Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0701-0025
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticides: Addition of Chitosan (Including Chitosan Salts) to the List of Active Ingredients Permitted in Exempted Minimum Risk Pesticide Products
Posted Date: 2022-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61557-61558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22079]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 152

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0701; FRL-7542-04-OCSPP]
RIN 2070-AK56

Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; 
Pesticides; Addition of Chitosan (Including Chitosan Salts) to the List 
of Active Ingredients Permitted in Exempted Minimum Risk Pesticide 
Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notification of submission to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public as required by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that the EPA 
Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) a draft final rulemaking regulatory 
document concerning ``Pesticides; Addition of Chitosan (Including 
Chitosan Salts) to the List of Active Ingredients Permitted in Exempted 
Minimum Risk Pesticide Products (RIN 2070-AK54).'' The draft regulatory 
document is not available to the public until after it has been signed 
and made available by EPA.

DATES: See Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0701 is available at https://www.regulations.gov. That docket contains historical information and 
this Federal Register document; it does not contain the draft final 
rule. Additional instructions on visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Kemme, Mission Support Division 
(7101M), Office of Program Support, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 566-1217; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What action is EPA taking?

    FIFRA section 25(a)(2)(B) requires the EPA Administrator to provide 
the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft final rule at least 30 
days before signing it in final form for publication in the Federal 
Register. The draft final rule is not available to the public until 
after it has been signed by EPA. If the Secretary of USDA comments in 
writing regarding the draft final rule within 15 days after receiving 
it, then the EPA Administrator shall include the comments of the 
Secretary of USDA and the EPA Administrator's response to those 
comments with the final rule that publishes in the Federal Register. If 
the Secretary of USDA does not comment in writing within 15 days after 
receiving the draft final rule, then the EPA Administrator may sign the 
final rule for publication in the Federal Register any time after the 
15-day period.

II. Do any statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this 
notification?

    No. This document is merely a notification of submission to the 
Secretary of USDA. As such, none of the regulatory assessment 
requirements apply to this document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 152

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

    Dated: October 4, 2022.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-22079 Filed 10-11-22; 8:45 am]
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