Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0038-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petition: Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (April 2020)
Posted Date: 2020-05-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27346-27348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09165]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0053; FRL-10008-38]

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.

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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 June 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number 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 (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090, email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Michael 
Goodis, Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090, email address: RDFRNotices@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 application 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 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 174 and/or part 180] for residues of 
pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. The Agency is 
taking public comment on the request before

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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.

A. Amended Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)

    PP 0F8822. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0145). Spring Regulatory Sciences on 
behalf of FB Sciences, Inc., 153 N. Main St., Ste. 100, Collierville, 
TN 38017 requests to amend an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance in 40 CFR 180.1321 for residues of the plant growth regulator 
Complex Polymeric Polyhydroxy Acids (CPPA) in or on all food 
commodities when applied a to foliage, soil and as a seed treatment to 
include use as a nematicide when applied to foliage, soil, and as a 
seed treatment in accordance with good agricultural practices. The 
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because CPPA is 
exempt from the requirement of a tolerance based upon the information 
provided in this petition. Contact: BPPD,

B. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    PP 9E8803. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0665). Interregional Research Project 
Number 4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500 
College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon 
establishment of tolerances referenced in this document under ``New 
Tolerances'' for PP9E8803, to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.441 for residues of the herbicide quizalofop ethyl, including its 
metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to 
be determined by measuring only those quizalofop ethyl residues 
convertible to 2-methoxy-6-chloroquinoxaline, expressed as the 
stoichiometric equivalent of quizalofop ethyl in or on Cotton, 
undelinted seed at 0.1 parts per million (ppm); Sunflower, seed at 1.9 
ppm. Contact: RD.

C. New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except PIPS)

    1. PP IN-11370. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0112). SciReg, Inc. (12733 
Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192) on behalf of Valagro S.p.A. 
(Zona Industriale, Via Cagliari, 1, 66041 Atessa (CH), Italy) requests 
to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for 
residues of vitamin B1 (CAS Reg. No. 532-43-4) when used as an inert 
ingredient (enzymatic cofactor) in pesticide formulations applied to 
growing crops pre-harvest under 40 CFR 180.920, limited to 0.1% (by 
weight) in pesticide formulations. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
    2. PP IN-11371. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0117). SciReg, Inc. (12733 
Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192) on behalf of Valagro S.p.A. 
(Zona Industriale, Via Cagliari, 1, 66041 Atessa (CH), Italy) requests 
to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for 
residues of vitamin B5 (CAS Reg. No. 137-08-6) when used as an inert 
ingredient (enzymatic cofactor) in pesticide formulations applied to 
growing crops pre-harvest under 40 CFR 180.920, limited to 0.1% (by 
weight) in pesticide formulations. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.

D. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)

    PP 9F8742. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0169). J.R. Simplot Company, PO Box 27, 
Boise, ID 83707, requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180.1019 for residues of the 
desiccant sulfuric acid in or on Hop Vines. The petitioner believes no 
analytical method is needed because the agency is establishing an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance without numerical 
limitation. Contact: RD.

E. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7F8634. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0038). Valent U.S.A. LLC, 1600 
Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, requests to 
establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
inpyrfluxam, S-2399, in or on corn, sweet, stover at 0.02 ppm; corn, 
sweet, forage at 0.02 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat at 
0.01 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; eggs at 0.01 ppm; goat, 
fat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.01 
ppm; hog, fat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts 
at 0.01 ppm; horse, fat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, 
meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat at 0.01 
ppm; poultry, meat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; 
sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts 
at 0.01 ppm. The HPLC-MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the 
chemical inpyrfluxam. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 9E8800. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0652). Interregional Research 
Project No. 4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 500 College 
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180.368 for residues of s-metolachlor, 
including its metabolites and degradates, S-metolachlor, S-2-chloro-N-
(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, its R-
enantiomer, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-(2-
ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2-
hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, calculated as the stoichiometric 
equivalent of S-metolachlor in or on dillweed at 5 ppm; dillweed, dried 
leaves at 9 ppm; dill, seed at 15 ppm; rosemary, dried leaves at 2 ppm; 
and rosemary, fresh leaves 1.5 ppm. A gas chromatography-nitrogen 
phosphorus detection (GC/NPD) method has been submitted to the Agency 
for determining residues in/on crop commodities and is published in PAM 
Vol. II, Method I. A gas chromatography-mass selective detection (GC/
MSD) method has been submitted to the Agency for determining residues 
in livestock commodities and is published in PAM Vol. II, Method II is 
used to measure and evaluate the chemical. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 9E8803. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0665). IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 
180.441 for residues of the herbicide quizalofop ethyl, including its 
metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to 
be determined by measuring only those quizalofop ethyl residues 
convertible to 2-methoxy-6-

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chloroquinoxaline, expressed as the stoichiometric equivalent of 
quizalofop ethyl in or on carinata at 1.5 ppm; cottonseed subgroup 20C 
at 0.1 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 0.1 ppm; fruit, small, vine 
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 0.1 ppm; fruit, 
stone, group 12-12 at 0.1 ppm; pennycress, meal at 2 ppm; pennycress, 
seed at 1.5 ppm; and sunflower subgroup 20B at 3 ppm. The high-pressure 
liquid chromatography using either ultraviolet or fluorescence 
detection is used to measure and evaluate the chemical. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 9E8807. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0067). IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 
180.675 for residues of the insecticide tolfenpyrad, (4-chloro-3-ethyl-
1-methyl-N-[[4-(4-methylphenoxy)phenyl]methyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-
carboxamide in or on artichoke, globe at 5 ppm. The acceptable high-
performance liquid chromatography method with tandem mass spectrometry 
detection (LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the chemical. 
Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: April 13, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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