24610 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 26, 2016 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0163; FRL–9944–95] 

Amendments, Extensions, and/or 

Issuances of Experimental Use Permits 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted 

amendments, extensions, and/or 

issuances of experimental use permits 

(EUPs) to the pesticide applicants 

described in Unit II of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. An EUP 

permits use of a pesticide for 

experimental or research purposes only 

in accordance with the limitations in 

the permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

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 those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, EPA has not attempted to 

describe all the specific entities that 

may be affected by this action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The dockets for these actions, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) numbers as shown in the body of 

this document, are available at http://

www.regulations.gov or at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public 

Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. EUPs 

EPA has issued the following EUPs: 

1. 8917–EUP–2. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2015–0516). Amendment and 

Extension. J.R. Simplot Co., 5369 W. 

Irving St., Boise, ID 83706. This EUP 

allows the use of 13,000,000 pounds of 

seed potatoes containing 0.390 pound of 

VNT1 protein (or 3.90 × 10¥1 pound of 

VNT1 protein) on 5,576 acres (i.e., 5,200 

Rpi-vnt1 plant-incorporated protectant 

(PIP) acres and 376 maximum border 

acres) to evaluate resistance to 

Phytophthora infestans (commonly 

known as late potato blight). The 

program is authorized only in the states 

of Arizona, California, Colorado, 

Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, 

Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New 

Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 

North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 

South Carolina, Texas, Utah, 

Washington, and Wisconsin. The EUP is 

effective from December 17, 2015, to 

April 1, 2017. 

2. 62719–EUP–66. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2014–0521). Amendment and 

Extension. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 

9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 

46268–1054. This EUP allows the use of 

8.509 pounds of active ingredient 

(0.399, 0.120, 9.364 × 10¥7, 0.448, 6.22, 

0.152, and 1.17 pounds of Bacillus 

thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1A.105 protein, Bt 

Cry2Ab2 protein, DvSnf7 doublestranded RNA (dsRNA), Bt Cry1F 

protein, Bt Cry34Ab1 protein, Bt 

Cry35Ab1 protein, and Bt Cry3Bb1 

protein, respectively) in 456,699 pounds 

of corn seed and involves 5,844 acres 

(i.e., 2,660 PIP acres, 1,312 non-PIP 

acres, and 1,872 border acres) for inbred 

and hybrid development, nursery 

observations, and testing and collection 

of product characterization data. The 

program is authorized only in the 

commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in 

the states of Arkansas, California, 

Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, 

North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, 

Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South 

Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and 

Wisconsin. The EUP is effective from 

March 4, 2016, to March 31, 2017. 

3. 88877–EUP–2. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2015–0374). Issuance. University of 

Kentucky, Department of Entomology, 

S–225 Agricultural Science Center 

North, Lexington, KY 40546–0091. This 

EUP allows the use of 2,400,000 male 

Aedes aegypti WB1 Strain mosquitoes 

weighing 5.672 ounces and containing 

5.672 × 10¥5 ounce of the active 

ingredient Wolbachia pipientis, wAlbB 

Strain to evaluate the active ingredient’s 

effectiveness in suppressing and 

eliminating Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. 

The program is authorized only in the 

state of California over 840 acres 

(release and surveillance/monitoring 

acreage). The EUP is effective from 

October 15, 2015, to December 31, 2016. 

EPA received two comments, a positive 

one from the Consolidated Mosquito 

Abatement District in California and a 

negative one that was anonymous. As 

the anonymous commenter did not 

specify any particular safety concern 

with regard to this EUP’s issuance, the 

comment was not considered further. 

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

Dated: April 18, 2016. 

Robert C. McNally, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09744 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0794; FRL–9943–82] 

Aldicarb, Bensulide, Coumaphos, 

Ethalfluralin, and Pirimiphos-methyl 

Registration Review; Draft Human 

Health and Ecological Risk 

Assessments; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s draft human health 

risk and draft ecological risk 

assessments for aldicarb, bensulide, 

coumaphos, ethalfluralin, and 

pirimiphos-methyl and opens a public 

comment period on these documents. 

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 a comprehensive 

draft human health and ecological risk 

assessments for all aldicarb, bensulide, 

coumaphos, ethalfluralin, and 

pirimiphos-methyl uses. After reviewing 

comments received during the public 

comment period, EPA will issue a 

revised risk assessment, explain any 

changes to the draft risk assessment, and 

respond to comments and may request 

public input on risk mitigation before 

completing a proposed registration 

review decision for aldicarb, bensulide, 

coumaphos, ethalfluralin, and 

pirimiphos-methyl. Through this 

program, EPA is ensuring that each 

pesticide’s registration is based on 

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