83_FR_3676 83 FR 3658 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

83 FR 3658 - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 18 (January 26, 2018)

Page Range3658-3661
FR Document2018-01498

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9971-46]


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 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 February 26, 2018.

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: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Michael Goodis, 
Registration Division (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; 
email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 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:
    [emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    [emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    [emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    [emsp14]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

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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.

III. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    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 liquid chromatography/
triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical picoxystrobin. Contact: RD.

IV. Amended Tolerance

    1. PP 5F8521. (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 ppm; Crop Group 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 LC/MS/MS methods has been 
proposed to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. 
Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7E8556. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0224). Interregional Research 
Project No. 4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500 
College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon 
establishment of tolerances referenced in this document under ``New 
Tolerances'' for PP 7E8556, to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.613(a) for the residues of the insecticide flonicamid, including 
its metabolites and degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of 
flonicamid, N-(cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide, 
and its metabolites, TFNA (4-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid), TFNA-AM 
(4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide), and TFNG, N-(4-
trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine, calculated as the stoichiometric 
equivalent of flonicamid, in or on vegetable, leafy, except brassica, 
group 4, except spinach at 4.0 ppm, brassica, head and stem, subgroup 
5A at 1.5 ppm, brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 16 ppm, radish, 
tops at 16 ppm, turnip, greens at 16 ppm, and cotton, undelinted seed 
at 0.50 ppm. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 7E8587. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0465). IR-4, IR-4 Project 
Headquarters, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 College Road 
East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend 40 CFR 
180.368 by removing the tolerances for residues of the herbicide S-
metalochlor including its metabolites and degradates in or on Asparagus 
at 0.10 ppm; beet, garden, leaves at 1.8 ppm; turnip, greens at 1.8 
ppm; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 0.60 ppm; brassica, leafy 
greens, subgroup 5B at 1.8 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.10 ppm; 
leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 0.10 ppm. A gas chromatography-nitrogen 
phosphorus detection (GC/NPD) method has been submitted to the Agency 
for determining residues in/on crop commodities and is published in PAM 
Vol. II, Method I. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 7E8610. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0562). IR-4, IR-4 Project 
Headquarters, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 College Road 
East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend 40 CFR 
180.546 by removing the tolerance for residues of the fungicide 
mefenoxam, including its metabolites and degradates in or on kiwifruit 
at 0.10 ppm. The analytical methods cited are the Novartis Crop 
Protection Method 456-98, ``Confirmatory Analytical Method for the 
Enantioselective Determination of Residues of Parent Metalaxyl (CGA-
48988) or Mefenoxam (CGA-329351) in Crop Substrates by Chiral High 
Performance Liquid

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Chromatography with Mass Spectrometric Detection'', and the Ciba-Geigy 
Corporation Procedure AG-395, ``Improved Method for the Determination 
of Total Residues of Metalaxyl in Crop as 2,6-dimethylaniline''. This 
total residue method is used for the determination of the combined 
residues of metalaxyl N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine 
methyl ester and its metabolites which contain the 2,6-dimethylaniline 
(2,6-DMA) moiety in crop samples. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 7E8613. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587). IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances 
referenced in this document under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8613, to 
remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.675 for residues of the 
insecticide tolfenpyrad, (4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[4-
(ptolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide), including it metabolites and 
degradates, in or on cotton, undelinted seed at 0.70 ppm; grape at 2.0 
ppm; potato at 0.01 ppm; and vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 
at 30.0 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the 
chemical. Contact: RD.

V. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)

    1. PP 6F8504. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0565). Gowan Company LLC, P.O. Box 
5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569, requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
biochemical fungicide Extract of Swinglea glutinosa in or on all food 
commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed 
because the information supporting the request for exemption indicates 
limited exposure and no risk. Contact: BPPD.

VI. New Tolerances For Non-Inerts

    1. PP 5F8521. (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 ppm; Crop Group 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 LC/MS/MS methods has been 
proposed to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. 
Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7E8556. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0224). IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 
residues of the insecticide flonicamid, including its metabolites and 
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of flonicamid, N-
(cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide, and its 
metabolites, TFNA (4-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid), TFNA-AM (4-
trifluoromethylnicotinamide), and TFNG, N-(4-
trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine, calculated as the stoichiometric 
equivalent of flonicamid, in or on raw agricultural commodities as 
follows:
    a. Amend 180.613 (a) General. (1) by establishing a tolerance in or 
on celtuce at 4.0 ppm; Florence fennel at 4.0 ppm; kohlrabi at 1.5 ppm; 
and Crop Group Expansions/Conversions for brassica, leafy greens, 
subgroup 4-16B at 16 ppm; cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.60 ppm; leaf 
petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 4.0 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A, 
except spinach at 4.0 ppm; and vegetable, brassica, head and stem, 
group 5-16 at 1.5 ppm, and
    b. Amend 180.613(c) Tolerances with regional registrations, by 
establishing a tolerance for clover, forage at 0.9 ppm and clover, hay 
at 4.0 ppm.
    Analytical methodology to determine above designated residues of 
flonicamid for the majority of crops includes an initial extraction 
with acetonitrile (ACN)/deionized (DI) water, followed by a liquid-
liquid partition with ethyl acetate. The residue method for wheat straw 
is similar, except that a C18 solid phase extraction (SPE) 
is added prior to the liquid-liquid partition. The final sample 
solution is quantitated using a liquid chromatograph (LC) equipped with 
a reverse phase column and a triple quadruple mass spectrometer (MS/
MS). Contact: RD.
    3. PP 7E8587. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0465). IR-4, IR-4 Project 
Headquarters, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 College Road 
East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide S-
metalochlor including its metabolites and degradates in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities stevia, dried leaves at 15.0 ppm; vegetable, 
leaves of root and tuber, group 2, except sugar beet at 2.0 ppm; Swiss 
chard at 0.10 ppm; vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 
0.60 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B, except Chinese 
broccoli at 1.8 ppm; stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except 
celtuce, Florence fennel, and kohlrabi at 0.10 ppm; leaf petiole 
vegetable subgroup 22B at 0.10 ppm; cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.10 
ppm; celtuce at 0.10 ppm; Florence fennel at 0.10 ppm; kohlrabi at 0.60 
ppm, and Chinese broccoli at 0.60 ppm. A GC/NPD method has been 
submitted to the Agency for determining residues in/on crop commodities 
and is published in PAM Vol. II, Method I. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 7E8610. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0562). IR-4, IR-4 Project 
Headquarters, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 College Road 
East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide mefenoxam, 
including its metabolites and degradates in or on the raw agricultural 
commodities cacao bean, bean at 0.2 ppm; wasabi, tops at 6.0 ppm; 
wasabi, stem at 3.0 ppm; and fruit, small, vine climbing, except grape, 
crop subgroup 13-07E at 0.10 ppm. The analytical methods cited are the 
Novartis Crop Protection Method 456-98, ``Confirmatory Analytical 
Method for the Enantioselective Determination of Residues of Parent 
Metalaxyl (CGA-48988) or Mefenoxam (CGA-329351) in Crop Substrates by 
Chiral High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometric 
Detection'', and the Ciba-Geigy Corporation Procedure AG-395, 
``Improved Method for the Determination of Total Residues of Metalaxyl 
in Crop as 2,6-dimethylaniline''. This total residue method is used for 
the determination of the combined residues of metalaxyl N-(2,6-
dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester and its 
metabolites which contain the 2,6-dimethylaniline (2,6-DMA) moiety in 
crop samples. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 7E8613. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587) from IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 
180.675 for residues of the insecticide tolfenpyrad, (4-chloro-3-ethyl-
1-methyl-N-[4-(p-tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide), including it 
metabolites and degradates, in or on arugula at 30.0 ppm; avocado at 
1.5 ppm; berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G, except cranberry and 
blueberry, lowbush at 3.0 ppm; bushberry, subgroup 13-07B at 7.0 ppm; 
caneberry, subgroup 13-07A at 7.0 ppm; celtuce at 30.0 ppm; cottonseed, 
subgroup 20C at 0.70 ppm; Florence fennel at 30.0 ppm; fruit, small, 
vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 2.0 ppm; 
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cress at 30.0 ppm; leafy greens, subgroup 4-16A at 30.0 ppm; leaf 
petiole vegetable, subgroup 22B at 30.0 ppm; onion, bulb, subgroup 3-
07A at 0.09 ppm; onion, green, subgroup 3-07B at 10.0 ppm; upland cress 
at 30.0 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.0 ppm; and vegetable, 
tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is used 
to measure and evaluate the chemical. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: December 4, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-01498 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
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3658 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2018 / Proposed Rules V. Statutory and Executive Order country, the rule does not have tribal along with more information about Review implications and will not impose dockets generally, is available at http:// Under the CAA, the Administrator is substantial direct costs on tribal www.epa.gov/dockets. required to approve a section 111(d)/129 governments or preempt tribal law as FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: plan submission that complies with the specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 Robert McNally, Biopesticides and provisions of the Act and applicable FR 67249, November 9, 2000). Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), federal regulations at 40 CFR 62.04. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62 main telephone number: (703) 305– Thus, in reviewing section 111(d)/129 7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@ Environmental protection, Air plan submissions, the EPA’s role is to epa.gov., Michael Goodis, Registration pollution control, Commercial and approve state choices, provided that Division (7505P), main telephone industrial solid waste incineration, they meet the criteria of the CAA. number: (703) 305–7090; email address: Intergovernmental relations, Reporting Accordingly, this action merely and recordkeeping requirements. RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing approves state law as meeting federal address for each contact person is: requirements and does not impose Dated: January 22, 2018. Office of Pesticide Programs, additional requirements beyond those Douglas H. Benevento, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 imposed by state law. For that reason, Regional Administrator, Region 8. Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC this action: [FR Doc. 2018–01492 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am] 20460–0001. • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory BILLING CODE 6560–50–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: action’’ subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under I. General Information Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION A. Does this action apply to me? October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, AGENCY January 21, 2011); You may be potentially affected by • Is not expected to be an Executive 40 CFR Part 180 this action if you are an agricultural Order 13771 regulatory action because [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0006; FRL–9971–46] producer, food manufacturer, or this action is not significant under pesticide manufacturer. The following Executive Order 12866; Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions list of North American Industrial • Does not impose an information Filed for Residues of Pesticide Classification System (NAICS) codes is collection burden under the provisions Chemicals in or on Various not intended to be exhaustive, but rather of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 Commodities provides a guide to help readers U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); determine whether this document AGENCY: Environmental Protection applies to them. Potentially affected • Is certified as not having a Agency (EPA). significant economic impact on a entities may include: ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and • Crop production (NAICS code 111). substantial number of small entities request for comment. under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 • Animal production (NAICS code U.S.C. 601 et seq.); SUMMARY: This document announces the 112). • Does not contain any unfunded Agency’s receipt of several initial filings • Food manufacturing (NAICS code mandate or significantly or uniquely of pesticide petitions requesting the 311). affect small governments, as described establishment or modification of • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act regulations for residues of pesticide code 32532). of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); chemicals in or on various commodities. If you have any questions regarding • Does not have federalism DATES: Comments must be received on the applicability of this action to a implications as specified in Executive or before February 26, 2018. particular entity, consult the person Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 1999); identified by docket identification (ID) CONTACT for the division listed at the • Is not an economically significant number and the pesticide petition end of the pesticide petition summary of regulatory action based on health or number (PP) of interest as shown in the interest. safety risks subject to Executive Order body of this document, by one of the B. What should I consider as I prepare 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); following methods: my comments for EPA? • Is not a significant regulatory action • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 28355, May 22, 2001); instructions for submitting comments. information to EPA through • Is not subject to requirements of Do not submit electronically any regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark section 12(d) of the National information you consider to be the part or all of the information that Technology Transfer and Advancement Confidential Business Information (CBI) you claim to be CBI. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2018 / Proposed Rules 3659 accordance with procedures set forth in regulations for residues of pesticides in 2. PP 7E8556. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 40 CFR part 2. or on food commodities. Further 0224). Interregional Research Project 2. Tips for preparing your comments. information on the petition may be No. 4 (IR–4), Rutgers, The State When preparing and submitting your obtained through the petition summary University of New Jersey, 500 College comments, see the commenting tips at referenced in this unit. Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 08540, proposes upon establishment of comments.html. III. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts tolerances referenced in this document 3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to PP 7F8557. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– under ‘‘New Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8556, achieve environmental justice, the fair 0429). E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR treatment and meaningful involvement Company, Chestnut Run Plaza, 974 180.613(a) for the residues of the of any group, including minority and/or Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805, insecticide flonicamid, including its low-income populations, in the requests to establish a tolerance in 40 metabolites and degradates, determined development, implementation, and CFR part 180 for residues of the by measuring only the sum of enforcement of environmental laws, fungicide picoxystrobin in or on alfalfa, flonicamid, N-(cyanomethyl)-4- regulations, and policies. To help forage at 4 parts per million (ppm); (trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridine address potential environmental justice alfalfa, hay at 5 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 9 carboxamide, and its metabolites, TFNA issues, the Agency seeks information on ppm; almond hulls at 15 ppm; cotton, (4-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid), any groups or segments of the gin by-products at 40 ppm; cottonseed TFNA–AM (4-tri population who, as a result of their (Crop Subgroup 20C) at 4 ppm; grass, fluoromethylnicotinamide), and TFNG, location, cultural practices, or other forage (Grown for Seed) at 40 ppm; N-(4-trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine, factors, may have atypical or grass, hay (Grown for Seed) at 80 ppm; calculated as the stoichiometric disproportionately high and adverse head lettuce at 7 ppm; onion, bulb (Crop equivalent of flonicamid, in or on human health impacts or environmental Subgroup 3–07A) at 0.8 ppm; onion, vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group effects from exposure to the pesticides green (Crop Subgroup 3–07B) at 15; pea 4, except spinach at 4.0 ppm, brassica, discussed in this document, compared and bean, succulent shelled (Crop head and stem, subgroup 5A at 1.5 ppm, to the general population. Subgroup 6B) at 3 ppm; peanut at 0.1 brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 16 ppm; peanut, hay at 40 ppm; sunflower ppm, radish, tops at 16 ppm, turnip, II. What action is the Agency taking? (Crop Subgroup 20B) at 3 ppm; tree nut greens at 16 ppm, and cotton, EPA is announcing its receipt of except hulls (Crop Group 14–12) at 0.15 undelinted seed at 0.50 ppm. Contact: several pesticide petitions filed under ppm; vegetable, brassica head and stem RD. section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, (Crop Group 5–16) at 5 ppm; vegetable, 3. PP 7E8587. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. cucurbit (Crop Group 9) at 0.7 ppm; 0465). IR–4, IR–4 Project Headquarters, 346a, requesting the establishment or vegetable, fruiting (Crop Group 8–10) at Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 modification of regulations in 40 CFR 1.5 ppm; vegetable, leaf petiole (Crop College Road East, Suite 201 W, part 180 for residues of pesticide Subgroup 22B) at 40 ppm; vegetable, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend chemicals in or on various food leafy except head lettuce (Crop Group 40 CFR 180.368 by removing the commodities. The Agency is taking 4–16) at 60 ppm; vegetable, leaves of tolerances for residues of the herbicide public comment on the requests before root and tuber (Crop Group 2) at 40 S-metalochlor including its metabolites responding to the petitioners. EPA is not ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded and degradates in or on Asparagus at proposing any particular action at this (Crop Subgroup 6A) at 4 ppm; vegetable, 0.10 ppm; beet, garden, leaves at 1.8 time. EPA has determined that the root (Crop Subgroup 1A) at 0.6 ppm; ppm; turnip, greens at 1.8 ppm; pesticide petitions described in this and vegetable, tuberous and corm (Crop brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at document contain the data or Subgroup 1C) at 0.06 ppm. The liquid 0.60 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, information prescribed in FFDCA chromatography/triple quadrupole mass subgroup 5B at 1.8 ppm; cotton, section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to undelinted seed at 0.10 ppm; leaf however, EPA has not fully evaluated measure and evaluate the chemical petioles, subgroup 4B at 0.10 ppm. A the sufficiency of the submitted data at picoxystrobin. Contact: RD. gas chromatography-nitrogen this time or whether the data support phosphorus detection (GC/NPD) method IV. Amended Tolerance granting of the pesticide petitions. After has been submitted to the Agency for considering the public comments, EPA 1. PP 5F8521. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– determining residues in/on crop intends to evaluate whether and what 0787). K–I Chemical USA, Inc., 11 commodities and is published in PAM action may be warranted. Additional Martine Ave., Suite 970, White Plains, Vol. II, Method I. Contact: RD. data may be needed before EPA can NY 10606, requests to establish 4. PP 7E8610. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– make a final determination on these tolerances in 40 CFR 180.659 for 0562). IR–4, IR–4 Project Headquarters, pesticide petitions. residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a (3-[(5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(tri College Road East, Suite 201 W, summary of each of the petitions that fluoromethyl) pyrazole-4-ylmethyl Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend are the subject of this document, sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2- 40 CFR 180.546 by removing the prepared by the petitioner, is included oxazole) and its metabolites in or on tolerance for residues of the fungicide in a docket EPA has created for each Crop Subgroup 1C, tuberous and corm mefenoxam, including its metabolites rulemaking. The docket for each of the vegetables (except granular/flakes and and degradates in or on kiwifruit at 0.10 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS petitions is available at http:// chips) at 0.05 ppm; Crop Group 3–07, ppm. The analytical methods cited are www.regulations.gov. bulb vegetables at 0.15 ppm; potatoes, the Novartis Crop Protection Method As specified in FFDCA section granular/flakes at 0.3 ppm and potato 456–98, ‘‘Confirmatory Analytical 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is chips at 0.06 ppm. The high Method for the Enantioselective publishing notice of the petition so that performance LC/MS/MS methods has Determination of Residues of Parent the public has an opportunity to been proposed to enforce the tolerance Metalaxyl (CGA–48988) or Mefenoxam comment on this request for the expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: (CGA–329351) in Crop Substrates by establishment or modification of RD. Chiral High Performance Liquid VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:24 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\26JAP1.SGM 26JAP1

3660 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2018 / Proposed Rules Chromatography with Mass expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: broccoli at 1.8 ppm; stalk and stem Spectrometric Detection’’, and the Ciba- RD. vegetable subgroup 22A, except celtuce, Geigy Corporation Procedure AG–395, 2. PP 7E8556. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– Florence fennel, and kohlrabi at 0.10 ‘‘Improved Method for the 0224). IR–4, Rutgers, The State ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup Determination of Total Residues of University of New Jersey, 500 College 22B at 0.10 ppm; cottonseed subgroup Metalaxyl in Crop as 2,6- Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 20C at 0.10 ppm; celtuce at 0.10 ppm; dimethylaniline’’. This total residue 08540, requests to establish a tolerance Florence fennel at 0.10 ppm; kohlrabi at method is used for the determination of in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 0.60 ppm, and Chinese broccoli at 0.60 the combined residues of metalaxyl N- insecticide flonicamid, including its ppm. A GC/NPD method has been (2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) metabolites and degradates, determined submitted to the Agency for determining alanine methyl ester and its metabolites by measuring only the sum of residues in/on crop commodities and is which contain the 2,6-dimethylaniline flonicamid, N-(cyanomethyl)-4- published in PAM Vol. II, Method I. (2,6–DMA) moiety in crop samples. (trifluoromethyl)-3- Contact: RD. Contact: RD. pyridinecarboxamide, and its 4. PP 7E8610. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 5. PP 7E8613. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– metabolites, TFNA (4- 0562). IR–4, IR–4 Project Headquarters, 0587). IR–4, Rutgers, The State trifluoromethylnicotinic acid), TFNA– Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 University of New Jersey, 500 College AM (4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide), College Road East, Suite 201 W, Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ and TFNG, N-(4- Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to 08540, proposes upon establishment of trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine, establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 tolerances referenced in this document calculated as the stoichiometric for residues of the fungicide under ‘‘New Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8613, equivalent of flonicamid, in or on raw mefenoxam, including its metabolites to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR agricultural commodities as follows: and degradates in or on the raw 180.675 for residues of the insecticide a. Amend 180.613 (a) General. (1) by agricultural commodities cacao bean, tolfenpyrad, (4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl- establishing a tolerance in or on celtuce bean at 0.2 ppm; wasabi, tops at 6.0 N-[4-(ptolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5- at 4.0 ppm; Florence fennel at 4.0 ppm; ppm; wasabi, stem at 3.0 ppm; and fruit, carboxamide), including it metabolites kohlrabi at 1.5 ppm; and Crop Group small, vine climbing, except grape, crop and degradates, in or on cotton, Expansions/Conversions for brassica, subgroup 13–07E at 0.10 ppm. The undelinted seed at 0.70 ppm; grape at leafy greens, subgroup 4–16B at 16 ppm; analytical methods cited are the 2.0 ppm; potato at 0.01 ppm; and cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.60 ppm; Novartis Crop Protection Method 456– vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 98, ‘‘Confirmatory Analytical Method at 30.0 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method is 4.0 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4–16A, for the Enantioselective Determination used to measure and evaluate the except spinach at 4.0 ppm; and of Residues of Parent Metalaxyl (CGA– chemical. Contact: RD. vegetable, brassica, head and stem, 48988) or Mefenoxam (CGA–329351) in group 5–16 at 1.5 ppm, and Crop Substrates by Chiral High V. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non- b. Amend 180.613(c) Tolerances with Performance Liquid Chromatography Inerts (Except PIPS) regional registrations, by establishing a with Mass Spectrometric Detection’’, 1. PP 6F8504. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– tolerance for clover, forage at 0.9 ppm and the Ciba-Geigy Corporation 0565). Gowan Company LLC, P.O. Box and clover, hay at 4.0 ppm. Procedure AG–395, ‘‘Improved Method 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366–5569, requests Analytical methodology to determine for the Determination of Total Residues to establish an exemption from the above designated residues of flonicamid of Metalaxyl in Crop as 2,6- requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR for the majority of crops includes an dimethylaniline’’. This total residue part 180 for residues of the biochemical initial extraction with acetonitrile method is used for the determination of fungicide Extract of Swinglea glutinosa (ACN)/deionized (DI) water, followed by the combined residues of metalaxyl N- in or on all food commodities. The a liquid-liquid partition with ethyl (2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) petitioner believes no analytical method acetate. The residue method for wheat alanine methyl ester and its metabolites is needed because the information straw is similar, except that a C18 solid which contain the 2,6-dimethylaniline supporting the request for exemption phase extraction (SPE) is added prior to (2,6-DMA) moiety in crop samples. indicates limited exposure and no risk. the liquid-liquid partition. The final Contact: RD. Contact: BPPD. sample solution is quantitated using a 5. PP 7E8613. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– liquid chromatograph (LC) equipped 0587) from IR–4, Rutgers, The State VI. New Tolerances For Non-Inerts with a reverse phase column and a University of New Jersey, 500 College 1. PP 5F8521. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– triple quadruple mass spectrometer Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 0787). K–I Chemical USA, Inc., 11 (MS/MS). Contact: RD. 08540, requests to establish tolerances Martine Ave., Suite 970, White Plains, 3. PP 7E8587. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– in 40 CFR part 180.675 for residues of NY 10606, requests to establish 0465). IR–4, IR–4 Project Headquarters, the insecticide tolfenpyrad, (4-chloro-3- tolerances in 40 CFR 180.659 for Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 ethyl-1-methyl-N-[4-(p- residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone College Road East, Suite 201 W, tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5- (3-[(5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(tri Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to carboxamide), including it metabolites fluoromethyl) pyrazole-4-ylmethyl establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 and degradates, in or on arugula at 30.0 sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2- for residues of the herbicide ppm; avocado at 1.5 ppm; berry, low oxazole) and its metabolites in or on S-metalochlor including its metabolites growing, subgroup 13–07G, except daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS Crop Subgroup 1C, tuberous and corm and degradates in or on the raw cranberry and blueberry, lowbush at 3.0 vegetables (except granular/flakes and agricultural commodities stevia, dried ppm; bushberry, subgroup 13–07B at 7.0 chips) at 0.05 ppm; Crop Group 3–07, leaves at 15.0 ppm; vegetable, leaves of ppm; caneberry, subgroup 13–07A at 7.0 bulb vegetables at 0.15 ppm; potatoes, root and tuber, group 2, except sugar ppm; celtuce at 30.0 ppm; cottonseed, granular/flakes at 0.3 ppm and potato beet at 2.0 ppm; Swiss chard at 0.10 subgroup 20C at 0.70 ppm; Florence chips at 0.06 ppm. The high ppm; vegetable, brassica, head and stem, fennel at 30.0 ppm; fruit, small, vine performance LC/MS/MS methods has group 5–16 at 0.60 ppm; brassica, leafy climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, been proposed to enforce the tolerance greens, subgroup 4–16B, except Chinese subgroup 13–07F at 2.0 ppm; garden VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:24 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\26JAP1.SGM 26JAP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2018 / Proposed Rules 3661 cress at 30.0 ppm; leafy greens, ecfs/. The Commission will not send a www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the subgroup 4–16A at 30.0 ppm; leaf Congressional Review Act (CRA) instructions for submitting comments. petiole vegetable, subgroup 22B at 30.0 submission to Congress or the • Mail: Filings can be sent by hand or ppm; onion, bulb, subgroup 3–07A at Government Accountability Office messenger delivery, by commercial 0.09 ppm; onion, green, subgroup 3–07B pursuant to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. because overnight courier, or by first-class or at 10.0 ppm; upland cress at 30.0 ppm; no rules are being adopted by the overnight U.S. Postal Service mail vegetable, fruiting, group 8–10 at 1.0 Commission. (although the Commission continues to ppm; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, Subject: Wireless Radio Services, FCC experience delays in receiving U.S. subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm. The LC/MS/ 17–105, published at 82 FR 41530, Postal Service mail). All filings must be MS method is used to measure and September 1, 2017, in WT Docket No. addressed to the Commission’s evaluate the chemical. Contact: RD. 10–112. This document is being Secretary, Office of the Secretary, published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). Federal Communications Commission. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. See also 47 CFR 1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), For more detailed filing instructions, Dated: December 4, 2017. (g). see the Procedural Matters section Delores Barber, Number of Petitions Filed: 4. below. Director, Information Technology and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Communications Commission. Resources Management Division, Office of Brendan Holland, Industry Analysis Pesticide Programs. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. Division, Media Bureau, [FR Doc. 2018–01498 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2018–01407 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am] Brendan.Holland@fcc.gov (202) 418– BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 2757. BILLING CODE 6712–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This NPRM in MB Docket No. 17–318, was FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS adopted December 14, 2017, and COMMISSION COMMISSION released December 18, 2017. The full 47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 30, 74, 80, text of this document is available for 90, 95, and 101 47 CFR Part 73 public inspection during regular [MB Docket No. 17–318; FCC 17–169] business hours in the FCC Reference [WT Docket No. 10–112; Report No. 3083] Center, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY– National Television Multiple Ownership A257, Washington, DC 20554, or online Petitions for Reconsideration of Action Rule at https://apps.fcc.gov/edoc_putlic/ in Rulemaking Proceeding attachmatch/FCC-17-169A1.pdf. To AGENCY: Federal Communications request this document in accessible AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. formats for people with disabilities (e.g. Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule braille, large print, electronic files, ACTION: Petitions for reconsideration. audio format, etc.) or to request SUMMARY: This Notice of Proposed SUMMARY: Petitions for Reconsideration reasonable accommodations (e.g. Rulemaking (NPRM) initiates a & Clarification (Petitions) have been accessible format documents, sign comprehensive review of the national filed in the Commission’s rulemaking language interpreters, CART, etc.), send television audience reach cap, including proceeding by Jeff Chalmers, on behalf an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the the UHF discount used by broadcasters of American Messaging Services, LLC; FCC’s Consumer and Governmental to determine compliance with the cap. David Alban, on behalf of Sensus USA Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 The national cap limits entities from Inc. and Sensus Spectrum LLC; Kenneth (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). owning or controlling television stations E. Hardman, on behalf of Critical Synopsis that, together, reach more than 39 Messaging Association and Mark E. percent of the television households in 1. Background. The national Crosby, on behalf of Enterprise Wireless the country. The NPRM asks questions television audience reach cap and the Alliance. about whether a cap is still needed and related UHF discount are an outgrowth DATES: Oppositions to the Petitions what public interest goals it would must be filed on or before February 12, of television ownership restrictions promote, where the cap should be set if dating back to the earliest days of 2018. Replies to an opposition must be still needed, and how compliance with filed on or before February 20, 2018. broadcast television. The Commission the cap should be calculated, including first imposed national ownership ADDRESSES: Federal Communications the question of whether the UHF restrictions for television stations in Commission, 445 12th Street SW, discount should be eliminated. The 1941 by limiting the number of stations Washington, DC 20554. Notice also invites comment on the that could be commonly owned, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commission’s legal authority to take operated, or controlled to three. This Joyce Jones, email: joyce.jones@fcc.gov; such actions. limit was eventually broadened to seven phone: (202) 418–1327. DATES: Comments are due on or before stations in 1954 and eventually to 12 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a February 26, 2018. Reply Comments are stations in 1984. In 1985, the summary of the Commission’s due on or before March 27, 2018. Commission also determined that a 25 document, Report No. 3083, released ADDRESSES: Interested parties may percent nationwide audience reach cap, daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS January 18, 2018. The full texts of the submit comments and replies, identified in addition to the twelve-station limit, Petitions are available for viewing and by MB Docket No. 17–318, by any of the would help prevent a potentially copying at the FCC Reference following methods: disruptive industry restructuring. Along Information Center, 445 12th Street SW, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// with the national cap, the Commission Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. www.regulations.gov. Follow the also adopted a 50 percent UHF discount It also may be accessed online via the instructions for submitting comments. to reflect the fact that, in the analog Commission’s Electronic Comment • Federal Communications television broadcasting era, UHF signals Filing System at: http://apps.fcc.gov/ Commission’s Website: http:// reached a smaller audience in VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:24 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\26JAP1.SGM 26JAP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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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 February 26, 2018.
ContactRobert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703)
FR Citation83 FR 3658 
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