82 FR 56017 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 226 (November 27, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 226 (November 27, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 56017-56018] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-25564] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9968-55] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency'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 December 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by 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, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Michael Goodis, Registration Division (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. 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, the Agency 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 the Agency 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. The Agency 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 petition so that the public has an opportunity to comment on this request for the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food commodities. Further information on the petition may be obtained through the petition summary referenced in this unit. [[Page 56018]] IV. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts 1. PP 7F8557. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0429). E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Chestnut Run Plaza, 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide picoxystrobin in or on alfalfa, forage at 4 parts per million (ppm); alfalfa, hay at 5 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 9 ppm; almond hulls at 15 ppm; cotton, gin by-products at 40 ppm; cottonseed (Crop Subgroup 20C) at 4 ppm; grass, forage (Grown for Seed) at 40 ppm; grass, hay (Grown for Seed) at 80 ppm; head lettuce at 7 ppm; onion, bulb (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) at 0.8 ppm; onion, green (Crop Subgroup 3- 07B) at 15; pea and bean, succulent shelled (Crop Subgroup 6B) at 3 ppm; peanut at 0.1 ppm; peanut, hay at 40 ppm; sunflower (Crop Subgroup 20B) at 3 ppm; tree nut except hulls (Crop Group 14-12) at 0.15 ppm; vegetable, brassica head and stem (Crop Group 5-16) at 5 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit (Crop Group 9) at 0.7 ppm; vegetable, fruiting (Crop Group 8-10) at 1.5 ppm; vegetable, leaf petiole (Crop Subgroup 22B) at 40 ppm; vegetable, leafy except head lettuce (Crop Group 4-16) at 60 ppm; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber (Crop Group 2) at 40 ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded (Crop Subgroup 6A) at 4 ppm; vegetable, root (Crop Subgroup 1A) at 0.6 ppm; and vegetable, tuberous and corm (Crop Subgroup 1C) at 0.06 ppm. The LC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the chemical picoxystrobin. Contact: RD. 2. PP 7F8582. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0417). FMC Corporation, 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180 for residues of the fungicide, valifenalate, in or on the raw agricultural commodities: Bulb vegetable crop group 3-07 at 0.40 ppm; celery at 6.0 ppm; cucurbit crop group 9 at 0.3 ppm; fruiting vegetable crop group 8 at 0.60 ppm; grape at 3.0 ppm; potato at 0.04 ppm; potato- chips at 0.05 ppm; potato-dried pulp at 0.06 ppm; potato-granules/ flakes at 0.15 ppm; and tomato-wet peel at 1.8 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the chemical valifenalate (beta- Alanine, N-[(1-methylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-valyl-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-, methyl ester). Contact: RD. 3. PP7E8601. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0494). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish import tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide [3-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5- dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide] in or on tea, dried, and tea, instant at 20 ppm. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection is used to measure and evaluate the residues of methoxyfenozide. Contact: RD. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. Dated: October 2, 2017. Delores Barber, Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2017-25564 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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preventative biofungicide for control or main telephone number: (703) 305– 3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
suppression of fungal and bacterial 7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@ achieve environmental justice, the fair
plant diseases in agricultural, field, epa.gov., Michael Goodis, Registration treatment and meaningful involvement
nursery, and forested areas and as a seed Division (7505P), main telephone of any group, including minority and/or
treatment. Contact: BPPD. number: (703) 305–7090; email address: low-income populations, in the
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing development, implementation, and
address for each contact person is: enforcement of environmental laws,
Dated: October 2, 2017. Office of Pesticide Programs, regulations, and policies. To help
Delores Barber, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 address potential environmental justice
Director, Information Technology and Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, issues, the Agency seeks information on
Resources Management Division, Office of DC 20460–0001. any groups or segments of the
Pesticide Programs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: population who, as a result of their
[FR Doc. 2017–25566 Filed 11–24–17; 8:45 am]
location, cultural practices, or other
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P I. General Information
factors, may have atypical or
A. Does this action apply to me? disproportionately high and adverse
You may be potentially affected by human health impacts or environmental
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
this action if you are an agricultural effects from exposure to the pesticides
AGENCY
producer, food manufacturer, or discussed in this document, compared
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0006; FRL–9968–55] to the general population.
pesticide manufacturer. The following
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions list of North American Industrial II. What action is the Agency taking?
Filed for Residues of Pesticide Classification System (NAICS) codes is
Chemicals in or on Various not intended to be exhaustive, but rather EPA is announcing its receipt of
Commodities provides a guide to help readers several pesticide petitions filed under
determine whether this document section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
AGENCY: Environmental Protection applies to them. Potentially affected and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.
Agency (EPA). entities may include: 346a, requesting the establishment or
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and • Crop production (NAICS code 111). modification of regulations in 40 CFR
request for comment. • Animal production (NAICS code part 180 for residues of pesticide
112). chemicals in or on various food
SUMMARY: This document announces the • Food manufacturing (NAICS code commodities. The Agency is taking
Agency’s receipt of several initial filings 311). public comment on the requests before
of pesticide petitions requesting the • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS responding to the petitioners. EPA is not
establishment or modification of code 32532). proposing any particular action at this
regulations for residues of pesticide If you have any questions regarding time. EPA has determined that the
chemicals in or on various commodities. the applicability of this action to a pesticide petitions described in this
DATES: Comments must be received on particular entity, consult the person document contain the data or
or before December 27, 2017. listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION information prescribed in FFDCA
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, CONTACT for the division listed at the section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2);
identified by docket identification (ID) end of the pesticide petition summary of however, EPA has not fully evaluated
number and the pesticide petition interest. the sufficiency of the submitted data at
number (PP) of interest as shown in the this time or whether the data support
B. What should I consider as I prepare
body of this document, by one of the granting of the pesticide petitions. After
my comments for EPA?
following methods: considering the public comments, EPA
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this intends to evaluate whether and what
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online information to EPA through action may be warranted. Additional
instructions for submitting comments. regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark data may be needed before EPA can
Do not submit electronically any the part or all of the information that make a final determination on these
information you consider to be you claim to be CBI. For CBI pesticide petitions.
Confidential Business Information (CBI) information in a disk or CD–ROM that
or other information whose disclosure is you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
restricted by statute. disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then summary of each of the petitions that
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental identify electronically within the disk or are the subject of this document,
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ CD–ROM the specific information that prepared by the petitioner, is included
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. is claimed as CBI. In addition to one in a docket EPA has created for each
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. complete version of the comment that rulemaking. The docket for each of the
• Hand Delivery: To make special includes information claimed as CBI, a petitions is available at http://
arrangements for hand delivery or copy of the comment that does not www.regulations.gov.
delivery of boxed information, please contain the information claimed as CBI As specified in FFDCA section
follow the instructions at http:// must be submitted for inclusion in the 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
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public docket. Information so marked publishing notice of the petition so that
Additional instructions on will not be disclosed except in the public has an opportunity to
commenting or visiting the docket, accordance with procedures set forth in comment on this request for the
along with more information about 40 CFR part 2. establishment or modification of
dockets generally, is available at http:// 2. Tips for preparing your comments. regulations for residues of pesticides in
www.epa.gov/dockets. When preparing and submitting your or on food commodities. Further
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments, see the commenting tips at information on the petition may be
Robert McNally, Biopesticides and http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ obtained through the petition summary
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), comments.html. referenced in this unit.
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IV. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts instant at 20 ppm. Liquid approvals based on consideration of the
1. PP 7F8557. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– chromatography with tandem mass electronic document receiving systems
0429). E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and spectrometry detection is used to that the state, tribe, or local government
Company, Chestnut Run Plaza, 974 measure and evaluate the residues of will use to implement the electronic
Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805, methoxyfenozide. Contact: RD. reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b)
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
CFR part 180 for residues of the provides special procedures for program
Dated: October 2, 2017.
fungicide picoxystrobin in or on alfalfa, revisions and modifications to allow
Delores Barber, electronic reporting, to be used at the
forage at 4 parts per million (ppm); Director, Information Technology and
alfalfa, hay at 5 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 9 option of the state, tribe or local
Resources Management Division, Office of government in place of procedures
ppm; almond hulls at 15 ppm; cotton, Pesticide Programs.
gin by-products at 40 ppm; cottonseed available under existing program-
[FR Doc. 2017–25564 Filed 11–24–17; 8:45 am] specific authorization regulations. An
(Crop Subgroup 20C) at 4 ppm; grass, BILLING CODE 6560–50–P application submitted under the subpart
forage (Grown for Seed) at 40 ppm;
D procedures must show that the state,
grass, hay (Grown for Seed) at 80 ppm;
tribe or local government has sufficient
head lettuce at 7 ppm; onion, bulb (Crop ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION legal authority to implement the
Subgroup 3–07A) at 0.8 ppm; onion, AGENCY electronic reporting components of the
green (Crop Subgroup 3–07B) at 15; pea
[9970–09–OEI] programs covered by the application
and bean, succulent shelled (Crop
and will use electronic document
Subgroup 6B) at 3 ppm; peanut at 0.1 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: receiving systems that meet the
ppm; peanut, hay at 40 ppm; sunflower Authorized Program Revision applicable subpart D requirements.
(Crop Subgroup 20B) at 3 ppm; tree nut Approval, Commonwealth of Kentucky On October 9, 2017, the Kentucky
except hulls (Crop Group 14–12) at 0.15 Department for Environmental
ppm; vegetable, brassica head and stem AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Protection (KY DEP) submitted an
(Crop Group 5–16) at 5 ppm; vegetable, Agency (EPA).
application titled ‘‘Compliance
cucurbit (Crop Group 9) at 0.7 ppm; ACTION: Notice.
Monitoring Data Portal’’ for revision to
vegetable, fruiting (Crop Group 8–10) at its EPA-approved drinking water
1.5 ppm; vegetable, leaf petiole (Crop SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the Commonwealth of program under title 40 CFR to allow
Subgroup 22B) at 40 ppm; vegetable, new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed
leafy except head lettuce (Crop Group Kentucky’s request to revise its National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations KY DEP’s request to revise its EPA-
4–16) at 60 ppm; vegetable, leaves of authorized program and, based on this
Implementation EPA-authorized
root and tuber (Crop Group 2) at 40 review, EPA determined that the
program to allow electronic reporting.
ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded application met the standards for
(Crop Subgroup 6A) at 4 ppm; vegetable, DATES: EPA approves the authorized
program revision for the Commonwealth approval of authorized program revision
root (Crop Subgroup 1A) at 0.6 ppm; set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
and vegetable, tuberous and corm (Crop of Kentucky’s National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this
Subgroup 1C) at 0.06 ppm. The LC/MS/ notice of EPA’s decision to approve
MS is used to measure and evaluate the Implementation program as of December
27, 2017 if no timely request for a public Kentucky’s request to revise its Part 142
chemical picoxystrobin. Contact: RD. —National Primary Drinking Water
2. PP 7F8582. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– hearing is received and accepted by the
Agency. Regulations Implementation program to
0417). FMC Corporation, 1735 Market allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 requests FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
part 141 is being published in the
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180 Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental Federal Register.
for residues of the fungicide, Protection Agency, Office of KY DEP was notified of EPA’s
valifenalate, in or on the raw Environmental Information, Mail Stop determination to approve its application
agricultural commodities: Bulb 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., with respect to the authorized program
vegetable crop group 3–07 at 0.40 ppm; Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, listed above.
celery at 6.0 ppm; cucurbit crop group seeh.karen@epa.gov. Also, in today’s notice, EPA is
9 at 0.3 ppm; fruiting vegetable crop SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On informing interested persons that they
group 8 at 0.60 ppm; grape at 3.0 ppm; October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media may request a public hearing on EPA’s
potato at 0.04 ppm; potato-chips at 0.05 Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) action to approve the Commonwealth of
ppm; potato-dried pulp at 0.06 ppm; was published in the Federal Register Kentucky’s request to revise its
potato-granules/flakes at 0.15 ppm; and (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of authorized public water system program
tomato-wet peel at 1.8 ppm. The LC/ title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance
MS/MS method is used to measure and establishes electronic reporting as an with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a
evaluate the chemical valifenalate (beta- acceptable regulatory alternative to hearing must be submitted to EPA
Alanine, N-[(1-methylethoxy)carbonyl]- paper reporting and establishes within 30 days of publication of today’s
L-valyl-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-, methyl requirements to assure that electronic Federal Register notice. Such requests
ester). Contact: RD. documents are as legally dependable as should include the following
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3. PP7E8601. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– their paper counterparts. Subpart D of information:
0494). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 CROMERR requires that state, tribal or (1) The name, address and telephone
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, local government agencies that receive, number of the individual, organization
requests to establish import tolerances or wish to begin receiving, electronic or other entity requesting a hearing;
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the reports under their EPA-authorized (2) A brief statement of the requesting
insecticide methoxyfenozide [3- programs must apply to EPA for a person’s interest in EPA’s
methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5- revision or modification of those determination, a brief explanation as to
dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) programs and obtain EPA approval. why EPA should hold a hearing, and
hydrazide] in or on tea, dried, and tea, Subpart D provides standards for such any other information that the
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| Action | Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment. | |
| Dates | Comments must be received on or before December 27, 2017. | |
| Contact | Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703) | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 56017 |
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