Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0508-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticides: Exemptions of Certain Plant-Incorporated Protectants Derived From Newer Technologies
Posted Date: 2020-08-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17158]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 174

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0508; FRL-10002-27]
RIN 2070-AK54

Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; 
Pesticides; Exemptions of Certain Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) 
Derived From Newer Technologies

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) a draft regulatory document concerning ``Pesticides; 
Exemptions of Certain Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) Derived 
from Newer Technologies.'' 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-2019-0508, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is 
(703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional 
information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Overstreet, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: 
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What action is EPA taking?

    Section 25(a)(2)(A) of FIFRA requires the EPA Administrator to 
provide the Secretary of USDA with a copy of any draft proposed rule at 
least 60 days before signing it in proposed form for publication in the 
Federal Register. The draft proposed 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 proposed rule within 30 days 
after receiving it, the EPA Administrator shall include the comments of 
the Secretary of USDA and EPA Administrator's response to those 
comments with the proposed rule that publishes in the Federal Register. 
If the Secretary of USDA does not comment in writing within 30 days 
after receiving the draft proposed rule, the EPA Administrator may sign 
the proposed rule for publication in the Federal Register any time 
after the 30-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 174

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Plant-incorporated 
protectants, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 31, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-17158 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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