Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0638-0015
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Posted Date: 2014-12-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75107-75111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29428]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0008; FRL-9918-90]

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of several 
initial filings of pesticide petitions 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 January 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) 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 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: Robert McNalley, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis, 
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 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:
    [emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    [emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    [emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    [emsp14]Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the division listed at the end of the 
pesticide petition summary of interest.

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

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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 its receipt of several pesticide petitions 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 requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing 
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the 
pesticide petitions described in this document contain the 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 support granting of the 
pesticide petitions. 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 these 
pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is 
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket 
for each of the petitions 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

    1. PP 2F8134. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0151). Syngenta Crop Protection 
LLC., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, requests to establish 
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
difenoconazole, 1-[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-hlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-
dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole, in or on rapeseed, subgroup 20A 
at 0.1 ppm. For plants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC has submitted 
practical analytical method (AG-575B) for detecting and measuring 
levels of difenoconazole in or on food with a limit of quantitation 
(LOQ) that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above the 
levels set in the proposed tolerances. Residues are qualified by liquid 
chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). For livestock, 
a practical analytical method (AG-544A) for detecting and measuring 
levels of difenoconazole in or on cattle tissues and milk, and poultry 
tissues and eggs, with an LOQ that allows monitoring of food with 
residues at or above the levels set in the proposed tolerances. 
Tolerances in meat, milk, poultry or eggs were established for 
enforcement purposes. EPA is republishing this notice of availability.
    2. PP 3E8218. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0483). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to 
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, 
dimethomorph, in or on papaya at 1.5 parts per million (ppm). The 
analytical method liquid chromatography with LC-MS/MS is available to 
EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide residues. 
Contact: RD.
    3. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova, 
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510., requests 
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
fungicide, flutriafol, in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 
1.5 ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; egg at 0.01 
ppm; hog, liver at 0.05 ppm; hog, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02 
ppm; hog, muscle at 0.01 ppm; leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 3.0 ppm; 
leafy greens, subgroup 4A, except head lettuce at 10 ppm; lettuce, head 
at 1.5 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; radicchio at 1.5 ppm; 
sorghum, grain, forage at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 1.5 ppm; 
and sorghum, grain, stover at 6.0 ppm. The gas chromatography-mass 
selective detection (GC/MSD) is used to measure and evaluate the 
chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 3F8213. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0530). Janssen PMP, Janssen 
Pharmaceutica NV, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Titusville, NJ 08560, 
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of 
the fungicide, pyrimethanil, in or on pomegranate (post-harvest) at 5.0 
ppm. The high performance liquid chromatography with triple quadruple 
mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the 
chemical pyrimethanil. Contact: RD.
    5. PP 3F8224. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0285). Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 
1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, requests to 
establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, 
mandestrobin (S-2200), (2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]-[alpha]-
methoxy-N-methyl-benzeneacetamide) in or on small fruit vine climbing 
except fuzzy kiwifruit crop subgroup 13-07F, fruit at 5 ppm; juice at 7 
ppm and dried fruit at 10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G, fruit 
at 3 ppm; and rapeseed crop subgroup 20A, seed at 0.6 ppm. An 
independently validated analytical method has been submitted for 
analyzing parent S-2200 residues with appropriate sensitivity in all 
crop commodities for which tolerances are being request. Contact: RD.
    6. PP 4E8232. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0695). Sumitomo Chemical Company, 
LTD., 27-1 Shinkawa 2 Chrome, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104-8260, Japan, requests 
to establish an import tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 
fungicide, diethofencarb (isopropyl 3,4-diethoxycarbanilate), in or on 
banana at 0.09 ppm. The LC-MS/MS analytical method is used to measure 
and evaluate the chemical diethofencarb. Contact: RD.
    7. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, 
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of 
the insecticide, novaluron, (N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-
(trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide), 
in or on avocado at 0.60 ppm; carrot at 0.05 ppm; bean at 0.60 ppm; 
vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 
2.0 ppm; cherry subgroup 12-12A at 8.0 ppm; peach subgroup 12-12B at 
1.9 ppm; and plum subgroup 12-12C at 1.9 ppm. The analytical method: 
Gas chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a high 
performance liquid chromatography/ultraviolet method (HPLC/UV) with the 
lowest level of method validation (LLMV) for the subject commodities is 
0.05 ppm is used to measure and evaluate the novaluron chemical, 
residue(s). Contact: RD.

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    8. PP 4E8248. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0284). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 
residues of S-metolachlor in or on the raw agricultural commodity 
lettuce at 1.5 parts per million (ppm); vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at 
0.50 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10, except tabasco pepper at 
0.10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G except cranberry at 0.40 
ppm; and sunflower subgroup 20B at 0.50 ppm and the concurrent deletion 
of the existing tolerances for okra; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 
except tabasco pepper; cucumber; melon subgroup 9A; pumpkin; squash, 
winter; and sunflower, seed. A gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus 
detection (GC/NPD) method has been submitted to the Agency for 
determining residues in/on crop commodities and is published in the 
Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Vol. II, Method I. A GC/MSD method 
has been submitted to the Agency for determining residues in livestock 
commodities and is published in PAM Vol. II, Method II. These methods 
determine residues of S-metolachlor and its metabolites as either CGA-
37913 or CGA-49751 following acid hydrolysis. Contact: RD.
    9. PP 4E8250. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0249). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor 
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to 
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide 
thiram, in or on avocado at 8 ppm. The ALS Laboratory Group method MS 
133.02 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as 
CS2). Contact: RD.
    10. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540 requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 
residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-H-
pyrrole-3-carbonitrile] in or on the raw agricultural commodity carrot 
at 7.0 ppm. The anaylytical method has passed an Agency petition method 
validation for several commodities, and is currently the enforcement 
method for fludioxonil. This method has also been forwarded to the Food 
and Drug Administration for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive 
database of method validation data using this method on various crop 
commodities is available. Contact: RD.
    11. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, 
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of 
the herbicide, pendimethalin, [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-
dinitrobenzenamine], and its metabolite, 4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-
methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, calculated as the stoichiometric 
equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on the raw agricultural commodities: 
Caneberry, sub-group 13-07A at 0.10 ppm; bushberry subgroup 13-07B at 
0.10 ppm and by amending the established tolerance in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities of nut, tree, group 14-12 at 0.10 ppm. The 
analytical method is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean 
up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a LOQ of 0.05 ppm for 
pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact: RD.
    12. PP 4E8295. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0552). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for 
residues of esfenvalerate, ((S)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (S)-4-
chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl) benzeneacetate in or on the oilseed crop 
group 20 at 0.5 ppm. The petitioner also requests that upon approval of 
the tolerance in this petition summary that the existing tolerances for 
cotton, undelinted seed and sunflower, seed be removed as unnecessary. 
There is a practical analytical method utilizing electron-capture gas 
chromatography with nitrogen phosphorous detection available for 
enforcement with a limit of detection that allows monitoring food with 
residues at or above tolerance levels. The limit of detection for 
updated method is the same as that of the current PAM II, which is 0.01 
ppm. Contact: RD.
    13. PP 4E8296. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013]-0151). Dragonberry Produce/YW 
International, 386 South Sequoia Parkway, Canby, Oregon 97013, requests 
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.475 for residues of the 
fungicide, difenoconazole, in or on imported dragonfruit at 1.5 ppm. 
The analytical methods AG-575B for crops and AM-544A for livestock 
commodities are used to measure and evaluate the chemical 
difenoconazole residues. Contact: RD.
    14. PP 4F8301. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0680). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 
Zionsville Road; Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, pronamide 
(propyzamide) and its metabolite containing the 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl 
moiety calculated as 3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl) 
benzamide, in or on lettuce, leaf at 1.0 part per million (ppm). The 
gas chromatography using electron capture detection method is used to 
measure and evaluate the chemical pronamide and its metabolite. 
Contact: RD.
    15. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540 requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for 
residues of pyrimethanil (4,6-dimethyl-N- phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine) in 
or on the raw agricultural commodities cucumber at 1.5 ppm; orange 
subgroup 10-10A at 10 ppm; lemon subgroup 10-10B at 11 ppm; grapefruit 
subgroup 10-10C at 10 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 14 ppm; fruit, 
stone, group 12-12 at 10 ppm; and tomato subgroup 8-10A at 0.5 ppm. The 
petitioner also requests that upon approval of the tolerances in this 
petition summary, that the tolerances for fruit, citrus, group 10 
except lemon, postharvest; lemon, preharvest and postharvest; fruit, 
pome, group 11 (pre-harvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone, group 12; 
and tomato be removed as unnecessary. The plant metabolism studies 
demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound, pyrimethanil is 
sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant residues in crop 
commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers by 
homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the extract 
was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with subsequent 
residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the detection 
and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities at or 
above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
    16. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, requests to 
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, 
dimethomorph, in or on strawberry at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method LC-
MS/MS is available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the 
pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
    17. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to establish in 40 CFR 
part 180 for residues of the insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z 
isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-
N-[4-(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-
3) and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -benzonitrile in or on the raw 
agricultural commodity citrus fruit

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group 10-10 at 0.04 ppm; pome fruit group 11-10 at 0.04 ppm; stone 
fruit group 12-12 at 0.04 ppm; and tree nut group 14-12 at 0.04 ppm. 
BASF Analytical Method No. 531/0 was developed to determine residues of 
metaflumizone and its metabolites M320I04 and M320I23 in crop matrices. 
In this method, residues of metaflumizone are extracted from plant 
matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/v) and then partitioned into 
dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the residues are extracted with a 
mixture of isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). The final determination 
of metaflumizone and its metabolites is performed by LC/MS/MS. Contact: 
RD.

Amended Tolerance

    1. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova, 
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests 
to amend 40 CFR 180.629 by removing tolerances for residues of the 
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton, 
meal at 0.5 ppm; cotton, refined oil at 0.5 ppm; hog, meat byproducts 
at 0.02 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure and evaluate the chemical 
flutriafol. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova, 
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests 
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.629 for residues of the 
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton, 
gin byproducts to 0.5 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed to 0.5 ppm; and 
grain, aspirated fractions to 6.0 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure 
and evaluate the chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). IR-4, 500 College Road East, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for 
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40 
CFR 180.598 for residues of the insecticide, novaluron, N-[[[3-chloro-
4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2- (trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy] phenyl]amino] 
carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide), in or on bean, succulent, snap at 
0.60 ppm; bean, dry, seed at 0.30 ppm; cherry at 8.0 ppm; fruit, pome, 
group 11 at 2.0 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12, except cherry at 1.9 ppm; 
vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 ppm; cocona at 1.0 ppm; African 
eggplant at 1.0 ppm; pea eggplant at 1.0 ppm; scarlet eggplant at 1.0 
ppm; goji berry at 1.0 ppm; garden huckleberry at 1.0 ppm, martynia at 
1.0 ppm, naranjilla at 1.0 ppm, okra at 1.0 ppm, roselle at 1.0 ppm; 
sunberry at 1.0 ppm; bush tomato at 1.0 ppm; currant tomato at 1.0 ppm; 
and tree tomato at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method: Gas chromatography/
electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a HPLC/UV is used to measure and 
evaluate novaluron chemical residues. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 4E8268. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0632). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor 
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to 
amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.132 for residues of the fungicide 
thiram, in or on banana at 0.8 ppm. The analytical method #Meth-100, 
revision #4 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as 
CS2). Contact: RD.
    5. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests to update an existing crop group in 40 CFR 180.516 
for residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-
H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile], by changing ``fruit, stone, group 12 at 5.0 
ppm'' to ``fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 5.0 ppm.'' The anaylytical 
method has passed an Agency petition method validation for several 
commodities, and is currently the enforcement method for fludioxonil. 
This method has also been forwarded to the Food and Drug Administration 
for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive database of method validation 
data using this method on various crop commodities is available. 
Contact: RD.
    6. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). IR-4, 500 College Road East, 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for 
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40 
CFR 180.361 for residues of the herbicide, pendimethalin, N-(1-
ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6 dinitrobenzenamine, and its metabolite, 
4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, in or on 
method nut, tree, group 14 at 0.1 ppm; pistachio at 0.1 ppm and 
juneberry at -0.1 ppm. The analytical method is aqueous organic solvent 
extraction, column clean up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a 
LOQ of 0.05 ppm for pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact: 
RD.
    7. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, 
NJ 08540, requests that the existing tolerance for ``onion, bulb, 
subgroup 3-07A'' be changed from 2.0 ppm to 0.20 ppm. The plant 
metabolism studies demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound, 
pyrimethanil is sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant 
residues in crop commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers 
by homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the 
extract was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with 
subsequent residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the 
detection and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities 
at or above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
    8. PP 4F8270. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0638). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the 
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the fungicide, 
fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F), 1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide,3-
(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-, 
its metabolites, and degradates, in or on cotton, gin byproducts at 20 
ppm and cotton undelinted seed at 0.3 ppm. LC/MS/MS method is available 
as an enforcement method. This method uses reversed-phase HPLC with 
gradient elution, and includes 2 ion transitions to be monitored for 
the parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus metabolites M700F008, 
M700F048. Contact: RD.
    9. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to amend 
40 CFR 180.493 by removing tolerances for residues of the fungicide, 
dimethomorph (BAS 550 F) [(E,Z)4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-
dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]-morpholine, its metabolites and 
degradates in or on the raw agricultural commodity lettuce, head at 10 
ppm and lettuce, leaf at 10 ppm. The analytical method LC-MS/MS is 
available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide 
residues. Contact: RD.
    10. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to amend 40 CFR 
180.657 by removing the established tolerances for residues of the 
insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4-
(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-3) 
and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -
benzonitrile in or on fruit, citrus group 10 at 0.04 ppm and nut, tree, 
group 14 at 0.04 ppm, upon establishment of the proposed tolerances 
listed under the ``New Tolerances'' paragraph for PP 4F8286. Contact: 
RD.
    11. PP 4F8293. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0613). United Phosphorus, Inc., 630 
Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests 
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.293

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for residues of the herbicide, endothall, in or on cattle, fat from 
0.01 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, kidney from 0.20 to 0.06 ppm; cattle, liver 
from 0.10 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, meat from 0.03 to 0.05 ppm; goat, fat 
from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; goat, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm; goat, meat 
from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; hog, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; hog, kidney 
from 0.10 to 0.06 ppm; hog, meat from 0.01 to 0.05 ppm; milk from 0.03 
to 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat from 
0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts from 0.2 to 0.05 ppm; 
sheep, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; sheep, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm; 
and sheep, meat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm. The analytical method # KP-
245R0 using HPLC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the chemical 
endothall. Contact: RD.

New Tolerance Exemption

    1. PP 3F8221. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0560). SciReg International on 
behalf of Andermatt Biocontrol AG., Stahlermatten 6 CH-6146, 
Grossdietwil, Switzerland, requests to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide, 
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42, in or on all food commodities. 
The pesticide in intended to control soil borne diseases. The 
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because Bacillus 
amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42 is virtually non-toxic and is not 
pathogenic. Andermatt Biocontrol AG is, therefore, submitting a 
petition to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance 
and an analytical method is not required. Contact: BPPD.
    2. PP 4F8251. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0457). J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 W. 
Irving St., Boise, IN 83706, requests to establish an exemption from 
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant incorporated 
protectant (PIP), Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene (also known as 
Rpi-vnt1), in or on potato. The petitioner believes no analytical 
method is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from 
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
    3. PP 4F8275. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0454). Monsanto Company, 800 North 
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to establish an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the 
plant-incorporated protectant (PIP), Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 
protein, in or on soybean. The petitioner believes no analytical method 
is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: December 10, 2014.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-29428 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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