**EPA REGISTRATION DIVISION COMPANY NOTICE OF FILING FOR**

**PESTICIDE PETITIONS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER EPA**  **Registration Division contact:**  **[ PV Shah, Branch Chief Inert Assessment**  **Branch (IAB) 703 -**  **308 -**  **1846 ]**  **INSTRUCTIONS: Please utilize this outline in preparing the pesticide petition. In**  **cases where the outline element does not apply, please insert “NA -**  **Remove” and maintain the outline. Please do not change the margins, font, or format in your**  **pesticide petition. Simply re place the instructions that appear in**  **green , i.e., “**  **[ insert**  **company name ]**  **,” with the information specific to your action. TEMPLATE:**  **[ Croda**  **, Inc. ]**  **[ IN**  **- 10834**  **]** EPA has received a pesticide petition **( [**  **IN -**  **10834 ]**  **)** from **[Croda, Inc., 315 Cherry Lane, New**  **Castle DE, 19720]** proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a (d), to amend 40 CFR part 180. 960 t o establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for p olyamide e ster p ol ym ers **having a**  **number -**  **average molecu lar weight**  **greater than 1**  **0,0 00**  **Daltons , used**  **as dispersants, emulsifiers, surfactants, and related adjuvants of surfactants**  **in food use pesticide formulations**  in or on raw agricultural commodit ies . EPA has determined that the petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in section 408 (d)(2) of FFDCA; however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency

of the submitted data at this time or whether the data supports granting of the petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition to include the following Chemical Abstra cts Services Registry numbers: **CA S NO.’S**  **CA S. NA**  **ME** 678991 - 29 - 2 Fatty acids, C 18 - unsatd., dimers, hydrodenated, poly mers with Ethylenediamine, neopentyl gl ycol and stearyl alcohol 363162 - 42 - 9 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers with ethylenediamine and stearyl alcohol 951153 - 32 - 5 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, hydrogenated, poly mers with ethylenediamine and stearyl alcohol 1699751 - 19 - 3 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers with 1 - docosanol and ethylenediamine 1699751 - 2 3 - 9 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers with cetyl alc., neopentylgl yc ol and trimethylenediamine2

1699751 - 24 - 0 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers hexamethyl enediamine and stearyl alc. 1699751 - 25 - 1 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, hydrogenated, poly mers with cetylalc. and ethylenediamine 1699751 - 28 - 4 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, hydrogenated, poly mers with neopentylgl yc ol, stearyl alc. and trimethylenediamine 1699751 - 29 - 5 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers with 1 - docosanol and trimethylenediamine 1699751 - 31 - 9 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, poly mers with docosanoic acid and sorbitol 1685271 - 0 4 - 8 Fatty acids, C18 - unsatd., dimers, hydrogenated, poly mers with docosanol, hexamethylenediamine an d neopent ylgl ycol

A. Residue Chemistry 1. Plant metabolism. **[NA -**  **Remove based on the fact that this information is not**  **required for the establishment of a tolerance exemption.]** 2. Analytical method. **[N A**  **- Remove based on the fact that this information is**  **not required for the establishment of a tolerance exemption.]** 3. Magnitude of residues. **[NA -**  **Remove based on the fact th at this information**  **is not required for the establishment of a tolerance exemption.] B.**  **Toxicological Profile** 1. Acute toxicity. **[ Polyamide Ester Polymers**  **conform to the definition of a polymer given in 40 CFR 723.250(b) and meets the following 40 CFR**  **723.250 criteria that are used to identify low**  **- risk polymers.**  **1. The polymer is not a cationic polymer nor is it reasonably anticipated to become a**  **cationic polymer in a natural aquatic environment. 2. The polymer does contain as an integral part of its c**  **omposition the atomic elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.**  **3. The polymer does not contain as an integral part of its composition, except as impurities, any element other than those listed in 40 CFR 723.250(d)(2)(ii).**  **4. The polymer is neither designed nor can it be reasonably anticipated to**  **substantially degrade, decompose, or depolymerize. 5. The polymer is manufactured or imported from monomers and/or**  **reactants that are already included on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory.**  **6. The polymer is not a water absorbing polymer with a number average**  **molecular weight (MWn) greater than or equal to 10,000 Daltons.** 3

**7. The minimum number average molecular weight of all the polymers listed above**  **is greater 1,000 Daltons. The oligomer content is less than 10% (w/w) below a**  **number average molecular weight of 500 and less than 25 % (w/w) below a number average molecular weight of 1,000.**  2. Genotoxicty. **[ NA**  **- Remove based on the fact that this polymer meets the 40**  **CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low**  **- risk polymers.]**  3. Reproductive and developmental toxicity. **[ NA**  **- Remove based on the fact that**  **this polymer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low**  **- risk**  **polymers.]** 4. Subchronic toxicity. **[ NA**  **- Remove based on the fact that t**  **his polymer meets the 40**  **CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low -**  **risk polymers.]** 5. Chronic toxicity. **[ [NA**  **- Remove based on the fact that this polymer meets**  **the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low**  **- risk polymers.]**  6. Animal Metabolism. . **[NA -**  **Remove based on the fact that this polymer meets the 40**  **CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low -**  **risk polymers.] 7. Metabolite toxicity.**  **[NA -**  **Remove based on the fact that this polymer meets the 40**  **CFR 723.250 criteria th at are used to identify low**  **- risk polymers.]**  **8. Endocrine Disruption . [Not expected based on the fact that this polymer**  **meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low -**  **risk polymers.]** C. Aggregate Exposure 1. Dietary exposure. **[This polymer**  **meets the**  **40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are used to identify low**  **- risk polymers.]**  i. Food. **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are used**  **to identify low -**  **risk poly mers.]**  ii. Drinking water. **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 crit**  **eria that are used to identify** 

**low -**  **risk poly mers.]**  2. Non - dietary exposure . **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250**  **criteria that are used to identify low -**  **risk poly mers.]**  D. Cumulative Effects4 **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that are**  **used to identify low**  **- risk poly**  **mers.]** E. Safety Determination 1. U.S. population. **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria that**  **are used to identify**

**low -**  **risk poly mers.]**  2. Infants and children . **[This poly mer meets the 40 CFR 723.250 criteria**  **that are used to identify**  **low -**  **risk poly mers.]**  F. International Tolerances **[There are no known international tolerances for this poly mer.]**