Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0384-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Posted Date: 2020-02-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10642-10643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03637]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0384; FRL-10000-85]

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide 
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (PP 8F8708)

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 a corrected 
filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment of 
regulations for residues of indoxacarb in or on certain popcorn 
commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0384, 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, Director, 
Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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?

    In the Federal Register of August 2, 2019 (84 FR 37818) (FRL-9996-
78), EPA issued a document pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), 
announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP 8F8708) by E.I. 
DuPont de Nemours and Company, 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805. 
EPA's notice stated that the petition requested that the Agency 
establish tolerances for residues of the insecticide indoxacarb in or 
on corn, pop, grain at 0.02 parts per million (ppm) and corn, pop, 
stover at 15 ppm.
    In a comment submitted to the docket for that notice, FMC 
Corporation informed the Agency that although the August 2, 2019 notice 
identified E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company as the petitioner, FMC 
Corporation had actually submitted the petition to the Agency 
requesting the indoxacarb tolerances. In addition, FMC Corporation 
noted that the summary of the petition included in the docket for this 
action was not the petition that FMC Corporation had submitted 
requesting tolerances for residues of indoxacarb on popcorn, but 
rather, it was a resubmission of the 2016

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summary of the petition from E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company for the 
other corn commodities. Subsequently, FMC Corporation submitted a 
revised petition requesting tolerances for residues of indoxacarb in or 
on corn, pop, grain at 0.02 ppm and corn, pop, stover at 15 ppm. Upon 
receiving the corrected petition, EPA determined that the petition 
contains the data or information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 
21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2). EPA is now publishing notice of that receipt for 
public comment pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA. The summary of 
the petition (pesticide petition 8F8708) as drafted and submitted by 
FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, is 
included in the docket for this petition, at http://www.regulations.gov 
with the docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0384. After 
considering public comments, EPA intends to evaluate whether and what 
action may be warranted.

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

    Dated: January 3, 2020.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-03637 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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