81_FR_35873 81 FR 35766 - Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling

81 FR 35766 - Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 107 (June 3, 2016)

Page Range35766-35767
FR Document2016-13155

The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling.'' PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice provides guidance for registrants to follow when developing resistance management information to include on their pesticide labels. This draft PR Notice would update the guidance in PR Notice 2001-5.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016)]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-13155]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0242; FRL-9946-52]


Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 
Resistance Management Labeling

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking 
public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) 
entitled ``Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance 
Management Labeling.'' PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide 
Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested 
persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related 
decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and 
OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice provides guidance for registrants 
to follow when developing resistance management information to include 
on their pesticide labels. This draft PR Notice would update the 
guidance in PR Notice 2001-5.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0242, 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: Nikhil Mallampalli, Biological and 
Economic Analysis Division (7503P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-1924; email 
address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who are required 
to submit data under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or are required to register pesticides. Since 
other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

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.

C. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    A copy of the draft PR Notice ``Guidance for Pesticide Registrants 
on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling'' and any related or 
supporting information are available in the docket

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under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0242.

II. Overview of the Agency's Effort To Address Pesticide Resistance

    Pesticides can be used to control a variety of pests, such as 
insects, weeds, rodents, bacteria, fungi, etc. Over time many 
pesticides have gradually lost their effectiveness because pests have 
developed resistance--a significant decrease in sensitivity to a 
pesticide, which reduces the field performance of these pesticides. The 
Agency is concerned about resistance issues and believes that managing 
the development of pesticide resistance, in conjunction with 
alternative pest-management strategies and Integrated Pest Management 
programs, is an important part of sustainable pest management. To 
address the growing issue of resistance and preserve the useful life of 
pesticides, the Agency is beginning to embark on a more widespread 
effort and several activities that are aimed at combating and slowing 
the development of pesticide resistance.
    One such activity, which is the subject of this FR Notice, is 
today's release and request for comment on draft PR Notice 2016-X, 
``Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management 
Labeling.'' Draft PR Notice 2016-X updates PR Notice 2001 and applies 
to all conventional, agricultural pesticides (i.e., herbicides, 
fungicides, bactericides, insecticides, and acaricides). This draft PR 
Notice focuses on pesticide labels and is aimed at improving 
information about how pesticide users can minimize and manage pest 
resistance.
    Another such activity, involves the release of draft PR Notice 
2016-XX, ``Guidance for Herbicide Resistance Management Labeling, 
Education, Training, and Stewardship.'' Draft PR Notice 2016-XX applies 
to herbicides, and communicates the Agency's current thinking and 
approach to address herbicide-resistant weeds by providing guidance on 
labeling, education, training, and stewardship for herbicides 
undergoing registration review or registration (i.e., new herbicide 
actives, new uses proposed for use on herbicide-resistant crops, or 
other case-specific registration actions). Draft PR Notice 2016-XX will 
also be published in today's Federal Register. In the future, the 
Agency plans to evaluate other types of pesticides (e.g. fungicides, 
bactericides, insecticides, and acaricides) to determine whether and 
what guidance may be appropriate for these types pesticides. If the 
Agency releases future guidance on these other types of pesticides, we 
plan to seek input from the public.

III. What guidance does this PR Notice provide?

    Draft PR Notice 2016-X, which revises and updates PR Notice 2001-5, 
applies to all conventional, agricultural pesticides (i.e., herbicides, 
fungicides, bactericides, insecticides and acaricides). The updates in 
draft PR Notice 2016-X focus on pesticides labels and are aimed at 
improving information about how pesticide users can minimize and manage 
pest resistance. The draft PR Notice 2016-X updates PR Notice 2001-5 
with the following three categories of changes:
     Provides additional guidance, and recommended format, for 
resistance management statements or information to place on labels.
     Includes references to external technical resources for 
guidance on resistance management (e.g., professional scientific 
societies, resistance action committees for different types of 
pesticides).
     Updates the instructions on how to submit changes to 
existing labels in order to enhance resistance management language.
    This draft PR Notice also references draft revisions to Chapter 
11.VI.G of EPA's Label Review Manual (LRM), which illustrates the 
generic format for resistance management labeling along with examples 
of various labeling scenarios that registrants may encounter. The 
Agency requests comments on the updates to this draft PR Notice and 
this chapter of the LRM.

IV. Do PR Notices contain binding requirements?

    The PR Notice discussed in this notice is intended to provide 
guidance to EPA personnel and decision-makers, as well as pesticide 
registrants. While the requirements in the statute and Agency 
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice is 
not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart 
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice. 
Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance is not 
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or 
situation.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: May 23, 2016.
Jack E. Housenger,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-13155 Filed 6-2-16; 8:45 am]
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35766 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2016 / Notices Form Numbers: Production Operator section 114 letters to all respondents www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Survey (Part 1); Detailed Facility Survey selected for Part 1 and Part 2 surveys Additional instructions on commenting (Part 2). with electronic return receipt. or visiting the docket, along with more Respondents/affected entities: Changes in Estimates: This is a new information about dockets generally, is Respondents affected by this action are ICR, so this section does not apply. available at http://www.epa.gov/ owners/operators of oil and natural gas Dated: May 12, 2016. dockets. facilities. Part 1 of this ICR is Peter Tsirigotis, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: specifically requesting information for facilities in the onshore petroleum and Director, Sector Policies and Programs Nikhil Mallampalli, Biological and Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Economic Analysis Division (7503P), natural gas production industry Standards. segment. Part 2 of this ICR is Office of Pesticide Programs, [FR Doc. 2016–11967 Filed 6–2–16; 8:45 am] Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 specifically requesting information for facilities in the following industry BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, segments: Onshore petroleum and DC 20460–0001; telephone number: natural gas production, onshore (703) 308–1924; email address: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION mallampalli.nikhil@epa.gov. petroleum and natural gas gathering and AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: boosting, onshore natural gas processing, onshore natural gas [EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242; FRL–9946–52] I. General Information transmission compression, onshore natural gas transmission pipelines, Pesticides; Draft Guidance for A. Does this action apply to me? underground natural gas storage, LNG Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide This action is directed to the public storage and LNG import and export Resistance Management Labeling in general. Although this action may be equipment. The ICR is not requesting AGENCY: Environmental Protection of particular interest to those persons information for the offshore petroleum Agency (EPA). who are required to submit data under and natural gas production industry the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and ACTION: Notice of availability. segment or from the natural gas (local) Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or are required distribution industry segment. SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing to register pesticides. Since other Respondent’s obligation to respond: the availability of and seeking public entities may also be interested, the The information collection in Parts 1 comment on a draft Pesticide Agency has not attempted to describe all and 2 is being conducted by the EPA’s Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled the specific entities that may be affected Office of Air and Radiation pursuant to ‘‘Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on by this action. section 114 of the CAA, to assist the Pesticide Resistance Management Administrator of the EPA in developing Labeling.’’ PR Notices are issued by the B. What should I consider as I prepare emissions standards for oil and natural Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to my comments for EPA? gas facilities pursuant to the CAA. inform pesticide registrants and other Estimated number of respondents: 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this interested persons about important information to EPA through The estimated number of respondents policies, procedures, and registration regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark for Part 1 is 22,500 operators related decisions, and serve to provide the part or all of the information that representing approximately 698,800 guidance to pesticide registrants and you claim to be CBI. For CBI facilities (total). The estimated number OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice information in a disk or CD–ROM that of respondents for Part 2 is 3,385. Frequency of response: This is a one- provides guidance for registrants to you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the time survey. follow when developing resistance disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then Total estimated burden: The management information to include on identify electronically within the disk or estimated industry burden is 116,438 their pesticide labels. This draft PR CD–ROM the specific information that hours for Part 1 and 111,485 hours for Notice would update the guidance in PR is claimed as CBI. In addition to one Part 2. Therefore, the cumulative Notice 2001–5. complete version of the comment that industry burden for all parts of this ICR DATES: Comments must be received on includes information claimed as CBI, a is estimated to be 227,923 hours. The or before August 2, 2016. copy of the comment that does not estimated cumulative Agency burden to ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, contain the information claimed as CBI administer this ICR (all parts) is 17,947 identified by docket identification (ID) must be submitted for inclusion in the hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242, by public docket. Information so marked 1320.03(b). one of the following methods: will not be disclosed except in Total estimated cost: The estimated • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// accordance with procedures set forth in costs for the oil and natural gas industry www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 40 CFR part 2. is $16,476,182 for Part 1 and instructions for submitting comments. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. $23,673,312 for Part 2. The resulting Do not submit electronically any When preparing and submitting your total industry costs for all parts of this information you consider to be comments, see the commenting tips at ICR is estimated to be $40,149,494, Confidential Business Information (CBI) http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ which includes $11,302,500 in or other information whose disclosure is comments.html. operating and maintenance (O&M) costs restricted by statute. C. How can I get copies of this to cover mailing hard copies of Part 1 • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES document and other related responses and contracting services for Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ information? storage vessel feed material flashing DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. analyses as part of Part 2 responses. The NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. A copy of the draft PR Notice estimated cumulative Agency costs to • Hand Delivery: To make special ‘‘Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on administer this ICR (all parts) is arrangements for hand delivery or Pesticide Resistance Management $960,793, which includes $144,618 in delivery of boxed information, please Labeling’’ and any related or supporting O&M costs to send certified CAA follow the instructions at http:// information are available in the docket VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:20 Jun 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2016 / Notices 35767 under docket identification (ID) number types of pesticides, we plan to seek ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242. input from the public. AGENCY II. Overview of the Agency’s Effort To III. What guidance does this PR Notice [EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226; FRL–9946–53] Address Pesticide Resistance provide? Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticides can be used to control a Draft PR Notice 2016–X, which Pesticide Registrants on Herbicide variety of pests, such as insects, weeds, revises and updates PR Notice 2001–5, Resistance Management Labeling, rodents, bacteria, fungi, etc. Over time applies to all conventional, agricultural Education, Training, and Stewardship many pesticides have gradually lost pesticides (i.e., herbicides, fungicides, their effectiveness because pests have bactericides, insecticides and AGENCY: Environmental Protection developed resistance—a significant acaricides). The updates in draft PR Agency (EPA). decrease in sensitivity to a pesticide, Notice 2016–X focus on pesticides ACTION: Notice of availability. which reduces the field performance of labels and are aimed at improving these pesticides. The Agency is information about how pesticide users SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing concerned about resistance issues and can minimize and manage pest the availability of and seeking public believes that managing the development resistance. The draft PR Notice 2016–X comment on a draft Pesticide of pesticide resistance, in conjunction updates PR Notice 2001–5 with the Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled with alternative pest-management following three categories of changes: ‘‘Guidance for Herbicide Resistance strategies and Integrated Pest Management Labeling, Education, • Provides additional guidance, and Training, and Stewardship.’’ PR Notices Management programs, is an important recommended format, for resistance part of sustainable pest management. To are issued by the Office of Pesticide management statements or information Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide address the growing issue of resistance to place on labels. and preserve the useful life of registrants and other interested persons pesticides, the Agency is beginning to • Includes references to external about important policies, procedures, embark on a more widespread effort and technical resources for guidance on and registration-related decisions, and several activities that are aimed at resistance management (e.g., serve to provide guidance to pesticide combating and slowing the development professional scientific societies, registrants and OPP personnel. This of pesticide resistance. resistance action committees for draft PR Notice (2016–XX) different types of pesticides). communicates the Agency’s approach to One such activity, which is the subject of this FR Notice, is today’s • Updates the instructions on how to addressing herbicide-resistant weeds by release and request for comment on submit changes to existing labels in providing guidance on labeling, draft PR Notice 2016–X, ‘‘Guidance for order to enhance resistance management education, training, and stewardship for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide language. herbicides undergoing registration Resistance Management Labeling.’’ Draft This draft PR Notice also references review or registration (i.e., new PR Notice 2016–X updates PR Notice draft revisions to Chapter 11.VI.G of herbicide and actives, new uses 2001 and applies to all conventional, EPA’s Label Review Manual (LRM), proposed for use on herbicide-resistant agricultural pesticides (i.e., herbicides, which illustrates the generic format for crops, or other case-specific registration fungicides, bactericides, insecticides, resistance management labeling along actions. and acaricides). This draft PR Notice with examples of various labeling DATES: Comments must be received on focuses on pesticide labels and is aimed scenarios that registrants may or before August 2, 2016. at improving information about how encounter. The Agency requests ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, pesticide users can minimize and comments on the updates to this draft identified by docket identification (ID) manage pest resistance. PR Notice and this chapter of the LRM. number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226, by Another such activity, involves the IV. Do PR Notices contain binding one of the following methods: release of draft PR Notice 2016–XX, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// requirements? ‘‘Guidance for Herbicide Resistance www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Management Labeling, Education, The PR Notice discussed in this instructions for submitting comments. Training, and Stewardship.’’ Draft PR notice is intended to provide guidance Do not submit electronically any Notice 2016–XX applies to herbicides, to EPA personnel and decision-makers, information you consider to be and communicates the Agency’s current as well as pesticide registrants. While Confidential Business Information (CBI) thinking and approach to address the requirements in the statute and or other information whose disclosure is herbicide-resistant weeds by providing Agency regulations are binding on EPA restricted by statute. guidance on labeling, education, and the applicants, this PR Notice is not • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental training, and stewardship for herbicides binding on either EPA or pesticide Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ undergoing registration review or registrants, and EPA may depart from DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. registration (i.e., new herbicide actives, the guidance where circumstances NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. new uses proposed for use on herbicide- warrant and without prior notice. • Hand Delivery: To make special resistant crops, or other case-specific Likewise, pesticide registrants may arrangements for hand delivery or registration actions). Draft PR Notice assert that the guidance is not delivery of boxed information, please 2016–XX will also be published in appropriate generally or not applicable follow the instructions at http:// today’s Federal Register. In the future, to a specific pesticide or situation. www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES the Agency plans to evaluate other types Additional instructions on Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. of pesticides (e.g. fungicides, commenting or visiting the docket, bactericides, insecticides, and Dated: May 23, 2016. along with more information about acaricides) to determine whether and Jack E. Housenger, dockets generally, is available at http:// what guidance may be appropriate for Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. www.epa.gov/dockets. these types pesticides. If the Agency [FR Doc. 2016–13155 Filed 6–2–16; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill releases future guidance on these other BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Chism, Biological and Economic VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:20 Jun 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesComments must be received on or before August 2, 2016.
ContactNikhil Mallampalli, Biological and Economic Analysis Division (7503P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-1924; email
FR Citation81 FR 35766 
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