Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Posted Date: 2020-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02551]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0041; FRL-10004-54]

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (December 2019)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of several 
initial filings of pesticide petitions 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 March 11, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number and pesticide petition number (PP) 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: Michael Goodis, Registration Division 
(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution 
Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: (703) 305-
7090, email address: BPPDFRNotices@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. The division to contact is listed at the 
end of each pesticide petition summary.

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

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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 its receipt of several pesticide petitions 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 requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing 
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the 
pesticide petitions described in this document contain 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 support granting of the 
pesticide petitions. 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 these 
pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is 
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket 
for each of the petitions 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 petitions so that the public has an 
opportunity to comment on these requests for the establishment or 
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food 
commodities. Further information on the petitions may be obtained 
through the petition summaries referenced in this unit.

Amended Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except Pips)

    PP 9F8780. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0692). Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 
410 South Swing Rd., Greensboro, NC 27409, requests to amend an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.1254 to 
include residues of the fungicide Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL 21882 
in or on almond and pistachio. The petitioner believes no analytical 
method is needed because a petition for an amendment to the currently 
existing exemption from tolerance for Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL 
21882 has been submitted. Contact: BPPD.

New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 9E8793. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0626). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC, 27419-8300, requests to establish 
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, 
difenoconazole, in or on persimmon, Japanese at 0.7 parts per million 
(ppm). Gas chromatography equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorous detector 
and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry are used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical difenoconazole. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 9F8754. EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 
410 Swing Road, Greensboro, NC 27409, requests to establish tolerance 
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide Fludioxonil: [4-(2, 2-
difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3- carbonitrile] in or on the 
raw agricultural commodities Brassica leafy greens subgroup 4-16B at 
10.0 parts per million (ppm), Vegetable, Head and Stem Brassica, Group 
5-16 at 2.0 ppm, and Kohlrabi at 2.0 ppm. The analytical methodology 
Syngenta Crop Protection Method AG- 597B is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical fludioxonil. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: January 24, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-02551 Filed 2-7-20; 8:45 am]
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