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signature of the employee to an 

agreement with respect to access to and 

use of TSCA CBI. This information 

collection applies to the reporting 

activities associated with contractor 

personnel applying for new or renewed 

clearance for TSCA CBI. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary but failure to 

provide the requested information will 

prevent a contractor employee from 

obtaining clearance to access TSCA CBI. 

Respondents may claim all or part of a 

response confidential. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a claim 

of confidentiality only to the extent 

permitted by, and in accordance with, 

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 

40 CFR part 2. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form No. 7740– 

06. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR are 

companies under contract to EPA to 

provide certain services, whose 

employees must have access to TSCA 

CBI to perform their duties. 

Estimated number of respondents: 21 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 341 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $19,305 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 142 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease 

reflects EPA’s a decrease in the number 

of contractor employees that need TSCA 

CBI clearance. This change is an 

adjustment. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0006; FRL–9981–10] 

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions 

Filed for Residues of Pesticide 

Chemicals in or on Various 

Commodities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agency’s receipt of several initial filings 

of pesticide petitions 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 September 13, 2018. 

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 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 

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). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT for the division 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 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 its receipt of 

several pesticide petitions 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 180 for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various food 

commodities. The Agency is taking 

public comment on the requests before 

responding to the petitioners. EPA is not 


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proposing any particular action at this 

time. EPA has determined that the 

pesticide petitions described in this 

document contain the 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 support 

granting of the pesticide petitions. 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 these 

pesticide petitions. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of each of the petitions that 

are the subject of this document, 

prepared by the petitioner, is included 

in a docket EPA has created for each 

rulemaking. The docket for each of the 

petitions 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 petitions so that 

the public has an opportunity to 

comment on these requests for the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticides in 

or on food commodities. Further 

information on the petitions may be 

obtained through the petition 

summaries referenced in this unit. 

III. Amended Tolerances 

1. PP 8E8665. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2018– 

0162). Interregional Research Project 

No. 4 (IR–4), IR–4 Project Headquarters, 

Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 

College Road East, Suite 201 W, 

Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend 

40 CFR 180.566 by removing the 

established tolerances for residues of 

fenpyroximate determined by measuring 

only the sum of fenpyroximate, (E)-1,1- 

dimethylethyl 4-[[[[(1,3-dimethyl-5- 

phenoxy-1H-pyrazol-4- 

yl)methylene]amino]oxy]methyl] 

benzoate and its Z-isomer, (Z)-1,1- 

dimethylethyl 4-[[[[(1,3-dimethyl-5- 

phenoxy-1H-pyrazol-4- 

yl)methylene]amino]oxy]methyl] 

benzoate, calculated as the 

stoichiometric equivalent of 

fenpyroximate in or on the raw 

agricultural commodities: Bean, snap, 

succulent at 0.40 parts per million 

(ppm); cotton, undelinted seed at 0.10 

ppm; cucumber at 0.40 ppm; nut, tree, 

group 14 at 0.10 ppm; and pistachio at 

0.10 ppm. An enforcement method has 

been developed which involves 

extraction of fenpyroximate and the M– 

1 Metabolite from crops with ethyl 

acetate in the presence of anhydrous 

sodium sulfate, dilution with methanol, 

and then analysis by high performance 

LC/MS/MS. The method has undergone 

independent laboratory validation as 

required by PR Notice 88–5 and 96–1. 

Contact: RD. 

2. PP 8F8668. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2018– 

0207). Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709 requests to amend a 

tolerance in 40 CFR 180 for residues of 

the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium, in 

or on the raw agricultural commodities 

olive at 0.50 ppm; soybean hulls at 10.0 

ppm; stone fruit (Crop Group 12–12) at 

0.30 ppm; and tree nuts (Crop Group 

14–12) at 0.50 ppm. The LC/MS/MS 

method is used to measure and evaluate 

the chemical glufosinate-ammonium 

(ammonium (butanoic acid, 2-amino-4- 

(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)- 

monoammonium salt) and its 

metabolites, 2-acetamido-4- 

methylphosphinico-butanoic acid and 

3-methylphosphinico-propionic acid, 

expressed as 2-amino-4- 

(hydroxymethylphosphinyl) butanoic 

acid equivalents. Contact: RD. 

IV. New Tolerance Exemptions for 

Inerts (Except PIPS) 

PP IN–11127. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2018– 

0289). Spring Trading Company on 

behalf of Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry 

LLC, 525 West Van Buren, Chicago, IL 

60607–3823 requests to establish an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance for residues of maltodextrinvinylpyrrolidone copolymer (CAS Reg. 

No. 1323833–56–2), when used as an 

inert ingredient in pesticide 

formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. 

The petitioner believes no analytical 

method is needed because it is not 

required for an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance. 

V. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts 

1. EPA Registration Numbers: 59639– 

97, 59639–193, 59639–206, 59639–207. 

Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2017–0333. Applicant: Valent U.S.A. 

Corporation. Active ingredient: 

Flumioxazin. Product type: Herbicide. 

Proposed use: Grass, forage; grass, hay. 

Contact: RD. 

2. PP 8E8665. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2018– 

0162). IR–4, IR–4 Project Headquarters, 

Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 

College Road East, Suite 201 W, 

Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to 

establish tolerances for residues of 

fenpyroximate determined by measuring 

only the sum of fenpyroximate, (E)-1,1- 

dimethylethyl 4-[[[[(1,3-dimethyl-5- 

phenoxy-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methyl

ene]amino]oxy]methyl]benzoate and its 

Z-isomer, (Z)-1,1-dimethylethyl 4-[[[[

(1,3-dimethyl-5-phenoxy-1H-pyrazol-4- 

yl)methylene]amino]oxy]methyl] 

benzoate, calculated as the 

stoichiometric equivalent of 

fenpyroximate in or on the raw 

agricultural commodities: Banana at 1.0 

ppm; blackeyed pea, succulent shelled 

at 0.40 ppm; broad bean, succulent 

shelled at 0.40 ppm; bushberry 

subgroup 13–07B at 3.0 ppm; caneberry 

subgroup 13–07A at 3.0 ppm; chickpea, 

succulent shelled at 0.40 ppm; 

cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.10 ppm; 

cowpea, succulent shelled at 0.40 ppm; 

crowder pea, succulent shelled at 0.40 

ppm; goa bean, pods, succulent shelled 

at 0.40 ppm; lablab bean, succulent 

shelled at 0.40 ppm; leaf petiole 

vegetable subgroup 22B at 4.0 ppm; lima 

bean, succulent shelled at 0.40 ppm; 

nut, tree, group 14–12 at 0.10 ppm; 

southern pea, succulent shelled at 0.40 

ppm; soybean, edible, succulent shelled 

at 0.40 ppm; squash/cucumber subgroup 

9B at 0.40 ppm; succulent bean, 

succulent shelled at 0.40 ppm; and 

velvet bean, succulent shelled at 0.40 

ppm. An enforcement method has been 

developed which involves extraction of 

fenpyroximate and the M–1 Metabolite 

from crops with ethyl acetate in the 

presence of anhydrous sodium sulfate, 

dilution with methanol, and then 

analysis by high performance liquid 

chromatography using tandem mass 

spectrometric detection (LC/MS/MS). 

The method has undergone independent 

laboratory validation as required by PR 

Notice 88–5 and 96–1. Contact: RD. 

3. PP 8E8687. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2018– 

0424). Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc., c/o 

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

Valdosta, GA 31603–5126, requests to 

establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 

for residues of the insecticide, 

dinotefuran (N-methyl-N′-nitro-N′′- 

[(tetrahydro-3-furanyl)methyl)] 

guanidine) and metabolites DN (1- 

methyl-3-(tetrahydro-3- 

furymethyl)guanidine) and UF (1- 

methyl-3-(tetrahydro-3-furymethyl)- 

urea), in or on persimmon at 2 ppm. The 

High-Performance Liquid 

Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (LC– 

MS/MS) is used to measure and 

evaluate the chemical dinotefuran. 

Contact: RD. 

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

Dated: July 23, 2018. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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