[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56017-56018]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25564]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9968-55]

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 December 27, 2017.

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 (7511P), main telephone number: (703)
305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Michael Goodis,
Registration Division (7505P), main telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email address: [email protected]. The mailing address for each
contact person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.

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 part 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), 21 U.S.C.
346a(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.

IV. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7F8557. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0429). E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and
Company, Chestnut Run Plaza, 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the fungicide picoxystrobin in or on alfalfa, forage at 4 parts per
million (ppm); alfalfa, hay at 5 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 9 ppm; almond
hulls at 15 ppm; cotton, gin by-products at 40 ppm; cottonseed (Crop
Subgroup 20C) at 4 ppm; grass, forage (Grown for Seed) at 40 ppm;
grass, hay (Grown for Seed) at 80 ppm; head lettuce at 7 ppm; onion,
bulb (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) at 0.8 ppm; onion, green (Crop Subgroup 3-
07B) at 15; pea and bean, succulent shelled (Crop Subgroup 6B) at 3
ppm; peanut at 0.1 ppm; peanut, hay at 40 ppm; sunflower (Crop Subgroup
20B) at 3 ppm; tree nut except hulls (Crop Group 14-12) at 0.15 ppm;
vegetable, brassica head and stem (Crop Group 5-16) at 5 ppm;
vegetable, cucurbit (Crop Group 9) at 0.7 ppm; vegetable, fruiting
(Crop Group 8-10) at 1.5 ppm; vegetable, leaf petiole (Crop Subgroup
22B) at 40 ppm; vegetable, leafy except head lettuce (Crop Group 4-16)
at 60 ppm; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber (Crop Group 2) at 40
ppm; vegetable, legume, edible podded (Crop Subgroup 6A) at 4 ppm;
vegetable, root (Crop Subgroup 1A) at 0.6 ppm; and vegetable, tuberous
and corm (Crop Subgroup 1C) at 0.06 ppm. The LC/MS/MS is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical picoxystrobin. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7F8582. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0417). FMC Corporation, 1735 Market
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR 180 for residues of the fungicide, valifenalate, in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Bulb vegetable crop group 3-07 at 0.40 ppm;
celery at 6.0 ppm; cucurbit crop group 9 at 0.3 ppm; fruiting vegetable
crop group 8 at 0.60 ppm; grape at 3.0 ppm; potato at 0.04 ppm; potato-
chips at 0.05 ppm; potato-dried pulp at 0.06 ppm; potato-granules/
flakes at 0.15 ppm; and tomato-wet peel at 1.8 ppm. The LC/MS/MS method
is used to measure and evaluate the chemical valifenalate (beta-
Alanine, N-[(1-methylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-valyl-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-,
methyl ester). Contact: RD.
    3. PP7E8601. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0494). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish import
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide
methoxyfenozide [3-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5-
dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide] in or on tea, dried,
and tea, instant at 20 ppm. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass
spectrometry detection is used to measure and evaluate the residues of
methoxyfenozide. Contact: RD.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-25564 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am]
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