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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: October 30, 2020. 

Madison Le, 

Director, New Chemicals Division, Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02523 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0052; FRL–10016–94] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Uses 

(October 2020) 

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 March 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number and the File Symbol of the 

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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/where-sendcomments-epa-dockets. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marietta Echeverria, Registration 

Division (RD) (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. As part of the mailing 

address, include the contact person’s 

name, division, and mail code. The 

division to contact is listed at the end 

of each application summary. 

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: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

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 

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 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register new uses for pesticide products 

containing currently registered active 

ingredients. Pursuant to the provisions 

of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 

136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing 

notice of receipt and opportunity to 

comment on these applications. Notice 

of receipt of these applications does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on these 

applications. 

Notice of Receipts—New Uses 

1. EPA Registration Number(s): 100– 

811, 100–828, 100–953, 100–1663, and 

100–1664. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2020–0417. Applicant: Syngenta 

Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, 

Greensboro, NC 27419. Active 

ingredient: Cyprodinil. Product type: 

Fungicide. Proposed Use(s): Brassica, 

leafy greens, subgroup 4–16B, except 

watercress; celtuce; fennel, Florence, 

fresh leaves and stalk; kohlrabi; leaf 

petiole vegetable subgroup 22B; leafy 

greens subgroup 4–16A, except parsley, 

fresh leaves; lemon/lime subgroup 10– 

10B; sugar apple; tropical and 

subtropical, small fruit, inedible peel, 

subgroup 24A; and vegetable, brassica, 

head and stem, group 5–16. Contact: 

RD. 

2. EPA Registration Numbers: 100– 

1462, 100–1463, 100–1465 and 100– 

1467. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2020–0375. Applicant: Syngenta 

Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, 

Greensboro, NC 27419. Active 

ingredient: Bicyclopyrone. Product type: 

Herbicide. Proposed uses: Banana; 

broccoli; garlic, bulb; hops, dried cones; 

horseradish; onion, bulb; onion, green; 

papaya; plantains; strawberry; sweet 

potato, roots; timothy, forage; timothy, 

hay; and watermelon. Contact: RD. 

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

Dated: November 9, 2020. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02539 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ– OAR–2019–0588; FRL–10016– 

40–OAR] 

Alternative Method for Calculating OffCycle Credits Under the Light-Duty 

Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Program: Applications From Nissan 

North America, Inc. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is requesting comment 

on applications from Nissan North 

America, Inc., (Nissan) for off-cycle 

carbon dioxide (CO2) credits under 


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1See 40 CFR 86.1869–12(b). 

2See 40 CFR 86.1869–12(c). 

3See 40 CFR 86.1869–12(d). 4See 40 CFR 86.1869–12(d)(2). 

EPA’s light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas 

emissions standards. ‘‘Off-cycle’’ 

emission reductions can be achieved by 

employing technologies that result in 

real-world benefits, but where that 

benefit is not adequately or entirely 

captured on the test procedures used by 

manufacturers to demonstrate 

compliance with emission standards. 

EPA’s light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas 

program acknowledges these benefits by 

giving automobile manufacturers several 

options for generating ‘‘off-cycle’’ 

carbon dioxide (CO2) credits. Under the 

regulations, a manufacturer may apply 

for CO2 credits for technologies that 

result in off-cycle benefits. In these 

cases, a manufacturer must provide EPA 

with a proposed methodology for 

determining the real-world off-cycle 

benefit. Nissan has submitted 

applications that describe 

methodologies for determining off-cycle 

credits from low-power-consumption 

compressor clutch technology. The 

application for compressor clutch 

technology includes test data to 

establish the 0.3 grams CO2/mile credit 

value compared to the industry standard 

clutch with similar performance 

characteristics (circa 2012). Nissan’s 

application is limited to 2017 and later 

model year vehicles. Pursuant to 

applicable regulations, EPA is making 

descriptions of the manufacturers’ offcycle credit calculation methodologies 

available for public comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2019–0588, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Wright, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Compliance Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105. Telephone: (734) 214–4467. Fax: 

(734) 214–4869. Email address: 

wright.davida@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

EPA’s light-duty vehicle greenhouse 

gas (GHG) program provides three 

pathways by which a manufacturer may 

accrue off-cycle carbon dioxide (CO2) 

credits for those technologies that 

achieve CO2 reductions in the real 

world but where those reductions are 

not adequately or entirely captured on 

the test used to determine compliance 

with the CO2 standards, and which are 

not otherwise reflected in the standards’ 

stringency. The first pathway is a 

predetermined list of credit values for 

specific off-cycle technologies that may 

be used beginning in model year 2014.1

This pathway allows manufacturers to 

use conservative credit values 

established by EPA for a wide range of 

technologies, with minimal data 

submittal or testing requirements. In 

cases where additional laboratory 

testing can demonstrate emission 

benefits, a second pathway allows 

manufacturers to use a broader array of 

emission tests (known as ‘‘5-cycle’’ 

testing because the methodology uses 

five different testing procedures) to 

demonstrate and justify off-cycle CO2

credits.2 The additional emission tests 

allow emission benefits to be 

demonstrated over some elements of 

real-world driving not captured by the 

GHG compliance tests, including high 

speeds, hard accelerations, and cold 

temperatures. Credits determined 

according to either of these 

methodologies do not undergo 

additional public review. The third and 

last pathway allows manufacturers to 

seek EPA approval to use an alternative 

methodology for determining the offcycle CO2 credits.3 This option is only 

available if the benefit of the technology 

cannot be adequately demonstrated 

using the 5-cycle methodology. 

Manufacturers may also use this option 

for model years prior to 2014 to 

demonstrate off-cycle CO2 reductions 

for technologies that are on the 

predetermined list, or to demonstrate 

reductions that exceed those available 

via use of the predetermined list. 

Under the regulations, a manufacturer 

seeking to demonstrate off-cycle credits 

with an alternative methodology (i.e., 

under the third pathway described 

above) must describe a methodology 

that meets the following criteria: 

• Use modeling, on-road testing, onroad data collection, or other approved 

analytical or engineering methods; 

• Be robust, verifiable, and capable of 

demonstrating the real-world emissions 

benefit with strong statistical 

significance; 

• Result in a demonstration of 

baseline and controlled emissions over 

a wide range of driving conditions and 

number of vehicles such that issues of 

data uncertainty are minimized; 

• Result in data on a model type basis 

unless the manufacturer demonstrates 

that another basis is appropriate and 

adequate. 

Further, the regulations specify the 

following requirements regarding an 

application for off-cycle CO2 credits: 

• A manufacturer requesting off-cycle 

credits must develop a methodology for 

demonstrating and determining the 

benefit of the off-cycle technology, and 

carry out any necessary testing and 

analysis required to support that 

methodology. 

• A manufacturer requesting off-cycle 

credits must conduct testing and/or 

prepare engineering analyses that 

demonstrate the in-use durability of the 

technology for the full useful life of the 

vehicle. 

• The application must contain a 

detailed description of the off-cycle 

technology and how it functions to 

reduce CO2 emissions under conditions 

not represented on the compliance tests. 

• The application must contain a list 

of the vehicle model(s) which will be 

equipped with the technology. 

• The application must contain a 

detailed description of the test vehicles 

selected and an engineering analysis 

that supports the selection of those 

vehicles for testing. 

• The application must contain all 

testing and/or simulation data required 

under the regulations, plus any other 

data the manufacturer has considered in 

the analysis. 

Finally, the alternative methodology 

must be approved by EPA prior to the 

manufacturer using it to generate 

credits. As part of the review process 

defined by regulation, the alternative 

methodology submitted to EPA for 

consideration must be made available 

for public comment.4 EPA will consider 

public comments as part of its final 


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decision to approve or deny the request 

for off-cycle credits. 

II. Off-Cycle Credit Applications 

Using the alternative methodology 

approach discussed above, Nissan is 

applying for credits for model years 

2017 and later. Nissan has applied for 

off-cycle credits using the alternative 

demonstration methodology pathway 

for the low-power-consumption clutch 

technology. The application covers 2017 

model year and later vehicles. The 

methodologies described by Nissan are 

generally consistent with those used by 

other manufacturers to determine 

similar credit values. The requested 

credit value is 0.3 grams CO2/mile. 

III. EPA Decision Process 

EPA has reviewed the applications for 

completeness and is now making the 

applications available for public review 

and comment as required by the 

regulations. The off-cycle credit 

applications submitted by Nissan (with 

confidential business information 

redacted) have been placed in the public 

docket (see ADDRESSES section above) 

and on EPA’s website at https://

www.epa.gov/ve-certification/ 

compliance-information-light-dutygreenhouse-gas-ghg-standards. EPA is 

providing a 30-day comment period on 

the applications for off-cycle credits 

described in this notice, as specified by 

the regulations. The manufacturers may 

submit a written rebuttal of comments 

for EPA’s consideration, or may revise 

an application in response to comments. 

After reviewing any public comments 

and any rebuttal of comments submitted 

by manufacturers, EPA will make a final 

decision regarding the credit requests. 

An EPA decision regarding these offcycle credit requests will only apply to 

the vehicles and model years specified 

in the applications submitted by each 

manufacturer. EPA will make its 

decision available to the public by 

placing a decision document (or 

multiple decision documents) in the 

docket and on EPA’s website at https:// 

www.epa.gov/ve-certification/ 

compliance-information-light-dutygreenhouse-gas-ghg-standards. An EPA 

decision to approve off-cycle credit 

requests would only apply to the 

manufacturers, model years, vehicles, 

and technologies specified in the credit 

applications. Such decision would not 

apply to other vehicles or vehicles from 

other manufacturers. While the broad 

methodologies used by these 

manufacturers could potentially be used 

for other vehicles and by other 

manufacturers, the vehicle specific data 

needed to demonstrate the off-cycle 

emissions reductions would likely be 

different. In such cases, a new 

application would be required, 

including an opportunity for public 

comment. 

Dated: November 10, 2020. 

Byron Bunker, 

Director, Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02517 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0049; FRL–10016–92] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Active 

Ingredients (October 2020) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

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 March 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number and the File Symbol 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/where-sendcomments-epa-dockets. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

main telephone number: (703) 305– 

7090, email address: BPPDFRNotices@

epa.gov; or Marietta Echeverria, 

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. As part of the mailing 

address, include the contact person’s 

name, division, and mail code. The 

division to contact is listed at the end 

of each application summary. 

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: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

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 

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 


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