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formulations applied to growing crops 

and raw agricultural commodities after 

harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because it is not required for 

an exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. Contact: RD. 

7. PP IN–11048. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2017–0249). Technology Sciences 

Group, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

1000, Washington, DC 20035, on behalf 

of Attune Agriculture, LLC, 10552 

Philadelphia Road, White Marsh, MD 

21162, requests to establish an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance for residues of konjac mannan 

(CAS Reg. No. 37220–17–0) when used 

as an inert ingredient (thickener) in 

pesticide formulations applied to 

growing crops only under 40 CFR 

180.920. The petitioner believes no 

analytical method is needed because it 

is not required for an exemption from 

the requirements of a tolerance. Contact: 

RD. 

8. PP IN–11062. (EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2017–0351). InvisiDex, Inc., 1129 

Maricopa HWY #217, Ojai, CA 93023, 

requests to establish an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance for 

residues of the deoxyribonucleic acids 

(CAS No. 9006–49–2) when used as an 

inert ingredient (chemical identifier/ 

molecular marker) at a concentration of 

not more than one part per million 

(ppm) by weight in pesticide 

formulations applied to growing crops 

and raw agricultural commodities after 

harvest under 40 CFR 180.910. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because it is not required for 

an exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. Contact: RD. 

New Tolerances for Non-Inerts 

1. PP 6E8526. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0288). Valent BioSciences LLC, 870 

Technology Way, Libertyville, IL 60048, 

requests to establish a tolerance in 40 

CFR part 180 for residues of the plant 

regulator 6-benzyladenine in or on 

avocado at 0.05 parts per million (ppm). 

Liquid chromatography with massselective (MS/MS) detection is used to 

measure and evaluate the chemical 6- 

benzyladenine. Contact: BPPD. 

2. PP 6E8529. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0194). E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 

Company, 974 Centre Road, 

Wilmington, Delaware 19805, requests 

to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 

180 for residues of the herbicide 

sulfometuron-methyl, benzoic acid, 2- 

[[[[(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl)

amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-, 

methyl ester in or on sugarcane, cane; 

sugarcane, molasses; and sugarcane, 

sugar, refined at 0.01 parts per million 

(ppm). The liquid chromatography with 

tandem mass spectrometry method is 

used to measure and evaluate the 

chemical sulfometuron-methyl. Contact: 

RD. 

3. PP 6F8519. EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0211. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 

P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, 

requests to establish a tolerance in 40 

CFR part 180 for residues of the 

herbicide S-metolachlor in or on 

sugarcane at 0.4 parts per million (ppm) 

and sugarcane molasses at 1.5 ppm. A 

gas chromatography-nitrogen 

phosphorus detection (GC/NPD) method 

is used to measure and evaluate the 

chemical S-metolachlor. Contact: RD. 

4. PP 6F853. EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0169. Makhteshim Agan of North 

America (d/b/a ADAMA, 3120 

Highlands Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 

27604), requests to establish a tolerance 

in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 

nematicide, fluensulfone, in or on fruit, 

pome, crop group 11–10 at 0.3 ppm; 

fruit, stone crop group 12–12 at 0.06 

ppm; small fruit vine climbing subgroup 

13–07D at 0.5 ppm; grape, raisin at 0.8 

ppm; nut, tree, crop group 14–12 at 0.02 

ppm; almond, hulls at 3.0 ppm; 

sugarcane at 0.03 ppm; sugarcane and 

molassess at 0.2 ppm, and inadvertent 

tolerance for residues of fluensulfone, 

including its metabolites and 

degradates, in or on (10-month plantback interval): Grain, cereal, crop group 

15 at 0.03 ppm; forage, fodder and straw 

of cereal grains, crop group 16 at 2 ppm; 

(90-day plant-back interval): Wheat, 

grain at 0.06 ppm; barley, grain at 0.06 

ppm; buckwheat, grain at 0.06 ppm; oat, 

grain at 0.06 ppm; teosinte, grain at 0.06 

ppm; wheat, bran at 0.10 ppm; barley, 

bran at 0.10 ppm; wheat, middlings at 

0.07 ppm; wheat, shorts at 0.08 ppm; 

wheat, germ at 0.07 ppm; wheat, straw 

at 4 ppm; barley, straw at 4 ppm; oat, 

straw at 4 ppm; wheat, forage at 4 ppm; 

oat, forage at 4 ppm; wheat, hay at 8 

ppm; barley hay at 8 ppm; and oat, hay 

at 8 ppm. The LC–MS/MS is used to 

measure and evaluate the chemical 

3,4,4-trifluoro-but-3-ene-1-sulfonic acid. 

Contact: RD. 

5. PP 7E8571. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0291). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 

P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, 

requests to establish a tolerance in 40 

CFR part 180 for residues of the 

herbicide, diquat-dibromide, in or on 

Crop Group 6C (Dried shelled pea and 

bean (except soybean)) at 0.08 parts per 

million (ppm). The Method 

GRM012.03A is used to measure and 

evaluate the chemical residues of diquat 

dibromide in commodities. Contact: RD. 

6. PP 7E8578. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 

0971). Nichino America, Inc., 4550 

Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington, 

DE 19808, requests to establish a 

tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 

residues of the insecticide 

pyrifluquinazon (1-acetyl-1,2,3,4-

tetrahydro-3-[(3-pyridylmethyl)amino]- 

6-[1,2,2,2-tetraflouro-1-(trifluoromethyl) 

ethyl]quinazolin-2-one) in or on 

imported tea at 20 parts per million 

(ppm). The analytical method HPLC– 

MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate 

the chemical pyrifluquinazon (1-acetyl1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-[(3- 

pyridylmethyl)amino]-6-[1,2,2,2- 

tetraflouro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]

quinazolin-2-one) and IV–01 (3- 

[(pyridine-3-ylmethyl)amino]-6-[1,2,2,2- 

tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl) etyl]-3,4- 

dihydro-1H-quinaolin-2-one). Contact: 

RD. 

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

Dated: July 26, 2017. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0438; FRL–9967–69– 

OW] 

Request for Public Comments To Be 

Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials 

To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act 

Decision Making on Perchlorate 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the release of materials for public 

comment. These materials will undergo 

expert peer review in support of EPA’s 

Safe Drinking Water Act decision 

making for perchlorate. This request is 

one of two Federal Register notices 

being published concurrently, seeking 

public comment on two separate sets of 

peer review materials. This notice 

requests comments (to be sent to EPA) 

on a draft report entitled ‘‘Draft Report: 

Proposed Approaches to Inform the 

Derivation of a Maximum Contaminant 

Level Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking 

Water’’ (draft MCLG Approaches 

Report). The companion notice requests 

comments (to be sent to EPA’s 

contractor, Versar, Inc.) on an interim 

list of peer reviewers and draft charge 

questions. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

EPA on or before October 30, 2017. 

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2016–0438 to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information concerning the 

draft MCLG Approaches Report, please 

contact Samuel Hernandez at U.S. EPA, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, Standards and Risk Management 

Division, (Mail Code 4607M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–564–1735; or 

email: Hernandez.Samuel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information on EPA’s Revised 

Biologically Based Dose-Response 

(BBDR) Model 

As a part of the national primary 

drinking water regulation (NPDWR) 

development process for perchlorate, in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Safe Drinking Water Act, in 2012, EPA 

requested comment from EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) prior to 

proposing an MCLG and a NPDWR for 

perchlorate. EPA sought guidance on 

how best to consider and interpret life 

stage information, epidemiologic and 

biomonitoring data, physiologicallybased pharmacokinetic analyses and the 

totality of perchlorate health related 

information to derive a perchlorate 

MCLG. 

In 2013, the SAB recommended that, 

‘‘. . . EPA derive a perchlorate MCLG 

that addresses sensitive life stages 

through physiologically-based 

pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic 

(PBPK/PD) modeling based upon its 

mode of action rather than the default 

MCLG approach using the reference 

dose and specific chemical exposure 

parameters’’ (Advice on Approaches to 

Derive a Maximum Contaminant Level 

Goal for Perchlorate, EPA–SAB–13– 

004). 

Based on the SAB’s 

recommendations, EPA, with 

contributions from Food and Drug 

Administration scientists, developed a 

biologically based dose response (BBDR) 

(also known as a PBPK/PD) model, to 

predict the effects of perchlorate on 

serum thyroid hormone concentrations 

in pregnant and lactating women 

exposed to perchlorate in drinking 

water and in infants exposed via 

ingestion of perchlorate in formula or 

breast milk. 

On January 10 and 11, 2017, EPA’s 

contractor (Versar, Inc.) conducted an 

independent, scientific peer review of 

EPA’s draft BBDR model and draft 

model report. The purpose of the peer 

review was to provide a documented, 

independent, and critical review of the 

draft BBDR model and draft model 

report and to identify any necessary 

improvements to the model prior to 

being finalized. On March 29, 2017, 

EPA received the final peer review 

report entitled, ‘‘External Peer Review 

for EPA’s Draft Biologically Based DoseResponse (BBDR) Model and Draft 

BBDR Model Report for Perchlorate in 

Drinking Water,’’ which is available 

through the EPA docket at https://

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPAHQ-OW-2016-0439. 

In developing the draft MCLG 

Approaches Report, EPA revised the 

BBDR model to address those peer 

review recommendations that had the 

greatest influence on the scientific rigor 

of the model and modeling results. 

Those changes are described in the draft 

MCLG Approaches Report. EPA will 

consider other peer review 

recommendations and public comments 

in future revisions to the BBDR model 

and report. 

II. Information on EPA’s Draft 

Approaches To Inform the Derivation 

of a Perchlorate MCLG 

The SAB also recommended that EPA, 

‘‘utilize a mode of action (MOA) 

framework for developing the MCLG 

that links the steps in the proposed 

mechanism leading from perchlorate 

exposure through iodide uptake 

inhibition to thyroid hormone changes 

and finally neurodevelopmental 

impacts.’’ 

EPA used the modeled thyroid 

hormone levels to predict potential 

adverse health effects based on 

published epidemiology data 

demonstrating a relationship between 

changes in thyroid hormone levels and 

neurodevelopmental effects. This 

approach involved a focused review of 

the literature connecting altered thyroid 

hormone levels to neurodevelopmental 

outcomes for women in early 

pregnancy. EPA focused on studies that 

provided a quantitative description of 

the relationship between free thyroxine 

and neurodevelopment in infants and 

children (e.g., intelligence quotient, 

verbal and problem solving skills and 

motor coordination). 

EPA will present an array of 

approaches to inform the derivation of 

an MCLG for perchlorate for expert peer 

review. Using the revised BBDR model 

output, EPA linked statistical 

relationships derived from five studies 

to implement the MOA framework 

linking perchlorate exposure to 

neurodevelopmental impacts. All five 

studies assess the relationship between 

thyroid hormone levels in women in 

early pregnancy and various 

neurodevelopmental effects on children 

at various ages. Two studies assess the 

relationship on the IQ of children 5 to 

10 years of age, two other studies assess 

the relationship on Bayley Scales of 

Infant Development of children 1 to 2 

years of age, and a fifth study assesses 

the relationship on reaction time of 

children 5 to 6 years of age. An 

additional approach uses the revised 

BBDR model output to predict the 

percent change in the population of 

hypothyroxinemic (or the low-end of 

normal thyroid hormone levels) 

pregnant women due to perchlorate 

exposure. 

III. How To Obtain the Draft MCLG 

Approaches Report and Revised BBDR 

Model 

EPA’s draft report entitled ‘‘Draft 

Report: Proposed Approaches to Inform 

the Derivation of a Maximum 

Contaminant Level Goal for Perchlorate 

in Drinking Water’’ is available 

electronically and can be accessed using 

EPA’s public docket at https://

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPAHQ-OW-2016-0438. The revised BBDR 

model code files can be accessed at 

https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/ 

reference/details/reference_id/3352518. 

All written comments must be 

submitted during the public comment 

period. 

IV. Exclusion for Peer Review 

Candidates 

Important: Anyone wishing to be 

considered as an expert peer reviewer 

must not submit comments during the 

public comment period. Candidates on 

the interim list not selected for the 

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panel peer review (see companion Peer 

Review Federal Register notice, 

published on September 15, 2017) will 

be given a limited opportunity to submit 

public comments once the final peer 

reviewers are selected by Versar, Inc., 

the EPA contractor managing this peer 

review process. 

Dated: September 6, 2017. 

Michael H. Shapiro, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0008; FRL–9965–38] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register new uses for pesticide 

products containing currently registered 

active ingredients. Pursuant to the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the Docket Identification 

(ID) Number and the File Symbol 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: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

main telephone number: (703) 305– 

7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@

epa.gov, Michael Goodis, Registration 

Division (7505P), main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov, Steve Knizner, 

Antimicrobials Division (7510P), main 

telephone number: (703) 305–7090; 

email address: ADFRNotices@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. 

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 

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

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register new uses for pesticide products 

containing currently registered active 

ingredients. Pursuant to the provisions 

of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 

136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing 

notice of receipt and opportunity to 

comment on these applications. Notice 

of receipt of these applications does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on these 

applications: 

1. EPA Registration Numbers: 100–815, 

100–1406, 100–1407, and 100–1442. Docket 

ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0211. 

Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 

P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. 

Active ingredient: S-metolachlor. Product 

type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Sugarcane. 

Contact: RD. 

2. EPA Registration Numbers: 264–1137 

and 264–1169. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2016–0508. Applicant: Bayer 

CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active 

ingredient: Fluoxastrobin. Product type: 

Fungicide. Proposed uses: Sorghum (seed 

treatment) and Wheat (seed treatment). 

Contact: RD. 

3. EPA Registration Numbers: 279–3460, 

279–3052, and 279–3158. Docket ID Number: 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0372. Applicant: FMC 

Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19104. Active ingredient: 

Clomazone. Product type: Herbicide. 

Proposed uses: Cilantro; dill; vegetable, 

cucurbit, group 9; rapeseed subgroup 20A; 

vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5– 

16; cottonseed subgroup 20C; Chinese 

broccoli; kohlrabi; bean, dry; bean, succulent; 

and the stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 

22A, except kohlrabi. Contact: RD. 

4. EPA Registration Number: 6836–378. 

Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP 2017– 

0348. Applicant: Lonza Inc., 90 Boroline 

Road, Allendale, NJ 07401. Active ingredient: 

Sodium Pyrithione. Product type: Materials 

Preservative. Proposed use: Dishwasher rinse 

aid. Contact: AD. 

5. EPA File Symbol: 46197–E. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0232. 

Applicant: Technology Sciences Group, Inc. 

on behalf of Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., 1150 18th 

St. NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036. 

Active ingredient: Permethrin. Product type: 

Insecticide. Proposed use: Permethrin-treated 

paint to be applied to walls as a means to kill 

mosquitoes. Contact: RD. 

6. EPA Registration Numbers: 62719–144 

and 62719–659. Docket ID number: EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2016–0650. Applicant: 

Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR–4) 

Project Headquarters, Rutgers, The State 

University of NJ, 500 College Road East, Suite 

201, W. Princeton, NJ 08540. Active 

ingredient: Isoxaben: N-[3-(1-ethyl-1- 

methylpropyl)-5-isoxazolyl]-2, 6- 

dimethoxybenzamide and isomers. Product 

type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Apples, 

bushberry subgroup 13–07B, the fruit, small, 

vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwi fruit, 

subgroup 13–07F; the nut, tree, group 14–12. 

Contact: RD. 

7. EPA Registration Number: 73049–407. 

Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017– 

0289. Applicant: Valent BioSciences, LLC, 

870 Technology Way, Libertyville, IL 60048. 

Active ingredient: 6-benzyladenine. Product 

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