83 FR 8471 - Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 39 (February 27, 2018)

Page Range		8471-8472
FR Document		2018-03983
This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment period on the proposed interim decisions for the following pesticides: Quinoxyfen and sucrose.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0750; FRL-9973-08]


Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several 
Pesticides; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed 
interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment 
period on the proposed interim decisions for the following pesticides: 
Quinoxyfen and sucrose.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest 
provided in the Table in Unit IV, 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: 
    For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review 
Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the Table in Unit 
IV.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 347-8827; email address: friedman.dana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; 
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, 
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be 
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest 
identified in the Table in Unit IV.

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 on 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. Background

    Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide 
registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the 
statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform 
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human 
health or the environment. As part of the registration review process, 
the Agency has completed proposed interim decisions for all pesticides 
listed in the Table in Unit IV. Through this program, EPA is ensuring 
that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and 
other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the 
environment.

III. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed 
in the Table in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural 
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the 
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under 
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only 
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA 
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with 
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must 
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on 
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the 
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the 
use of a pesticide in or on food.

IV. What action is the Agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability 
of EPA's proposed interim registration review decisions for the 
pesticides shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public 
comment period on the proposed interim decisions.

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                                                                                        Chemical review manager
 Registration review case name and No.                   Docket ID No.                  and contact information
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Quinoxyfen Case 7037...................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0771                          Katherine St. Clair,
                                                                                        stclair.katherine@epa.gov, (703) 347-8778.
Sucrose Case 5117......................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0751                          Cody Kendrick,
                                                                                        kendrick.cody@epa.gov,
                                                                                        (703) 347-0468.
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    The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier 
documents related to the registration review case. For example, the 
review opened with a Preliminary Work Plan, for public comment. A Final 
Work Plan was placed in the docket following public comment on the 
Preliminary Work Plan.
    The documents in the dockets describe EPA's rationales for 
conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of 
the pesticides included in the table in Unit IV, as well as the 
Agency's subsequent risk findings and consideration of possible risk

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mitigation measures. These proposed interim registration review 
decisions are supported by the rationales included in those documents. 
Following public comment, the Agency will issue interim or final 
registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in 
Unit IV.
    The registration review final rule at 40 CFR 155.58(a) provides for 
a minimum 60-day public comment period on all proposed interim 
registration review decisions. This comment period is intended to 
provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating 
any necessary amendments to the proposed interim decision. All comments 
should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be 
received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will 
become part of the docket for the pesticides included in the Table in 
Unit IV. Comments received after the close of the comment period will 
be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late 
comments.
    The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the 
closing date and may provide a ``Response to Comments Memorandum'' in 
the docket. The interim registration review decision will explain the 
effect that any comments had on the interim decision and provide the 
Agency's response to significant comments.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation II. Background
AGENCY Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Registration review is EPA’s periodic
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0750; FRL–9973–08] review of pesticide registrations to
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone ensure that each pesticide continues to
Registration Review Proposed Interim
number: (703) 347–8827; email address: satisfy the statutory standard for
Decisions for Several Pesticides;
friedman.dana@epa.gov. registration, that is, the pesticide can
Notice of Availability
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: perform its intended function without
AGENCY: Environmental Protection unreasonable adverse effects on human
Agency (EPA). I. General Information health or the environment. As part of
ACTION: Notice. A. Does this action apply to me? the registration review process, the
This action is directed to the public Agency has completed proposed interim
SUMMARY: This notice announces the decisions for all pesticides listed in the
in general, and may be of interest to a
availability of EPA’s proposed interim Table in Unit IV. Through this program,
wide range of stakeholders including
registration review decisions and opens EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s
environmental, human health, farm
a 60-day public comment period on the registration is based on current
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
proposed interim decisions for the scientific and other knowledge,
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
following pesticides: Quinoxyfen and including its effects on human health
members of the public interested in the
sucrose. and the environment.
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
DATES: Comments must be received on Since others also may be interested, the
or before April 30, 2018. Agency has not attempted to describe all III. Authority
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, the specific entities that may be affected EPA is conducting its registration
identified by the docket identification by this action. If you have any questions review of the chemicals listed in the
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of regarding the applicability of this action Table in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g)
interest provided in the Table in Unit to a particular entity, consult the of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
IV, by one of the following methods: Chemical Review Manager for the
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// pesticide of interest identified in the
Procedural Regulations for Registration
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Table in Unit IV.
Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C.
instructions for submitting comments. B. What should I consider as I prepare Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among
Do not submit electronically any my comments for EPA? other things, that the registrations of
information you consider to be pesticides are to be reviewed every 15
Confidential Business Information (CBI) 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through years. Under FIFRA, a pesticide product
or other information whose disclosure is
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark may be registered or remain registered
restricted by statute.
the part or all of the information that only if it meets the statutory standard
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ you claim to be CBI. For CBI for registration given in FIFRA section
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. information on a disk or CD–ROM that 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the in accordance with widespread and
• Hand Delivery: To make special disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then commonly recognized practice, the
arrangements for hand delivery or identify electronically within the disk or pesticide product must perform its
CD–ROM the specific information that intended function without unreasonable
delivery of boxed information, please
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one adverse effects on the environment; that
follow the instructions at http://
complete version of the comment that is, without any unreasonable risk to
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
includes information claimed as CBI, a man or the environment, or a human
Additional instructions on commenting
copy of the comment that does not dietary risk from residues that result
or visiting the docket, along with more
contain the information claimed as CBI from the use of a pesticide in or on food.
information about dockets generally, is
must be submitted for inclusion in the
available at http://www.epa.gov/
public docket. Information so marked IV. What action is the Agency taking?
dockets.
will not be disclosed except in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accordance with procedures set forth in Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice
For pesticide specific information, 40 CFR part 2. announces the availability of EPA’s
contact: The Chemical Review Manager 2. Tips for preparing your comments. proposed interim registration review
for the pesticide of interest identified in When preparing and submitting your decisions for the pesticides shown in
the Table in Unit IV. comments, see the commenting tips at the following table, and opens a 60-day
For general information on the http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ public comment period on the proposed
registration review program, contact: comments.html. interim decisions.

Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact information

Quinoxyfen Case 7037 .................................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0771 Katherine St. Clair, stclair.katherine@epa.gov, (703) 347–8778.
Sucrose Case 5117 ....................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0751 Cody Kendrick, kendrick.cody@epa.gov, (703) 347–0468.
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The registration review docket for a comment. A Final Work Plan was additional risk assessments for the
pesticide includes earlier documents placed in the docket following public registration review of the pesticides
related to the registration review case. comment on the Preliminary Work Plan. included in the table in Unit IV, as well
For example, the review opened with a The documents in the dockets as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings
Preliminary Work Plan, for public describe EPA’s rationales for conducting and consideration of possible risk

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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		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before April 30, 2018.
Contact		For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the Table in Unit IV.
FR Citation		83 FR 8471