[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54969-54973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22477]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337; FRL-8382-5]


Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes, revises, or deletes tolerances 
for residues of cyfluthrin in or on numerous raw agricultural 
commodities. It also establishes tolerances for residues of beta-
cyfluthrin in or on all commodities for which cyfluthrin tolerances 
exist. Bayer CropScience requested these tolerances under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective September 24, 2008. Objections and 
requests for hearings must be received on or before November 24, 2008, 
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337. 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., Confidential Business Information (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 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 Docket 
Facility is open 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: Susan Stanton, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2a1a6b3bca6bdbcfca1a7a1b3bc92b7a2b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d7e796c63796263237e787e6c634d687d6c236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 those 
engaged in the following activities:
    <bullet> Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    <bullet> Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    <bullet> Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    <bullet> Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to 
provide 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 under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document?

    In addition to accessing electronically available documents at 
http://www.regulations.gov, you may access this Federal Register 
document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal 
Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. You may also access 
a frequently updated electronic version of EPA's tolerance regulations 
at 40 CFR part 180 through the Government Printing Office's pilot e-CFR 
site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr.

C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing Request?

    Under section 408(g) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file 
an objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a 
hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a 
hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided 
in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337 in the subject line on the first 
page of your submission. All requests must be in writing, and must be 
mailed or delivered to the Hearing Clerk as required by 40 CFR part 178 
on or before November 24, 2008.
    In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the 
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of 
the filing that does not contain any CBI for inclusion in the public 
docket that is described in ADDRESSES. Information not marked 
confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA 
without prior notice. Submit this copy, identified by docket ID number 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337, by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    <bullet> 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.

II. Petition for Tolerance

    In the Federal Register of July 30, 2008 (73 FR 44264) (FRL-8375-
1), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21 
U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP 
7F7200) by Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12014, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. The petition requested that 40 CFR 
180.436 be amended by:
    <bullet> Establishing tolerances for residues of the insecticide, 
cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on food 
commodities barley, grain; buckwheat, grain; millet, grain; oat, grain; 
rye, grain; triticale, grain; and wheat, grain at 0.15 part per million 
(ppm); corn, field, grain; corn, pop, grain; and teosinte, grain at 
0.05 ppm; sorghum, grain at 3.5 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and 
hay, group 16, forage, except rice at 25 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, 
fodder and hay, group 16, hay, except rice at 6.0 ppm; grain, cereal, 
forage, fodder and hay, group 16, stover, except rice at 30 ppm; and 
grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, straw, except rice at 
7.0 ppm.

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    <bullet> Amending the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.436 for residues of 
the insecticide cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-
(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on the 
food commodities barley, bran from 5.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; cattle, fat from 
10.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; cattle, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.10 ppm; cattle, 
meat byproducts from 0.40 ppm to 0.10 ppm; goat, fat from 10.0 ppm to 
2.0 ppm; goat, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; goat, meat byproducts 
from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; grain, aspirated fractions from 600 ppm to 
150 ppm; hog, fat from 10.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; hog, meat from 0.40 ppm to 
0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts from 0.40 ppm to 0.01 ppm; horse, fat 
from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; horse, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; horse, 
meat byproducts from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; milk from 1.0 ppm to 0.2 
ppm; milk, fat from 30.0 ppm to 5.0 ppm; oat, bran from 5.0 ppm to 0.5 
ppm; rye, bran from 5.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; sheep, fat from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 
ppm; sheep, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts from 
0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; wheat, bran from 6.5 ppm to 0.5 ppm; and wheat, 
shorts from 11.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm.
    <bullet> Deleting the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.436 for residues of 
the insecticide, cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-
(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on the 
food commodities corn, field, forage at 3.0 ppm; corn, field, milled 
byproducts at 7.0 ppm; corn, field, refined oil at 30.0; corn, field, 
stover at 6.0 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 6.0 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 
15.0 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 30.00 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15 at 
4.0 ppm; rice, bran at 6.0 ppm; rice, hulls at 18.0 ppm; sorghum, 
grain, forage at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover at 5.0 ppm; wheat, 
forage at 5.0 ppm; wheat, hay at 6.0 ppm; and wheat, straw at 6.0 ppm.
    <bullet> Creating paragraph (a)(4) in 40 CFR 180.436 and 
establishing tolerances for residues of the insecticide, beta-
cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate [mixture 
comprising the enantiomeric pair (R)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1S,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate with the enantiomeric pair (R)-[alpha]-
cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl (1S,3R)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1R,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], in or on food commodities alfalfa at 
5.0 ppm; alfalfa, forage at 5.0 ppm; alfalfa, hay at 13 ppm; almond, 
hulls at 0.5 ppm; barley, bran at 0.5 ppm; barley, grain at 0.15 ppm; 
beet, sugar, dried pulp at 1.0 ppm; beet, sugar, roots at 0.10 ppm; 
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 2.5 ppm; Brassica, leafy 
greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; buckwheat, grain at 0.15 ppm; carrot, 
roots at 0.20 ppm; cattle, fat at 2.0 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.10 ppm; 
cattle, meat byproducts at 0.10 ppm; citrus, dried pulp at 0.3 ppm; 
citrus, oil at 0.3 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.05 ppm; corn, pop, 
grain at 0.05 ppm; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed at 
0.05 ppm; cotton, hulls at 2.0 ppm; cotton, refined oil at 2.0 ppm; 
cotton, undelinted seed at 1.0 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; fruit, citrus, 
group 10 at 0.2 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.5 ppm; fruit, stone, 
group 12 at 0.3 ppm; goat, fat at 2.0 ppm; goat, meat at 0.05 ppm; 
goat, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; grain, aspirated fractions at 150 
ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, forage, except 
rice at 25 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, hay, 
except rice at 6.0 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 
16, stover, except rice at 30 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and 
hay, group 16, straw, except rice at 7.0 ppm; grape at 1.0 ppm; grape, 
raisin at 3.5 ppm; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage at 
12 ppm; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay at 50 ppm; hog, 
fat at 0.5 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 0.01 
ppm; hop, dried cones at 20.0 ppm; hop, vines at 4.0 ppm; horse, fat at 
2.0 ppm; horse, meat at 0.05 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; 
lettuce, head at 2.0 ppm; lettuce, leaf at 3.0 ppm; milk at 0.2 ppm; 
milk, fat at 5.0 ppm; millet, grain at 0.15 ppm; mustard greens at 7.0 
ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.01 ppm; oat, bran at 0.5 ppm; oat, grain 
at 0.15 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C 
at 0.15 ppm; pea, dry, seed at 0.15 ppm; pea, southern, succulent at 
0.25 ppm; peanut at 0.01 ppm; peanut, hay at 6.0 ppm; pepper at 0.50 
ppm; pistachio at 0.01ppm; poultry, fat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat at 
0.01 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; radish, roots at 1 ppm; 
rye, bran at 0.5 ppm; rye, grain at 0.15 ppm; sheep, fat at 2.0 ppm; 
sheep, meat at 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; sorghum, 
grain, grain at 3.5 ppm; soybean, forage at 8.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 
4.0 ppm; soybean, seed at 0.03 ppm; sugarcane, cane at 0.05 ppm; 
sugarcane, molasses at 0.20 ppm; sunflower, forage at 5.0 ppm; 
sunflower, seed at 0.02 ppm; teosinte, grain at 0.05 ppm; tomato at 
0.20 ppm; tomato, paste at 0.5 ppm; tomato, pomace at 5.0 ppm; 
triticale, grain at 0.15 ppm; turnip, greens at 7.0 ppm; vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.1 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.5 ppm; 
vegetable, leafy greens, except Brassica, group 4 at 6.0 ppm; 
vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm; wheat, bran at 
0.5 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.15 ppm; and wheat, shorts at 0.5 ppm.
    The proposed establishments, deletions, and revisions to the 
existing tolerances for cyfluthrin on raw agricultural commodities were 
requested to support changes in the directions for use on cereal 
grains. The existing tolerances were established to support the use of 
cyfluthrin on stored grains, a use that was canceled in 2005. The 
revised tolerances will cover residues of cyfluthrin resulting from 
foliar applications on cereal grains (except rice).
    Beta-cyfluthrin is an enriched isomer of cyfluthrin. Currently, 
residues of beta-cyfluthrin are covered by the tolerances for 
cyfluthrin. In accordance with Agency preferences regarding tolerances 
for synthetic pyrethroids and their isomers, Bayer CropScience has 
proposed establishment of separate tolerances for beta-cyfluthrin. The 
proposed beta-cyfluthrin tolerances are at the same levels as those for 
cyfluthrin.
    The notice of filing of PP 7E7200 referenced a summary of the 
petition prepared by Bayer CropScience, the registrant, which is 
available to the public in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov. 
Comments were received on the notice of filing. EPA's response to these 
comments is discussed in Unit IV.C.

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety

    Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a 
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a 
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section 
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a 
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure 
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary 
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable 
information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in 
residential settings, but does not include occupational exposure. 
Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special 
consideration to exposure

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of infants and children to the pesticide chemical residue in 
establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there is a reasonable 
certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. . . .''
    Consistent with section 408(b)(2)(D) of FFDCA, and the factors 
specified in section 408(b)(2)(D) of FFDCA, EPA has reviewed the 
available scientific data and other relevant information in support of 
this action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to 
make a determination on aggregate exposure for the petitioned-for 
tolerances for residues of cyfluthrin and beta-cyfluthrin as proposed 
by the registrant and specified in Unit II. EPA's assessment of 
exposures and risks associated with establishing these tolerances 
follows.
    On February 27, 2008 the Agency published a final rule (73 FR 
10390) (FRL-8350-3) establishing tolerances for residues of cyfluthrin 
in or on grass, forage, fodder and hay group 17, forage at 12 ppm; 
grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay at 50 ppm; beet, sugar, 
roots at 0.10 ppm; and beet, sugar, dried pulp at 1.0 ppm. When the 
Agency conducted the risk assessments in support of the February 2008 
tolerance action, it considered all of the changes to cyfluthrin/beta-
cyfluthrin tolerances proposed by the registrant in this action, except 
a few of the proposed tolerance reductions and deletions. Consideration 
of the additional tolerance reductions and deletions would have 
resulted in lower aggregate risk estimates, as explained in the 
documents Addendum to: D331951, Cyfluthrin/Beta-cyfluthrin - Human 
Health Risk Assessment For New Uses on Grasses, Alfalfa, and Sugar Beet 
Seed and Revised Tolerances on Cereal Grain Commodities; D339413, 
Cyfluthrin and beta-Cyfluthrin, Summary of Analytical Chemistry and 
Residue Data; Cyfluthrin and beta-Cyfluthrin: Second Addendum to 
D331951, Cyfluthrin/Beta-cyfluthrin - Human Health Risk Assessment For 
New Uses on Grasses, Alfalfa, and Sugar Beet Seed and Revised 
Tolerances on Cereal Grain Commodities; and D339413, Cyfluthrin and 
beta-Cyfluthrin, Summary of Analytical Chemistry and Residue Data. 
These documents are available at http://www.regulations.gov in the 
docket established for this action (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337).
    Since EPA considered these new tolerances for cyfluthrin and beta-
cyfluthrin in its most recent risk assessments, establishing these 
tolerances will not increase the estimated aggregate risks resulting 
from use of cyfluthrin/beta-cyfluthrin, as discussed in the February 
27, 2008 FRL-8350-3) Federal Register document. Refer to this Federal 
Register document, available at http://www.regulations.gov, for a 
detailed discussion of the aggregate risk assessments and determination 
of safety. EPA relies upon those risk assessments and the findings made 
in the Federal Register document in support of this action.
    Based on the risk assessments discussed in the final rule published 
in the Federal Register of February 27, 2008, EPA concludes that there 
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to the general 
population, and to infants and children from aggregate exposure to 
cyfluthrin residues.

IV. Other Considerations

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology

    Adequate enforcement methodology (gas chromatography (GC)/electron-
capture detection (ECD)) is available to enforce the tolerance 
expression. The method may be requested from: Chief, Analytical 
Chemistry Branch, Environmental Science Center, 701 Mapes Rd., Ft. 
Meade, MD 20755-5350; telephone number: (410) 305-2905; e-mail address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bf9eef8e2effeeee6eeffe3e4eff8cbeefbeaa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d2f382e343928383038293532392e1d382d3c733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>.

B. International Residue Limits

    CODEX Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) have been established for 
residues of cyfluthrin on cattle milk at 0.01 ppm and on maize at 0.05 
ppm. No CODEX MRLs have been established for the enriched isomer, beta-
cyfluthrin. In this tolerance action EPA is establishing a tolerance on 
field corn grain at 0.05 ppm, equivalent to the CODEX MRL on maize. EPA 
is reducing the existing U.S. tolerances for milk and milk fat to 0.2 
ppm and 5.0 ppm, respectively. The U.S. milk tolerances are necessarily 
higher than the CODEX MRL due to registrations in the United States on 
additional feed items, including grasses, the biggest contributor to 
dairy cattle dietary burdens of cyfluthrin.

C. Response to Comments

    One comment was received from a private citizen in response to the 
notice of filing. The commenter requested that the petition for 
cyfluthrin be denied for the following reasons: ``It is a suspected 
endocrine disruptor. It is moderately toxic and has mortality for many 
species.'' The commenter presented no scientific data or other evidence 
to support the endocrine disruptor claim and there is no evidence in 
the toxicity database available to EPA, including the 2-generation 
reproduction study, that either cyfluthrin or beta-cyfluthrin induces 
any endocrine disruption. EPA considered all available scientific data 
for cyfluthrin and the estimated aggregate exposure to the pesticide, 
including anticipated dietary (food and drinking water) and residential 
exposures, and concluded that there is a reasonable certainty that no 
harm will result from aggregate exposure to cyfluthrin. The commenter 
has provided no information to alter this finding. EPA, therefore, 
disagrees with the commenter that the petition should be denied.
    Comments were also received from a private citizen asking who had 
filed the petition and expressing general concern about pesticide 
residues in food. The petitioner was clearly identified in the notice 
of filing as Bayer CropScience. Regarding the commenter's concern about 
pesticide residues in food, EPA has received general comments such as 
this on numerous previous occasions. Refer to the following Federal 
Register issues for the Agency's previous responses to these kinds of 
objections: October 29, 2004 (69 FR 63096) (FRL-7681-9), January 7, 
2005 (70 FR 1354) (FRL-7691-4), and June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37686) (FRL-
7718-3).

V. Conclusion

    Therefore, tolerances are established, revised, or deleted for 
residues of cyfluthrin and established for residues of beta-cyfluthrin 
as proposed by the registrant and specified in Unit II.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This final rule establishes, revises, or delete tolerances under 
section 408(d) of FFDCA in response to a petition submitted to the 
Agency. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these 
types of actions from review under Executive Order 12866, entitled 
Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because 
this final rule has been exempted from review under Executive Order 
12866, this final rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
entitled Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or 
Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 
1997). This final rule does not contain any information collections 
subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require any special considerations 
under Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to

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Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    Since tolerances and exemptions that are established, revised, or 
deleted on the basis of a petition under section 408(d) of FFDCA, such 
as the tolerances in this final rule, do not require the issuance of a 
proposed rule, the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do not apply.
    This final rule directly regulates growers, food processors, food 
handlers, and food retailers, not States or tribes, nor does this 
action alter the relationships or distribution of power and 
responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions 
of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. As such, the Agency has determined that 
this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States or 
tribal governments, on the relationship between the national government 
and the States or tribal governments, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government or between 
the Federal Government and Indian tribes. Thus, the Agency has 
determined that Executive Order 13132, entitled Federalism (64 FR 
43255, August 10, 1999) and Executive Order 13175, entitled 
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 
67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply to this final rule. In addition, 
this final rule does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any 
unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Public Law 104-4).
    This action does not involve any technical standards that would 
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant 
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 
note).

VII. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to 
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States prior to publication of this final rule in the Federal 
Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: September 9, 2008.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.


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2. Section 180.436 is amended by revising the section heading and the 
table in paragraph (a)(1) and adding paragraph (a)(4) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  180.436  Cyfluthrin and the isomer beta-cyfluthrin; tolerances 
for residues.

    (a) * * * (1) * * *

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Commodity                        Parts per million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alfalfa..............................................                5.0
Alfalfa, forage......................................                5.0
Alfalfa, hay.........................................                 13
Almond, hulls........................................                0.5
Barley, bran.........................................                0.5
Barley, grain........................................               0.15
Beet, sugar, dried pulp..............................                1.0
Beet, sugar, roots...................................               0.10
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A.................                2.5
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B..................                7.0
Buckwheat, grain.....................................               0.15
Carrot, roots........................................               0.20
Cattle, fat..........................................                2.0
Cattle, meat.........................................               0.10
Cattle, meat byproducts..............................               0.10
Citrus, dried pulp...................................                0.3
Citrus, oil..........................................                0.3
Corn, field, grain...................................               0.05
Corn, pop, grain.....................................               0.05
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed......               0.05
Cotton, hulls........................................                2.0
Cotton, refined oil..................................                2.0
Cotton, undelinted seed..............................                1.0
Egg..................................................               0.01
Fruit, citrus, group 10..............................                0.2
Fruit, pome, group 11................................                0.5
Fruit, stone, group 12...............................                0.3
Goat, fat............................................                2.0
Goat, meat...........................................               0.05
Goat, meat byproducts................................               0.05
Grain, aspirated fractions...........................                150
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                      25
 forage, except rice.................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, hay,                6.0
 except rice.........................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                      30
 stover, except rice.................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                     7.0
 straw, except rice..................................
Grape................................................                1.0
Grape, raisin........................................                3.5
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage......                 12
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay.........                 50
Hog, fat.............................................                0.5
Hog, meat............................................               0.01
Hog, meat byproducts.................................               0.01
Hop, dried cones.....................................               20.0
Hop, vines...........................................                4.0
Horse, fat...........................................                2.0
Horse, meat..........................................               0.05
Horse, meat byproducts...............................               0.05
Lettuce, head........................................                2.0
Lettuce, leaf........................................                3.0
Milk.................................................                0.2
Milk, fat............................................                5.0
Millet, grain........................................               0.15
Mustard greens.......................................                7.0
Nut, tree, group 14..................................               0.01
Oat, bran............................................                0.5
Oat, grain...........................................               0.15
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup               0.15
 6C..................................................
Pea, dry, seed.......................................               0.15
Pea, southern, succulent.............................               0.25
Peanut...............................................               0.01
Peanut, hay..........................................                6.0
Pepper...............................................               0.50
Pistachio............................................               0.01
Poultry, fat.........................................               0.01
Poultry, meat........................................               0.01
Poultry, meat byproducts.............................               0.01
Radish, roots........................................                1.0
Rye, bran............................................                0.5
Rye, grain...........................................               0.15
Sheep, fat...........................................                2.0
Sheep, meat..........................................               0.05
Sheep, meat byproducts...............................               0.05
Sorghum, grain, grain................................                3.5
Soybean, forage......................................                8.0
Soybean, hay.........................................                4.0
Soybean, seed........................................               0.03
Sugarcane, cane......................................               0.05
Sugarcane, molasses..................................               0.20
Sunflower, forage....................................                5.0
Sunflower, seed......................................               0.02
Teosinte, grain......................................               0.05
Tomato...............................................               0.20
Tomato, paste........................................                0.5
Tomato, pomace.......................................                5.0
Triticale, grain.....................................               0.15
Turnip, greens.......................................                7.0
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9.........................                0.1
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8.........................                0.5
Vegetable, leafy greens, except Brassica, group 4....                6.0
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C............               0.01
Wheat, bran..........................................                0.5
Wheat, grain.........................................               0.15
Wheat, shorts........................................                0.5
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    (4) Tolerances are established for residues of the isomer, beta-
cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate [mixture 
comprising the enantiomeric pair (R)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1S,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate with the enantiomeric pair (R)-[alpha]-
cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl (1S,3R)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1R,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], in or on the following raw 
agricultural commodities:

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                      Commodity                        Parts per million
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Alfalfa..............................................                5.0
Alfalfa, forage......................................                5.0
Alfalfa, hay.........................................                 13
Almond, hulls........................................                0.5
Barley, bran.........................................                0.5
Barley, grain........................................               0.15
Beet, sugar, dried pulp..............................                1.0
Beet, sugar, roots...................................               0.10
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A.................                2.5
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B..................                7.0
Buckwheat, grain.....................................               0.15
Carrot, roots........................................               0.20
Cattle, fat..........................................                2.0
Cattle, meat.........................................               0.10
Cattle, meat byproducts..............................               0.10
Citrus, dried pulp...................................                0.3
Citrus, oil..........................................                0.3
Corn, field, grain...................................               0.05
Corn, pop, grain.....................................               0.05
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed......               0.05
Cotton, hulls........................................                2.0
Cotton, refined oil..................................                2.0
Cotton, undelinted seed..............................                1.0
Egg..................................................               0.01
Fruit, citrus, group 10..............................                0.2
Fruit, pome, group 11................................                0.5
Fruit, stone, group 12...............................                0.3
Goat, fat............................................                2.0
Goat, meat...........................................               0.05
Goat, meat byproducts................................               0.05
Grain, aspirated fractions...........................                150
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                      25
 forage, except rice.................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, hay,                6.0
 except rice.........................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                      30
 stover, except rice.................................
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16,                     7.0
 straw, except rice..................................
Grape................................................                1.0
Grape, raisin........................................                3.5
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage......                 12
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay.........                 50
Hog, fat.............................................                0.5
Hog, meat............................................               0.01
Hog, meat byproducts.................................               0.01
Hop, dried cones.....................................               20.0
Hop, vines...........................................                4.0
Horse, fat...........................................                2.0
Horse, meat..........................................               0.05
Horse, meat byproducts...............................               0.05
Lettuce, head........................................                2.0
Lettuce, leaf........................................                3.0
Milk.................................................                0.2
Milk, fat............................................                5.0
Millet, grain........................................               0.15
Mustard greens.......................................                7.0
Nut, tree, group 14..................................               0.01
Oat, bran............................................                0.5
Oat, grain...........................................               0.15
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup               0.15
 6C..................................................
Pea, dry, seed.......................................               0.15
Pea, southern, succulent.............................               0.25
Peanut...............................................               0.01
Peanut, hay..........................................                6.0
Pepper...............................................               0.50
Pistachio............................................               0.01
Poultry, fat.........................................               0.01
Poultry, meat........................................               0.01
Poultry, meat byproducts.............................               0.01
Radish, roots........................................                1.0
Rye, bran............................................                0.5
Rye, grain...........................................               0.15
Sheep, fat...........................................                2.0
Sheep, meat..........................................               0.05
Sheep, meat byproducts...............................               0.05
Sorghum, grain, grain................................                3.5
Soybean, forage......................................                8.0
Soybean, hay.........................................                4.0
Soybean, seed........................................               0.03
Sugarcane, cane......................................               0.05
Sugarcane, molasses..................................               0.20
Sunflower, forage....................................                5.0
Sunflower, seed......................................               0.02
Teosinte, grain......................................               0.05
Tomato...............................................               0.20
Tomato, paste........................................                0.5
Tomato, pomace.......................................                5.0
Triticale, grain.....................................               0.15
Turnip, greens.......................................                7.0
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9.........................                0.1
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8.........................                0.5
Vegetable, leafy greens, except Brassica, group 4....                6.0
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C............               0.01
Wheat, bran..........................................                0.5
Wheat, grain.........................................               0.15
Wheat, shorts........................................                0.5
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[FR Doc. E8-22477 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-S


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