Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0053-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (July 2020)
Posted Date: 2020-09-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 176 (Thursday, September 10, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55810-55811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18958]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0053; FRL-10013-78]

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide 
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (July 2020)

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 October 13, 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with 
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration 
Division (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing address 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's name, division, and mail code.

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.
    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,

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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 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.

New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except PIPS)

    PP IN-11369. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0349) Valagro S.p.A., c/o SciReg, 
Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of potassium acetate (CAS Reg. No. 127-08-2), when used as an inert 
ingredient (nutrient) in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.920. 
The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is 
not required for an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. 
Contact: RD

New Tolerance for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 0E8832. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0347). The Interregional Research 
Project #4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500 
College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to 
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.499 for residues of the fungicide 
propamocarb, propyl N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbamate, in or on 
vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 15 parts per million 
(ppm). An adequate gas chromatography/nitrogen-phosphorus detection 
(GC/NPD) method is available for enforcing the proposed tolerance. 
Contact: RD
    2. PP 0E8834. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0345. American Spice Trade 
Association, Inc., 1101 17th St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, 
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of 
the fungicide, difenoconazole, in or on pepper, black at 0.1 ppm. 
Liquid chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry (MS)/(MS) is used to 
measure and evaluate the chemical difenoconazole (1 [2-[2-chloro-4-(4-
chlorophenoxy)]phenyl-4-methyl-1,3- dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4,-
triazole). Contact: RD.
    3. PP 9E8792. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0038. Bayer CropScience, 800 N. 
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141, requests to establish import 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
trifloxystrobin in or on the raw agricultural commodities: Caneberry, 
cop Subgroup 13-07A at 3.0 ppm; Currant, black and red, at 4.0 ppm; 
edible-podded legume vegetables, crop subgroup 6A, at 1.5 ppm; oil, 
olive, refined at 0.5 ppm; pea, dry, seed at 0.2 ppm; succulent shelled 
pea and bean, crop subgroup 6B at 0.15 ppm; and tropical and 
subtropical, small fruit, edible peel, crop subgroup 23A at 0.2 ppm. 
The analytical methodology column liquid chromatography-mass 
spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) with an electro spray 
interface, operated in the positive ion mode is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical trifloxystrobin (benzeneacetic acid, (E,E)-
[alpha]-(methoxyimino)-2-[[[[1-[3- (trifluoromethyl) phe-
nyl]ethylidene]amino]oxy]methyl]-methyl ester) and the free form of its 
acid metabolite CGA-321113 ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3- 
trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl]-phenyl]acetic acid)]. 
Contact: RD.
    4. PP 9F8815. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0226. Nichino America, Inc., 4550 
Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808, requests to establish 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
pyraziflumid; N-(3',4'-difluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-3-
(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyrazinecarboxamide in or on the following raw 
agricultural commodities: almond hulls at 5 parts per million (ppm); 
apple wet pomace at 0.6 ppm; bushberry (crop subgroup 13-07B) at 7.0 
ppm; caneberry (crop subgroup 13-07A) at 4.0 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.01 
ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; 
goat, fat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat at 
0.01 ppm; horse, fat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; 
horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm; pome fruit (crop group 11-
10) at 0.4 ppm; raisins at 1.6 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep meat 
at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; small fruit vine 
climbing subgroup, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F) at 1.5 
ppm; stone fruit (crop group 12-12) at 2.0 ppm; and tree nuts (crop 
group 14-12) at 0.03 ppm. The independent validation method of HPLC-MS/
MS was used for the analysis of pyraziflumid and the metabolite BC-01 
in raw agricultural commodities (RAC) and processed commodities (PC) to 
measure and evaluate the chemical pyraziflumid. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 9F8818. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0202). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to establish 
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, 
isoxaflutole, in or on cottonseed at 0.02 ppm and cotton gin byproducts 
at 0.02 ppm. Tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and 
evaluate the chemical isoxaflutole. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: August 25, 2020.
Hamaad Syed,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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