82_FR_9579 82 FR 9555 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

82 FR 9555 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 24 (February 7, 2017)

Page Range9555-9558
FR Document2017-02475

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 82 Issue 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0032; FRL-9956-86]


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

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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 March 9, 2017.

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, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090, email address: [email protected]; or Michael 
Goodis, 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:
     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, 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 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 6E8495. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0661). Taminco US LLC, a subsidiary 
of Eastman Chemical Company, Two Windsor Plaza, Suite 400, 7540 Windsor 
Dr., Allentown, PA 18195, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 
part 180 for residues of the plant regulator chlormequat chloride in or 
on barley grain at 3 parts per million (ppm); bovine, sheep, goat-fat 
at 0.06 ppm; bovine, sheep, goat-kidney at 0.5 ppm; bovine, sheep, 
goat-liver at 0.15 ppm; bovine, sheep, goat-muscle at 0.2 ppm; cattle-
milk at 0.5 ppm; eggs at 0.1 ppm; oat grain at 15 ppm; poultry-fat at 
0.03 ppm; poultry-liver at 0.1 ppm; poultry-muscle at 0.04 ppm; swine-
fat at 0.02 ppm; swine-kidney at 0.5 ppm; swine-liver at 0.15 ppm; 
swine-muscle at 0.2 ppm; and wheat grain at 4 ppm. The Liquid 
Chromatography with tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method is used 
to measure and evaluate the chemical chlormequat chloride. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 6F8445. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0254). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC,

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P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish tolerances 
in 40 CFR 180.475 for residues of the fungicide difenoconazole in or on 
cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.40 ppm; rice, grain at 7 ppm; and rice, 
wild, grain at 7 ppm. Gas chromatography equipped with a nitrogen-
phosphorous detector or liquid chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry 
(MS)/(MS) is used to measure and evaluate the chemical difenoconazole. 
Contact: RD.
    3. PP 6F8457. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0263). ISK Biosciences Corporation, 
7470 Auburn Rd., Suite A, Concord, OH, 44077, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.681 for residues of the fungicide isofetamid 
in or on apple, wet pomace, at 2.0 ppm; bushberry, subgroup 13-07B at 
6.0 ppm; caneberry, subgroup 13-07A at 3.0 ppm; cattle fat and meat 
byproducts at 0.01 ppm; cherry subgroup 12-12A at 5.0 ppm; fruit, pome 
group 11-10 at 0.6 ppm; fruit, small vine climbing, except grape, 
subgroup 13-07E at 9.0 ppm; goat fat and meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; 
horse fat and meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled, 
except soybean, subgroup 6C, except cowpea and field pea at 0.05 ppm; 
pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B, except cowpea at 0.04 
ppm; peach, subgroup 12-12B at 3.0 ppm; plum, prune, dried at 3.5 ppm; 
plum subgroup 12-12C at 0.8 ppm; sheep fat and meat byproducts at 0.01 
ppm; and vegetable, legume edible podded, subgroup 6A at 1.5 ppm. The 
LC-MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the chemical 
isofetamid, N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-[2-methyl-4-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl]-2-
oxoethyl]-3-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxamide (CA), and its metabolite 
GPTC, N-[1,l-dimethyl-2-(4-[beta]-D-glucopyranosyloxy-2-methylphenyl)-
2-oxoethyl]-3-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxamide, expressed as isofetamid. 
Contact: RD
    4. PP 6F8474. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0775). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
pydiflumetofen in or on Barley, grain at 4.0 ppm; Barley, hay at 30.0 
ppm; Barley, straw at 30.0 ppm; Corn, field, grain at 0.015 ppm; Corn, 
field, forage at 6.0 ppm; Corn, field, stover at 15.0 ppm; Corn, field, 
milled by products at 0.06 ppm; Corn, pop, grain at 0.015 ppm; Corn, 
pop, forage at 6.0 ppm; Corn, pop, stover at 15.0 ppm; Corn, sweet, ear 
at 0.01 ppm; Corn, sweet, forage at 5.0 ppm; Corn, sweet, stover at 9.0 
ppm; Corn, sweet, cannery waste at 2.0 ppm; Crop Subgroup 4-15A, Leafy 
greens subgroup at 40.0 ppm; Crop Subgroup 22B, Leaf petiole vegetable 
subgroup at 15.0 ppm; Fruits, small vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwi 
subgroup 13-07F at 1.5 ppm; Grape, raisin at 2.0 ppm; Grape, wet pomace 
at 1.5 ppm; Grain, aspirated fractions at 100.0 ppm; Grain, cereal, 
forage, fodder and straw, group 16 at 50 ppm; Oat, grain at 2.0 ppm; 
Oat, forage at 10.0 ppm; Oat, hay at 40.0 ppm; Oat, straw at 20.0 ppm; 
Peas and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.4 ppm; 
Peas, hay at 40.0 ppm; Peas, vine at 6.0 ppm; Peanut, nutmeat at 0.02 
ppm; Peanut, refined oil at 0.05 ppm; Peanut, hay at 20.0 ppm; Potato, 
wet peel at 0.03 ppm; Potato, dried pulp at 0.05 ppm; Potato, processed 
waste at 0.03 ppm; Quinoa, grain at 4.0 ppm; Rapeseed, subgroup 20A at 
0.9 ppm; Rye, grain at 4.0 ppm; Rye, hay at 50.0 ppm; Rye, straw at 
30.0 ppm; Soybean, seed at 0.4 ppm; Soybean, forage at 30.0 ppm; 
Soybean, hay at 150 ppm; Tomato, dried pomace at 15.0 ppm; Tomato, wet 
pomace at 1.5 ppm; Tomato, sun-dried at 3.0 ppm; Vegetables, fruiting, 
crop group 8-10 at 0.6 ppm; Vegetables, tuberous and corm subgroup 1C 
at 0.015 ppm; Vegetables, cucurbit, crop group 9 at 0.5 ppm; Wheat, 
grain at 0.3 ppm; Wheat, forage at 15.0 ppm; Wheat, hay at 50.0 ppm; 
and Wheat, straw at 30.0 ppm. The method GRM061.03A is used to measure 
and evaluate the chemical pydiflumetofen. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 6F8474. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0775). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
pydiflumetofen in or on cattle, fat at 0.03 ppm; cattle, kidney at 0.02 
ppm; cattle, liver at 0.04 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.02 ppm; cattle, 
byproducts at 0.04 ppm; goat, fat at 0.03 ppm; goat, kidney at 0.02 
ppm; goat, liver at 0.04 ppm; goat, meat at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat 
byproducts at 0.04 ppm; horse, fat at 0.03 ppm; horse, kidney at 0.02 
ppm; horse, liver at 0.04 ppm; horse, meat at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat 
byproducts at 0.04 ppm; milk at 0.02 ppm; milk, cream at 0.04 ppm; 
sheep, fat at 0.03 ppm; sheep, kidney at 0.02 ppm; sheep, liver at 0.04 
ppm; sheep, meat at 0.02 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.04 ppm. 
The method GRM061.07A for animal products is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemicals pydiflumetofen and 2,4,6 trichlorophenol (free 
and conjugated) for the purposes of post-registration monitoring. 
Contact: RD.
Amended Tolerance
    1. PP 6F8445. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0254). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to amend the 
tolerance in 40 CFR 180.475 for residues of the fungicide 
difenoconazole in or on cotton, gin byproducts to 15 ppm. Gas 
chromatography equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorous detector or liquid 
chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry (MS)/(MS) is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical difenoconazole (1-[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-
chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4-
triazole). Contact: RD.
New Tolerance Exemptions
    1. PP IN-10964. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0507). Lewis & Harrison, LLC, 122 
C St. NW., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20001 (on behalf of Wacker Chemie 
AG, Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 Munich, Germany), requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of [beta]-cyclodextrin, methyl ethers (CAS Reg. No. 128446-36-6) when 
used as a pesticide inert ingredient (stabilizing agent, solvent) at a 
concentration of not more than 40% by weight in pesticide formulations 
applied to growing crops under 40 CFR 180.920. The petitioner believes 
no analytical method is needed because it is not required for an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
    2. PP IN-10981. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0616). Spring Trading Company, 
LLC, on behalf of BASF Corporation, 100 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 
07932, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance for residues of polyethyleneimine (CAS Reg. No. 9002-98-6) 
when used as a pesticide inert ingredient in pesticide formulations 
applied to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after 
harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The petitioner believes no analytical 
method is needed because it is not required for an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 6F8490. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0687). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Dr., P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 
part 180 for residues of the fungicide Bacillus subtilis strain BU1814 
in or on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical 
method is needed because it is expected that, when used as proposed, 
Bacillus subtilis strain BU1814 would not result in residues in or on 
food that are of toxicological concern. Contact: BPPD.
    4. PP 6F8508. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0641). Technology Sciences Group, 
Inc., 1150 18th St. NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036 (on behalf of 
Bee Vectoring Technology, Inc., 4160 Sladeview Crescent #7, 
Mississauga,

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Ontario L5L 0A1, Canada), requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
fungicide Clonostachys rosea strain CR-7 in or on all food commodities. 
The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is 
expected that, when used as proposed, Clonostachys rosea strain CR-7 
would not result in residues that are of toxicological concern. 
Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Robert McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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                                               transmission organization must include,                                      changing the transmission constraint                published in the Code of Federal Regulations.
                                               in its tariff, its transmission constraint                                   penalty factor values. Any procedure for
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                                                                   Short name/acronym                                                                                     Commenter

                                               Appian Way ........................................................           Appian Way Energy Partners, LLC.
                                               CAISO .................................................................       California Independent System Operator Corporation.
                                               DC Energy, Inertia Power, and Vitol ..................                        DC Energy, LLC, Inertia Power, LP, and Vitol Inc.
                                               EEI ......................................................................    Edison Electric Institute.
                                               EPSA ..................................................................       Electric Power Supply Association.
                                               EPSA/IPPNY .......................................................            Electric Power Supply Association and Independent Power Producers of New York.
                                               EPSA/NEPGA .....................................................              Electric Power Supply Association and New England Power Generators Association, Inc.
                                               EPSA/P3 .............................................................         Electric Power Supply Association and PJM Power Providers.
                                               EPSA/Western Power Trading Forum ................                             Electric Power Supply Association and Western Power Trading Forum.
                                               Energy Storage Association ...............................                    Energy Storage Association.
                                               Entergy ................................................................      Entergy Services, Inc. commented on behalf of the Entergy Operating Companies (Entergy Ar-
                                                                                                                               kansas, Inc.; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; Entergy New Orleans, Inc.;
                                                                                                                               and Entergy Texas, Inc.).
                                               Exelon .................................................................      Exelon Corporation.
                                               Financial Marketers Coalition .............................                   Financial Marketers Coalition.
                                               Golden Spread Electric .......................................                Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
                                               ISO–NE ...............................................................        ISO New England Inc.
                                               MISO ...................................................................      Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                               MISO Market Monitor .........................................                 Potomac Economics, LLC.
                                               PJM Market Monitor ...........................................                Monitoring Analytics, LLC.
                                               NYISO .................................................................       New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                               PJM .....................................................................     PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
                                               PSEG Companies ...............................................                PSEG Companies (Public Service Electric and Gas Company, PSEG Power LLC and PSEG
                                                                                                                               Energy Resources & Trade LLC).
                                               Public Interest Organizations ..............................                  Public Interest Organizations.
                                               SPP .....................................................................     Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
                                               XO Energy ..........................................................          XO Energy, LLC.



                                               [FR Doc. 2017–02332 Filed 2–6–17; 8:45 am]                                   ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments,               an incorrect docket number in the
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                                                                                                                            Regulatory Information Number (RIN)                 number referenced in that section, for
                                                                                                                            and title, by any of the following                  submission of public comments, is
                                               DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                                        methods:                                            corrected as: COE–2016–0016.
                                                                                                                               Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                 Dated: January 31, 2017.
                                               Department of the Army, U.S. Army                                            www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                                                                                                                                                Theodore A. Brown,
                                               Corps of Engineers                                                           instructions for submitting comments.
                                                                                                                               Email: WSRULE2016@                               Chief, Policy and Planning Division,
                                                                                                                                                                                Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps
                                               33 CFR Part 209                                                              usace.army.mil. Include the docket
                                                                                                                                                                                of Engineers.
                                                                                                                            number, COE–2016–0016, in the subject
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                                               Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers                                          Engineers, 441 G St. NW., Washington,
                                               Reservoir Projects for Domestic,                                             DC 20314.                                           ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                               Municipal & Industrial Water Supply                                             Hand Delivery/Courier: Due to                    AGENCY
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                                               AGENCY:  Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.                                                                                           40 CFR Part 180
                                                                                                                            receive comments by hand delivery or
                                               ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;                                       courier.
                                               correction and extension of time for                                                                                             [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0032; FRL–9956–86]
                                               public comments.                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                            Technical information: Jim Fredericks,              Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions
                                               SUMMARY:   The U.S. Army Corps of                                            503–808–3856. Legal information:                    Filed for Residues of Pesticide
                                               Engineers (USACE) is correcting a                                            Daniel Inkelas, 202–761–0345.                       Chemicals in or on Various
                                               notice of proposed rulemaking that                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In                       Commodities
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                                               appeared in the Federal Register of                                          response to requests from multiple                  AGENCY:  Environmental Protection
                                               December 16, 2016 and extending the                                          parties, USACE is extending the time for            Agency (EPA).
                                               comment period on this rulemaking.                                           public comments by 90 days. The date                ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and
                                               DATES: The comment period for the                                            listed in the DATES section by which                request for comment.
                                               proposed rule published December 16,                                         comments must be received is changed
                                               2016 at 81 FR 91556 is extended until                                        from February 14, 2017 to May 15, 2017.             SUMMARY:  This document announces
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                                               pesticide petitions requesting the                         • Crop production (NAICS code 111).                part 180 for residues of pesticide
                                               establishment or modification of                           • Animal production (NAICS code                    chemicals in or on various food
                                               regulations for residues of pesticide                   112).                                                 commodities. EPA is taking public
                                               chemicals in or on various commodities.                    • Food manufacturing (NAICS code                   comment on the requests before
                                               DATES: Comments must be received on                     311).                                                 responding to the petitioners. EPA is not
                                               or before March 9, 2017.                                   • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS                   proposing any particular action at this
                                               ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
                                                                                                       code 32532).                                          time. EPA has determined that the
                                                                                                          If you have any questions regarding                pesticide petitions described in this
                                               identified by the Docket Identification
                                                                                                       the applicability of this action to a                 document contain the data or
                                               (ID) Number and the Pesticide Petition
                                                                                                       particular entity, consult the person                 information prescribed in FFDCA
                                               Number (PP) of interest as shown in the
                                                                                                       listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                  section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2);
                                               body of this document, by one of the
                                                                                                       CONTACT for the division listed at the                however, EPA has not fully evaluated
                                               following methods:
                                                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                 end of the pesticide petition summary of              the sufficiency of the submitted data at
                                               www.regulations.gov. Follow the online                  interest.                                             this time or whether the data support
                                               instructions for submitting comments.                   B. What should I consider as I prepare                granting of the pesticide petitions. After
                                               Do not submit electronically any                        my comments for EPA?                                  considering the public comments, EPA
                                               information you consider to be                                                                                intends to evaluate whether and what
                                                                                                          1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this              action may be warranted. Additional
                                               Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                                                                       information to EPA through                            data may be needed before EPA can
                                               or other information whose disclosure is
                                                                                                       regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark                make a final determination on these
                                               restricted by statute.
                                                 • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental                     the part or all of the information that               pesticide petitions.
                                               Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/                   you claim to be CBI. For CBI                            Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
                                               DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.                   information in a disk or CD–ROM that                  summary of each of the petitions that
                                               NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.                         you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the              are the subject of this document,
                                                 • Hand Delivery: To make special                      disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then                        prepared by the petitioner, is included
                                               arrangements for hand delivery or                       identify electronically within the disk or            in a docket EPA has created for each
                                               delivery of boxed information, please                   CD–ROM the specific information that                  rulemaking. The docket for each of the
                                               follow the instructions at http://                      is claimed as CBI. In addition to one                 petitions is available at http://
                                               www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.                      complete version of the comment that                  www.regulations.gov.
                                               Additional instructions on commenting                   includes information claimed as CBI, a                  As specified in FFDCA section
                                               or visiting the docket, along with more                 copy of the comment that does not                     408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is
                                               information about dockets generally, is                 contain the information claimed as CBI                publishing notice of the petitions so that
                                               available at http://www.epa.gov/                        must be submitted for inclusion in the                the public has an opportunity to
                                               dockets.                                                public docket. Information so marked                  comment on these requests for the
                                                                                                       will not be disclosed except in                       establishment or modification of
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       accordance with procedures set forth in               regulations for residues of pesticides in
                                               Robert McNally, Biopesticides and
                                                                                                       40 CFR part 2.                                        or on food commodities. Further
                                               Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)                       2. Tips for preparing your comments.               information on the petitions may be
                                               (7511P), main telephone number: (703)                   When preparing and submitting your                    obtained through the petition
                                               305–7090, email address:                                comments, see the commenting tips at                  summaries referenced in this unit.
                                               BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Michael                       http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
                                               Goodis, Registration Division (RD)                                                                            New Tolerances
                                                                                                       comments.html.
                                               (7505P), main telephone number: (703)                      3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to                1. PP 6E8495. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–
                                               305–7090, email address:                                achieve environmental justice, the fair               0661). Taminco US LLC, a subsidiary of
                                               RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing                        treatment and meaningful involvement                  Eastman Chemical Company, Two
                                               address for each contact person is:                     of any group, including minority and/or               Windsor Plaza, Suite 400, 7540 Windsor
                                               Office of Pesticide Programs,                           low-income populations, in the                        Dr., Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
                                               Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                   development, implementation, and                      establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180
                                               Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,                                                                            for residues of the plant regulator
                                                                                                       enforcement of environmental laws,
                                               DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing                                                                         chlormequat chloride in or on barley
                                                                                                       regulations, and policies. To help
                                               address, include the contact person’s                                                                         grain at 3 parts per million (ppm);
                                                                                                       address potential environmental justice
                                               name, division, and mail code. The                                                                            bovine, sheep, goat-fat at 0.06 ppm;
                                                                                                       issues, EPA seeks information on any
                                               division to contact is listed at the end                                                                      bovine, sheep, goat-kidney at 0.5 ppm;
                                                                                                       groups or segments of the population
                                               of each pesticide petition summary.                                                                           bovine, sheep, goat-liver at 0.15 ppm;
                                                                                                       who, as a result of their location,
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    bovine, sheep, goat-muscle at 0.2 ppm;
                                                                                                       cultural practices, or other factors, may
                                               I. General Information                                  have atypical or disproportionately high              cattle-milk at 0.5 ppm; eggs at 0.1 ppm;
                                                                                                       and adverse human health impacts or                   oat grain at 15 ppm; poultry-fat at 0.03
                                               A. Does this action apply to me?                        environmental effects from exposure to                ppm; poultry-liver at 0.1 ppm; poultry-
                                                  You may be potentially affected by                   the pesticides discussed in this                      muscle at 0.04 ppm; swine-fat at 0.02
                                               this action if you are an agricultural                  document, compared to the general                     ppm; swine-kidney at 0.5 ppm; swine-
                                               producer, food manufacturer, or                         population.                                           liver at 0.15 ppm; swine-muscle at 0.2
                                               pesticide manufacturer. The following                                                                         ppm; and wheat grain at 4 ppm. The
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                                               list of North American Industrial                       II. What action is EPA taking?                        Liquid Chromatography with tandem
                                               Classification System (NAICS) codes is                     EPA is announcing its receipt of                   Mass Spectrometry (LC–MS/MS)
                                               not intended to be exhaustive, but rather               several pesticide petitions filed under               method is used to measure and evaluate
                                               provides a guide to help readers                        section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,                the chemical chlormequat chloride.
                                               determine whether this document                         and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.                   Contact: RD.
                                               applies to them. Potentially affected                   346a, requesting the establishment or                    2. PP 6F8445. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–
                                               entities may include:                                   modification of regulations in 40 CFR                 0254). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,


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                                               P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                   vegetable subgroup at 15.0 ppm; Fruits,               fungicide difenoconazole in or on
                                               requests to establish tolerances in 40                  small vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwi                cotton, gin byproducts to 15 ppm. Gas
                                               CFR 180.475 for residues of the                         subgroup 13–07F at 1.5 ppm; Grape,                    chromatography equipped with a
                                               fungicide difenoconazole in or on                       raisin at 2.0 ppm; Grape, wet pomace at               nitrogen-phosphorous detector or liquid
                                               cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.40 ppm;                    1.5 ppm; Grain, aspirated fractions at                chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry
                                               rice, grain at 7 ppm; and rice, wild,                   100.0 ppm; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder              (MS)/(MS) is used to measure and
                                               grain at 7 ppm. Gas chromatography                      and straw, group 16 at 50 ppm; Oat,                   evaluate the chemical difenoconazole
                                               equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorous                    grain at 2.0 ppm; Oat, forage at 10.0                 (1-[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-
                                               detector or liquid chromatography (LC)/                 ppm; Oat, hay at 40.0 ppm; Oat, straw                 chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-
                                               mass spectrometry (MS)/(MS) is used to                  at 20.0 ppm; Peas and bean, dried                     dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H–1,2,4-triazole).
                                               measure and evaluate the chemical                       shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at               Contact: RD.
                                               difenoconazole. Contact: RD.                            0.4 ppm; Peas, hay at 40.0 ppm; Peas,
                                                  3. PP 6F8457. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–                                                                            New Tolerance Exemptions
                                                                                                       vine at 6.0 ppm; Peanut, nutmeat at 0.02
                                               0263). ISK Biosciences Corporation,                     ppm; Peanut, refined oil at 0.05 ppm;                    1. PP IN–10964. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
                                               7470 Auburn Rd., Suite A, Concord,                      Peanut, hay at 20.0 ppm; Potato, wet                  2016–0507). Lewis & Harrison, LLC, 122
                                               OH, 44077, requests to establish                        peel at 0.03 ppm; Potato, dried pulp at               C St. NW., Suite 505, Washington, DC
                                               tolerances in 40 CFR 180.681 for                        0.05 ppm; Potato, processed waste at                  20001 (on behalf of Wacker Chemie AG,
                                               residues of the fungicide isofetamid in                 0.03 ppm; Quinoa, grain at 4.0 ppm;                   Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D–81737 Munich,
                                               or on apple, wet pomace, at 2.0 ppm;                    Rapeseed, subgroup 20A at 0.9 ppm;                    Germany), requests to establish an
                                               bushberry, subgroup 13–07B at 6.0 ppm;                  Rye, grain at 4.0 ppm; Rye, hay at 50.0               exemption from the requirement of a
                                               caneberry, subgroup 13–07A at 3.0 ppm;                  ppm; Rye, straw at 30.0 ppm; Soybean,                 tolerance for residues of b-cyclodextrin,
                                               cattle fat and meat byproducts at 0.01                  seed at 0.4 ppm; Soybean, forage at 30.0              methyl ethers (CAS Reg. No. 128446–
                                               ppm; cherry subgroup 12–12A at 5.0                      ppm; Soybean, hay at 150 ppm; Tomato,                 36–6) when used as a pesticide inert
                                               ppm; fruit, pome group 11–10 at 0.6                     dried pomace at 15.0 ppm; Tomato, wet                 ingredient (stabilizing agent, solvent) at
                                               ppm; fruit, small vine climbing, except                 pomace at 1.5 ppm; Tomato, sun-dried                  a concentration of not more than 40%
                                               grape, subgroup 13–07E at 9.0 ppm; goat                 at 3.0 ppm; Vegetables, fruiting, crop                by weight in pesticide formulations
                                               fat and meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm;                    group 8–10 at 0.6 ppm; Vegetables,                    applied to growing crops under 40 CFR
                                               horse fat and meat byproducts at 0.01                   tuberous and corm subgroup 1C at 0.015                180.920. The petitioner believes no
                                               ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled,                       ppm; Vegetables, cucurbit, crop group 9               analytical method is needed because it
                                               except soybean, subgroup 6C, except                     at 0.5 ppm; Wheat, grain at 0.3 ppm;                  is not required for an exemption from
                                               cowpea and field pea at 0.05 ppm; pea                   Wheat, forage at 15.0 ppm; Wheat, hay                 the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
                                               and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup                   at 50.0 ppm; and Wheat, straw at 30.0                 RD.
                                               6B, except cowpea at 0.04 ppm; peach,                   ppm. The method GRM061.03A is used                       2. PP IN–10981. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
                                               subgroup 12–12B at 3.0 ppm; plum,                       to measure and evaluate the chemical                  2016–0616). Spring Trading Company,
                                               prune, dried at 3.5 ppm; plum subgroup                  pydiflumetofen. Contact: RD.                          LLC, on behalf of BASF Corporation,
                                               12–12C at 0.8 ppm; sheep fat and meat                      5. PP 6F8474. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                    100 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932,
                                               byproducts at 0.01 ppm; and vegetable,                  0775). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,                 requests to establish an exemption from
                                               legume edible podded, subgroup 6A at                    P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                 the requirement of a tolerance for
                                               1.5 ppm. The LC–MS/MS method is                         requests to establish tolerances in 40                residues of polyethyleneimine (CAS
                                               used to measure and evaluate the                        CFR part 180 for residues of the                      Reg. No. 9002–98–6) when used as a
                                               chemical isofetamid, N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-                 fungicide pydiflumetofen in or on cattle,             pesticide inert ingredient in pesticide
                                               [2-methyl-4-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl]-2-                  fat at 0.03 ppm; cattle, kidney at 0.02               formulations applied to growing crops
                                               oxoethyl]-3-methyl-2-                                   ppm; cattle, liver at 0.04 ppm; cattle,               or to raw agricultural commodities after
                                               thiophenecarboxamide (CA), and its                      meat at 0.02 ppm; cattle, byproducts at               harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The
                                               metabolite GPTC, N-[1,l-dimethyl-2-(4-                  0.04 ppm; goat, fat at 0.03 ppm; goat,                petitioner believes no analytical method
                                               b-D-glucopyranosyloxy-2-                                kidney at 0.02 ppm; goat, liver at 0.04               is needed because it is not required for
                                               methylphenyl)-2-oxoethyl]-3-methyl-2-                   ppm; goat, meat at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat               an exemption from the requirement of a
                                               thiophenecarboxamide, expressed as                      byproducts at 0.04 ppm; horse, fat at                 tolerance. Contact: RD.
                                               isofetamid. Contact: RD                                 0.03 ppm; horse, kidney at 0.02 ppm;                     3. PP 6F8490. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–
                                                  4. PP 6F8474. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–                      horse, liver at 0.04 ppm; horse, meat at              0687). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr.,
                                               0775). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,                   0.02 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at                   P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park,
                                               P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                   0.04 ppm; milk at 0.02 ppm; milk,                     NC 27709, requests to establish an
                                               requests to establish tolerances in 40                  cream at 0.04 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.03                 exemption from the requirement of a
                                               CFR part 180 for residues of the                        ppm; sheep, kidney at 0.02 ppm; sheep,                tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
                                               fungicide pydiflumetofen in or on                       liver at 0.04 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.02                residues of the fungicide Bacillus
                                               Barley, grain at 4.0 ppm; Barley, hay at                ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at                    subtilis strain BU1814 in or on all food
                                               30.0 ppm; Barley, straw at 30.0 ppm;                    0.04 ppm. The method GRM061.07A for                   commodities. The petitioner believes no
                                               Corn, field, grain at 0.015 ppm; Corn,                  animal products is used to measure and                analytical method is needed because it
                                               field, forage at 6.0 ppm; Corn, field,                  evaluate the chemicals pydiflumetofen                 is expected that, when used as
                                               stover at 15.0 ppm; Corn, field, milled                 and 2,4,6 trichlorophenol (free and                   proposed, Bacillus subtilis strain
                                               by products at 0.06 ppm; Corn, pop,                     conjugated) for the purposes of post-                 BU1814 would not result in residues in
                                               grain at 0.015 ppm; Corn, pop, forage at                                                                      or on food that are of toxicological
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                                                                                                       registration monitoring. Contact: RD.
                                               6.0 ppm; Corn, pop, stover at 15.0 ppm;                                                                       concern. Contact: BPPD.
                                               Corn, sweet, ear at 0.01 ppm; Corn,                     Amended Tolerance                                        4. PP 6F8508. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–
                                               sweet, forage at 5.0 ppm; Corn, sweet,                    1. PP 6F8445. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–                     0641). Technology Sciences Group, Inc.,
                                               stover at 9.0 ppm; Corn, sweet, cannery                 0254). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,                 1150 18th St. NW., Suite 1000,
                                               waste at 2.0 ppm; Crop Subgroup 4–                      P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419,                 Washington, DC 20036 (on behalf of Bee
                                               15A, Leafy greens subgroup at 40.0                      requests to amend the tolerance in 40                 Vectoring Technology, Inc., 4160
                                               ppm; Crop Subgroup 22B, Leaf petiole                    CFR 180.475 for residues of the                       Sladeview Crescent #7, Mississauga,


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                                               Ontario L5L 0A1, Canada), requests to                   because it is expected that, when used                  Dated: December 28, 2016.
                                               establish an exemption from the                         as proposed, Clonostachys rosea strain                Robert McNally,
                                               requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR                    CR–7 would not result in residues that                Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
                                               part 180 for residues of the fungicide                  are of toxicological concern. Contact:                Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
                                               Clonostachys rosea strain CR–7 in or on                 BPPD.                                                 Programs.
                                               all food commodities. The petitioner                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–02475 Filed 2–6–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                         Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
                                               believes no analytical method is needed                                                                       BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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Document Created: 2017-02-07 00:27:46
Document Modified: 2017-02-07 00:27:46
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 March 9, 2017.
ContactRobert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
FR Citation82 FR 9555 

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