Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/06/23/2010-15034/notice-of-receipt-of-several-pesticide-petitions-filed-for-residues-of-pesticide-chemicals-in-or-on
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A Notice by the Environmental Protection Agency on 06/23/2010
75 FR 35801
35801-35805 (5 pages)
FRL-8831-3
2010-15034
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2010-15034 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2010-15034
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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 Start Printed Page 35803comment 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.
1. PP 0E7723. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0471). IR-4, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide novaluron N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl] amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide, in or on corn, sweet, kernals plus cob with husks removed at 0.05 parts per million (ppm); corn, sweet, forage at 20 ppm; and corn, sweet, stover at 50 ppm. Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, is the manufacturer and basic registrant of novaluron. Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., prepared and summarized the following information in support of the subject pesticide petition for novaluron. Adequate analytical enforcement methods, gas chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a high performance liquid chromatography/ultraviolet method (HPLC/UV) for enforcing tolerances of novaluron residues in or on different matrices are available, as published in the Federal Register of January 27, 2010 (75 FR 4274) (FRL-8807-2). A method validation was conducted both prior to sample analysis and concurrently with sample analysis, determining that the method recoveries were in the range. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) for the method in K+CWHR, forage and stover was calculated to be 0.040, 0.052 and 0.049 ppm, respectively. The lowest level of method validation (LLMV) for novaluron in corn forage, stover and K+CWHR was 0.05 ppm. Contact: Laura Nollen, (703) 305-7390, e-mail address: nollen.laura@epa.gov.
2. PP 0F7708. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0466). Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide novaluron (N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide) in or on all food commodities (other than those already covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food handling establishments where food products are held, processed or prepared at 0.01 ppm. An adequate analytical enforcement method GC/ECD and a HPLC/UV method for enforcing tolerances of novaluron residues in or on different matrices are available. Concerning this petition, a validation method was conducted determining residue concentrations of novaluron in or on butter, meat, milk, bread, lettuce and typical dinner plates serving as representative commodities in a simulated food-handling establishment to which novaluron was applied. Contact: Jennifer Gaines, (703) 305-5967, e-mail address: gaines.jennifer@epa.gov.
3. PP 0F7709. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0421). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) 1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro1,1'-biphenyl-2-yl)-) in or on apple, wet pomace at 3.5 ppm; barley, bran at 6.0 ppm; beet, sugar, tops at 4.0 ppm; beet, sugar, dried pulp at 0.16 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.01 ppm; corn, oil, refined at 0.05 ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 0.01 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.01 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.7 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 1.4 ppm; grain, aspirated fractions at 16.0 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15, except field corn grain at 2.5 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16 at 25.0 ppm; peanut at 0.02 ppm; peanut, meal at 0.03 ppm; peanut, refined oil at 0.06 ppm; plum, prune at 4.0 ppm; potato, wet peel at 0.2 ppm; rapeseed, (cultivars/varieties and/or hybrids including canola and crambe) at 0.60 ppm; rice, hulls at 10.0 ppm; soybean, hulls at 6.5 ppm; soybean, seed at 0.20 ppm; sunflower, seed at 0.60 ppm; vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7 at 18.0 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.60 ppm; vegetable, legume, dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean), subgroup 6C at 0.35 ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A at 1.40 ppm; vegetable, legume, succulent shelled pea and bean, subgroup 6B at 0.45 ppm; vegetable, root, subgroup 1A at 0.10 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.04 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, (except potato), subgroup 1D at 0.04 ppm; wheat, bran at 6.0 ppm; wheat, germ at 3.0 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.1 ppm; cattle, kidney at 0.01 ppm; cattle, liver at 0.10 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.10 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat at 0.1 ppm; goat, kidney at 0.01 ppm; goat, liver at 0.10 ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.10 ppm; hog, fat at 0.01 ppm; hog, liver at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; horse, fat at 0.1 ppm; horse kidney at 0.01 ppm; horse, liver at 0.10 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 0.10 ppm; milk at 0.02 ppm; milk, fat at 0.2 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; poultry, byproducts at 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, liver at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, skin at 0.01 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.1 ppm; sheep, kidney at 0.01 ppm; sheep, liver at 0.10 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.10 ppm. Independently validated analytical methods have been submitted for analyzing residues of parent BAS 700 F plus metabolites M700F008, M700F048 and M700F002 with appropriate sensitivity in crops and processed commodities for which tolerances are being requested. Contact: Olga Odiott, (703) 308-9369, e-mail address: odiott.olga@epa.gov.
4. PP 0F7712. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0771). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide clothianidin, (E)-1-(2-chloro-1,3-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-3-methyl-2-nitroguanidine, in or on mustard, seed at 0.01 ppm. In plants and plant products, the residue of concern, parent clothianidin, can be determined using HPLC with electrospray mass spectrometry (MS/MS) detection. In an extraction efficiency testing, the plant residues method has also demonstrated the ability to extract aged clothianidin residue. Although the plant residues LC/MS/MS method is highly suitable for enforcement method, an LC/UV method has also been developed which is suitable for enforcement (monitoring) purposes in all relevant matrices. Contact: Kable Bo Davis, (703) 306-0415, e-mail address: davis.kable@epa.gov.
5. PP 0F7718. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0426). Nichino America, Inc., 4550 New Linden Hill Road, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide pyraflufen-ethyl, ethyl 2-chloro-5-(4-chloro-5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluorophenoxyacetate and its acid metabolite, E-1, 2-chloro-5-(4-chloro-5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluorophenoxyacetic acid, expressed in terms of the parent, in or on almond hulls at 0.02 ppm; nuts, tree, group 14 at 0.01 ppm; pistachio at 0.01 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.01 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 0.01 ppm; pomegranates at 0.01 ppm; olives at 0.01 ppm; grapes at 0.01 ppm, and hops at 0.05 ppm. An analytical method was developed to measure the pyraflufen-Start Printed Page 35804ethyl and its metabolites by aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up, and quantitation by GC. Contact: James M. Stone, (703) 305-7391, e-mail address: stone.james@epa.gov.
6. PP 0F7722. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0458). E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1007 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898, proposes to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide picoxystrobin, in or on cereal grains except rice (crop group 15) at 0.2 ppm; cereal forage and fodder except rice (crop group 16) at 13.0 ppm; cereal grain aspirated grain fractions at 4.5 ppm; cereal grain oil at 1.5 ppm; dry legume vegetables except soybean (crop group 6, subgroup C) at 0.1 ppm; legume vegetable foliage (crop group 7) at 18.0 ppm; soybean seed at 0.05 ppm; soybean forage at 0.8 ppm; soybean hay at 2.5 ppm; soybean aspirated grain fractions at 3.2 ppm; soybean hulls at 10.0 ppm; soybean oil at 0.05 ppm; canola seed at 0.05 ppm; meat and meat byproducts except liver of cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep at 0.01 ppm; fat of cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep at 0.05 ppm; liver of cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep at 0.8 ppm; meat, meat byproducts, fat, and eggs of poultry at 0.01 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm, and cream, at 0.03 ppm. Adequate analytical methodology is available for enforcement purposes. An analytical method has been developed and independently validated for the detection and quantification of picoxystrobin and metabolites in various crop matrices including cereals, soybean, dried legume, canola, lettuce, and orange matrices. The method was validated at 0.010 and 0.10 ppm in all matrices using an LC/MS/MS system operating with an electrospray interface (ESI) in positive ion mode. The analytical method is suitable for enforcement/monitoring and data generation for regulatory studies. An analytical method has been developed and independently validated for the detection, quantification and confirmation of picoxystrobin residues in animal tissues including chicken egg, bovine whole and skim milk and cream and bovine muscle, liver, kidney and fat. The method quantifies picoxystrobin in the animal matrices at levels of approximately 0.010 mg/kg using a HPLC/ESI-MS/MS system. The analytical method is suitable for enforcement/monitoring and data generation for regulatory studies. Contact: Susan Stanton, (703) 305-5218, e-mail address: stanton.susan@epa.gov.
7. PP 0F7730. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0546). Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, proposes to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide thiabendazole [2-(4-thiazolyl)-1 H-benzimidazole], (CAS Reg. No. 148-79-8) and its metabolite benzimidazole (free and conjugated), in or on corn, field, forage at 0.01 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.01 ppm; corn, field, stover at 0.01 ppm; corn, pop, forage at 0.01 ppm; corn, pop, grain at 0.01 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 0.01 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 0.01 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 0.01 ppm; and corn, sweet, kernel plus cobs with husks removed at 0.01 ppm. Adequate analytical methodology is available for data collection enforcing of thiabendazole residues. The Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Vol. II lists four spectrophotofluorometric methods (Methods I, A, B and C) for determining residues of thiabendazole per se in or on plant commodities, and one spectrophotofluorometric method (Method D) for determining residues of thiabendazole and 5-hydroxy-thiabendazole in milk. Contact: Janet Whitehurst, (703) 305-6129, e-mail address: whitehurst.janet@epa.gov.
8. PP 9F7679. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0267). Bayer CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide safener, mefenpyr-diethyl including its metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring residues of mefenpyr-diethyl ((RS)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-methyl-2-pyrazoline-3,5-dicarboxylic acid) and its dichlorophenylpyrazoline metabolites in or on sorghum, grain at 0.01 ppm; sorghum, forage at 0.1 ppm; sorghum, stover at 0.05 ppm; grass, hay at 0.05 ppm; and grass, forage at 1.5 ppm. An enforcement method for plants has been developed and radiovalidation and independent laboratory validation (ILV) conducted. The EPA has concluded that this method is suitable for food tolerance enforcement of mefenpyr-diethyl and its 2,4-dichlorophenyl-pyrazoline metabolites. Contact: Bethany Benbow, (703) 347-8072, e-mail address: benbow.bethany@epa.gov.
9. PP 9F7680. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0266). Bayer CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide pyrasulfotole including its metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring residues of pyrasulfotole (AE 0317309) (5-hydroxy-1,3-dimethyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl)-[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-methanone and its metabolite (5-Hydroxy-3-methyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl)-[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] methanone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of pyrasulfotole, in or on sorghum, grain at 0.8 ppm; sorghum, forage at 1.2 ppm; sorghum, stover at 0.35 ppm; grass, hay at 2.5 ppm; and grass, forage at 10 ppm. The analytical method is an LC/MS/MS method which quantifies pyrasulfotole and its metabolite (5-Hydroxy-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]methanone with an LOQ of 0.01 mg/kg. Pyrasulfotole and its metabolite are solvent extracted, hydrolyzed to released conjugated residues and purified by C18 solid phase extraction. Residues are quantified by LC/MS/MS using isotopically labeled internal standards. Validation of the methodology for the determination of pyrasulfotole and its metabolite demonstrated that it could accurately determine residues at the LOQ of 0.01 ppm in all appropriate matrices. Pyrasulfotole and its metabolite are stable for at least 11 months for the above matrices. Contact: Bethany Benbow, (703) 347-8072, e-mail address: benbow.bethany@epa.gov.
1. PP 0E7723. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0471). IR-4, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to increase the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.598 for residues of the insecticide novaluron, N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy] phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide, in or on milk from 1.0 to 1.5 ppm; and milk, fat from 20 to 35 ppm. Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, is the manufacturer and basic registrant of novaluron. Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., prepared and summarized the following information in support of the subject pesticide petition for novaluron. Adequate analytical enforcement methods, GC/ECD method and a HPLC/UV method for enforcing tolerances of novaluron residues in or on different matrices are available, as published in the Federal Register of January 27, 2010 (75 FR 4274) (FRL-8807-2). A method validation was conducted both prior to sample analysis and concurrently with sample analysis, determining that the method recoveries were in the range. The LOQ for the method in K+CWHR, forage and stover was calculated to be 0.040, 0.052 and 0.049 ppm, respectively. The LLMV for novaluron in corn forage, stover and K+CWHR was Start Printed Page 358050.05 ppm. Contact: Laura Nollen, (703) 305-7390, e-mail address: nollen.laura@epa.gov.
2. PP 9F7622. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0287). Valent U.S.A. Company, 1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025, proposes to amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.617 by decreasing the established tolerance for residues of the fungicide metconazole, 5-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-2,2-dimethyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cyclopentanol, measured as the sum of cis- and trans- isomers, in or on nut, tree (crop group 14) from 0.04 ppm to 0.02 ppm. Independently validated analytical methods have been submitted for analyzing parent metconazole residues with appropriate sensitivity for all canola crop and processed commodities for which a tolerance is being requested. Contact: Tracy Keigwin, (703) 305-6605, e-mail address: keigwin.tracy@epa.gov.
3. PP 9F7678. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0268). Bayer CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to amend the 40 CFR 180.324 by revising tolerances for residues of the herbicide, bromoxynil including its metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring residues of bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile), in or on sorghum, grain at 0.2 ppm; grass, hay at 5.0 ppm; and grass, forage at 18 ppm. Since bromoxynil already has tolerances on sorghum and grass commodities adequate analytical methods are in place to support the desired uses. Contact: Bethany Benbow, (703) 347-8072, e-mail address: benbow.bethany@epa.gov.
4. PP 9F7680. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0266). Bayer CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes to increase the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.631 for residues of the herbicide, pyrasulfotole including its metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring residues of pyrasulfotole (AE0317309) (5-hydroxy-1,3-dimethyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl)[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-methanone and its metabolite (5-Hydroxy-3-methyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl-[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] methanone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of pyrasulfotole, in or on cattle, goat, hog, sheep, horse, meat at 0.04 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep, horse, fat at 0.04 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep, horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 2 ppm; and cattle, goat, hog, sheep, horse, liver at 8 ppm. The analytical method is an LC/MS/MS method which quantifies pyrasulfotole and its metabolite (5-Hydroxy-3-methyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl)[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]methanone with an LOQ of 0.01 mg/kg. Pyrasulfotole and its metabolite are solvent extracted, hydrolyzed to released conjugated residues and purified by C18 solid phase extraction. Residues are quantified by LC/MS/MS using isotopically labeled internal standards. Validation of the methodology for the determination of pyrasulfotole and its metabolite demonstrated that it could accurately determine residues at the LOQ of 0.01 ppm in all appropriate matrices. Pyrasulfotole and its metabolite are stable for at least 11 months for the above matrices. Contact: Bethany Benbow, (703) 347-8072, e-mail address: benbow.bethany@epa.gov.
1. PP 0E7701. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0095). Ag-Chem Consulting, 12208 Quinque Lane, Clifton, VA 21024, on behalf of LG Life Science, 910 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of polyoxyethylene mono (tristyrylphenyl)ether (CAS No. 99734-09-5) applied to postharvest crops under 40 CFR 180.910 when used as a pesticide inert ingredient as a surfactant with a maximum of 10.0% by weight in pesticide formulations applied to food areas and food contact surfaces in food service and food handling establishments. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because requirements for an analytical method are not applicable to a request to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: Karen Samek, (703) 347-8825, e-mail address: samek.karen@epa.gov.
2. PP 9E7660. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0429). BASF Corporation, 100 Campus Dr., Florham Park, NJ 07932, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Acetic acid ethenyl, polymer with oxirane (CAS No. 25820-49-9) when used as a pesticide inert ingredient as a surfactant in pesticide formulations without limitation. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because requirements for an analytical method are not applicable to a request to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: Deirdre Sunderland, (703) 603-0851, e-mail address: sunderland.deirdre@epa.gov.
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