UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 

APR 0 8 2015 

MEMORANDUM 

OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY 

AND POLLUTION PREVENTION 

SUBJECT: Posting EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0962 to Regulations.gov for Public Access 

FROM: Jeannine Kausch, Regulatory Action Leader 

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division 

Office of Pesticide 'Programs 

Robert McNally, Director nU?ff(t5(/ te~ Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division ' ~ 

Office of Pesticide Programs 

THRU: 

TO: Office of Pesticide Programs Docket 

This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0962 to Regulations.gov for public 

access. Pursuant to Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, BASF 

Corporation submitted applications to the EPA, seeking to register a manufacturing-use pesticide 

product (Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM41R Technical, EPA File Symbol: 71840-RL) and an enduse pesticide product (TrichoPlusTM' EPA File Symbol: 71840-RU). These pesticide products contain 

Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM4 l R, a new active ingredient. Moreover, TrichoPlus TM is to be 

applied to soil and growing media in commercial greenhouses to manage soilborne diseases caused by 

organisms such as Rhizoctonia and Fusarium. Given that these pesticide products contain a new active 

ingredient and that their registration would result in the first food use for Trichoderma asperelloides 

strain JM41 R, the EPA is requesting comments on its overall proposal to register such pesticide 

products, the underlying risk assessments, and other documents, as specified below, that are associated 

with this proposal. 

The following documents will be available for a 15-day public comment period from 

APR 1 0 2015 APR 2 5 2015 ~~~~~~~~~_ to~ ~~~~~ ~-

A. Draft Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM41R Biopesticides Registration Action Document 

(Dated April 8, 2015). 

B. Draft Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM41R Technical (EPA File Symbol: 71840-RL) Label. 

C. Draft TrichoPlusTM (EPA File Symbol: 71840-RU) Label. 
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0962, through 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

The EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change 

and may be made available online 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 http://www.regulations.gov. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means the EPA will not 

know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 

submit a comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information. If 

the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 

characters, avoid any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 

information about the EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at

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

Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Jeannine Kausch by 

telephone at (703) 347-8920 or via email at kausch.jeannine@epa.gov.

 

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