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the same title which is located in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

issue of the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 70 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Title V. 

Dated: February 11, 2021. 

Debra Thomas, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0053; FRL–10019–68] 

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities (December 

2020) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Filing of petition and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agency’s receipt of an initial filing of a 

pesticide petition requesting the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number 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: 

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 pesticide petition 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 

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

comments.html. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is announcing receipt of a 

pesticide petition filed under section 

408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, 

requesting the establishment or 

modification of regulations in 40 CFR 

[part 174 and/or part 180] for residues 

of pesticide chemicals in or on various 

food commodities. The Agency is taking 

public comment on the request before 

responding to the petitioner. EPA is not 

proposing any particular action at this 

time. EPA has determined that the 

pesticide petition described in this 

document contains data or information 

prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 

21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); however, EPA has 

not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the 

submitted data at this time or whether 

the data supports granting of the 

pesticide petition. After considering the 

public comments, EPA intends to 

evaluate whether and what action may 

be warranted. Additional data may be 

needed before EPA can make a final 

determination on this pesticide petition. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of the petition that is the 

subject of this document, prepared by 

the petitioner, is included in a docket 

EPA has created for this rulemaking. 

The docket for this petition is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

As specified in FFDCA section 

408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is 

publishing notice of the petition so that 

the public has an opportunity to 

comment on this request for the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticides in 

or on food commodities. Further 

information on the petition may be 

obtained through the petition summary 

referenced in this unit. 

A. Notice of Filing—New Tolerances for 

Non-Inerts 

PP 0E8840. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020– 

0545). Nichino America, Inc., 4450 

Linden Hill Road, Suite 501, 

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establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 

for residues of the insecticide 

pyrifluquinazon in or on persimmon at 

0.5 parts per million (ppm). The 

Nichino Analytical Method was 

developed to determine pyrifluquinazon 

and its de-acetylated metabolite (IV–01), 

which is the primary metabolite for total 

residues in crops. The methods are 

sufficiently sensitive to detect residues 

at or above the tolerance proposed. All 

methods have undergone independent 

laboratory validation. Contact: RD. 

B. Notice of Filing—New Tolerance 

Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS) 

PP 0F8845. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020– 

0577). Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford 

Ave., Ste. 201, Boston, MA 02129, 

requests to establish an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of the fungicide 

Kosakonia cowanii strain SYM00028 in 

or on all food commodities. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because it is not applicable. 

According to the petitioner, soil 

degradation testing confirmed that use 

of the associated products would not 

result in toxicologically significant 

residues on or in food and, based on the 

metabolic profiling performed, no 

metabolites of concern are produced by 

Kosakonia cowanii strain SYM00028. 

Contact: BPPD. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. 

Dated: January 27, 2021. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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