66260 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 

Dated: December 4, 2018, 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27911 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0805; FRL–9987–54] 

Pesticides; Petition Seeking 

Rulemaking or a Formal Agency 

Interpretation for Planted Seeds 

Treated With Systemic Insecticides; 

Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is seeking public 

comment on a petition from the Center 

for Food Safety (CSF) requesting that the 

Agency either initiate a rulemaking or 

issue a formal Agency interpretation for 

planted seeds treated with systemic 

insecticides. CSF believes that the 

Agency has improperly applied the 

treated article exemption in exempting 

these products from registration and 

labeling requirements under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 26, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0805, 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: 

Connie Hernandez, Field and External 

Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–5190; email address: 

hernandez.connie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. 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 

pesticide registrants, environmental, 

human health, and agricultural 

advocates, pesticide users, and members 

of the public interested in the use of 

pesticides. This listing is not intended 

to be exhaustive but rather provides a 

guide for readers regarding entities 

likely to be affected by his action. 

Because others may also 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 person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

EPA requests public comment on a 

petition received from CFS that asks 

EPA to take the following actions: 

1. Amend or formally reinterpret the 

Treated Article Exemption in 40 CFR 

152.25(a) to clarify whether the 

exemption applies to seeds treated with 

systemic insecticides intended to kill 

pests of the plants. 

2. Enforce FIFRA’s registration and 

labeling requirements for seed products 

coated with systemic pesticides. 

A copy of the petition is available in 

the docket. 

III. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

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. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

comments.html. 

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

Dated: December 11, 2018, 

Richard Keigwin, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27780 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0576; FRL–9987–07] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register new uses for pesticide 

products containing currently registered 

active ingredients. 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 January 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the Docket Identification 

(ID) 

Number and the File Symbol or EPA 

Registration Number 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: 

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 


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