Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0072-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
Posted Date: 2021-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 207 (Friday, October 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60031-60032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23586]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0072; FRL-9150-01-OCSPP]

Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued an experimental use permit (EUP) to the pesticide 
applicant described in Unit II. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. An 
EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes 
only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or 
sponsor research on pesticides, EPA has not attempted to

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describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0072, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public 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.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room are 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.

II. EUP

    EPA issued the following EUP:
    69553-EUP-2. Issuance. Andermatt Group AG, Stahlermatten 6, CH-6146 
Grossdietwil, Switzerland (c/o Andermatt USA Corp., 107 Gilbreth 
Parkway, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062). This EUP allows the use of 431 pounds 
of the pesticide product CX-6485 (containing 0.29 pound of the 
insecticide Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolate V45) on 400 acres of 
pome fruit trees (apple and pear), stone fruit trees (peach, nectarine, 
apricot, and hybrids of these), and walnut trees to evaluate the 
control of codling moth and Oriental fruit moth. The program is 
authorized only in the States of California, Colorado, Michigan, New 
Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. The EUP is 
effective from October 6, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The United States 
Department of Agriculture submitted a comment in response to the notice 
of receipt published in the Federal Register of March 19, 2021 (86 FR 
14906) (FRL-10021-43), and it conveyed support of issuance of this EUP 
to allow testing of Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolate V45 at a 
larger field-level scale in the United States.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: October 18, 2021.
Charles Smith,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-23586 Filed 10-28-21; 8:45 am]
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