 
America, Inc., d/b/a ADAMA, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, 
NC 27604, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.427 for 
residues of the insecticide/miticide tau-fluvalinate in or on wine 
grapes at 1.0 ppm. The Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Volume II 
lists Method I, a GC method with electron capture detection (ECD), 
which is used to measure and evaluate the chemical tau-fluvalinate, 
cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl N-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-D-
valinate, in or on plant and animal commodities. The stated limits of 
quantitation are 0.01 ppm for plant commodities (except oil) and animal 
commodities and 0.02 ppm for oil. In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) multi-residue methods published in the PAM Volume 
I, section 302 and 303, showed an acceptable recovery (>80%) for tau-
fluvalinate. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 5E8363. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0390). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), Rutgers University, 500 College Rd. East, 
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.494 for residues of the insecticide pyridaben [2-tert-butyl-
5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-4-chloropyridazin-3(2H)-one] in or on 
cucumber at 0.5 ppm; berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G, except 
cranberry at 2.5 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10-10 at 0.5 ppm; fruit, 
pome, group 11-10 at 0.75 ppm; fruit, small, vine climbing, subgroup 
13-07F, except fuzzy kiwifruit at 1.5 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 
2.5 ppm; and nut, tree, group 14-12 at 0.05 ppm. The proposed 
analytical methodology for enforcement involves extraction, partition, 
clean up, and detection of pyridaben residues by gas chromatography/
electron capture detector (GC/ECD). The limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 
pyridaben by the method is 0.01192 ppm, which will allow monitoring of 
food residues at the level proposed for the tolerances. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 5E8371. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0235). IR-4, Rutgers University, 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to 
establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.628 for residues of the insecticide 
chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)-
carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, in 
or on the following raw agricultural commodities: Nut, tree, group 14-
12 at 0.02 ppm and fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 2.5 ppm. In requesting 
these tolerances, IR-4 notes that the proposed tolerances represent a 
lowering of established, related tolerances in or on fruit, stone, 
group 12-12, except cherry, chickasaw plum, and damson plum at 4.0 ppm 
and nut, tree, group 14 at 0.04 ppm. Analytical methodology has been 
developed and validated for enforcement purposes. Contact: RD.
    6. PP 5F8343. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0226). Gowan Co., P.O. Box 5569, 
Yuma, AZ 85366, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 
for residues of the herbicide benzobicyclon in or on rice (grain, 
straw) at 0.1 ppm. The practical analytical method LC/MS is used to 
measure and evaluate the chemical benzobicyclon and the metabolite 
1315P-070. Contact: RD.
    7. PP 5F8344. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0324). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to establish tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad in or on 
citrus, dried pulp at 2.7 ppm; citrus, oil at 19 ppm; fruit, citrus, 
group 10-10 at 1.0 ppm; grass forage, fodder and hay, group 17 at 30 
ppm; nongrass animal feeds, group 18 at 30 ppm; and poultry, fat at 
0.005 ppm. Independently validated analytical methods have been 
submitted for analyzing residues of parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) 
plus metabolites M700F008, M700F048, and M700F002 with appropriate 
sensitivity in/on plant/crop raw agricultural commodities and processed 
fractions and in animal meat, fat, liver and kidney matrices, skim 
milk, cream, poultry meat, fat, liver, and eggs for which tolerances 
have been established or are being proposed. Contact: RD.
    8. PP 5F8359. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0405). ISK Biosciences Corp., 7470 
Auburn Rd., Suite A, Concord, OH, 44077, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide tolpyralate 
1-[[1-Ethyl-4-[3-(2-methoxyethoxy)-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl]-
1H-pyrazol-5-yl]oxy]ethyl methyl carbonate (CAS), including its 
metabolite MT-2153, in or on the raw agricultural commodities of corn 
that include field corn, sweet corn, and popcorn at 0.01 ppm. Liquid 
chromatography-MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate tolpyralate and 
its metabolite. Contact: RD.
    9. PP 5F8367. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0412). Lewis and Harrison, LLC, 122 
C St., NW., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20001 (on behalf of Nissan 
Chemical Industries, Ltd., 7-1, 3-chome, Kanda-Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, 
Tokyo 101-0054, Japan), requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.441 for residues of the herbicide quizalofop-p-

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ethyl in or on crayfish at 0.04 ppm and rice, grain at 0.05 ppm. A 
modified Morse Method Meth-147 using reverse HPLC with fluorescence 
detection is used to measure and evaluate the chemical quizalofop-p-
ethyl, convertible to 2-methoxy-6-chloroquinoxaline (MeCHQ). Contact: 
RD.

Amended Tolerances

    1. PP 4F8261. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.361 for residues of the herbicide pendimethalin in or on 
grass forage, fodder, and hay crop group 17, forage at 1,000 ppm and 
grass forage, fodder, and hay crop group 17, hay at 2,000 ppm. The 
aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up, and quantitation 
by a GC method is used to measure and evaluate the chemicals 
pendimethalin and its metabolite. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 4F8284. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0443). Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.661 for residues of the fungicide fluopyram 
(N-[2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the raw agricultural commodities 
peanut at 0.20 ppm; sugar beet, roots at 0.09 ppm; soybean, seed at 
0.30 ppm; soybean forage at 9.0 ppm; soybean hay at 30.0 ppm; tree nuts 
(crop group 14) at 0.04 ppm; almond hulls at 10.00 ppm; grain, cereal, 
except rice and sorghum (crop group 15) at 0.90 ppm; cereal grain, 
except rice, forage, fodder and straw (crop group 16) at 20.0 ppm; and 
cotton gin by-product at 30.00 ppm and in or on the animal commodities 
cattle, meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; cattle, fat at 4.00 ppm; cattle, 
meat at 4.00 ppm; milk, cattle at 2.00 ppm; eggs, chicken at 0.20 ppm; 
hog, meat byproducts at 0.40 ppm; hog, fat at 0.04 ppm; hog, meat at 
0.04 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; horse, fat at 4.00 ppm; 
horse, meat at 4.00 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; sheep, 
meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; sheep, fat at 4.00 ppm; and sheep, meat 
at 4.00 ppm. Bayer CropScience LP also requests to delete tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.661 for residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N-[2-[3-chloro-
5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in 
or on the raw agricultural commodities apple at 0.30 ppm; bean, dry at 
0.09 ppm; beet, sugar, roots at 0.04 ppm; apple wet pomace at 0.60 ppm; 
cherry at 0.60 ppm; grape, wine at 2.0 ppm; potato at 0.02 ppm; 
strawberry at 1.5 ppm; and watermelon at 1.0 ppm. High performance 
liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry 
(LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the chemical fluopyram. 
Contact: RD.
    3. PP 5E8363. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0390). IR-4, Rutgers University, 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to remove 
existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.494 for residues of the insecticide 
pyridaben [2-tert-butyl-5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-4-chloropyridazin-
3(2H)-one] in or on apple at 0.5 ppm; pear at 0.75 ppm; nut, tree, 
group 14 at 0.05 ppm; citrus (fruit) at 0.5 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 
at 2.5 ppm; pistachio at 0.05 ppm; grape at 1.5 ppm; and strawberry at 
2.5 ppm upon approval of tolerances listed under New Tolerances, Unit 
II., Number 4, PP 5E8363 as they would be redundant. The proposed 
analytical methodology for enforcement is gas chromatography/electron 
capture detector (GC/ECD). The limit of quantitation (LOQ) of pyridaben 
by the method is 0.01192 ppm, which will allow monitoring of food 
residues at the level proposed for the tolerances. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 5E8371. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0235). IR-4, Rutgers University, 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend 
the existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.628 for residues of the 
insecticide chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-
[(methylamino)-carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-
carboxamide, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: 
Artichoke, globe from 4.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; and hop, dried cones from 90 
ppm to 40 ppm. In requesting these tolerances, IR-4 notes that the 
proposed amended tolerances for hop, dried cones; and artichoke, globe 
represent a lowering of established tolerances. Upon establishment of 
the tolerances associated with PP 5E8371, IR-4 requests to remove the 
following existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.628: Nut, tree, group 14 at 
0.04 ppm; pistachio at 0.04 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12-12, except 
cherry, chickasaw plum, and damson plum at 4.0 ppm; cherry, sweet at 
2.0 ppm; cherry, tart at 2.0 ppm; plum, chickasaw at 2.0 ppm; and plum, 
damson at 2.0 ppm. Analytical methodology has been developed and 
validated for enforcement purposes. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 5F8344. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0324). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the tolerances in 
40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) 
in or on egg from 0.002 ppm to 0.01 ppm and to delete the established 
tolerance for inadvertent residues for nongrass animal feeds, group 18 
at 0.3 ppm. Independently validated analytical methods have been 
submitted for analyzing residues of parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) 
plus metabolites M700F008, M700F048, and M700F002 with appropriate 
sensitivity in/on plant/crop raw agricultural commodities and processed 
fractions and in animal meat, fat, liver and kidney matrices, skim 
milk, cream, poultry meat, fat, liver, and eggs for which tolerances 
have been established or are being proposed. Contact: RD.

New Tolerance Exemptions

    1. PP 4F8280. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0457). Spring Trading Co., 10805 W. 
Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 77380-4030 (on behalf of CH Biotech R&D 
Co. LTD, No. 121, Xian an Rd., Xianxi Township, Changhua County 507, 
Taiwan (R.O.C.) 50741), requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the plant 
growth regulator betaine in or on all food commodities. The petitioner 
believes no analytical method is needed because betaine is used as an 
additive in baby formula as a food supplement and because there was no 
increased susceptibility demonstrated in the developmental toxicity and 
reproduction studies. Contact: BPPD.
    2. PP 4F8317. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0420). LidoChem, Inc., 20 Village 
Ct., Hazlet, NJ 07730, requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
fungicide, nematocide, and plant growth regulator Bacillus 
amyloliquefaciens strain PTA-4838 in or on all food commodities. The 
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is 
petitioning for a tolerance exemption. Contact: BPPD.
    3. PP IN-10786. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0373). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 
Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of propanoic 
acid, 2-methyl-, monoester with 2,2,4-trimethyl-l,3-pentanediol (CAS 
Reg. No. 25265-77-4) when used as an inert ingredient (solvent, 
cosolvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops and raw 
agricultural commodities after harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The 
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is not 
required for an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: 
RD.
    4. PP IN-10792. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0249). Clariant Corp., 4000

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Monroe Rd., Charlotte, NC 28205, requests to establish an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of D-Glucitol, 1-
deoxy-1-(methylamino)-, N-C8-10 acyl derivs. (CAS Reg. No. 1591782-62-
5) when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations applied 
to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest under 
40 CFR 180.910. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed 
because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance. Contact: RD.
    5. PP IN-10807. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0421). Lamberti USA, Inc., 161 
Washington St., Suite 1000, Conshohocken, PA 19428, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of polymers of tamarind seed gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether or tamarind 
seed gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether polymers with a minimum number-average 
molecular weight (in amu) of 10,000 (CAS Reg. No. 68551-04-2) when used 
as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. 
The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is 
not required for an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. 
Contact: RD.
    6. PP IN-10814. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0376). BASF Corp., 100 Park Ave., 
Florham Park, NJ 07932, requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-propenoic acid, polymer 
with ethenylbenzene and (1-methylethenyl)benzene with a minimum number-
average molecular weight (in amu) of 2,000 (CAS Reg. No. 52831-04-6) 
when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 
180.960. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because 
it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance. Contact: RD.
    7. PP IN-10821. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0482). Lamberti USA, Inc., 161 
Washington St., Suite 1000, Conshohocken, PA 19428, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of cellulose carboxymethyl ether, potassium salt with a number-average 
molecular weight (in amu) from 1,000 to 10,000 (CAS Reg. No. 54848-04-
3) when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations under 40 
CFR 180.960. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed 
because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance. Contact: RD.
    8. PP IN-10826. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0442). BYK USA, Inc., 524 South 
Cherry St., Wallingford, CT 06492-4453, requests to establish an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 
poly[oxy(methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)], [alpha]-[(9Z)-1-oxo-9-octadecen-1-
yl]- [omega]-[[(9Z)-1-oxo-9-octadecen-1-yl]oxy] with a minimum number-
average molecular weight (in amu) of 2,300 (CAS Reg. No. 26571-49-3) 
when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 
180.960. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because 
it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance. Contact: RD.
    9. PP IN-10830. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0465). Spring Trading Co., 203 
Dogwood Trl., Magnolia, TX 77354 (on behalf of Croda, Inc., 315 Cherry 
Ln., New Castle, DE 19720), requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of polyester polyol polymers 
with a minimum number-average molecular weight (in amu) greater than 
1,000 (CAS Reg. Nos. 68562-93-6, 943440-33-3, 1681043-28-6, 1681043-31-
1, 1681043-33-3, 1685270-83-0, 1685270-84-1, 1685270-99-8, 1685271-01-
5, 1685271-02-6, and 1685271-04-8) when used as inert ingredients in 
pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
    10. PP IN-10834. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0451). Spring Trading Co., 203 
Dogwood Trl., Magnolia, TX 77354 (on behalf of Croda, Inc., 315 Cherry 
Ln., New Castle, DE 19720), requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of polyamide ester polymers 
with a minimum number-average molecular weight (in amu) greater than 
1,000 (CAS Reg. Nos. 678991-29-2, 363162-42-9, 951153-32-5, 1699751-19-
3, 1699751-23-9, 1699751-24-0, 1699751-25-1, 1699751-28-4, 1699751-29-
5, 1699751-31-9, and 1685271-04-8) when used as inert ingredients in 
pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
    11. PP IN-10837. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0485). Stepan Co., 22 West 
Frontage Rd., Northfield, IL 60093, requests to establish an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of [alpha]-[2,4,6-
tris[1-(phenyl)ethyl]phenyl]- [omega]-hydroxy poly(oxyethylene) 
poly(oxypropylene) copolymer, the poly(oxypropylene) content averages 
2-8 moles, the poly(oxyethylene) content averages 16-30 moles, with a 
minimum number-average molecular weight (in amu) of 1,500 (CAS Reg. No. 
70880-56-7) when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations 
under 40 CFR 180.960. The petitioner believes no analytical method is 
needed because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement 
of a tolerance. Contact: RD.

Amended Tolerance Exemption

    1. PP 4F8266. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0918). Valent BioSciences Corp., 870 
Technology Way, Libertyville, IL 60048, requests to amend an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.1156 for residues of 
the fungicide, insecticide, algaecide, and nematocide cinnamaldehyde in 
or on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical 
method is needed because residues of cinnamaldehyde have previously 
been granted an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in the 
Federal Register of February 17, 1999 (64 FR 7804) (FRL-6049-9) 
(corrected in the Federal Register of March 24, 1999 (64 FR 14099) 
(FRL-6069-2)). Contact: BPPD.

    Authority:  21 U.S.C. 346a.

    Dated: August 11, 2015.
R. McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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10 CFR Part 430 citizenship, and contact information. Issued in Washington, DC, on August 21,
[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–STD–0006]
Please note that foreign nationals 2015.
participating in the public meeting are Kathleen B. Hogan,
RIN 1904–AC55 subject to advance security screening Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
procedures which require advance Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Efficiency Program for notice prior to attendance at the public Energy.
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Notice of Open Meetings participate in the public meeting, please BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and inform DOE as soon as possible by
Renewable Energy, Department of contacting Ms. Regina Washington at
Energy. (202) 586–1214 or by email:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov so that
ACTION: Notice of open meetings. AGENCY
the necessary procedures can be
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of completed. Anyone attending the 40 CFR Part 180
Energy (DOE) announces additional meeting will be required to present a
government photo identification, such [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0032; FRL–9931–74]
meetings of the Fans and Blowers
Working Group. The Federal Advisory as a passport, driver’s license, or
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions
Committee Act requires that agencies government identification. Due to the
Filed for Residues of Pesticide
publish notice of an advisory committee required security screening upon entry,
Chemicals in or on Various
meeting in the Federal Register. individuals attending should arrive
Commodities
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
early to allow for the extra time needed.
section for meeting dates. Due to the REAL ID Act implemented AGENCY: Environmental Protection
by the Department of Homeland Agency (EPA).
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
Security (DHS) recent changes have ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and
U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal been made regarding ID requirements
Building, Room 8E–089, 1000 request for comment.
for individuals wishing to enter Federal
Independence Avenue SW., buildings from specific states and U.S. SUMMARY: This document announces
Washington, DC 20585. Individuals will territories. Driver’s licenses from the EPA’s receipt of several initial filings of
also have the opportunity to participate following states or territory will not be pesticide petitions requesting the
by webinar. To register for the webinar accepted for building entry and one of establishment or modification of
and receive call-in information, please the alternate forms of ID listed below regulations for residues of pesticide
visit: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/ will be required. chemicals in or on various commodities.
buildings/appliance_standards/ DHS has determined that regular DATES: Comments must be received on
rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=25 . driver’s licenses (and ID cards) from the or before September 25, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: following jurisdictions are not ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of acceptable for entry into DOE facilities: identified by the Docket Identification
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency Alaska, Louisiana, New York, American (ID) Number and the Pesticide Petition
and Renewable Energy, Building Samoa, Maine, Oklahoma, Arizona, Number (PP) of interest as shown in the
Technologies, EE–5B, 1000 Massachusetts, Washington, and body of this document, by one of the
Independence Avenue SW., Minnesota. following methods:
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Telephone: (202) 586–7935. Email: ID include: U.S. Passport or Passport www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
asrac@ee.doe.gov. Card; an Enhanced Driver’s License or instructions for submitting comments.
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Energy, Office of the General Counsel, of Minnesota, New York or Washington information you consider to be
GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue (Enhanced licenses issued by these Confidential Business Information (CBI)
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. states are clearly marked Enhanced or or other information whose disclosure is
Telephone: (202) 586–9496. Email: Enhanced Driver’s License); A military restricted by statute.
peter.cochran@hq.doe.gov. ID or other Federal government issued • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Photo-ID card. Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
meetings will be held September 1 Docket: The docket is available for DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
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• Hand Delivery: To make special disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then prepared by the petitioner, is included
arrangements for hand delivery or identify electronically within the disk or in a docket EPA has created for each
delivery of boxed information, please CD–ROM the specific information that rulemaking. The docket for each of the
follow the instructions at http:// is claimed as CBI. In addition to one petitions is available at http://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. complete version of the comment that www.regulations.gov.
Additional instructions on commenting includes information claimed as CBI, a As specified in FFDCA section
or visiting the docket, along with more copy of the comment that does not 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is
information about dockets generally is contain the information claimed as CBI publishing notice of the petitions so that
available at http://www.epa.gov/ must be submitted for inclusion in the the public has an opportunity to
dockets. public docket. Information so marked comment on these requests for the
will not be disclosed except in establishment or modification of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
accordance with procedures set forth in regulations for residues of pesticides in
Robert McNally, Director, Biopesticides
40 CFR part 2. or on food commodities. Further
and Pollution Prevention Division
2. Tips for preparing your comments. information on the petitions may be
(BPPD) (7511P), main telephone
When preparing and submitting your obtained through the petition
number: (703) 305–7090, email address:
comments, see the commenting tips at summaries referenced in this unit.
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Susan http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
Lewis, Director, Registration Division New Tolerances
comments.html.
(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: 3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 1. PP 4F8261. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
(703) 305–7090, email address: achieve environmental justice, the fair 0397). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr.,
RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing treatment and meaningful involvement Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
address for each contact person is: of any group, including minority and/or requests to establish tolerances in 40
Office of Pesticide Programs, low-income populations, in the CFR 180.361 for residues of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 development, implementation, and herbicide pendimethalin in or on milk
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, enforcement of environmental laws, at 0.04 parts per million (ppm); cattle,
DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing regulations, and policies. To help fat at 0.30 ppm; cattle, liver at 1.5 ppm;
address, include the contact person’s address potential environmental justice cattle, meat at 0.1 ppm; cattle, meat
name, division, and mail code. The issues, EPA seeks information on any byproducts, except liver at 3.0 ppm;
division to contact is listed at the end groups or segments of the population goat, fat at 0.30 ppm; goat, liver at 1.5
of each pesticide petition summary. who, as a result of their location, ppm; goat, meat at 0.10 ppm; goat, meat
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: cultural practices, or other factors, may byproducts, except liver at 3.0 ppm;
have atypical or disproportionately high horse, fat at 0.30 ppm; horse, liver at 1.5
I. General Information
and adverse human health impacts or ppm; horse, meat at 0.10 ppm; horse,
A. Does this action apply to me? environmental effects from exposure to meat byproducts, except liver at 3.0
You may be potentially affected by the pesticides discussed in this ppm; sheep, fat at 0.30 ppm; sheep, liver
this action if you are an agricultural document, compared to the general at 1.5 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.10 ppm;
producer, food manufacturer, or population. and sheep, meat byproducts, except
pesticide manufacturer. The following liver at 3.0 ppm. The aqueous organic
II. What action is EPA taking? solvent extraction, column clean up,
list of North American Industrial
EPA is announcing its receipt of and quantitation by a gas
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
several pesticide petitions filed under chromatography (GC) method is used to
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, measure and evaluate pendimethalin
provides a guide to help readers
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. and its metabolite. Contact: RD.
determine whether this document
346a, requesting the establishment or 2. PP 4F8284. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
applies to them. Potentially affected
modification of regulations in 40 CFR 0443). Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W.
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111). part 180 for residues of pesticide Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park,
• Animal production (NAICS code chemicals in or on various food NC 27709, requests to establish
112). commodities. EPA is taking public tolerances in 40 CFR 180.661 for
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code comment on the requests before residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N-
311). responding to the petitioners. EPA is not [2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS proposing any particular action at this pyridinyl]ethyl]-2-
code 32532). time. EPA has determined that the (trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the
If you have any questions regarding pesticide petitions described in this raw agricultural commodities artichoke,
the applicability of this action to a document contain the data or globe at 4.0 ppm; aspirated grain
particular entity, consult the person information prescribed in FFDCA fractions at 50.0 ppm; peanut hay at
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); 40.0 ppm; hops at 60.0 ppm; root
CONTACT for the division listed at the however, EPA has not fully evaluated vegetables, except beet, sugar, root, crop
end of the pesticide petition summary of the sufficiency of the submitted data at subgroup 1B at 0.30 ppm; tuberous and
interest. this time or whether the data support corm vegetables, crop subgroup 1C at
granting of the pesticide petitions. After 0.10 ppm; potato wet peel at 0.30 ppm;
B. What should I consider as I prepare considering the public comments, EPA vegetables, leaves of root and tuber, crop
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my comments for EPA? intends to evaluate whether and what group 2 at 30.0 ppm; bulb vegetables,
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this action may be warranted. Additional bulb onion (crop subgroup 3–07A) at
information to EPA through data may be needed before EPA can 0.30 ppm; bulb vegetables, green onions
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark make final determinations on these (crop subgroup 3–07B) at 15.0 ppm;
the part or all of the information that pesticide petitions. leafy greens (crop subgroup 4A),
you claim to be CBI. For CBI Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a without spinach at 20.0 ppm; leafy
information in a disk or CD–ROM that summary of each of the petitions that greens (crop subgroup 4A) spinach at
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the are the subject of this document, 40.0 ppm; leafy petioles subgroup,

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celery (crop subgroup 4B) at 20.0 ppm; evaluate the chemical fluopyram. at 2.5 ppm. In requesting these
brassica leafy vegetables: Head and stem Contact: RD. tolerances, IR–4 notes that the proposed
(crop subgroup 5A) at 4.0 ppm; brassica 3. PP 5E8362. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– tolerances represent a lowering of
leafy vegetables: Leafy greens (crop 0439). Makhteshim Agan of North established, related tolerances in or on
subgroup 5B) at 50.0 ppm; soybean America, Inc., d/b/a ADAMA, 3120 fruit, stone, group 12–12, except cherry,
forage at 9.0 ppm; soybean hay at 30.0 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, chickasaw plum, and damson plum at
ppm; legume vegetables: Edible podded NC 27604, requests to establish a 4.0 ppm and nut, tree, group 14 at 0.04
(crop subgroup 6A) at 4.0 ppm; legume tolerance in 40 CFR 180.427 for residues ppm. Analytical methodology has been
vegetables: Succulent shelled peas and of the insecticide/miticide tau- developed and validated for
beans (crop subgroup 6B) at 0.20 ppm; fluvalinate in or on wine grapes at 1.0 enforcement purposes. Contact: RD.
legume vegetables: Dried shelled peas ppm. The Pesticide Analytical Manual 6. PP 5F8343. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
and beans (crop subgroup 6C) at 0.70 (PAM) Volume II lists Method I, a GC 0226). Gowan Co., P.O. Box 5569,
ppm; vegetable, foliage of legume method with electron capture detection Yuma, AZ 85366, requests to establish
(ECD), which is used to measure and a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
vegetables, forage, hay and vines, forage
evaluate the chemical tau-fluvalinate, residues of the herbicide benzobicyclon
(crop group 7) at 90.0 ppm; fruiting
cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl N-[2- in or on rice (grain, straw) at 0.1 ppm.
vegetables, tomato subgroup (crop
chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-D- The practical analytical method LC/MS
subgroup 8–10A) at 1.00 ppm; fruiting valinate, in or on plant and animal is used to measure and evaluate the
vegetables, pepper/eggplant subgroup commodities. The stated limits of chemical benzobicyclon and the
(crop subgroup 8–10B) at 3.00 ppm; quantitation are 0.01 ppm for plant metabolite 1315P–070. Contact: RD.
cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9A), commodities (except oil) and animal 7. PP 5F8344. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
melon subgroup at 0.90 ppm; cucurbit commodities and 0.02 ppm for oil. In 0324). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr.,
vegetables (crop group 9B), cucumber/ addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
squash subgroup at 0.30 ppm; citrus Administration (FDA) multi-residue requests to establish tolerances in 40
fruits (crop group 10–10) at 0.90 ppm; methods published in the PAM Volume CFR 180.666 for residues of the
citrus oil at 8.0 ppm; pome fruit (crop I, section 302 and 303, showed an fungicide fluxapyroxad in or on citrus,
group 11–10) at 2.0 ppm; stone fruit acceptable recovery (≤80%) for tau- dried pulp at 2.7 ppm; citrus, oil at 19
(crop group 12–12A), cherry subgroup at fluvalinate. Contact: RD. ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10–10 at 1.0
2.00 ppm; stone fruit (crop group 12– 4. PP 5E8363. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– ppm; grass forage, fodder and hay,
12B), peach subgroup at 1.00 ppm; stone 0390). Interregional Research Project group 17 at 30 ppm; nongrass animal
fruit (crop group 12–12C), plum Number 4 (IR–4), Rutgers University, feeds, group 18 at 30 ppm; and poultry,
subgroup at 0.50 ppm; berries and small 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, fat at 0.005 ppm. Independently
fruit: Caneberry (crop subgroup 13–07A) Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to validated analytical methods have been
at 5.0 ppm; berries and small fruit: establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.494 submitted for analyzing residues of
Bushberry (crop subgroup 13–07B) at for residues of the insecticide pyridaben parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus
7.0 ppm; raisins at 4.0 ppm; berries and [2-tert-butyl-5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-4- metabolites M700F008, M700F048, and
small fruit, small fruit vine climbing, chloropyridazin-3(2H)-one] in or on M700F002 with appropriate sensitivity
except fuzzy kiwi (crop subgroup 13– cucumber at 0.5 ppm; berry, low in/on plant/crop raw agricultural
07F) at 1.5 ppm; berries and small fruit: growing, subgroup 13–07G, except commodities and processed fractions
Low growing berry (crop subgroup 13– cranberry at 2.5 ppm; fruit, citrus, group and in animal meat, fat, liver and
07G) at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain at 1.5 10–10 at 0.5 ppm; fruit, pome, group kidney matrices, skim milk, cream,
ppm; wheat milled by-products at 2.0 11–10 at 0.75 ppm; fruit, small, vine poultry meat, fat, liver, and eggs for
ppm; grass forage, fodder and hay: climbing, subgroup 13–07F, except which tolerances have been established
Forage (crop group 17) at 80.0 ppm; fuzzy kiwifruit at 1.5 ppm; fruit, stone, or are being proposed. Contact: RD.
group 12–12 at 2.5 ppm; and nut, tree, 8. PP 5F8359. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
herb crop (subcrop group 19A) at 70.0
group 14–12 at 0.05 ppm. The proposed 0405). ISK Biosciences Corp., 7470
ppm; dill seed at 70.00 ppm; herbs, Auburn Rd., Suite A, Concord, OH,
analytical methodology for enforcement
dried at 400 ppm; oilseeds, rapeseed, 44077, requests to establish tolerances
involves extraction, partition, clean up,
canola (crop subgroup 20A) at 0.70 in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
and detection of pyridaben residues by
ppm; oilseeds, sunflower, seed (crop gas chromatography/electron capture herbicide tolpyralate 1-[[1-Ethyl-4-[3-(2-
subgroup 20B) at 0.70 ppm; and detector (GC/ECD). The limit of methoxyethoxy)-2-methyl-4-
oilseeds: Cottonseed (crop subgroup quantitation (LOQ) of pyridaben by the (methylsulfonyl)benzoyl]-1H-pyrazol-5-
20C) at 0.80 ppm and in or on the method is 0.01192 ppm, which will yl]oxy]ethyl methyl carbonate (CAS),
animal commodities chicken, meat allow monitoring of food residues at the including its metabolite MT–2153, in or
byproducts at 0.40 ppm; chicken, fat at level proposed for the tolerances. on the raw agricultural commodities of
0.15 ppm; chicken, meat at 0.10 ppm; Contact: RD. corn that include field corn, sweet corn,
goat, fat at 4.00 ppm; and goat, meat at 5. PP 5E8371. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2013– and popcorn at 0.01 ppm. Liquid
4.00 ppm. Bayer CropScience LP also 0235). IR–4, Rutgers University, 500 chromatography-MS/MS is used to
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, measure and evaluate tolpyralate and its
CFR 180.661 for indirect or inadvertent Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to metabolite. Contact: RD.
residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N- establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.628 9. PP 5F8367. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
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[2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2- for residues of the insecticide 0412). Lewis and Harrison, LLC, 122 C
pyridinyl]ethyl]-2- chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4- St., NW., Suite 505, Washington, DC
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)- 20001 (on behalf of Nissan Chemical
raw agricultural commodity sugarcane, carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2- Industries, Ltd., 7–1, 3-chome, Kanda-
cane at 0.08 ppm. High performance pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101–
liquid chromatography-electrospray in or on the following raw agricultural 0054, Japan), requests to establish
ionization/tandem mass spectrometry commodities: Nut, tree, group 14–12 at tolerances in 40 CFR 180.441 for
(LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and 0.02 ppm and fruit, stone, group 12–12 residues of the herbicide quizalofop-p-

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ethyl in or on crayfish at 0.04 ppm and watermelon at 1.0 ppm. High and to delete the established tolerance
rice, grain at 0.05 ppm. A modified performance liquid chromatography- for inadvertent residues for nongrass
Morse Method Meth-147 using reverse electrospray ionization/tandem mass animal feeds, group 18 at 0.3 ppm.
HPLC with fluorescence detection is spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to Independently validated analytical
used to measure and evaluate the measure and evaluate the chemical methods have been submitted for
chemical quizalofop-p-ethyl, convertible fluopyram. Contact: RD. analyzing residues of parent
to 2-methoxy-6-chloroquinoxaline 3. PP 5E8363. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus
(MeCHQ). Contact: RD. 0390). IR–4, Rutgers University, 500 metabolites M700F008, M700F048, and
College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, M700F002 with appropriate sensitivity
Amended Tolerances Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to remove in/on plant/crop raw agricultural
1. PP 4F8261. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014– existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.494 commodities and processed fractions
0397). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., for residues of the insecticide pyridaben and in animal meat, fat, liver and
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, [2-tert-butyl-5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-4- kidney matrices, skim milk, cream,
requests to amend the tolerances in 40 chloropyridazin-3(2H)-one] in or on poultry meat, fat, liver, and eggs for
CFR 180.361 for residues of the apple at 0.5 ppm; pear at 0.75 ppm; nut, which tolerances have been established
herbicide pendimethalin in or on grass tree, group 14 at 0.05 ppm; citrus (fruit) or are being proposed. Contact: RD.
forage, fodder, and hay crop group 17, at 0.5 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 2.5
forage at 1,000 ppm and grass forage, ppm; pistachio at 0.05 ppm; grape at 1.5 New Tolerance Exemptions
fodder, and hay crop group 17, hay at ppm; and strawberry at 2.5 ppm upon 1. PP 4F8280. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
2,000 ppm. The aqueous organic solvent approval of tolerances listed under New 0457). Spring Trading Co., 10805 W.
extraction, column clean up, and Tolerances, Unit II., Number 4, PP Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 77380–
quantitation by a GC method is used to 5E8363 as they would be redundant. 4030 (on behalf of CH Biotech R&D Co.
measure and evaluate the chemicals The proposed analytical methodology LTD, No. 121, Xian an Rd., Xianxi
pendimethalin and its metabolite. for enforcement is gas chromatography/ Township, Changhua County 507,
Contact: RD. electron capture detector (GC/ECD). The Taiwan (R.O.C.) 50741), requests to
2. PP 4F8284. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– limit of quantitation (LOQ) of pyridaben establish an exemption from the
0443). Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W. by the method is 0.01192 ppm, which requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, will allow monitoring of food residues part 180 for residues of the plant growth
NC 27709, requests to amend the at the level proposed for the tolerances. regulator betaine in or on all food
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.661 for Contact: RD. commodities. The petitioner believes no
residues of the fungicide fluopyram (N- 4. PP 5E8371. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2013– analytical method is needed because
[2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2- 0235). IR–4, Rutgers University, 500 betaine is used as an additive in baby
pyridinyl]ethyl]-2- College Rd. East, Suite 201 W, formula as a food supplement and
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend because there was no increased
raw agricultural commodities peanut at the existing tolerances in 40 CFR susceptibility demonstrated in the
0.20 ppm; sugar beet, roots at 0.09 ppm; 180.628 for residues of the insecticide developmental toxicity and
soybean, seed at 0.30 ppm; soybean chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4- reproduction studies. Contact: BPPD.
forage at 9.0 ppm; soybean hay at 30.0 chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)- 2. PP 4F8317. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
ppm; tree nuts (crop group 14) at 0.04 carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2- 0420). LidoChem, Inc., 20 Village Ct.,
ppm; almond hulls at 10.00 ppm; grain, pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, Hazlet, NJ 07730, requests to establish
cereal, except rice and sorghum (crop in or on the following raw agricultural an exemption from the requirement of a
group 15) at 0.90 ppm; cereal grain, commodities: Artichoke, globe from 4.0 tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
except rice, forage, fodder and straw ppm to 2.0 ppm; and hop, dried cones residues of the fungicide, nematocide,
(crop group 16) at 20.0 ppm; and cotton from 90 ppm to 40 ppm. In requesting and plant growth regulator Bacillus
gin by-product at 30.00 ppm and in or these tolerances, IR–4 notes that the amyloliquefaciens strain PTA–4838 in
on the animal commodities cattle, meat proposed amended tolerances for hop, or on all food commodities. The
byproducts at 40.00 ppm; cattle, fat at dried cones; and artichoke, globe petitioner believes no analytical method
4.00 ppm; cattle, meat at 4.00 ppm; represent a lowering of established is needed because it is petitioning for a
milk, cattle at 2.00 ppm; eggs, chicken tolerances. Upon establishment of the tolerance exemption. Contact: BPPD.
at 0.20 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at tolerances associated with PP 5E8371, 3. PP IN–10786. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
0.40 ppm; hog, fat at 0.04 ppm; hog, IR–4 requests to remove the following 2015–0373). Dow AgroSciences LLC,
meat at 0.04 ppm; horse, meat existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.628: 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN
byproducts at 40.00 ppm; horse, fat at Nut, tree, group 14 at 0.04 ppm; 46268, requests to establish an
4.00 ppm; horse, meat at 4.00 ppm; goat, pistachio at 0.04 ppm; fruit, stone, exemption from the requirement of a
meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; sheep, group 12–12, except cherry, chickasaw tolerance for residues of propanoic acid,
meat byproducts at 40.00 ppm; sheep, plum, and damson plum at 4.0 ppm; 2-methyl-, monoester with 2,2,4-
fat at 4.00 ppm; and sheep, meat at 4.00 cherry, sweet at 2.0 ppm; cherry, tart at trimethyl-l,3-pentanediol (CAS Reg. No.
ppm. Bayer CropScience LP also 2.0 ppm; plum, chickasaw at 2.0 ppm; 25265–77–4) when used as an inert
requests to delete tolerances in 40 CFR and plum, damson at 2.0 ppm. ingredient (solvent, cosolvent) in
180.661 for residues of the fungicide Analytical methodology has been pesticide formulations applied to
fluopyram (N-[2-[3-chloro-5- developed and validated for growing crops and raw agricultural
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(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl]-2- enforcement purposes. Contact: RD. commodities after harvest under 40 CFR
(trifluoromethyl)benzamide) in or on the 5. PP 5F8344. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– 180.910. The petitioner believes no
raw agricultural commodities apple at 0324). BASF Corp., 26 Davis Dr., analytical method is needed because it
0.30 ppm; bean, dry at 0.09 ppm; beet, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, is not required for an exemption from
sugar, roots at 0.04 ppm; apple wet requests to amend the tolerances in 40 the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
pomace at 0.60 ppm; cherry at 0.60 CFR 180.666 for residues of the RD.
ppm; grape, wine at 2.0 ppm; potato at fungicide fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) in 4. PP IN–10792. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
0.02 ppm; strawberry at 1.5 ppm; and or on egg from 0.002 ppm to 0.01 ppm 2015–0249). Clariant Corp., 4000

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Monroe Rd., Charlotte, NC 28205, requests to establish an exemption from 30 moles, with a minimum number-
requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for average molecular weight (in amu) of
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of poly[oxy(methyl-1,2- 1,500 (CAS Reg. No. 70880–56–7) when
residues of D-Glucitol, 1-deoxy-1- ethanediyl)], a-[(9Z)-1-oxo-9-octadecen- used as an inert ingredient in pesticide
(methylamino)-, N-C8-10 acyl derivs. 1-yl]- w-[[(9Z)-1-oxo-9-octadecen-1- formulations under 40 CFR 180.960.
(CAS Reg. No. 1591782–62–5) when yl]oxy] with a minimum number- The petitioner believes no analytical
used as an inert ingredient in pesticide average molecular weight (in amu) of method is needed because it is not
formulations applied to growing crops 2,300 (CAS Reg. No. 26571–49–3) when required for an exemption from the
or to raw agricultural commodities after used as an inert ingredient in pesticide requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The formulations under 40 CFR 180.960.
petitioner believes no analytical method The petitioner believes no analytical Amended Tolerance Exemption
is needed because it is not required for method is needed because it is not 1. PP 4F8266. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
an exemption from the requirement of a required for an exemption from the 0918). Valent BioSciences Corp., 870
tolerance. Contact: RD. requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD. Technology Way, Libertyville, IL 60048,
5. PP IN–10807. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 9. PP IN–10830. (EPA–HQ–OPP– requests to amend an exemption from
2015–0421). Lamberti USA, Inc., 161 2015–0465). Spring Trading Co., 203 the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
Washington St., Suite 1000, Dogwood Trl., Magnolia, TX 77354 (on 180.1156 for residues of the fungicide,
Conshohocken, PA 19428, requests to behalf of Croda, Inc., 315 Cherry Ln., insecticide, algaecide, and nematocide
establish an exemption from the New Castle, DE 19720), requests to cinnamaldehyde in or on all food
requirement of a tolerance for residues establish an exemption from the commodities. The petitioner believes no
of polymers of tamarind seed gum, 2- requirement of a tolerance for residues analytical method is needed because
hydroxypropyl ether or tamarind seed of polyester polyol polymers with a residues of cinnamaldehyde have
gum, 2-hydroxypropyl ether polymers minimum number-average molecular previously been granted an exemption
with a minimum number-average weight (in amu) greater than 1,000 (CAS from the requirement of a tolerance in
molecular weight (in amu) of 10,000 Reg. Nos. 68562–93–6, 943440–33–3, the Federal Register of February 17,
(CAS Reg. No. 68551–04–2) when used 1681043–28–6, 1681043–31–1, 1999 (64 FR 7804) (FRL–6049–9)
as an inert ingredient in pesticide 1681043–33–3, 1685270–83–0, (corrected in the Federal Register of
formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. 1685270–84–1, 1685270–99–8, March 24, 1999 (64 FR 14099) (FRL–
The petitioner believes no analytical 1685271–01–5, 1685271–02–6, and 6069–2)). Contact: BPPD.
method is needed because it is not 1685271–04–8) when used as inert
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
required for an exemption from the ingredients in pesticide formulations
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD. under 40 CFR 180.960. The petitioner Dated: August 11, 2015.
6. PP IN–10814. (EPA–HQ–OPP– believes no analytical method is needed R. McNally,
2015–0376). BASF Corp., 100 Park Ave., because it is not required for an Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
Florham Park, NJ 07932, requests to exemption from the requirement of a Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
establish an exemption from the tolerance. Contact: RD. Programs.
requirement of a tolerance for residues 10. PP IN–10834. (EPA–HQ–OPP– [FR Doc. 2015–21188 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am]
of 2-propenoic acid, polymer with 2015–0451). Spring Trading Co., 203 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ethenylbenzene and (1- Dogwood Trl., Magnolia, TX 77354 (on
methylethenyl)benzene with a behalf of Croda, Inc., 315 Cherry Ln.,
minimum number-average molecular New Castle, DE 19720), requests to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
weight (in amu) of 2,000 (CAS Reg. No. establish an exemption from the
52831–04–6) when used as an inert requirement of a tolerance for residues Fish and Wildlife Service
ingredient in pesticide formulations of polyamide ester polymers with a
under 40 CFR 180.960. The petitioner minimum number-average molecular 50 CFR Part 17
believes no analytical method is needed weight (in amu) greater than 1,000 (CAS
because it is not required for an Reg. Nos. 678991–29–2, 363162–42–9, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
exemption from the requirement of a 951153–32–5, 1699751–19–3, 1699751–
tolerance. Contact: RD. 23–9, 1699751–24–0, 1699751–25–1, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
7. PP IN–10821. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 1699751–28–4, 1699751–29–5, Administration
2015–0482). Lamberti USA, Inc., 161 1699751–31–9, and 1685271–04–8)
Washington St., Suite 1000, when used as inert ingredients in 50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
Conshohocken, PA 19428, requests to pesticide formulations under 40 CFR
establish an exemption from the 180.960. The petitioner believes no [Docket No. 120425024–5724–05]
requirement of a tolerance for residues analytical method is needed because it
RIN 0648–XB089
of cellulose carboxymethyl ether, is not required for an exemption from
potassium salt with a number-average the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: Endangered and Threatened Species;
molecular weight (in amu) from 1,000 to RD. Identification and Proposed Listing of
10,000 (CAS Reg. No. 54848–04–3) 11. PP IN–10837. (EPA–HQ–OPP– Eleven Distinct Population Segments
when used as an inert ingredient in 2015–0485). Stepan Co., 22 West of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia
pesticide formulations under 40 CFR Frontage Rd., Northfield, IL 60093, mydas) as Endangered or Threatened
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180.960. The petitioner believes no requests to establish an exemption from and Revision of Current Listings; Third
analytical method is needed because it the requirement of a tolerance for Extension of Comment Period
is not required for an exemption from residues of a-[2,4,6-tris[1-
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: (phenyl)ethyl]phenyl]- w-hydroxy AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
RD. poly(oxyethylene) poly(oxypropylene) Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
8. PP IN–10826. (EPA–HQ–OPP– copolymer, the poly(oxypropylene) Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
2015–0442). BYK USA, Inc., 524 South content averages 2–8 moles, the Commerce; United States Fish and
Cherry St., Wallingford, CT 06492–4453, poly(oxyethylene) content averages 16– Wildlife Service (USFWS), Interior.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before September 25, 2015.
Contact		Robert McNally, Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main
FR Citation		80 FR 51759