Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0356-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Experimental Use Permits
Posted Date: 2023-11-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80714-80715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25575]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0356; FRL-11360-01-OCSPP]

Issuance of Experimental Use Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted experimental use permits (EUP) to the 
following pesticide applicants. 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: Madison Le, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511M), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (202) 566-1400; 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, the Agency has not attempted to 
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-2023-0356 is available at https://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

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holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (202) 566-
1400. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information 
about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. EUP

    EPA has issued the following EUPs:
    1. 8917-EUP-3. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0233. Issuance. J.R. Simplot 
Company, 5369 W Irving Street, Boise, ID 83706. This EUP allows the use 
of 0.041 pounds of the plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) protein 
BLB2, 0.21 pounds of the PIP protein AMR3, 0.21 pounds of the PIP 
protein VNT1, and 0.17 pounds of the PIP Potato virus Y (PVY) siRNA on 
165 acres of potato to evaluate the control of potato late blight 
disease and PVY. The program is authorized only in the States of 
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, 
Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The EUP is 
effective from March 15, 2023, to April 1, 2024.
    2. 524-EUP-117. EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0036. Issuance. Bayer CropScience 
LP 800 North Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63167. This EUP allows 
the use of 0.93 grams of the plant-incorporated protectant (PIP), 
GA20ox_SUP miRNA and the genetic material necessary for is production 
on 10,000 acres of corn to evaluate MON 94804 short stature maize, 
stack combinations with registered insect-protected corn, and controls. 
The program is authorized only in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, 
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, North Carolina, 
North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South 
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and the Territory of 
Puerto Rico. The EUP is effective from September 20, 2022, to February 
28, 2025.
    3. 94614-EUP-1. EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0270. Issuance. GreenLight 
Biosciences, Inc. 200 Boston Ave., Suite 1000, Medford, MA 02155. This 
EUP allows the use of 8.504 pounds of the active ingredient, Ledprona 
(CAS No. 2433753-68-3) double-stranded RNA on 318 acres of potato to 
evaluate the control of Colorado Potato Beetle. The program is 
authorized only in the States of Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New 
York, Noth Dakota, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington. The EUP 
is effective from May 4, 2023, to April 30, 2025.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: November 15, 2023.
Madison Le,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-25575 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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