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Federal Register | Atrazine, Chloroneb, Chlorpyrifos, Clofencet, Endosulfan, et al.; Tolerance Actions
Dates: This regulation is effective September 14, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before November 14, 2011, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
76 FR 56648
-56657 (10 pages)
FRL-8883-9
Document Number: 2011-23515
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2011-23515 Related Topics
Atrazine, Chloroneb, Chlorpyrifos, Clofencet, Endosulfan, et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions Public Comments
EPA is revoking certain tolerances in follow-up to canceled uses for chloroneb, chlorpyrifos, clofencet, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methidathion, methyl parathion, and N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylbenzyloxy)ethylamine, modifying certain tolerances for atrazine, setting a revocation date for specific endosulfan tolerances, and making minor revisions to tolerance expressions for a few of the aforementioned pesticide ingredients. Also, EPA is removing expired tolerances for methidathion, and ethyl and methyl parathion.
This regulation is effective September 14, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before November 14, 2011, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0104. All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011- 0104 in the subject line on the first page of your submission. All objections and requests for a hearing must be in writing, and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before November 14, 2011. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections and hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 178.25(b).
In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of the filing that does not contain any CBI for inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. Submit a copy of your non-CBI objection or hearing request, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0104, by one of the following methods:
In the Federal Register of May 4, 2011 (76 FR 25281) (FRL-8870-4), EPA issued a proposal to revoke certain tolerances in follow-up to canceled uses for chloroneb, chlorpyrifos, clofencet, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methidathion, methyl parathion, and N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylbenzyloxy)ethylamine, modify certain tolerances for atrazine, set a revocation date for specific endosulfan tolerances, make minor revisions to tolerance expressions, in accordance with current Agency practice to describe more clearly the measurement and scope or coverage of the tolerances, including applicable metabolites and degradates, for chloroneb, clofencet, endosulfan, methidathion, and methyl parathion, remove expired tolerances for methidathion, methyl parathion, and ethyl parathion, and revise the tolerance nomenclature for a specific atrazine tolerance. Also, the proposal of May 4, 2011 (76 FR 25281) provided a 60-day comment period which invited public comment for consideration and for support of tolerance retention under FFDCA standards.
EPA is finalizing these tolerance actions in order to follow-up on canceled uses of chloroneb, chlorpyrifos, clofencet, N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylbenzyloxy)ethylamine, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methidathion, and methyl parathion, and modifying certain tolerances as recommended in the atrazine Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) of 2006. As part of the tolerance reassessment process, EPA is required to determine whether each of the amended tolerances meets the safety standard of FFDCA. The safety finding determination of “reasonable certainty of no harm” is discussed in detail in each Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) and Report on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Interim Risk Management Decision (TRED) for the active ingredient. REDs and TREDs recommend the implementation of certain tolerance actions, including modifications, to reflect current use patterns, to meet safety findings and change commodity names and groupings in accordance with new EPA policy. Printed copies of many REDs and TREDs may be obtained from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA/NSCEP), P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-2419; telephone number: 1-800-490-9198; fax number: 1-513-489-8695; Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom and from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161; telephone number: 1-800-553-6847 or (703) 605-6000; Internet at http://www.ntis.gov. An electronic copy is available on the Internet for the atrazine RED at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.
Agency response. The commenter did not take issue with any of the Agency's specific conclusions to modify, revoke, or set a revocation date for certain tolerances. Also, the commenter did not refer to any specific studies which pertain to those conclusions. The Agency has not changed its previous determination that the tolerances in question are safe. 1. Methidathion—Comment by Gowan Company. Gowan requested that the expiration/revocation date regarding each tolerance for residues of methidathion on citrus, oil; fruit, citrus, group 10, except tangerine; fruit, pome, group 11; fruit, stone, group 12; and tangerine be extended from December 31, 2016 until December 31, 2018 in order to allow treated commodities, such as frozen commodities that can be stored longer, to clear the channels of trade.
The Agency did not receive any specific comments, during the 60-day comment period, on the following pesticide active ingredients: Chloroneb, chlorpyrifos, clofencet, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methyl parathion, and N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylbenzyloxy) ethylamine. Therefore, EPA is finalizing the amendments proposed concerning these pesticide active ingredients in the Federal Register of May 4, 2011 (76 FR 25281). For a detailed discussion of the Agency's rationale for the finalized tolerance actions, refer to the proposed rule of May 4, 2011.
EPA may issue a regulation establishing, modifying, or revoking a tolerance under FFDCA section 408(e). In this final rule, EPA is revoking, modifying, and setting a revocation date for specific tolerances to implement the tolerance recommendations made during the reregistration and tolerance reassessment processes, and as follow-up on canceled uses of pesticides. As part of these processes, EPA is required to determine whether each of the amended tolerances meets the safety standards under FFDCA. The safety finding determination is found in detail in each post-FQPA RED and TRED for the active ingredient. REDs and TREDs recommend the implementation of certain tolerance actions, including modifications to reflect current use patterns, to meet safety findings, and change commodity names and groupings in accordance with new EPA policy. Printed and electronic copies of the REDs and TREDs are available as provided in Unit II.A.
As stated in the DATES section, this regulation is effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register. In this final rule, EPA is revoking certain tolerances for chloroneb, clofencet, endosulfan, methidathion, and methyl parathion with specific expiration/revocation dates, and setting a revocation date for specific endosulfan tolerances. EPA is revoking certain tolerances for chlorpyrifos, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methyl parathion, and N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylbenzyloxy) ethylamine, modifying certain tolerances for atrazine, revising a single tolerance nomenclature, revising certain tolerance expressions, and removing certain expired tolerances on the date of publication of this final rule in the Federal Register. With the exception of the aforementioned tolerances for which EPA is revoking with expiration/ revocation dates or setting a revocation date for specific endosulfan tolerances, the Agency believes that existing stocks of pesticide products labeled for the uses associated with the revoked tolerances have been completely exhausted and that treated commodities have had sufficient time for passage through the channels of trade. As proposed in the May 4, 2011 document, EPA is revoking specific chloroneb, clofencet, endosulfan, methidathion, and methyl parathion (except for peanut) tolerances with expiration/revocation dates of April 16, 2012, July 14, 2012, various dates, December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2013. The Agency believes that these revocation dates allow users to exhaust stocks and allow sufficient time for passage of treated commodities through the channels of trade. Also, in the cases of endosulfan and methyl parathion, these revocation dates are also consistent with a Memorandum of Agreement between the registrants and the Agency.
The Codex has established MRLs for methyl parathion (parathion-methyl) in or on various commodities including potato at 0.05 mg/kg. The MRL is different than the tolerance established for methyl parathion in the United States because of differences in use patterns and/or good agricultural practices.
In this final rule, EPA is revoking, modifying, and setting a revocation date for specific tolerances under FFDCA section 408. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these types of actions (e.g., modification and establishment of a tolerance and tolerance revocation for which extraordinary circumstances do not exist) from review under Executive Order 12866, entitled Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because this rule has been exempted from review under Executive Order 12866 due to its lack of significance, this rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This final rule does not contain any information collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., or impose any enforceable duty or contain any unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). Nor does it require any special considerations as required by Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994); or OMB review or any other Agency action under Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). This action 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 of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-13, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Agency previously assessed whether establishment of tolerances, exemptions from tolerances, raising of tolerance levels, expansion of exemptions, or revocations might significantly impact a substantial number of small entities and concluded that, as a general matter, these actions do not impose a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. These analyses for tolerance establishments and modifications, and for tolerance revocations were published on May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950) and on December 17, 1997 (62 FR 66020) (FRL-5753-1), respectively, and were provided to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Taking into account this analysis, and available information concerning the pesticides listed in this rule, the Agency hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. In a memorandum dated May 25, 2001, EPA determined that eight conditions must all be satisfied in order for an import tolerance or tolerance exemption revocation to adversely affect a significant number of small entity importers, and that there is a negligible joint probability of all eight conditions holding simultaneously with respect to any particular revocation. (This Agency document is available in the docket of the proposed rule, as mentioned in Unit II.A.). Furthermore, for the pesticides named in this final rule, the Agency knows of no extraordinary circumstances that exist as to the present revocations that would change EPA's previous analysis. In addition, the Agency has determined that this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132, entitled Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). Executive Order 13132 requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure “meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.” “Policies that have federalism implications” is defined in the Executive order to include regulations that have “substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.” This final rule directly regulates growers, food processors, food handlers, and food retailers, not States. This action does not alter the relationships or distribution of power and responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. For these same reasons, the Agency has determined that this rule does not have any “tribal implications” as described in Executive Order 13175, entitled Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). Executive Order 13175, requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure “meaningful and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory policies that have tribal implications.” “Policies that have tribal implications” is defined in the Executive order to include regulations that have “substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.” This rule will not have substantial direct effects on tribal governments, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified in Executive Order 13175. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this rule.
2.Section 180.121 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: § 180.121 Methyl parathion; tolerances for residues.
§ 180.122 [Removed]
3.Section 180.122 is removed. 4.Section 180.182 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as follows: § 180.182 Endosulfan; tolerances for residues.
Hog, liver
Hog, meat byproducts, except liver
(2) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of the insecticide endosulfan, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table in this paragraph, when endosulfan is used in the United States (except Florida). Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of endosulfan, 6,7,8,9,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepin 3-oxide (alpha and beta isomers), and its metabolite endosulfan sulfate, 6,7,8,9,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepin-3,3-dioxide, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of endosulfan, in or on the commodity.
5.Section 180.220 is amended by revising the table in paragraph (a) to read as follows: § 180.220 Atrazine; tolerances for residues.
6.Section 180.257 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: § 180.257 Chloroneb; tolerances for residues.
7.Section 180.298 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as follows: § 180.298 Methidathion; tolerances for residues.
Fruit, citrus, group 10, except tangerine
8.Section 180.319 is revised to read as follows: § 180.319 Interim tolerances.
Coordination product of zinc ion and maneb
1.0 (Calculated as zinc ethylene-bisdithio-carbamate)
Endothall (7-oxabicyclo-(2,2,1) heptane 2,3-dicarboxylic acid
Isopropyl carbanilate (IPC)
Alfalfa, hay; clover, hay; and grass, hay
Alfalfa, forage; clover, forage; and grass, forage
Flax, seed; lentil; lettuce, head; lettuce, leaf; pea; safflower, seed; spinach; beet, sugar, roots; and beet, sugar, tops
Egg; cattle, fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts; goat, fat; goat, meat; goat, meat byproducts; hog, fat; hog, meat; hog, meat byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts; milk; sheep, fat; sheep, meat; sheep, meat byproducts; poultry, fat; poultry, meat; and poultry, meat byproducts
§ 180.342 [Amended]
9.Section 180.342 is amended by removing the entry for “lettuce” from the table in paragraph (a)(1). 10.Section 180.497 is revised to read as follows: § 180.497 Clofencet; tolerances for residues.
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney
Hog, kidney
Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney
Horse, kidney
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except rice, sweet corn, wheat, and wild rice; forage
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except rice, sweet corn, wheat, and wild rice; hay
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except rice, sweet corn, wheat, and wild rice; stover
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except rice, sweet corn, wheat, and wild rice; straw
Grain, cereal group 15, except rice, sweet corn, wheat, and wild rice
§ 180.558 [Removed]
11.Section 180.558 is removed. end regulatory text
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