83 FR 15833 - Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 71 (April 12, 2018)

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

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15833-15834]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07643]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0007; FRL-9975-56]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 14, 2018.

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

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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]; or 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. 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.

II. Registration Applications

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

III. New Active Ingredients

    1. File Symbol: 73729-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0087. 
Applicant: Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc., 2500 Miguelito Rd., 
Lompoc, CA 93436. Product name: Imergard WP. Active ingredient: 
Insecticide--Expanded perlite at 100.0%. Proposed use: For use indoors 
and outdoors to control mosquitoes. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 80286-EA. Docket ID numbers: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0708 
and EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0709. Applicant: ISCA Technologies, Inc., 1230 W. 
Spring St., Riverside, CA 92507. Product name: Hook RPW. Active 
ingredients: Attractant--4-methyl-5-nonanone at 3.000%; Attractant--4-
methyl-5-nonanol at 27.000%; and Insecticide--cypermethrin at 3.000%. 
Proposed use: For control of red palm weevil. Contact: BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 71840-E.O.. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0059. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709. Product name: Trunemco Nematode Management. Active ingredients: 
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) inducer--cis-Jasmone (2-Cyclopenten-
1-one, 3-methyl-2-(2Z)-2-pentenyl-) at 0.88% and Bacillus 
amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600 at 1.00%. Proposed use: Seed treatment 
on corn, cotton, and soybean. Contact: BPPD.
    4. File Symbol: 40230-G. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0051. 
Applicant: AgBioChem, Inc., 3750 North 1020 East, Provo, UT 84604. 
Product name: Galltrol-GM. Active ingredient: Bactericide--Rhizobium 
radiobacter strain K1026-R at 0.03%. Proposed use: For control of crown 
gall disease in germinating seeds, roots, stems, and cuttings. Contact: 
BPPD.
    5. File Symbol: 71840-GN. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0059. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709. Product name: Jasmone Technical Concentrate. Active ingredient: 
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) inducer--cis-Jasmone (2-Cyclopenten-
1-one, 3-methyl-2-(2Z)-2-pentenyl-) at 93.00%. Proposed use: For 
manufacturing end-use pesticide products containing cis-Jasmone. 
Contact: BPPD.
    6. EPA Registration Numbers: 7969-198, 7969-251, 7969-197, 7969-
199. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310. Applicant: BASF 
Corporation, P.O. Box 13528, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709. Active ingredient: Boscalid. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed 
use: Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B; celtuce; fennel, Florence; 
kohlrabi; leafy petiole vegetable, subgroup 22B; leafy greens, subgroup 
4-16A; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C; pea 
and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B; vegetable, brassica, head and 
stem, group 5-16; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, root, except 
sugar beet, subgroup 1B; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10. Contact: RD

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

    Dated: March 20, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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