Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751-0030
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Registration Review: Decisions and Case Closures for Several Pesticides
Posted Date: 2023-10-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71855-71856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22994]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751; FRL-11376-01-OCSPP]

Pesticide Registration Review; Decisions and Case Closures for 
Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's final 
registration review decisions for the following chemicals: Citric acid 
and salts, and linalool. In addition, this notice announces the closure 
of the registration review case for triadimenol because the last U.S. 
registrations for this pesticide has been canceled.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0751, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://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. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide specific information, 
contact: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest 
identified in Table 1 in Unit IV.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 566-0701; 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 and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; 
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, 
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be 
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all

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the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have 
any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a 
particular entity, consult the pesticide specific contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. Background

    Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide 
registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the 
statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform 
its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human 
health or the environment. As part of the registration review process, 
the Agency has completed final decisions for all pesticides listed in 
Table 1 in Unit IV. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each 
pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other 
knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

III. Authority

    EPA is conducting its registration review of the chemicals listed 
in Table 1 in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural 
Regulations for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 
Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among other things, that the 
registrations of pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under 
FIFRA, a pesticide product may be registered or remain registered only 
if it meets the statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA 
section 3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used in accordance with 
widespread and commonly recognized practice, the pesticide product must 
perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on 
the environment; that is, without any unreasonable risk to man or the 
environment, or a human dietary risk from residues that result from the 
use of a pesticide in or on food.

IV. What action is the Agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability 
of EPA's final registration review decisions for the pesticides shown 
in Table 1. The registration review decisions are supported by 
rationales included in the docket established for each chemical.

                            Table 1--Registration Review Final Decisions Being Issued
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                                                                                        Chemical review manager
 Registration review case name and No.                   Docket ID No.                  and contact information
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Citric Acid and Salts, Case Number 4024  EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0558........................  Areej Jahangir,
                                                                                        [email protected],
                                                                                        (202) 566-1577.
Linalool, Case Number 6058.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0423........................  Hannah
                                                                                        Dean,[email protected]
                                                                                        , (202) 566-2969.
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    The proposed registration review decisions for the chemicals in the 
table above were posted to the docket and the public was invited to 
submit any comments or new information. EPA addressed the comments or 
information received during the 60-day comment period for the proposed 
decisions in the discussion for each pesticide listed in the table. 
Comments from the 60-day comment period that were received may or may 
not have affected the Agency's interim or final decision. Pursuant to 
40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review case docket for the chemicals 
listed in the Table will remain open until all actions required in the 
decision have been completed.
    This document also announces the closure of the registration review 
case for triadimenol (Case Number 7008, Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2016-0114) because the last U.S. registrations for this pesticide has 
been canceled.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: October 13, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-22994 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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