Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2010 / Notices 80489 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0012; FRL–8857–8] 

Notice of Receipt of Several Pesticide 

Petitions Filed for Residues of 

Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various 

Commodities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Agency’s receipt of several initial filings 

of pesticide petitions proposing the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number and the pesticide petition 

number (PP) 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 on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the docket ID number and the pesticide 

petition number of interest as shown in 

the body of this document. EPA’s policy 

is that all comments received will be 

included in the docket without change 

and may be made available on-line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

contact person, with telephone number 

and e-mail address, is listed at the end 

of each pesticide petition summary. You 

may also reach each contact person by 

mail at Registration Division (7505P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

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. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed at the end of the 

pesticide petition summary of interest. 

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 e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

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vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

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 its receipt of 

several pesticide petitions filed under 

section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 

346a, proposing the establishment or 

modification of regulations in 40 CFR 

part 174 or part 180 for residues of 

pesticide chemicals in or on various 

food commodities. EPA has determined 

that the pesticide petitions described in 

this notice contain the data or 

information prescribed in FFDCA 

section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not 

fully evaluated the sufficiency of the 

submitted data at this time or whether 

the data support granting of the 

pesticide petitions. Additional data may 

be needed before EPA can make a final 

determination on these pesticide 

petitions. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of each of the petitions that 

are the subject of this notice, prepared 

by the petitioner, is included in a docket 

EPA has created for each rulemaking. 

The docket for each of the petitions is 

available on-line 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. 

New Tolerance 

PP 9E7517. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2005– 

0477). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 

Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, 

proposes to establish a permanent 

tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 

residues of the herbicide safener 

dichlormid, acetamide, 2,2-dichloroN,N-di-2-propenyl- (CAS Reg. No. 

37764–25–3) in or on corn, field, forage; 

corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; 

corn, pop, grain; corn, pop, stover; corn, 

sweet, forage; corn, sweet, kernel plus 

cob with husks removed; and corn, 

sweet, stover at 0.05 parts per million 

(ppm). Dichlormid (R–25788) is an 

herbicide safener that is used in the 

Dow AgroSciences LLC, acetochlor 

product line that is used for the control 

of grasses and broadleaf weeds in field 

corn, pop corn and sweet corn. 

Currently, time-limited tolerances on 

corn commodities are established with 

an expiration/revocation date of 

December 31, 2010. An adequate 

enforcement method for residues of 

dichlormid in corn has been developed 

and validated by the Analytical 

Chemical Laboratory (ACL) of EPA. 

Analysis is carried out using gas 

chromatography (GC) with nitrogen 

selective thermionic detection. A 

revised method was resubmitted to the 

EPA on October 29, 1999. Contact: 

Susan Stanton, (703) 305–5218, e-mail 

address: stanton.susan@epa.gov. 

New Tolerance Exemptions 

1. PP 9E7654. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

1004). Thro GmbH, c/o Thor Specialties, 

Inc., Trumbull, CT 06611, proposes to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance for residues 

of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3- 

one (in combination with 2-methyl-4- 

isothiazolin-3-one) (CAS Reg. Nos. 

26172–55–4 and 2682–20–4) under 40 

CFR 180.910 and under 40 CFR 180.930 

when used as an inert ingredient as an 

‘‘in-can’’ materials preservative with a 

maximum concentration of 50 parts per 

million (ppm) in pesticide formulations. 

The petitioner believes no analytical 

method is needed because requirements 

for an analytical method are not 

applicable to a request to establish an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. Contact: Kerry Leifer, (703) 

308–8811; e-mail address: 

leifer.kerry@epa.gov. 

2. PP 9F7653. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

1005). Thor GmbH, c/o Thor Specialties, 

Inc, Trumbull, CT 06611, proposes to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance for residues 

of 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (CAS 

Reg. No. 2682–20–4) under 40 CFR 

180.910 and under 40 CFR 180.930 

when used as an inert ingredient as an 

‘‘in-can’’ materials preservative with a 

maximum concentration of 250 parts 

per million (ppm) in pesticide 

formulations. The petitioner believes no 

analytical method is needed because 

requirements for an analytical method 

are not applicable to a request to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance. Contact: 

Kerry Leifer, (703) 308–8811; e-mail 

address: leifer.kerry@epa.gov. 

3. PP 0E7811. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2007– 

1077). Whitmire Micro-Gen Research 

Laboratories, Inc., c/o Landis 

International, Inc., P.O. Box 5126, 

Valdosta, GA 31603–5126, proposes to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance for residues 

of carbon dioxide (CAS Reg. No. 124– 

38–9) under 40 CFR 180.910 and under 

40 CFR 180.930 when used as an inert 

ingredient as a propellant in pesticide 

formulations. The petitioner believes no 

analytical method is needed because 

requirements for an analytical method 

are not applicable to a request to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance. Contact: 

Karen Samek, (703) 347–8825; e-mail 

address: samek.karen@epa.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural commodities, Feed 

additives, Food additives, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31872 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0889; FRL–8856–8] 

Pesticide Products; Registration 

Applications 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

previously registered pesticide 

products. Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 3(c)(4) of 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 21, 2011. 


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