Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0379-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Posted Date: 2014-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63594-63596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25376]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 174 and 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0008; FRL-9916-03]

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 November 24, 2014.

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 McNally, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)

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(7511P); main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: 
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov and Daniel Rosenblatt, 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:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     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 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 parts 174 and 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); 
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 4G8247. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0379). 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, 
()-[alpha]-(2-fluorophenyl)-[alpha]-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-
1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol, including its metabolites and degradates, in 
or on corn, sweet, forage at 5 parts per million (ppm); corn, sweet, 
kernel plus cob with husks removed at 0.01 ppm; and corn, sweet, stover 
at 15 ppm. The Zeneca Agrochemicals Method RAM 219/04, entitled ``The 
Determination of Residues of Flutriafol (R122450) in Crops,'' dated 
July 5, 2000, and various subsequent modifications is used to measure 
and evaluate the chemical flutriafol. RD
    2. PP 4F8277. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Syngenta Crop Protection, 
LLC, 410 Swing Rd., Greensboro, NC 27419, requests to establish a 
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, 
fludioxonil, in or on rapeseed, subgroup 20A, except flax seed at 0.01 
parts per million (ppm). The Syngenta Crop Protection Method AG-597B is 
used to measure and evaluate the chemical fludioxonil, 4-(2, 2-
difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile. RD

New Tolerance Exemption

    1. PP 3F8221. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0560). SciReg International, 12733 
Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192, 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 is 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. 
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

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analytical method is needed because the petitioner is seeking an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. 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. BPPD
    4. PP 4F8276. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0454). Monsanto Company, 800 North 
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63167, requests to establish an 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the 
plant-incorporated protectant (PIP), Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 
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. BPPD
    5. PP IN-10661. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0122). Exponent, 1150 Connecticut 
Ave. NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036, on behalf of Clariant 
Corporation, 4000 Monroe Rd., Charlotte, NC 28205, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of C.I. Pigment Yellow 1 (butanamide, 2-(4-methyl-2-nitrophenyl)azo-3-
oxo-N-phenyl-) (CAS No. 2512-29-0) when used as a pesticide inert 
ingredient in pesticide formulations for pre-harvest use (seed 
treatments) not to exceed 10% weight (wt)/wt. The petitioner believes 
no analytical method is needed because it is not required for the 
establishment of a tolerance exemption for inert ingredients. RD
    6. PP IN-10682. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0265). Exponet, Inc., 1150 
Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036, on behalf of 
Huntsman Corp., 8600 Gosling Rd., The Woodlands, TX 77381, requests to 
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
of n-butyl benzoate (CAS No. 136-60-7) when used as a pesticide inert 
ingredient in pesticide formulations for pre- and post-harvest use and 
in antimicrobial formulations (food-contact surface sanitizing 
solutions). The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed 
because it is not required for the establishment of a tolerance 
exemption for inert ingredients.

RD

List of Subjects in Parts 174 and 180

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

    Dated: October 16, 2014.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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