Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Tolerances and Exemptions for Pesticide Chemical Residues in Food: Difenzoquat; Denial of Objections
Posted Date: 2013-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57289-57292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22603]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441; FRL-9396-7]

Difenzoquat; Denial of Objections

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Order.

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SUMMARY: In this Denial of Objections Order, EPA is denying the 
objections submitted by Amvac Chemical Corporation (AMVAC) to a 
Revocation Order EPA issued in May 2013 under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) revoking all tolerances for the pesticide 
difenzoquat. EPA revoked the tolerances, consistent with the terms of a 
previously issued Data Call-In Order, because no notices of intent to 
submit the required data were submitted, as directed by that Data Call-
In Order. In its objections, AMVAC requested that EPA delay the 
effective date for revoking the difenzoquat tolerances for 4\1/2\ years 
to allow for importation of food commodities that will be treated with 
the pesticide in Canada over the next 2 years. EPA denies AMVAC's 
objections because AMVAC has not filed a proper objection to the 
Revocation Order.

DATES: This order is effective September 18, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441, 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), EPA West 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. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information 
about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8037; email address: 
nevola.joseph@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. 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).

II. Introduction

A. What action is the agency taking?

    In this Denial of Objections Order, EPA is denying the objections 
submitted by AMVAC to a Revocation Order issued by EPA in the Federal 
Register of May 29, 2013 (Ref. 1), in which EPA ordered the revocation 
of all tolerances for the pesticide difenzoquat under FFDCA section 
408, 21 U.S.C. 346a. EPA revoked the tolerances, consistent with the 
terms of a previously issued Data Call-In Order (Ref. 2), because no 
notices of intent to submit the required data were received by EPA as 
directed by that Data Call-In Order. In its objections (Ref. 3), AMVAC 
requested that EPA delay the effective date for the revocation of the 
difenzoquat tolerances for 4\1/2\ years to allow for importation of 
food commodities that will be treated with the pesticide in Canada over 
the next 2 years. EPA denies AMVAC's objections because AMVAC has not 
filed a proper objection to the Revocation Order. The AMVAC objections 
are discussed in Unit IV., and EPA's denial is discussed in Unit V.

B. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    The procedure for filing objections to tolerance actions and EPA's 
authority for acting on such objections is contained in FFDCA section 
408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a(g), and 40 CFR part 178. For orders issued under 
FFDCA section 408(f)(2), the only material issue for consideration is 
whether a submission required under a FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C) order 
was made by the time specified in that FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C) 
order. 21 U.S.C. 346a(f)(2).

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III. Background

A. Statutory Background

    1. In general. EPA regulates the use of pesticides under the 
authority of two Federal statutes: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136-136y, and FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 
346a. FIFRA provides the basis for the regulation, sale, distribution, 
and use of pesticides in the United States, and authorizes EPA to 
review and register pesticides for specified uses. EPA also has the 
authority to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if 
subsequent information shows that continued use would pose unreasonable 
risks. EPA establishes maximum residue limits, or ``tolerances,'' for 
pesticide residues in food under FFDCA section 408. Without such a 
tolerance or an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance, a food 
containing a pesticide residue is ``adulterated'' under FFDCA section 
402 and may not be legally moved in interstate commerce. 21 U.S.C. 331 
and 342. Monitoring and enforcement of pesticide tolerances are carried 
out by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture.
    2. Safety standard for pesticide tolerances. A pesticide tolerance 
may only be promulgated by EPA if the tolerance is ``safe.'' 21 U.S.C. 
346a(b)(2)(A)(i). ``Safe'' is defined by the statute to mean that 
``there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue, including all 
anticipated dietary exposures and all other exposures for which there 
is reliable information.'' 21 U.S.C. 346a(b)(2)(A)(ii). Section 408 of 
FFDCA directs EPA, in making a safety determination, to ``consider, 
among other relevant factors . . . available information concerning the 
aggregate exposure levels of consumers (and major identifiable 
subgroups of consumers) to the pesticide chemical residue and to other 
related substances, including dietary exposure under the tolerance and 
all other tolerances in effect for the pesticide chemical residue, and 
exposure from other non-occupational sources.'' 21 U.S.C. 
346a(b)(2)(D)(vi).
    3. Data required for supporting tolerances. In determining whether 
to establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance, EPA considers data to 
evaluate whether that tolerance meets the FFDCA safety standard. 
Generally, these data are provided in support of an application for 
registration of a pesticide under FIFRA, and a petition to establish a 
pesticide tolerance under FFDCA. If additional data are needed for an 
existing tolerance, EPA's first recourse is to use the broad data call-
in authority in FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B), 7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(2)(B). In 
some situations where there is no domestic pesticide registration and 
data cannot be obtained under the data call-in authority of FIFRA 
section 3(c)(2)(B), or section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2603, FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C) authorizes EPA to 
require, by order, submission of data ``reasonably required to support 
the continuation of a tolerance. . . .'' 21 U.S.C. 346a(f).
    Under FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C), EPA can issue a data call-in 
order following notice and a comment period of not less than 60 days. 
21 U.S.C. 346a(f)(1)(C). After the comment period closes, the Agency 
will respond to comments, if appropriate, and may issue a final order 
requiring the data necessary to support the continuation of a 
tolerance. Section 408(f)(1)(C) of FFDCA requires that a data call-in 
order contain the following elements:
    i. A requirement that one or more persons submit to EPA a notice 
identifying the person(s) who commit to submit the data required in the 
order and the date by which such notice(s) must be submitted.
    ii. A description of the data necessary to support the tolerance, 
reports connected to such data, a requirement to submit such data and 
reports, and the date(s) by which such data and reports must be 
submitted.
    iii. An explanation of why the required data could not be obtained 
under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) or TSCA section 4.
    If EPA issues a FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C) data call-in order and 
any submission required by that order is not made by the time specified 
in that order, EPA may revoke, by order published in the Federal 
Register, the tolerance that is the subject of that data call-in order. 
21 U.S.C. 346a(f)(2). Such revocation order is subject to the objection 
and hearing procedure in FFDCA section 408(g)(2), but the only material 
issue in such a procedure is whether a submission required by the order 
was made in a timely fashion.
    4. Procedures for objections. Upon issuing an order under FFDCA 
section 408(f)(2), any affected party has 60 days to file objections 
with EPA and seek an evidentiary hearing on those objections. 21 U.S.C. 
346a(g)(2). For FFDCA section 408(f)(2) orders, the only material issue 
for review of such order is whether a submission required by the order 
was made by the time specified in the FFDCA section 408(f)(1)(C) order.
    5. Channels of trade provision for revoked tolerances. The FFDCA 
specifically addresses the legality of pesticide residues entering or 
remaining in the channels of trade following revocation of the 
associated tolerance. 21 U.S.C. 346a(l)(5). Under FFDCA section 
408(l)(5), any residues of the pesticide in or on such food does not 
render the food adulterated so long as it is shown to the satisfaction 
of FDA that:
    i. The residue is present as the result of an application or use of 
the pesticide at a time and in a manner that was lawful under FIFRA.
    ii. The residue does not exceed the level that was authorized at 
the time of the application or use to be present on the food under a 
tolerance or exemption from tolerance. Evidence to show that food was 
lawfully treated may include records that verify the dates that the 
pesticide was applied to such food.

B. Regulatory Background

    1. Difenzoquat tolerances. Difenzoquat is a herbicide that was 
previously registered under FIFRA for sale and distribution in the 
United States. The last FIFRA registration was canceled in 2010, 
although tolerances remained for this pesticide on the following 
commodities: Barley, cattle, goat, hog, horse, poultry, sheep, and 
wheat (40 CFR 180.369). In August 2011, in response to AMVAC's interest 
in maintaining the difenzoquat tolerances for import purposes, the 
Agency completed a screening-level evaluation for difenzoquat 
(Screening-Level Memorandum) (Ref. 4). As there are no domestic 
registrations for difenzoquat products, the evaluation was limited to 
the potential dietary risk from exposure to difenzoquat residues in 
imported food commodities. The evaluation concluded that, in order to 
determine whether it was appropriate to continue the tolerances, 
additional data--a neurotoxicity battery; an immunotoxicity study; and 
residue data for barley hay, wheat forage, and wheat hay--were needed 
to conduct a new dietary risk assessment on exposure from imported food 
commodities. The neurotoxicity battery and immunotoxicity study were 
required in accordance with the data requirements rule, which was 
updated in 2007 to add these tests (Ref. 5). In addition, EPA required, 
consistent with its guidance on applying U.S. data requirements to 
import tolerances (Ref. 6), that field trial data on crops mentioned in 
this unit be conducted at the maximum application rates and in the 
countries where the pesticide would be used so that EPA could evaluate 
what level of residues

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may be present on imported treated food commodities (Ref. 4, p. 6).
    2. EPA's FFDCA section 408(f) Data Call-In Order. On July 6, 2012, 
EPA issued in the Federal Register a proposed Data Call-In Order under 
FFDCA section 408(f)(1), 21 U.S.C. 346a(f)(1), proposing to require the 
submission of data for the pesticide difenzoquat to support the 
continuation of tolerances associated with that pesticide (Ref. 7). The 
proposed Data Call-In Order identified the following studies for 
submission as reasonably required to support the difenzoquat 
tolerances: Neurotoxicity screening battery (OPPTS 870.6200) (Ref. 8); 
immunotoxicity study (OPPTS 870.7800) (Ref. 9); and crop field trials 
(OPPTS 860.1500) (Ref. 10) for barley hay, wheat forage, and wheat hay 
(Ref. 7, p. 39964). The proposed Data Call-In Order explained, in 
accordance with the statutory requirements, why the data could not be 
obtained under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) or TSCA section 4. In addition, 
the proposed Data Call-In Order proposed dates for submission of the 
data and related reports. Finally, the proposed Data Call-In Order 
requested comment by September 4, 2012. EPA received no comments in 
response to the proposed Data Call-In Order and issued a final Data 
Call-In Order in the Federal Register on December 19, 2012 (Ref. 2). 
Consistent with the proposed Data Call-In Order and statutory 
obligations, the final Data Call-In Order included the following 
elements:
     EPA required that any person who wishes to support the 
difenzoquat tolerances must submit a notice identifying that person or 
persons who commit to submit the data and reports in accordance with 
the terms of the final Data Call-In Order. EPA explained that the 
notice must be submitted on a Data Call-In Response form, how to obtain 
that form, and that the deadline for submitting that form was March 19, 
2013.
     EPA described the data and reports that were required to 
support the continuation of the difenzoquat tolerances and required 
them to be submitted by certain dates.
     EPA explained that it would proceed to revoke the 
difenzoquat tolerances at 40 CFR 180.369 under FFDCA section 408(f) if 
it did not receive by March 19, 2013, a Data Call-In Response form 
identifying the person or persons who commit to submit the required 
data and reports.
    3. International notification of EPA's FFDCA section 408(f) Data 
Call-In Order. Shortly after publishing the proposed Data Call-In 
Order, EPA notified the World Trade Organization of the proposed order 
pursuant to its obligations under the Agreement on the Application of 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, January 1, 1995 (Refs. 11 and 12). 
The U.S. notification, which referenced and included a link to the 
proposed Data Call-In Order (Ref. 7), alerted potential U.S. trading 
partners to EPA's need for data to support the continuation of the 
difenzoquat tolerances and that if no notices of intent to submit such 
data were received by the Agency by March 19, 2013, EPA would proceed 
to revoke the difenzoquat tolerances, which would prohibit the export 
to the United States of food commodities bearing difenzoquat residues 
that did not qualify under the channels of trade provision (Ref. 12).
    4. EPA's FFDCA section 408(f) Revocation Order. Subsequent to the 
issuance of the final Data Call-In Order, EPA received no submissions 
of the Data Call-In Response form within the required 90-day period. 
Therefore, in the Federal Register on May 29, 2013 (Ref. 1), EPA issued 
an order revoking all difenzoquat tolerances (Revocation Order) in 
accordance with the terms of its final Data Call-In Order and FFDCA 
section 408(f)(2), which allows EPA to revoke by order any tolerances 
that are the subject of a final Data Call-In Order for which a 
submission required by that final Data Call-In Order is not received by 
the date specified in that order. The Revocation Order was effective 
upon the date of publication in the Federal Register, which means that 
food commodities bearing difenzoquat residues after May 29, 2013, are 
considered adulterated unless the commodities qualified under the 
channels of trade provision. The Revocation Order explained that it was 
subject to the objection and hearing procedure in FFDCA section 
408(g)(2) and that the only material issue for review of the Revocation 
Order was whether a submission required by the final Data Call-In Order 
was made in a timely fashion. The Revocation Order established July 29, 
2013, as the date by which objections must be received by the Agency.

IV. AMVAC's Objections

    On June 24, 2013, AMVAC submitted its formal objections to the 
Revocation Order. See AMVAC Objections (Ref. 3). Rather than actually 
challenging the revocation itself, AMVAC submitted its objections 
solely for the ``purpose of . . . seek[ing] an extension of the 
effective date of the revocation. . . .'' AMVAC makes two specific 
objections to the timing of the Revocation Order. First, citing to its 
recent shipment of difenzoquat to Canadian growers for use through 
2015, AMVAC argues that ``insufficient time has been afforded to 
foreign growers that continue to rely on these tolerances.'' Second, 
AMVAC asserts that immediate revocation, or even revocation in 2015, is 
unrealistic because the FFDCA channels of trade provision is 
``unworkable in practice.'' In support of this latter claim, AMVAC 
claims that barley and wheat, two crops covered by difenzoquat 
tolerances, ``may be stored for a protracted period and that treated 
grain might also be intermingled with untreated grain while in 
storage.'' These factors, AMVAC asserts, make it ``difficult, if not 
impossible, to provide the information concerning the time that these 
crops were treated, which EPA requires as a means of providing evidence 
that the food was lawfully treated.'' Based on its expectation that 
difenzoquat will be used in Canada through 2015 and the alleged 
unworkability of the FFDCA channels of trade provision, AMVAC requests 
an extension of the revocation date until December 31, 2017.
    AMVAC concedes that it did not raise these concerns by commenting 
on the proposed Data Call-In Order or responding to the final Data 
Call-In Order within the time periods provided. Further, AMVAC does not 
assert that it submitted any Data Call-In Response form indicating its 
intent to submit the required data by the date specified in the final 
Data Call-In Order.

V. EPA's Response to AMVAC's Objections

    EPA denies AMVAC's objections because AMVAC has not filed a proper 
objection to the Revocation Order. Section 408(f)(2) of FFDCA restricts 
the substance of objections the Agency may consider in reviewing an 
order issued under FFDCA section 408(f)(1) to the following limited 
issue: ``Whether a submission required under [an order issued under 
408(f)(1)(C)] was not made by the time specified.'' 21 U.S.C. 
346a(f)(2). In its objections, AMVAC does not contend that it made a 
timely submission of a notice of intent to submit data, made any 
submission of data, or intends to submit any required data as specified 
in the final Data Call-In Order. Rather, AMVAC concedes that it 
overlooked the notices and did not submit any comments on the proposed 
Data Call-In Order nor any response to the final Data Call-In Order. In 
addition, AMVAC does not disagree with the revocation of the 
tolerances, just to the timing of the effectiveness of the Revocation 
Order. Because AMVAC has not argued that ``a submission required [by 
the final Data Call-In Order] was [

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] made by the time specified,'' see 21 U.S.C. 346a(f)(2), its 
objections do not provide a proper basis for review of the Revocation 
Order under FFDCA section 408(f)(2).
    AMVAC's arguments concerning the need for additional time for 
Canadian farmers to use their recently purchased difenzoquat stocks and 
to simplify enforcement of the channels of trade provision are, by law, 
simply not relevant at this stage of the revocation proceeding under 
FFDCA section 408(f)(2). AMVAC or other interested parties had two 
opportunities to raise such concerns when EPA issued the proposed Data 
Call-In Order and when it issued the final Data Call-In Order. At this 
point, it would be advisable for Canadian farmers who have used 
difenzoquat prior to the revocation date of the tolerance to document 
the timing of that usage to show compliance with the FFDCA's channels 
of trade provision. EPA has alerted FDA, which monitors pesticide 
residues in imported food, of the possibility that food qualifying 
under the channels of trade provision may be entering the country and 
will work with FDA to ensure that this provision is applied properly. 
Going forward, if Canadian farmers choose to use difenzoquat, they--
like any foreign grower who uses a pesticide for which there is no U.S. 
tolerance--will need to take steps to ensure that commodities they 
produce that are treated with and contain residues of difenzoquat are 
segregated from commodities intended for export to the United States.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This action, which denies an objection to a Revocation Order, is an 
adjudication in the form of an order and not a rule. 21 U.S.C. 
346a(g)(2)(C). Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), orders are 
expressly excluded from the definition of a rule. 5 U.S.C. 551(4). 
Accordingly, the regulatory assessment requirements imposed on a 
rulemaking do not apply to this action, as explained further in the 
following discussion.
     Because this order is not a ``regulatory action'' as that 
term is defined in Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory 
Planning and Review'' (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this order is not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, entitled ``Improving Regulation and 
Regulatory Review'' (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).
     For the same reason, this order does not require Agency 
considerations under Executive Order 13045, entitled ``Protection of 
Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997); Executive Order 13211, entitled ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); and Executive Order 
12898, entitled ``Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in 
Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations'' (59 FR 7629, February 
16, 1994).
     This order does not contain any information collections 
subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.).
     Since this order is not a rule under the APA (5 U.S.C. 
551(4)), and does not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
do not apply.
     This order does not alter the relationships or 
distribution of power and responsibilities established by Congress in 
the preemption provisions of FFDCA section 408(n)(4). As such, the 
Agency has determined that this order will not have a substantial 
direct effect on States or tribal governments, on the relationship 
between the national government and the States or tribal governments, 
or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various 
levels of government or between the Federal Government and Indian 
Tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined that Executive Order 13132, 
entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) and Executive 
Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply to 
this order. In addition, this order does not impose any enforceable 
duty or contain any unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538).
     This order does not involve any technical standards that 
would require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards 
pursuant to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and 
Advancement Act (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
     The Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), does 
not apply to this order because it is not a rule for purposes of 5 
U.S.C. 804(3).

VII. References

    The following is a listing of the documents that are specifically 
referenced in this order. The docket for this order, which is 
identified under ADDRESSES at the beginning of this document, includes 
these documents and other information considered by EPA, including 
documents that are referenced within the documents that are included in 
the docket, even if the referenced document is not physically located 
in the docket. For assistance in locating these other documents, please 
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

1. EPA. Difenzoquat; Order Revoking Tolerances; Revocation order. 
Federal Register (78 FR 32155, May 29, 2013) (FRL-9386-5).
2. EPA. Difenzoquat; Data Call-in Order for Pesticide Tolerances; 
Final order. Federal Register (77 FR 75037, December 19, 2012) (FRL-
9372-9).
3. AMVAC. EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441: Objection to Order Revoking 
Difenzoquat Tolerances. June 24, 2013.
4. Memorandum from Susan Hummel (OPP) to Eric Miederhoff (OPP). 
Difenzoquat Methyl Sulfate: Human Health Screening Level Document 
for Maintaining Tolerances for Import Use. August 11, 2011.
5. EPA. Pesticides; Data Requirements for Conventional Chemicals; 
Final rule. Federal Register (72 FR 60934, October 26, 2007) (FRL-
8106-5).
6. EPA. Pesticides; Guidance on Pesticide Import Tolerances and 
Residue Data for Imported Food; Request for Comment; Notice. Federal 
Register (65 FR 35069, June 1, 2000) (FRL-6559-3).
7. EPA. Difenzoquat; Proposed Data Call-in Order for Pesticide 
Tolerance; Proposed order. Federal Register (77 FR 39962, July 6, 
2012) (FRL-9352-9).
8. EPA. Health Effects Test Guidelines: OPPTS 870.6200 Neurotoxicity 
Screening Battery. EPA 712-C-98-238. Available at http://www.regulations.gov.
9. EPA. Health Effects Test Guidelines: OPPTS 870.7800 
Immunotoxicity. EPA 712-C-98-351. Available at http://www.regulations.gov.
10. EPA. Residue Chemistry Test Guidelines: OPPTS 860.1500 Crop 
Field Trials. EPA 712-C-96-183. Available at http://www.regulations.gov.
11. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures, January 1, 1995. 1867 U.N.T.S. 493.
12. United States. Notification. G/SPS/N/USA/2421. July 16, 2012.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: September 5, 2013.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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