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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059; FRL–11682–09– 

OCSPP] 

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities (September 

2024) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of 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 December 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://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. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madison H. Le, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) 

(7511M), main telephone number: (202) 

566–1400, email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Charles 

Smith, Registration Division (RD) 

(7505T), main telephone number: (202) 

566–1030, 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. 

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 

https://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 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 https://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—Amended 

Tolerances for Non-Inerts 

PP 1E8952. EPA–HQ–OPP–2021– 

0789. BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 

Drive, Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27709, requests to amend the 

tolerances in 40 CFR 180.473 for 

residues of the herbicide glufosinateammonium, including its metabolites 

and degradates. Compliance with the 

tolerance levels specified below is to be 

determined by measuring the sum of 

glufosinate-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 in or on the following 

raw agricultural plant commodities: By 

amending tolerance in or on rice, grain 

from 1.0 parts per million (ppm) to 0.9 

ppm, and by removing tolerance on rice, 

hull at 2.0 ppm. The analytical methods 

for crops matrices involve water 

extraction, filtration and addition of an 

isotopically labeled internal standard 

followed by solid phase extraction. 

Quantitation is by high performance 

liquid chromatography-electrospray 

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(LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and 

evaluate the chemical glufosinateammonium. Contact: RD. 

B. Notice of Filing—New Tolerance 

Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS) 

1. PP 3F9093. EPA–HQ–OPP–2024– 

0429. Sinon Corporation, 1F., No. 101, 

Nanrong Road Dadu District, RC–43245 

Taichung, Taiwan (c/o SciReg, Inc., 

12733 Director’s Loop, Woodbridge, VA 

22192), requests to establish an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 

residues of the fungicide and 

bactericide, Bacillus velezensis strain 

CL3 in or on all food commodities. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance is being 

proposed. Contact: BPPD. 

2. PP 4F9139. EPA–HQ–OPP–2024– 

0427. Aphea.Bio NV, Technologiepark 

21, 9052 Gent, Belgium (c/o SciReg, 

Inc., 12733 Director’s Loop, 

Woodbridge, VA 22192), requests to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of the fungicide 

Streptomyces griseofuscus strain M1A1 

in or on all food commodities. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance is being 

proposed. Contact: BPPD. 

3. PP 0F8850. EPA–HQ–OPP–2024– 

0426. VPTox LLC, on behalf of 

Draslovka Services Pty Ltd., 21320 

Sweet Clover Place, Ashburn VA 20147, 

requests to establish an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of the insecticide, 

Ethyl formate in or on all food 

commodities. The petitioner believes no 

analytical method is needed because 

both ethyl formate and formic acid are 

naturally found in many commodities at 

very low levels and the fumigation of 

the commodities does not result in 

residue levels higher than background 

in those commodities. Contact: BPPD. 

4. PP 4F9139. EPA–HQ–OPP–2024– 

0427. Aphea.Bio NV, Technologiepark 

21, 9052 Gent, Belgium (c/o SciReg, 

Inc., 12733 Director’s Loop, 

Woodbridge, VA 22192), requests to 

establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of the fungicide 

Streptomyces griseofuscus strain M1A1 

in or on all food commodities. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance is being 

proposed. Contact: BPPD. 

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

Dated: October 11, 2024. 

Kimberly Smith, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Programs. 

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