80_FR_54431 80 FR 54257 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

80 FR 54257 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 174 (September 9, 2015)

Page Range54257-54258
FR Document2015-22714

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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54257-54258]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22714]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 174 and 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0032; FRL-9933-26]


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 October 9, 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.
     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:
    [emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    [emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    [emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    [emsp14]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

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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 174 or 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 a final determination 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 5E8377. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0558). 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 180.523 for residues of the molluscicide metaldehyde, 2,4,6,8-
tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetroxocane, in or on the following raw 
agricultural commodities: Wheat forage at 0.05 parts per million (ppm); 
wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.05 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.05 
ppm; beet, garden, roots at 0.05 ppm; beet, garden, tops at 0.08 ppm; 
rutabaga, roots at 0.05 ppm; turnip, roots at 0.05 ppm; turnip greens 
(tops) at 0.08 ppm; and hop, dried cones at 0.05 ppm. A gas 
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analytical method for 
enforcement has been developed for analyzing residues of metaldehyde in 
food crops, including all of the crops identified above. The limit of 
quantitation (LOQ) for the method is 0.05 ppm. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 5F8368. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0554). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.242 for residues of the fungicide 
thiabendazole in or on legume vegetables (succulent or dried), crop 
group 6 at 0.01 ppm; foliage of legume vegetables, crop group 7, except 
pea, field, hay and vines at 0.01 ppm; pea, field, hay at 0.15 ppm; and 
pea, field, vines at 0.03 ppm. There are acceptable analytical methods 
for tolerance enforcement that include four spectrophotofluorometric 
methods for the determination of thiabendazole per se in or on plant 
commodities and one spectrophotofluorometric method (Method D) for 
determining residues of thiabendazole and 5-hydroxythiabendazole in 
milk. Contact: RD.

Amended Tolerances

    1. PP 5F8364. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0382). Arysta LifeScience North 
America Corp., 15401 Weston Pkwy., Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513, requests 
to amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.599 for residues of the 
insecticide acequinocyl in or on hop, dried cones from 4.0 ppm to 15.0 
ppm. The analytical method to quantitate residues of acequinocyl and 
acequinocyl-OH in/on fruit crops utilizes high pressure liquid 
chromatography (HPLC) using mass spectrometric (MS/MS) detection. 
Contact: RD.
    2. PP 5F8368. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0554). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to amend the 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.242 for residues of the fungicide 
thiabendazole by removing the tolerances in or on bean, dry, seed at 
0.1 ppm; and soybean at 0.1 ppm. There are acceptable analytical 
methods for tolerance enforcement that include four 
spectrophotofluorometric methods for the determination of thiabendazole 
per se in or on plant commodities and one spectrophotofluorometric 
method (Method D) for determining residues of thiabendazole and 5-
hydroxythiabendazole in milk. Contact: RD.

New Tolerance Exemptions

    1. PP 5F8361. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0488). MacIntosh and Associates, 
Inc., 1203 Hartford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55116-1622 (on behalf of 
AgBiTech Pty Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct., Glenvale, Queensland 4350, Australia), 
requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance 
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the microbial insecticide Spodoptera 
frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus--3AP2 in or on food crops. The 
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because the 
petitioner is requesting an exemption from tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
    2. PP IN-10782. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0524). Spring Trading Co., 10805 
W. Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 77380 (on behalf of BASF Corp., 100 
Campus Dr., Florham Park, NJ 07932), requests to establish an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of propanamide, 2-
hydroxy-N, N-dimethyl- (CAS Reg. No. 35123-06-9) when used as an inert 
ingredient (solvent, cosolvent) in pesticide formulations applied to 
growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest under 40 
CFR 180.910 and applied to animals under 40 CFR 180.930. 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 5G8375. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0457). J.R. Simplot Co., 5369 W. 
Irving St., Boise, ID 83706, requests to amend an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 174.534 for residues of the plant-
incorporated protectant (PIP) Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene (also 
known as Rpi-vnt1) in or on potato. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because the petitioner is seeking a 
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: August 27, 2015.
John E. Leahy, Jr.,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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                                               of State by the Family Advocacy                         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              name, division, and mail code. The
                                               Committee. The information may be                       AGENCY                                                division to contact is listed at the end
                                               shared within the Department of State                                                                         of each pesticide petition summary.
                                               on a need to know basis and in medical                  40 CFR Parts 174 and 180                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               clearance determinations for overseas                   [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0032; FRL–9933–26]                   I. General Information
                                               assignment of covered employees and
                                               family members, as well as for making                   Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions                A. Does this action apply to me?
                                               determinations involving curtailment,                   Filed for Residues of Pesticide                          You may be potentially affected by
                                               medical evacuation, suitability, and                    Chemicals in or on Various                            this action if you are an agricultural
                                               security clearance. See Public Notice                   Commodities                                           producer, food manufacturer, or
                                               6472 (January 5, 2009) at 74 FR 330.                    AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                     pesticide manufacturer. The following
                                                 The Department of State is issuing                    Agency (EPA).                                         list of North American Industrial
                                               this document as a notice to amend 22                   ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and             Classification System (NAICS) codes is
                                               CFR part 171 to exempt portions of the                  request for comment.                                  not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
                                               Family Advocacy Case Records system                                                                           provides a guide to help readers
                                               of records from the Privacy Act                         SUMMARY:   This document announces                    determine whether this document
                                               subsections (c)(3);(d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G),              EPA’s receipt of several initial filings of           applies to them. Potentially affected
                                               (H), and (I); and (f) of the Privacy Act                pesticide petitions requesting the                    entities may include:
                                                                                                       establishment or modification of                         • Crop production (NAICS code 111).
                                               pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1) and
                                                                                                       regulations for residues of pesticide                    • Animal production (NAICS code
                                               (k)(2). STATE–75 is exempted under                                                                            112).
                                                                                                       chemicals in or on various commodities.
                                               (k)(1) to the extent that records within                                                                         • Food manufacturing (NAICS code
                                               that system are subject to the provisions               DATES: Comments must be received on
                                                                                                       or before October 9, 2015.                            311).
                                               of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1) STATE–75 is                                                                                • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
                                               exempted under (k)(2) to the extent that                ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
                                                                                                                                                             code 32532).
                                               records within that system are                          identified by the Docket Identification
                                                                                                                                                                If you have any questions regarding
                                               comprised of investigatory material                     (ID) Number and the Pesticide Petition
                                                                                                                                                             the applicability of this action to a
                                               compiled for law enforcement purposes,                  Number (PP) of interest as shown in the
                                                                                                                                                             particular entity, consult the person
                                               subject to the limitations set forth in                 body of this document, by one of the
                                                                                                                                                             listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                       following methods:
                                               that section.                                                                                                 CONTACT for the division listed at the
                                                                                                         • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                                                                                                                             end of the pesticide petition summary of
                                               List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 171                     www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
                                                                                                                                                             interest.
                                                                                                       instructions for submitting comments.
                                                   Privacy.                                            Do not submit electronically any                      B. What should I consider as I prepare
                                                 For the reasons stated in the                         information you consider to be                        my comments for EPA?
                                               preamble, 22 CFR part 171 is proposed                   Confidential Business Information (CBI)                  1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
                                               to be amended as follows:                               or other information whose disclosure is              information to EPA through
                                                                                                       restricted by statute.                                regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
                                               PART 171—[AMENDED]                                        • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental                   the part or all of the information that
                                                                                                       Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/                 you claim to be CBI. For CBI
                                               ■ The authority citation for part 171                   DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.                 information in a disk or CD–ROM that
                                                                                                       NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.                       you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
                                               continues to read as follows:
                                                                                                         • Hand Delivery: To make special                    disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
                                                 Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 22 U.S.C.              arrangements for hand delivery or
                                               2651a; Pub. L. 95–521, 92 Stat. 1824, as
                                                                                                                                                             identify electronically within the disk or
                                                                                                       delivery of boxed information, please                 CD–ROM the specific information that
                                               amended; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707; E.O. 12600,             follow the instructions at http://
                                               52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.
                                                                                                                                                             is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
                                                                                                       www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.                    complete version of the comment that
                                                                                                       Additional instructions on commenting                 includes information claimed as CBI, a
                                               § 171.36   [Amended]
                                                                                                       or visiting the docket, along with more               copy of the comment that does not
                                               ■ 2. Section 171.36 is amended by                       information about dockets generally, is               contain the information claimed as CBI
                                               adding an entry, in alphabetical order,                 available at http://www.epa.gov/                      must be submitted for inclusion in the
                                               for ‘‘Family Advocacy Case Records,                     dockets.                                              public docket. Information so marked
                                               STATE–75’’ to the lists in paragraphs                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      will not be disclosed except in
                                               (b)(1) and (2).                                         Robert McNally, Director, Biopesticides               accordance with procedures set forth in
                                               Joyce A. Barr,
                                                                                                       and Pollution Prevention Division                     40 CFR part 2.
                                                                                                       (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone                           2. Tips for preparing your comments.
                                               Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S.
                                                                                                       number: (703) 305–7090, email address:                When preparing and submitting your
                                               Department of State.
                                                                                                       BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Susan                       comments, see the commenting tips at
                                               [FR Doc. 2015–22711 Filed 9–8–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       Lewis, Director, Registration Division                http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
                                               BILLING CODE 4710–36–P                                  (RD) (7505P), main telephone number:                  comments.html.
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                                                                                                       (703) 305–7090, email address:                           3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
                                                                                                       RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing                      achieve environmental justice, the fair
                                                                                                       address for each contact person is:                   treatment and meaningful involvement
                                                                                                       Office of Pesticide Programs,                         of any group, including minority and/or
                                                                                                       Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                 low-income populations, in the
                                                                                                       Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,                    development, implementation, and
                                                                                                       DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing                 enforcement of environmental laws,
                                                                                                       address, include the contact person’s                 regulations, and policies. To help


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                                               address potential environmental justice                 1,3,5,7-tetroxocane, in or on the                     one spectrophotofluorometric method
                                               issues, EPA seeks information on any                    following raw agricultural commodities:               (Method D) for determining residues of
                                               groups or segments of the population                    Wheat forage at 0.05 parts per million                thiabendazole and 5-
                                               who, as a result of their location,                     (ppm); wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm; wheat,               hydroxythiabendazole in milk. Contact:
                                               cultural practices, or other factors, may               hay at 0.05 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.05                 RD.
                                               have atypical or disproportionately high                ppm; beet, garden, roots at 0.05 ppm;
                                               and adverse human health impacts or                     beet, garden, tops at 0.08 ppm; rutabaga,             New Tolerance Exemptions
                                               environmental effects from exposure to                  roots at 0.05 ppm; turnip, roots at 0.05
                                                                                                                                                                1. PP 5F8361. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
                                               the pesticides discussed in this                        ppm; turnip greens (tops) at 0.08 ppm;
                                                                                                                                                             0488). MacIntosh and Associates, Inc.,
                                               document, compared to the general                       and hop, dried cones at 0.05 ppm. A gas
                                               population.                                             chromatography-mass spectrometry                      1203 Hartford Ave., St. Paul, MN
                                                                                                       (GC/MS) analytical method for                         55116–1622 (on behalf of AgBiTech Pty
                                               II. What action is EPA taking?                                                                                Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct., Glenvale, Queensland
                                                                                                       enforcement has been developed for
                                                  EPA is announcing its receipt of                     analyzing residues of metaldehyde in                  4350, Australia), requests to establish an
                                               several pesticide petitions filed under                 food crops, including all of the crops                exemption from the requirement of a
                                               section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,                  identified above. The limit of                        tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
                                               and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.                     quantitation (LOQ) for the method is                  residues of the microbial insecticide
                                               346a, requesting the establishment or                   0.05 ppm. Contact: RD.                                Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple
                                               modification of regulations in 40 CFR                      2. PP 5F8368. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                    Nucleopolyhedrovirus—3AP2 in or on
                                               part 174 or part 180 for residues of                    0554). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,                 food crops. The petitioner believes no
                                               pesticide chemicals in or on various                    P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                 analytical method is needed because the
                                               food commodities. EPA is taking public                  requests to establish tolerances in 40                petitioner is requesting an exemption
                                               comment on the requests before                          CFR 180.242 for residues of the                       from tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
                                               responding to the petitioners. EPA is not               fungicide thiabendazole in or on legume                  2. PP IN–10782. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
                                               proposing any particular action at this                 vegetables (succulent or dried), crop                 2015–0524). Spring Trading Co., 10805
                                               time. EPA has determined that the                       group 6 at 0.01 ppm; foliage of legume                W. Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 77380
                                               pesticide petitions described in this                   vegetables, crop group 7, except pea,                 (on behalf of BASF Corp., 100 Campus
                                               document contain the data or                            field, hay and vines at 0.01 ppm; pea,
                                                                                                                                                             Dr., Florham Park, NJ 07932), requests
                                               information prescribed in FFDCA                         field, hay at 0.15 ppm; and pea, field,
                                               section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2);                                                                      to establish an exemption from the
                                                                                                       vines at 0.03 ppm. There are acceptable
                                               however, EPA has not fully evaluated                                                                          requirement of a tolerance for residues
                                                                                                       analytical methods for tolerance
                                               the sufficiency of the submitted data at                enforcement that include four                         of propanamide, 2-hydroxy-N, N-
                                               this time or whether the data support                   spectrophotofluorometric methods for                  dimethyl- (CAS Reg. No. 35123–06–9)
                                               granting of the pesticide petitions. After              the determination of thiabendazole per                when used as an inert ingredient
                                               considering the public comments, EPA                    se in or on plant commodities and one                 (solvent, cosolvent) in pesticide
                                               intends to evaluate whether and what                    spectrophotofluorometric method                       formulations applied to growing crops
                                               action may be warranted. Additional                     (Method D) for determining residues of                or to raw agricultural commodities after
                                               data may be needed before EPA can                       thiabendazole and 5-                                  harvest under 40 CFR 180.910 and
                                               make a final determination on these                     hydroxythiabendazole in milk. Contact:                applied to animals under 40 CFR
                                               pesticide petitions.                                    RD.                                                   180.930. The petitioner believes no
                                                  Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a                                                                             analytical method is needed because it
                                                                                                       Amended Tolerances                                    is not required for an exemption from
                                               summary of each of the petitions that
                                               are the subject of this document,                          1. PP 5F8364. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                    the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
                                               prepared by the petitioner, is included                 0382). Arysta LifeScience North                       RD.
                                               in a docket EPA has created for each                    America Corp., 15401 Weston Pkwy.,
                                                                                                       Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513, requests to                Amended Tolerance Exemption
                                               rulemaking. The docket for each of the
                                               petitions is available at http://                       amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.599                   1. PP 5G8375. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
                                               www.regulations.gov.                                    for residues of the insecticide                       0457). J.R. Simplot Co., 5369 W. Irving
                                                  As specified in FFDCA section                        acequinocyl in or on hop, dried cones
                                                                                                                                                             St., Boise, ID 83706, requests to amend
                                               408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is                 from 4.0 ppm to 15.0 ppm. The
                                                                                                                                                             an exemption from the requirement of a
                                               publishing notice of the petitions so that              analytical method to quantitate residues
                                                                                                                                                             tolerance in 40 CFR 174.534 for residues
                                               the public has an opportunity to                        of acequinocyl and acequinocyl-OH in/
                                                                                                                                                             of the plant-incorporated protectant
                                               comment on these requests for the                       on fruit crops utilizes high pressure
                                                                                                                                                             (PIP) Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene
                                               establishment or modification of                        liquid chromatography (HPLC) using
                                                                                                       mass spectrometric (MS/MS) detection.                 (also known as Rpi–vnt1) in or on
                                               regulations for residues of pesticides in
                                                                                                       Contact: RD.                                          potato. The petitioner believes no
                                               or on food commodities. Further
                                                                                                          2. PP 5F8368. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                    analytical method is needed because the
                                               information on the petitions may be
                                                                                                       0554). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,                 petitioner is seeking a temporary
                                               obtained through the petition
                                                                                                       P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                 exemption from the requirement of a
                                               summaries referenced in this unit.
                                                                                                       requests to amend the tolerances in 40                tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
                                               New Tolerances                                          CFR 180.242 for residues of the                         Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
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                                                 1. PP 5E8377. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                       fungicide thiabendazole by removing
                                                                                                                                                               Dated: August 27, 2015.
                                               0558). Interregional Research Project                   the tolerances in or on bean, dry, seed
                                               Number 4 (IR–4), Rutgers University,                    at 0.1 ppm; and soybean at 0.1 ppm.                   John E. Leahy, Jr.,
                                               500 College Rd. East, Suite 201 W,                      There are acceptable analytical methods               Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
                                               Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to                        for tolerance enforcement that include                Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
                                               establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.523                  four spectrophotofluorometric methods                 Programs.
                                               for residues of the molluscicide                        for the determination of thiabendazole                [FR Doc. 2015–22714 Filed 9–8–15; 8:45 am]
                                               metaldehyde, 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-                       per se in or on plant commodities and                 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P




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Document Modified: 2015-12-15 09:53:33
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
DatesComments must be received on or before October 9, 2015.
ContactRobert McNally, Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main
FR Citation80 FR 54257 
CFR Citation40 CFR 174
40 CFR 180

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