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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0817; FRL–9967–09] 

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities 

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 November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0817 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: 

Michael L. Goodis, P.E., Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; main 

telephone number: (703) 305–7090; 

email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

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. 

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 http://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. 

PP 5F8408. EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– 

0817. OAT AGRIO CO., LTD., 1–3–1 

Kanda Ogawa-machi, Chiyoda-ku, 

Tokyo 101–0052, Japan, requests to 

establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 

for residues of fungicide, flutianil (Z)-2- 

[2-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenylthio]- 

2-[3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-thiazolidin2-ylidene]acetonitrile, in or on apple at 

0.15 parts per million (ppm); apple, wet 

pomace at 0.30 ppm; cantaloupe at 0.07 

ppm; cherry at 0.4 ppm; cucumber at 

0.20 ppm; grape at 0.70 ppm; squash at 

0.05 ppm; and strawberry at 0.50 ppm. 

Additionally, OAT AGRIO Company 

requests to establish an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for indirect or inadvertent 

residues of fungicide, flutianil in or on 

all food commodities that do not have 

tolerances. The gas chromatographymass spectrometry detector (GC/MSD) is 

used to measure and evaluate the 

chemical flutianil on apples, 

cantaloupe, cherry, cucumber, squash, 

and strawberry. The high performance 

liquid chromatography with tandem 

mass spectral detection (LCMS/MS) is 

used to measure and evaluate the 

chemical flutianil and the metabolite 

OC–56635 in grapes. Contact: RD. 

In the Federal Register of April 25, 

2016 (81 FR 24044) (FRL–9924–00), 

EPA issued a document pursuant to 


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FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 

346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a 

pesticide petition (PP 5F8408) by OAT 

AGRIO Company requesting that 40 CFR 

part 180 be amended by establishing 

tolerances on various agricultural 

commodities for residues of the 

fungicide, flutianil. That petition (PP 

5F8408) has since been amended to also 

request an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance for indirect 

or inadvertent residues of all food 

commodities for which the EPA does 

not have established tolerances. 

Additionally, several revisions were 

made to both the commodity 

terminology and the tolerance level for 

certain commodities. 

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

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Michael Goodis, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22115 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 711 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0597; FRL–9968–94; 

RIN 2070–AK31] 

Chemical Data Reporting; 

Requirements for Inorganic Byproduct 

Chemical Substances; Notice of Public 

Meeting; Cancellation and Public Input 

Opportunity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Rulemaking committee meeting; 

Cancellation of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: EPA published a document in 

the Federal Register of August 18, 2017 

(82 FR 39402) concerning meetings of 

the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

(Committee). This document cancels the 

meeting scheduled for October 25–26, 

2017. The Committee decided at the 

September 13–14, 2017, meeting that it 

could not reach consensus, has 

concluded its discussions, and that the 

fourth meeting, scheduled for October 

25–26, 2017, is not needed. Though the 

Committee has concluded its 

discussions, EPA is providing an 

opportunity for the public to offer input 

about approaches that would reduce 

burden associated with the reporting of 

inorganic byproducts while maintaining 

the Agency’s ability to receive the 

information it needs to understand 

exposure. The docket established for the 

negotiated rulemaking public meetings 

will be open to receive public input for 

60 days following publication of this 

document. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0597, 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: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 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: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the cancellation 

of this meeting may contact Jonah 

Richmond, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), Conflict Prevention and 

Resolution Center, Office of General 

Counsel, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0210; email address: 

Richmond.jonah@epa.gov. General 

information about the Committee, as 

well as any updates concerning the 

information included in this document, 

may be found at https://www.epa.gov/ 

chemical-data-reporting/negotiatedrulemaking-committee-chemical-datareporting-requirements. 

For technical information contact: 

Susan Sharkey, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8789; 

email address: sharkey.susan@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you manufacture 

(including manufacture as a byproduct 

chemical substance and including 

import) chemical substances listed on 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) Inventory. The following list of 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes are 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this action may 

apply to them: 

1. Chemical manufacturers and 

importers (NAICS codes 325 and 

324110; e.g., chemical manufacturing 

and processing and petroleum 

refineries). 

2. Chemical users and processors who 

may manufacture a byproduct chemical 

substance (NAICS codes 22, 322, 331, 

and 3344; e.g., utilities, paper 

manufacturing, primary metal 

manufacturing, and semiconductor and 

other electronic component 

manufacturing). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Request for Input. Though the 

Committee has concluded its 

discussions and will not reconvene, 

EPA encourages public input on ways to 

decrease the burden associated with the 

reporting of inorganic byproducts while 

maintaining the Agency’s ability to 

receive the information it needs to 

understand exposure. EPA is opening 

for 60 days the docket identified in this 

document to receive this public input. 

2. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http://

www.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. 


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