83 FR 11448 - Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pyroxasulfone in or on Various Commodities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 51 (March 15, 2018)

Page Range		11448-11449
FR Document		2018-05291

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-05291]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0787; FRL-9974-72]


Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of 
Pyroxasulfone in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of filing of petition and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial 
filing of a pesticide petition 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 April 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0787, 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 
(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 application 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).

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 receipt of a pesticide petition 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 request before responding to the petitioner. EPA is not proposing 
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the 
pesticide petition described in this document contains 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 supports granting of 
the pesticide petition. 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 this pesticide petition.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition that is the 
subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a 
docket

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EPA has created for this rulemaking. The docket for this petition 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.
    PP 6F8521. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0787). K-I Chemical USA, Inc., 11 
Martine Ave., Suite 970, White Plains, NY 10606, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.659 for residues of the herbicide, 
pyroxasulfone (3-[(5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl) 
pyrazole-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and 
its metabolites in or on Crop Subgroup 1C, tuberous and corm vegetables 
(except granular/flakes and chips) at 0.05 part per million (ppm); Crop 
Subgroup 3-07, bulb vegetables at 0.15 ppm; potatoes, granular/flakes 
at 0.3 ppm and potato chips at 0.06 ppm. The high performance liquid 
chromatography/triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) methods 
has been proposed to enforce the tolerance expression for 
pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.

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

     Dated: February 28, 2018.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, www.regulations.gov. Follow the online identify electronically within the disk or
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. instructions for submitting comments. CD–ROM the specific information that
§ 71.1 [Amended] Do not submit electronically any is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
■ 2. The incorporation by reference in information you consider to be complete version of the comment that
14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation Confidential Business Information (CBI) includes information claimed as CBI, a
or other information whose disclosure is copy of the comment that does not
Administration Order 7400.11B,
restricted by statute. contain the information claimed as CBI
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 3, 2017, and • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental must be submitted for inclusion in the
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ public docket. Information so marked
effective September 15, 2017, is
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. will not be disclosed except in
amended as follows:
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. accordance with procedures set forth in
Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Airspace. • Hand Delivery: To make special 40 CFR part 2.
* * * * * arrangements for hand delivery or 2. Tips for preparing your comments.
delivery of boxed information, please When preparing and submitting your
AEA PA E2 Altoona, PA [Amended]
follow the instructions at http:// comments, see the commenting tips at
Altoona-Blair County Airport, PA www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
(Lat. 40°17′47″ N, long. 78°19′12″ W) comments.html.
Additional instructions on
Within a 4.7-mile radius of Altoona-Blair commenting or visiting the docket, 3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
County Airport and within 1 mile each side achieve environmental justice, the fair
along with more information about
of the 026° bearing from the airport to 8.7 treatment and meaningful involvement
miles northeast of the airport. dockets generally, is available at http://
www.epa.gov/dockets. of any group, including minority and/or
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
low-income populations, in the
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More development, implementation, and
Above the Surface of the Earth.
Michael Goodis, Registration Division
(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: enforcement of environmental laws,
* * * * * (703) 305–7090; email address: regulations, and policies. To help
AEA PA E5 Altoona, PA [Amended] RDFRNotices@epa.gov. address potential environmental justice
The mailing address for each contact issues, the Agency seeks information on
Altoona-Blair County Airport, PA any groups or segments of the
(Lat. 40°17′47″ N, long. 78°19′12 W) person is: Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 population who, as a result of their
That airspace extending upward from 700 location, cultural practices, or other
feet above the surface within an 11.2-mile Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. As part of the mailing factors, may have atypical or
radius of Altoona-Blair County Airport
address, include the contact person’s disproportionately high and adverse
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March human health impacts or environmental
6, 2018. name, division, and mail code. The
effects from exposure to the pesticides
Ryan W. Almasy, division to contact is listed at the end
discussed in this document, compared
of each application summary.
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern to the general population.
Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
II. What action is the Agency taking?
[FR Doc. 2018–05052 Filed 3–14–18; 8:45 am] I. General Information
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P EPA is announcing receipt of a
A. Does this action apply to me? pesticide petition filed under section
You may be potentially affected by 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION this action if you are an agricultural Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a,
AGENCY producer, food manufacturer, or requesting the establishment or
pesticide manufacturer. The following modification of regulations in 40 CFR
40 CFR Part 180 list of North American Industrial part 180 for residues of pesticide
Classification System (NAICS) codes is chemicals in or on various food
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0787; FRL–9974–72]
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather commodities. The Agency is taking
Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for provides a guide to help readers public comment on the request before
Residues of Pyroxasulfone in or on determine whether this document responding to the petitioner. EPA is not
Various Commodities applies to them. Potentially affected proposing any particular action at this
entities may include: time. EPA has determined that the
AGENCY: Environmental Protection • Crop production (NAICS code 111). pesticide petition described in this
Agency (EPA). • Animal production (NAICS code document contains data or information
ACTION: Notification of filing of petition 112). prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2),
and request for comment. • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); however, EPA has
311). not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the
SUMMARY: This document announces the • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS submitted data at this time or whether
Agency’s receipt of an initial filing of a code 32532). the data supports granting of the
pesticide petition requesting the pesticide petition. After considering the
establishment or modification of B. What should I consider as I prepare public comments, EPA intends to
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regulations for residues of pesticide my comments for EPA? evaluate whether and what action may
chemicals in or on various commodities. 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this be warranted. Additional data may be
DATES: Comments must be received on information to EPA through needed before EPA can make a final
or before April 16, 2018. regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark determination on this pesticide petition.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, the part or all of the information that Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
identified by docket identification (ID) you claim to be CBI. For CBI summary of the petition that is the
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0787, by information in a disk or CD–ROM that subject of this document, prepared by
one of the following methods: you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the the petitioner, is included in a docket

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notification of filing of petition and request for comment.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before April 16, 2018.
Contact		Michael Goodis, Registration Division
FR Citation		83 FR 11448