Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0232-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petition: Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (September 2019)
Posted Date: 2019-10-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57685-57687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23355]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0041; FRL-10001-11]

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide 
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (September 2019)

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 November 27, 2019.

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: Michael Goodis, Registration Division 
(7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution 
Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, 
email address: BPPDFRNotices@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 pesticide petition 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 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.

A. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 9E8771. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0460). The Interregional Research 
Project No. 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 PP# 9E8771, to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 
180.679 for residues of the insecticide flupyradifurone, 4-[[(6-chloro-
3-pyridinyl)methyl](2,2-

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difluoroethyl)amino]-2(5H)-furanone, including its metabolites and 
degradates in or on Brassica, head and stem subgroup 5A at 6.0 parts 
per million (ppm); Brassica, leafy greens subgroup 5B at 40 ppm; 
cactus, fruit at 0.30 ppm; cilantro, fresh leaves at 30 ppm; coffee, 
green bean (import tolerance) at 1.5 ppm; leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 
9.0 ppm; leafy greens, subgroup 4A at 30 ppm; pitaya at 0.30 ppm; and 
yurnip greens at 40 ppm. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 9F8770. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0523). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-
3528, requests to amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.463 for residues of 
the herbicide quinclorac in or on rice, grain at 10.0 ppm. A high-
performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) 
enforcement analytical method is used to measure and evaluate the 
chemical quinclorac. Contact: RD.

B. New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except PIPs)

    1. PP IN-11342. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0549). Solvay USA Inc., c/o 
SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 
part 180.960 for residues of 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with 
2,5-furandione and 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene, potassium salt (CAS Reg 
No. 1802325-28-5) with a minimum number average molecular weight of 
6,000 daltons when used as an inert ingredient 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-11343. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0548). Solvay USA Inc., c/o 
SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 
part 180.960 for residues of polyethyleneglycol, bis(sulfooxy)-, 
disodium salt (CAS Reg No. 73038-32-1) with a minimum number average 
molecular weight of 2,000 daltons when used as an inert ingredient 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.

C. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPs)

    PP 9E8784. EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0335. IR-4, Rutgers, The State 
University of New Jersey, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide Pseudomonas 
fluorescens strain ACK55 in or on all food commodities. The petitioner 
believes no analytical method is needed because an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD.

D. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7F8572. EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0510. FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 
CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide pethoxamid in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities: Cattle, fat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 
ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.01 
ppm; corn, field, forage at 0.015 ppm; corn, field, stover at 0.02 ppm; 
corn, sweet, kernel plus cobb with husk removed at 0.01 ppm; corn, 
sweet, stover at 0.60 ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 0.09 ppm; cotton, 
undelinted seed at 0.01 ppm; egg 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; popcorn, grain at 0.01 ppm; popcorn, 
stover at 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.01 
ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.01ppm; sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; 
sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; soybean, 
forage at 3.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 4.5 ppm; and soybean, seed at 0.01 
ppm. An LC-MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the chemical 
pethoxamid. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 8F8723. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0232). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide nitrapyrin 
in or on beet, sugar, roots at 0.30 ppm; beet, sugar, molasses at 0.70; 
beet, sugar, tops at 0.70 ppm; canola, seed at 0.30 ppm; canola, meal 
at 0.80 ppm; potato, processed potato waste at 1.50 ppm; and vegetable, 
tuberous and corm, subgroup at 0.60 ppm. Method 205G881A-1 determines 
residues of nitrapyrin by extracting with deionized water and 1:1 (v/v) 
hexane: Toluene. Method 205G881-B1 determines residues of 6-
chloropicolinic acid by extracting with aqueous 0.1 N sodium hydroxide. 
Both methods have been validated with four crop types including iceberg 
lettuce (high water), whole navel orange fruit (acidic), maize grain 
(dry) and canola seed (oily). Contact: RD.
    3. PP 9E8771. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0460). The Interregional Research 
Project No. 4 (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 180.679 for residues of the 
insecticide flupyradifurone, 4-[[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl](2,2-
difluoroethyl)amino]-2(5H)-furanone, including its metabolites and 
degradates in or on Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 40 ppm, 
celtuce at 9 ppm, coffee, green bean at 1.5 ppm, fennel, Florence, 
fresh leaves and stalk at 9 ppm, kohlrabi at 6 ppm, leaf petiole 
vegetable subgroup 22B at 9 ppm, leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 30 ppm, 
pineapple at 0.3 ppm, tropical and subtropical, inedible peel, cactus, 
subgroup 24D at 0.3 ppm, tropical and subtropical, palm fruit, edible 
peel, subgroup 23C at 8 ppm, sesame, seed at 3 ppm, stalk and stem 
vegetable subgroup 22A, except prickly pear, pads, and prickly pear, 
Texas, pads at 0.01 ppm, sunflower subgroup 20B at 0.7 ppm, and 
vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 6 ppm. Additionally, 
(c) a tolerance with a regional restriction is being proposed for 
residues of the insecticide flupyradifurone, 4-[[(6-chloro-3-
pyridinyl)methyl](2,2-difluoroethyl)amino]-2(5H)-furanone, including 
its metabolites and degradates in or on the raw agricultural commodity: 
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17 at 15 ppm. The high-performance 
liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry 
(HPLC/MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the chemical. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 9F8775. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0460). Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to 
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
insecticide, Flupyradifurone, in or on Rapeseed subgroup (Crop Subgroup 
20A) at 0.03 ppm. The analytical method involves, solvent extraction, 
purification through a C-18 solid-phase extraction column, and addition 
of a mixture of stable, isotopically labelled internal standards. 
Quantitation is by HPLC/MS/MS. Contact: RD.

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

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    Dated: October 10, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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