Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0388-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Product Registration: Applications for New Uses
Posted Date: 2020-03-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12285-12287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04209]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0045; FRL-10004-59]

Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses (December 2019)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for 
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. 
Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to 
comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 1, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number and the File Symbol or the EPA Registration 
Number 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/about-epa-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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide 
products containing currently registered active ingredients. Pursuant 
to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA 
is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on 
these applications. Notice of receipt of these applications does not 
imply a decision by the Agency on these applications.
Notice of Receipt--New Uses
    1. EPA Registration Numbers: 100-759, 100-953 and 100-1454. Docket 
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, 
410 Swing Road, Greensboro, NC 27409. Active ingredient: Fludioxonil. 
Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Brassica leafy greens subgroup 
4-16B, vegetable, head and stem brassica, group 5-16, and kohlrabi. 
Contact: RD.
    2. EPA Registration Number: 100-1469. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2019-0691. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 South Swing 
Rd., Greensboro, NC 27409. Active ingredient: Aspergillus flavus strain 
NRRL 21882. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Almond and 
pistachio. Contact: BPPD.
    3. EPA Registration Numbers: 100-1609 and 100-1648. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0608. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. Active ingredient: 
Pydiflumetofen. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Seed treatment 
for barley, corn, cotton crop subgroup 20C, dried shelled pea and bean 
crop subgroup 6C, oat, peanut, rye, sorghum, triticale, and wheat. 
Contact: RD.
    4. EPA Registration Numbers: 432-RARE, 264-824. Docket ID number: 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0671. Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP, Environmental 
Science Division, 5000 Centre Green Way, Suite 400, Cary, NC 27513. 
Active ingredient: Prothioconazole. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed 
uses: Golf course turf. Contact: RD.
    5. EPA Registration Number: 7969-275. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2019-0388. Applicant: Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4), 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08540. Active ingredient: 
Saflufenacil. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Manufacturing 
products for use on fig trees, caneberry subgroup 13-07A, and chia. 
Contact: RD.
    6. EPA Registration Number: 7969-276. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2019-0388. Applicant: Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4), 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08540. Active ingredient: 
Saflufenacil. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Fig trees, 
Caneberry subgroup 13-07A. Contact: RD.
    7. EPA Registration Number: 7969-278. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2019-0388. Applicant: Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4), 500 
College Rd. East, Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08540. Active ingredient: 
Saflufenacil. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Chia. Contact: RD.
    8. EPA Registration Numbers: 62719-144, 62719-659. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0070. Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC., 9330 
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Active ingredient: Isoxaben. 
Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Hop, dried cones, and caneberry 
subgroup 13-07. Contact: RD.

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    9. EPA Registration Number: 92960-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2019-0672. Applicant: Germains Seed Technology, Inc., 8333 Swanston 
Lane, Gilroy, CA 95020. Active ingredient: Copper hydroxide. Product 
type: Fungicide. Proposed Uses: Seed treatment on corn (field, sweet, 
popcorn); oats; peanuts; soybeans; succulent and dry broad bean (fava 
bean); succulent and dry chickpea (garbanzo bean); succulent and dry 
guar bean; succulent and dry jackbean; succulent and dry lablab bean 
(hyacinth bean); succulent and dry Lupinus spp. (includes grain lupin, 
sweet lupin, white lupin, and white sweet lupin); succulent and dry 
peas (including dwarf pea, edible pod pea, English pea, field pea, 
garden pea, green pea, snow pea, sugar snap pea); succulent and dry 
Phaseolus spp. (includes field bean, kidney bean, lima bean, navy bean, 
pinto bean, runner bean, snap bean, tepary bean, wax bean); succulent 
and dry Vigna spp. (includes adzuki bean, asparagus bean, blackeyed 
pea, catjang, Chinese longbean, cowpea, crowder pea, moth bean, mung 
bean, rice bean, southern pea, urd bean, yardlong bean). Contact: RD.

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.)

    Dated: January 24, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-04209 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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