81 FR 55192 - Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses and New Active Ingredients

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 160 (August 18, 2016)

EPA has received applications to register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on these applications.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55192-55194]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19758]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0009 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0011; FRL-9950-20]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses and New Active Ingredients

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number 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: Michael Goodis, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone 
number: (703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected].

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).

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.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) 
(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of 
these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these 
applications.

A. New Active Ingredients (AI)

    1. File number: 7969-GIO (Versys Insecticide; Decision No. 516387). 
Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0416. Company name and address: BASF 
Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709-3528. Active ingredient: Afidopyropen. Proposed uses: Almond 
hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus oil; cotton, gin byproducts; cotton, 
undelinted seed; fruit, citrus, group 10-10; fruit, pome, group 11-10; 
fruit, stone, group 12-12; nut, tree, group 14-12; plum, prune; 
soybean, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, 
seed; vegetable, Brassica, head and stem group 5-13; vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10; vegetable, leaf 
petioles, subgroup 22B; vegetable, leafy, subgroup 4-13A; vegetable, 
leafy, subgroup 4-13B; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C. 
Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    2. File number: 7969-GON (INSCALIS Technical Insecticide; Decision 
No. 516381). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0416. Company name and 
address: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. Active ingredient: Afidopyropen. Proposed 
uses: Almond hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus oil; cotton, gin 
byproducts; cotton, undelinted seed; fruit, citrus, group 10-10; fruit, 
pome, group 11-10; fruit, stone, group 12-12; nut, tree, group 14-12; 
plum, prune; soybean, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, 
hay; soybean, seed; vegetable, Brassica, head and stem group 5-13; 
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10; 
vegetable, leaf petioles, subgroup 22B; vegetable, leafy, subgroup 4-
13A; vegetable leafy, subgroup 4-13B; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, 
subgroup 1C. Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: 
[email protected].
    3. File number: 7969-GOR (Sefina Insecticide; Decision No. 516382). 
Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0416. Company name and address: BASF 
Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709-3528. Active ingredient: Afidopyropen. Proposed uses: Almond 
hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus oil; cotton, gin byproducts; cotton, 
undelinted seed; fruit, citrus, group 10-10; fruit, pome, group 11-10; 
fruit, stone, group 12-12; nut, tree, group 14-12; plum, prune; 
soybean, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, 
seed; vegetable, Brassica, head and stem group 5-13; vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10; vegetable, leaf 
petioles, subgroup 22B; vegetable, leafy, subgroup 4-13A; vegetable 
leafy, subgroup 4-13B; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C.

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Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    4. File number: 7969-GOE (Inveris Insecticide; Decision No. 
516384). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0416. Company name and address: 
BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709-3528. Active ingredient: Afidopyropen. Proposed uses: 
Almond hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus oil; cotton, gin byproducts; 
cotton, undelinted seed; fruit, citrus, group 10-10; fruit, pome, group 
11-10; fruit, stone, group 12-12; nut, tree, group 14-12; plum, prune; 
soybean, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, 
seed; vegetable, Brassica, head and stem group 5-13; vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10; vegetable, leaf 
petioles, subgroup 22B; vegetable, leafy, subgroup 4-13A; vegetable 
leafy, subgroup 4-13B; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C. 
Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    5. File number: 7969-GOG (Ventigra Insecticide; Decision No. 
516386). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0416. Company name and address: 
BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709-3528. Active ingredient: Afidopyropen. Proposed uses: 
Almond hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus oil; cotton, gin byproducts; 
cotton, undelinted seed; fruit, citrus, group 10-10; fruit, pome, group 
11-10; fruit, stone, group 12-12; nut, tree, group 14-12; plum, prune; 
soybean, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, 
seed; vegetable, Brassica, head and stem group 5-13; vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10; vegetable, leaf 
petioles, subgroup 22B; vegetable, leafy, subgroup 4-13A; vegetable 
leafy, subgroup 4-13B; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C. 
Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    6. File number: 42750-GRR (Hexythiazox 1E; Decision No. 517092). 
Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0339. Company name and address: 
Albraugh, LLC, P.O. Box 2127, Valdosta, GA 31604-2127. Active 
ingredient: Hexythiazox. Proposed uses: Alfalfa (West of the Rockies); 
beans, dry and succulent (Western United States only); citrus (CA, AZ 
and TX only); corn, field; corn, sweet (including ears and forage) 
(Western United States only); cotton (CA, AZ and TX only); Christmas 
tree, Christmas tree plantations; greenhouse tomatoes; non-bearing tree 
fruits and nuts, citrus, and vines (field grown and nursery); pepper/
eggplant subgroup 8-10B; pome fruit group 11-10; potatoes (OR, WA and 
ID only); small fruit, vine climbing subgroup, except fuzzy kiwifruit 
13-07F; sorghum (Western United States only, including OK and TX); 
stone fruits group, including plum; timothy (West of the Rockies); and 
tree nuts group and pistachios. Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; 
email: [email protected].
    7. File number: 42750-GRE (Hexythiazox Technical; Decision No. 
517095-2). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0339. Company name and 
address: Albraugh, LLC, P.O. Box 2127, Valdosta, GA 31604-2127. Active 
ingredient: Hexythiazox. Proposed uses: Alfalfa (West of the Rockies); 
beans, dry and succulent (Western United States only); citrus (CA, AZ 
and TX only); corn, field; corn, sweet (including ears and forage) 
(Western United States only); cotton (CA, AZ and TX only); Christmas 
tree, Christmas tree plantations; greenhouse tomatoes; non-bearing tree 
fruits and nuts, citrus, and vines (field grown and nursery); pepper/
eggplant subgroup 8-10B; pome fruit group 11-10; potatoes (OR, WA, and 
ID only); small fruit, vine climbing subgroup, except fuzzy kiwifruit 
13-07F; sorghum (Western United States only, including OK and TX); 
stone fruits group, including plum; timothy (West of the Rockies); and 
tree nuts group and pistachios. Contact: Katelynn King (703) 347-0193; 
email: [email protected].
    8. File number: 91234-RO (A103.02; Decision No. 518428). Docket 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0452. Company name and address: Atticus, LLC., 
c/o Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street, Gig Harbor, 
WA 98332. Active ingredient: Chlorfenapyr. Proposed uses: Fruiting 
vegetables and ornamental crops grown in commercial greenhouses. 
Contact: Carmen Rodi (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].

B. Addition of New Food Uses on Previously Registered Pesticide 
Products

    1. Registration number: 71512-7 (Technical Flonicamid Insecticide; 
Decision No. 513683). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0985. Company name 
and address: ISK Bioscience Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, 
Concord, OH 44077. Active ingredient: Flonicamid. Proposed uses: 
Citrus. Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: 
[email protected].
    2. Registration number: 71512-9 (Flonicamid 50WG; Decision No. 
513688). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0985. Company name and address: 
ISK Bioscience Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, Concord, OH 
44077. Active ingredient: Flonicamid. Proposed use: Citrus. Contact: 
Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    3. Registration number: 71512-10 (Beleaf 50SG Insecticide; Decision 
No. 513685). Docket number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0985. Company name and 
address: ISK Bioscience Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, 
Concord, OH 44077. Active ingredient: Flonicamid. Proposed use: Citrus. 
Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    4. Registration number: 71512-14 (Flonicamid 50WG for Manufacturing 
and Repacking Use Only; Decision No. 513684). Docket number: EPA-HQ-
OPP-2011-0985. Company name and address: ISK Bioscience Corporation, 
7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, Concord, OH 44077. Active ingredient: 
Flonicamid. Proposed use: Citrus. Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; 
email: [email protected].
    5. Pesticide Petition: 6E8466 (Decision No. 516183). Docket number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0029. Company name and address: Gowan Company, P.O. Box 
5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569. Active ingredient: Fenazaquin. Proposed use: 
Import tolerance on tea and pineapple. Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-
0327; email: [email protected].
    6. Pesticide Petition: 6E8463 (Decision No. 515700). Docket number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0099. Company name and address: Nichino America, Inc., 
4550 New Linden Hill Road, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808-2951. Active 
ingredient: Flubendiamide. Proposed use: Import tolerance on dried tea. 
Contact: Carmen Rodia (703) 306-0327; email: [email protected].
    7. Registration number: 10163-277 (Onager Miticide). Docket number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0038. Company name and address: Gowan Company, P.O. Box 
5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569. Active ingredient: Hexythiazox. Proposed 
use: Hops. Contact: Katelynn King (703) 347-0193; email: 
[email protected].
    8. Registration number: 10163-337 (Onager EW). Docket number: EPA-
HQ-OPP-2015-0038. Company name and address: Gowan Company, P.O. Box 
5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569. Active ingredient: Hexythiazox. Proposed 
use: Hops. Contact: Katelynn King (703) 347-0193; email: 
[email protected].

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


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    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Michael Goodis, Acting,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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