82 FR 34941 - Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. 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 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34941-34942]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15750]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0008; FRL-9963-51]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for 
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. 
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 August 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket 
Identification (ID) Number and the EPA Registration 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

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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 new uses for pesticide 
products containing currently registered active ingredients. 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.
    EPA Registration Number: 100-1471, 100-1475, 100-1478, 100-1480. 
Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0167. Applicant: Syngenta Crop 
Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. Active 
ingredient: Benzovindiflupyr. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: 
Grasses grown for seeds. Contact: RD.
    EPA Registration Number: 100-1489. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2016-0610. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, 
Greensboro, NC 27419. Active ingredient: Chlorantraniliprole. Product 
type: Insecticide. Proposed Use: Greenhouses; commercial, ornamental 
plant nurseries. Contact: RD.
    EPA Registration Number or File Symbol: 100-RARO. Docket ID number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0173. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. 
Box 18300 Greensboro, NC 27419. Active ingredient: Thiamethoxam. 
Product type: Insecticide. Proposed Use: Termiticide. Contact: RD.
    EPA Registration Numbers: 279-3149, 279-3220, 279-3370. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0072. Applicant: FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut 
Street, NW., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Active ingredient: Sulfentrazone. 
Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Peppermint, spearmint, chia, 
teff, a crop group expansion for the stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 
22A, and crop group conversions for the brassica vegetable, head and 
stem group 5-16, the brassica leafy greens subgroup 4/16B, and the tree 
nut group 14-12. Contact: RD.
    EPA Registration Number: 55146-97, 55149-99. Docket ID number: EPA-
HQ-OPP-2017-0089. Applicant: Nufarm Americas Inc., 4020 Aerial Center 
Parkway, Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27545. Active ingredient: 
Oxytetracycline. Product type: Bactericide/Fungicide. Proposed use: 
Cherry sweet; Cherry, tart. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: June 6, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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