Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Notifications, Non-Notifications, and Minor Formulation Amendments

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 271-272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24238]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2863; FRL-5992-03-OCSPP]

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on
Notifications, Non-Notifications, and Minor Formulation Amendments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft
Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Pesticide
Registration (PR) Notice 2026-NEW: Notifications, Non-Notifications,
and Minor Formulation Amendments.'' PR Notices are issued by the Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other
interested persons about important policies, procedures, and
registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to
pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice, when
final, will supersede PR Notice 98-10, entitled ``Notifications, Non-
notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments'' dated October 22,
1998, in its entirety. In addition, the guidance in this draft PR
Notice allowing for additions, modifications, or deletions of mandatory
or advisory statements will supersede the contrary guidance in section
II of PR Notice 2000-5, dated May 10, 2000, that requires such changes
be submitted by amendment. EPA believes these changes align with Pillar
1 (``Clean Air, Land, and Water for Every American'') and Pillar 3
(``Permitting Reform'') of the five pillars underpinning the
Administrator's ``Powering the Great American Comeback'' initiative as
these changes will improve submissions and save registrants and OPP
time and resources, while maintaining full protection of human health
and the environment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 19, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2863, online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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. Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket, along with information about dockets
generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexandra Boukedes, Registration
Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1511; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9bbb6acb2bcbdbcaaf7b8b5bca1b8b7bdabb899bca9b8f7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c3e3329373938392f723d3039243d32382e3d1c392c3d723b332a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to applicants seeking to amend
their pesticide registration. Since other entities may also be
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html">http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html</a>.

C. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

A copy of the draft PR notice is available in the docket under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2863.

II. What guidance does this PR Notice provide?

This draft PR Notice provides updated guidance to registrants and
applicants (both of which are referred to in this notice as
``registrants'') concerning the process for notifications, non-
notifications and minor formulation amendments. This proposed notice
updates and clarifies the scope of changes accepted by notification,
non-notification and minor formulation amendment for all pesticide
products.

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This PR Notice, when final, will supersede PR Notice 98-10, entitled
``Notification, Non-notification, Minor Formulation Amendments'' dated
October 22, 1998, in its entirety. In addition, the guidance in this
draft PR Notice allowing for additions, modifications, or deletions of
mandatory or advisory statements will supersede the contrary guidance
in section II of PR Notice 2000-5, dated May 10, 2000, that requires
such changes be submitted by amendment.
The changes in procedure presented in this draft PR Notice are
updates to clarify the scope of all registration changes accepted by
notification, non-notification, and minor formation amendment for all
pesticide products. The draft PR Notice adds several new minor
modifications, moves some existing minor modifications to a more
streamlined process (e.g., from notification to non-notification), and
provides more details in the minor modification and process
descriptions to enhance clarity. For example, a new minor modification
in the draft PR Notice includes the use of placeholder text for certain
symbols, pictures, logos, and graphics, including distributor product
logos, which can be added to the master label via notification and
then, once the placeholder text is on the stamped master label, the
actual symbols, pictures, logos, or graphics can be added to the master
label via non-notification. These changes will help reduce the burden
associated with completing, submitting and processing these
applications for both pesticide registrants and the Agency and provide
improved efficiencies without the extra burden.
EPA is particularly interested in receiving feedback on the
following proposed changes in the draft PR Notice: updated requirements
under Section II.E, which refers to symbols, pictures, logos, and
graphics or placeholder text for symbols, pictures, logos, and graphics
being added to the master label by notification; use of a placeholder
for adding state-required fertilizer restrictions; specific 100% repack
product label revisions; the addition of referral statements and
marketing claims; and changes to sources for certain inert ingredients,
addition of certain product packaging graphics and statements, changes
in state registration status, changes in warranty statement, and
adjustments to certain Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related labeling
language that are now being proposed to be made via non-notification.

III. Do PR Notices contain binding requirements?

No, the draft PR Notice discussed in this document is intended to
provide guidance to EPA personnel and decision makers and to pesticide
registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency
regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice, when
final would not be binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and
EPA may depart from the guidance where circumstances warrant and
without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that
the guidance is not appropriate generally or not applicable to a
specific pesticide or situation.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

Additional information about these statutes and Executive Orders
can be found at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders">https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders</a>.

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

This action is not a significant regulatory action under Executive
Order 12866 (58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993) and was therefore not
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)

This guidance does not create any paperwork burdens that require
additional approval by OMB under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. The
information collection activities associated with pesticide
registration are already approved by OMB under OMB Control No. 2070-
0226, entitled ``Consolidated Pesticide Registration Submission
Portal'' (EPA ICR No. 2624).

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

Dated: December 30, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-24238 Filed 1-2-26; 8:45 am]
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