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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-97367; File No. SR-CBOE-2023-005]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order Instituting Proceedings To
Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change, as
Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Make Permanent the Operation of the
Program That Allows the Exchange to List P.M.-Settled Third Friday-of-
the-Month S&P 500 Stock Index (``S&P 500'') Options (``SPX'') Series

April 24, 2023.

I. Introduction

    On January 6, 2023, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to
section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to make permanent
the operation of its pilot program that permits the Exchange to list
P.M.-settled third Friday-of-the-month SPX options (the ``Program'').
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal

Register on January 24, 2023.\3\ On March 7, 2023, pursuant to section
19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,\4\ the Commission designated a longer
period within which to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove the proposed rule change.\5\ On March 17, 2023, the Exchange
submitted Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change (``Amendment No.
1'').\6\ The Commission has received no comment letters on the proposed
rule change. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on Amendment No. 1 from interested persons, and is instituting
proceedings pursuant to section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \7\ to determine
whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule change, as modified
by Amendment No. 1.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 96703 (January 18,
2023), 88 FR 4265 (``Notice'').
    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 97063, 88 FR 15476
(March 13, 2023). The Commission designated April 24, 2023, as the
date by which the Commission shall approve or disapprove, or
institute proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove,
the proposed rule change.
    \6\ In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange submitted Exhibit 3, which
provides additional detail regarding the Exchange's analysis of the
market quality impact of P.M.-settled index options. Amendment No. 1
is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2023-005/srcboe2023005.htm.
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment
No. 1

    The Exchange proposes to make permanent a pilot program that
permits the Exchange to list and trade cash-settled SPX options with
third Friday-of-the-month expiration dates (``Expiration Friday'')
whose exercise settlement value is derived from closing prices on the
last trading day prior to expiration (``SPXPM'').
    In February 2013, the Commission approved the Program on a pilot
basis.\8\ At the time, the Commission noted its concern about the
potential impact on the market at expiration for the underlying
component stocks for a P.M.-settled, cash-settled index option such as
SPXPM.\9\ However, the Commission also recognized the potential impact
was unclear.\10\ The Commission approved the Program on a pilot basis
to allow the Exchange and the Commission to monitor for and assess any
potential for adverse market effects.\11\ In order to facilitate this
assessment, the Exchange committed to provide the Commission with data
and analysis in connection with the Program.\12\ Although the pilot
period was originally scheduled to end on February 8, 2014, the
Exchange filed to extend the operation of the pilot on multiple
occasions, which, pursuant to current Rule 4.13.13,\13\ is currently
set to expire on the earlier of May 8, 2023 or the date on which the
Program is approved on a permanent basis.\14\
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    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68888 (February 8,
2013), 78 FR 10668 (February 14, 2013) (SR-CBOE-2012-120) (the
``SPXPM Approval Order''). Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 80060 (February 17, 2017), 82 FR 11673 (February 24,
2017) (SR-CBOE-2016-091), the Exchange moved third-Friday P.M.-
settled options into the S&P 500 Index options class, and as a
result, the trading symbol for P.M.-settled S&P 500 Index options
that have standard third Friday-of-the-month expirations changed
from ``SPXPM'' to ``SPXW.'' This change went into effect on May 1,
2017, pursuant to Cboe Options Regulatory Circular RG17-054.
    \9\ See SPXPM Approval Order, 78 FR at 10669. See also
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 64599 (June 3, 2011), 76 FR
33798, 33801-02 (June 9, 2011) (order instituting proceedings to
determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to
allow the listing and trading of SPXPM options on the C2 Options
Exchange, Incorporated); and 65256 (September 2, 2011), 76 FR 55969,
55970-76 (September 9, 2011) (order approving proposed rule change
to establish a pilot program to list and trade SPXPM options on the
C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated).
    \10\ See SPXPM Approval Order, 78 FR at 10669.
    \11\ See SPXPM Approval Order, 78 FR at 10669.
    \12\ See SPXPM Approval Order, 78 FR at 10670.
    \13\ In 2019, the Exchange relocated prior Rule 24.9, containing
the provision which governs the Pilot Program, to current Rule 4.13.
See SR-CBOE-2019-092 (October 4, 2019), which did not make any
substantive changes to prior Rule 24.9 and merely relocated it to
Rule 4.13.
    \14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 71424 (January 28,
2014), 79 FR 6249 (February 3, 2014) (SR-CBOE-2014-004); 73338
(October 10, 2014), 79 FR 62502 (October 17, 2014) (SR-CBOE-2014-
076); 77573 (April 8, 2016), 81 FR 22148 (April 14, 2016) (SR-CBOE-
2016-036); 80386 (April 6, 2017), 82 FR 17704 (April 12, 2017) (SR-
CBOE-2017-025); 83166 (May 3, 2018), 83 FR 21324 (May 9, 2018) (SR-
CBOE-2018-036); 84535 (November 5, 2018), 83 FR 56129 (November 9,
2018) (SR-CBOE-2018-069); 85688 (April 18, 2019), 84 FR 17214 (April
24, 2019) (SR-CBOE-2019-023); 87464 (November 5, 2019), 84 FR 61099
(November 12, 2019) (SR-CBOE-2019-107); 88674 (April 16, 2020), 85
FR 22479 (April 22, 2020) (SR-CBOE-2020-036); 90263 (October 23,
2020), 85 FR 68611 (October 29, 2020) (SR-CBOE-2020-100); 91698
(April 28, 2021) 86 FR 23761 (May 4, 2021) (SR-CBOE-2021-027); 93455
(October 28, 2021), 86 FR 60660 (November 3, 2021) (SR-CBOE-2021-
062); 94799 (April 27, 2022), 87 FR 26244 (May 3, 2022) (SR-CBOE-
2022-019); and 96222 (November 3, 2022), 87 FR 67736 (November 9,
2022) (SR-CBOE-2022-054).
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    Since the Program's inception in 2013, the Exchange has submitted
reports to the Commission regarding the Program that detail the
Exchange's experience with the Program, pursuant to the SPXPM Approval
Order.\15\ Specifically, the Exchange states it has submitted annual
pilot reports to the Commission that contain an analysis of volume,
open interest, and trading patterns.\16\ The analysis examines trading
in SPX options, as well as trading in the securities that comprise the
S&P 500 Index. Additionally, for series that exceed certain minimum
open interest parameters, the annual reports provide analysis of index
price volatility and share trading activity. The Exchange has also
submitted periodic interim reports that contain some, but not all, of
the information contained in the annual reports (together with the
annual reports, the ``pilot reports''). The Exchange states that,
during the course of the Program, it has provided the Commission with
any additional data or analyses the Commission requested if it deemed
such data or analyses necessary to determine whether the Pilot Program
was consistent with the Exchange Act.\17\ The Exchange states it has
made public on its website all data and analyses previously submitted
to the Commission under the Program,\18\ and will continue to make
public any data and analyses it submits to the Commission while the
Program is still in effect.\19\
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    \15\ See supra note 8.
    \16\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4266.
    \17\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4267.
    \18\ Available at https://www.cboe.com/aboutcboe/legal-regulatory/national-market-system-plans/pm-settlement-spxpm-data.
    \19\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4267.
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    As set forth more fully in the Notice, the Exchange concludes that
the Program does not negatively impact market quality or raise any
unique or prohibitive regulatory concerns.\20\ The Exchange states it
has not identified any evidence from the pilot data indicating that the
trading of P.M.-settled SPX options has any adverse impact on fair and
orderly markets on Expiration Fridays for the S&P 500 Index or the
underlying securities comprising the S&P 500, nor have there been any
observations of abnormal market movements attributable to P.M.-settled
SPX options from any market participants that have come to the
attention of the Exchange.\21\ In order to support its overall
assessment of the Program, the Exchange includes both an assessment of
a study conducted at the direction of the staff of the Commission's
Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and the Exchange's review and
analysis of pilot data.\22\ Among other things, the Notice includes the
Exchange's analysis of end of day volatility as well as a comparison of
the impact of quarterly index rebalancing versus P.M.-settled
expirations.\23\
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    \20\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4267-70.
    \21\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4267.
    \22\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4266-70.
    \23\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4268.
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    The Exchange also completed an analysis intended to evaluate
whether

the Program impacted the quality of the SPX options market.
Specifically, the Exchange compared values of key market quality
indicators (specifically, the bid-ask spread \24\ and effective spread
\25\) in SPXW options both before and after the introduction of Tuesday
expirations and Thursday expirations for SPXW options on April 18 and
May 11, 2022, respectively.\26\ The Exchange believes analyzing whether
the introduction of new SPXW P.M.-settled expirations (i.e., SPXW
options with Tuesday and Thursday expirations) impacted the market
quality of then-existing SPXW P.M.-settled expirations (i.e., SPXW
options with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday expirations) provides a
reasonable substitute to evaluate whether the introduction of P.M.-
settled index options impacted the market quality of the SPX market
when the Program began.\27\ Therefore, the Exchange believes analyzing
the impact of new SPXW options on then-existing SPXW options permit the
Exchange to extrapolate that it is unlikely the introduction of P.M.-
settled SPXW options significantly impacted the market quality of A.M.-
settled SPX options when the Program began.\28\ The full analysis is
included in Exhibit 3.\29\
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    \24\ The Exchange calculated for each of SPXW options (with
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday expirations) and SPY Weekly options
(with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday expirations) the daily time-
weighted bid-ask spread on the Exchange during its regular trading
hours session, adjusted for the difference in size between SPXW
options and SPY options (SPXW options are approximately ten times
the value of SPY options).
    \25\ The Exchange calculated the volume-weighted average daily
effective spread for simple trades for each of SPXW options (with
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday expirations) and SPY Weekly options
(with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday expirations) as twice the amount
of the absolute value of the difference between an order execution
price and the midpoint of the national best bid and offer at the
time of execution, adjusted for the difference in size between SPXW
options and SPY options.
    \26\ For purposes of comparison, the Exchange paired SPXW
options and SPY options with the same moneyness and same days to
expiration.
    \27\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4269.
    \28\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4270.
    \29\ See Amendment No. 1, supra note 6.
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    Finally, the Exchange states that the significant changes in the
closing procedures of the primary markets in recent decades, including
considerable advances in trading systems and technology, have
significantly minimized risks of any potential impact of P.M.-, cash-
settled SPX options on the underlying cash markets.\30\
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    \30\ See Notice, 88 FR at 4269.
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III. Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove SR-CBOE-
2023-005, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, and Grounds for Disapproval
Under Consideration

    The Commission is instituting proceedings pursuant to section
19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \31\ to determine whether the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, should be approved or
disapproved. Institution of such proceedings is appropriate at this
time in view of the legal and policy issues raised by the proposed rule
change. Institution of proceedings does not indicate that the
Commission has reached any conclusions with respect to any of the
issues involved. Rather, as described below, the Commission seeks and
encourages interested persons to provide additional comment on the
proposed rule change to inform the Commission's analysis of whether to
approve or disapprove the proposed rule change.
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    \31\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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    Pursuant to section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act,\32\ the Commission is
providing notice of the grounds for disapproval under consideration. As
described above, the Exchange has proposed to make permanent a pilot
program that permits the listing and trading of P.M.-settled SPX
options with third Friday-of-the-month-expirations. The Commission is
instituting proceedings to allow for additional analysis of, and input
from commenters with respect to, the proposed rule change's consistency
with the Act, and in particular, section 6(b)(5) of the Act, which
requires, among other things, that the rules of a national securities
exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and
a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the
public interest.\33\
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    \32\ Id.
    \33\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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IV. Procedure: Request for Written Comments

    The Commission requests that interested persons provide written
submissions of their data, views, and arguments with respect to the
issues identified above, as well as any other concerns they may have
with the proposal. In particular, the Commission invites the written
views of interested persons concerning whether the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, is consistent with sections
6(b)(5) or any other provision of the Act, or the rules and regulations
thereunder. Although there do not appear to be any issues relevant to
approval or disapproval that would be facilitated by an oral
presentation of data, views, and arguments, the Commission will
consider, pursuant to Rule 19b-4 under the Act,\34\ any request for an
opportunity to make an oral presentation.\35\
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    \34\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \35\ Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, as amended by the Securities
Acts Amendments of 1975, Public Law 94-29 (Jun. 4, 1975), grants to
the Commission flexibility to determine what type of proceeding--
either oral or notice and opportunity for written comments--is
appropriate for consideration of a particular proposal by a self-
regulatory organization. See Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Senate Comm. on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, S. Rep. No. 75,
94th Cong., 1st Sess. 30 (1975).
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    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments regarding whether the proposed rule change, as modified by
Amendment No. 1, should be approved or disapproved by May 19, 2023. Any
person who wishes to file a rebuttal to any other person's submission
must file that rebuttal by June 2, 2023. The Commission asks that
commenters address the sufficiency of the Exchange's statements in
support of the proposal, in addition to any other comments they may
wish to submit about the proposed rule change.
    Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-CBOE-2023-005 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CBOE-2023-005. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the

Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from
the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and printing in the Commission's Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 on official
business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of
the filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the
principal office of the Exchange. Do not include personal identifiable
information in submissions; you should submit only information that you
wish to make available publicly. We may redact in part or withhold
entirely from publication submitted material that is obscene or subject
to copyright protection. All submissions should refer to File Number
SR-CBOE-2023-005 and should be submitted by May 19, 2023. Rebuttal
comments should be submitted by June 2, 2023.
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    \36\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\36\
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL14-78-000;QF14-91-001]

Beaver Falls Municipal Authority; Notice of Amendment to Petition
for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on August 11, 2014, Beaver Falls Municipal
Authority filed an amendment to its June 26, 2014 filing of Petition
for Declaratory Order, regarding the extension of the waiver period for
QF status.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 2, 2014.

    Dated: August 12, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9967-37]

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 November 22, 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 (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
(703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Michael Goodis,
Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-
7090; 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:
    [emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    [emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    [emsp14]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.

III. Amended Tolerance Exemptions for PIPS

    1. PP 7F8566. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0401). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to amend an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 174.536 for residues of
the plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry51Aa2.834_16 protein in or on cotton to change it from a temporary
tolerance exemption to a permanent tolerance exemption. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed because this petition is for a
permanent tolerance exemption without numerical limitation; thus, an
analytical detection method should not be required. Contact: BPPD.

IV. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7E8559. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0273). Interregional Research
Project No. 4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500
College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon
establishment of tolerances referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP
7E8559, to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.593 for residues of
the miticide etoxazole (2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole), including its
metabolites and degradates, to be determined by measuring only
etoxazole in or on the commodities; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.20 ppm;
fruit, stone, group 12, except plum at 1.0 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at
0.01 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm; pistachio at 0.01 ppm;
plum at 0.15 ppm; and plum, prune, dried at 0.30 ppm. Adequate
analytical methodologies are available in gas chromatography-mass
selective detection (GC-MSD) and gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC-NPD) for detecting and measuring levels of etoxazole in
plant and livestock commodities, respectively, are available to enforce
proposed tolerances in or on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7E8564. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.589
for residues of the fungicide boscalid,3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-
N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl) by removing the established
tolerances in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 3.0 ppm,
brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 18 ppm, cucumber at 0.5 ppm,
leaf petioles subgroup 4B at 45 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4A, except
head lettuce and leaf lettuce at 60 ppm, lettuce, head at 6.5 ppm,
lettuce, leaf at 11 ppm, pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean,
subgroup 6C, except cowpea, field pea and grain lupin at 2.5 ppm; pea
and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B, except cowpea at 0.6 ppm;
turnip, greens at 40 ppm, vegetable, cucurbit group 9, except cucumber
at 1.6 ppm, and vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, except sugar beet, garden
beet, radish and turnip at 1.0 ppm. Amend 40 CFR part 180.589 by
removing the established tolerance for indirect or inadvertent residues
of boscalid, 3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-yl), in or on beet, garden, roots at 0.1 ppm; cowpea, seed
at 0.1 ppm; lupin, grain, grain at 0.1 ppm; pea, field, seed at 0.1
ppm; radish, roots at 0.1 ppm; and turnip, roots at 0.1 ppm.
Quantitation is by gas chromatography using mass spectrometry (GC/MS).
Contact: RD.
    3. PP 7E8569. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0311). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.582
for residues of the fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2-[[[ 1-
(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl
ester) and its desmethoxy metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-
1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate expressed as parent
compound by removing the established tolerances in or on avocado at 0.6
ppm, banana at 0.04 ppm, brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 5.0
ppm, brassica leafy greens, subgroup 5B, at 16.0 ppm, and vegetable,
leafy, except brassica, group 4 at 29.0 ppm. In plants the method of
analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up and
quantitation by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry
(LC/MS/MS). Contact: RD.
    4. PP 7E8575. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0400). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8575, to remove existing
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.503 for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil,
2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on
the following food commodities: Cilantro, leaves at 19 parts per
million (ppm); leafy greens, subgroup 4A at 19 ppm;

leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 6.0 ppm; potato at 0.05 ppm; and
vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 0.2 ppm. An analytical enforcement
method is available for determining cymoxanil residues in plants, i.e.,
high performance level chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet (UV)
detection. The method's limit of quantitation is 0.05 ppm and allows
monitoring of crops with cymoxanil residues at or above the levels
proposed in these tolerances. Contact: RD
    5. PP 7E8576. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0397). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8576, to remove existing
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.587 for residues of the fungicide famoxadone
(3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in
or on the raw agricultural commodities: Cilantro, leaves at 25 ppm;
potato at 0.02 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8, except tomato at 4.0
ppm; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4, except spinach at 25
ppm. An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
famoxadone plant residues in or on a variety of food crops using gas-
liquid chromatography (GC) with nitrogen phosphorus detection (NPD).
The limit of quantitation (LOQ) is 0.02 ppm for leafy vegetables and
green onion, and 0.05 ppm for dry bulb onion. The analytical
enforcement method for use on tomato processed fractions and also the
raw agricultural commodities (RAC), tomato, utilizes column switching
liquid chromatography with UV detection. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm which
allows monitoring of crops with famoxadone residues at or above the
levels of proposed tolerances. Contact: RD
    6. PP 7E8581. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0372). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced above under ``New Tolerances'' to remove existing tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.425 for residues of the herbicide clomazone, 2-[(2-
chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Asparagus at 0.05 parts per million (ppm);
bean, snap, succulent at 0.05 ppm; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A
at 0.10 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm; cucumber at 0.1 ppm;
pea, southern, dry seed at 0.05 ppm; pea, southern, succulent seed at
0.05 ppm; pumpkin at 0.1 ppm; squash, summer at 0.1 ppm; squash, winter
at 0.1 ppm; sweet potato, roots at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group
9 at 0.05 ppm. An analytical method consisting of an acid reflux, a C18
solid phase extraction (SPE), a Florisil SPE clean-up followed by GC-
MSD is available for detecting and measuring levels of clomazone in or
on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
    7. PP 7E8585. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-659). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes, upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8585, to remove
established tolerances in 40 CFR 180.659 (a) General (1) for residues
of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, 3-
[[[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-
yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylisoxazole, and its
metabolite, 5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-
pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid (M-3), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity cotton, undelinted
seed at 0.04 ppm. Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS
is available to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone.
Contact: RD

V. New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except PIPS)

    1. PP IN-10867. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0374). BASF Corporation, 100 Park
Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932, requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of N,N-dimethyldodecanamide
(CAS Reg. No. 3007-53-2) when used as an inert ingredient (solvent or
co-solvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops under 40
CFR 180.920. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed
because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance. Contact: RD.

VI. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)

    1. PP 5E8405. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0335). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide Pseudomonas
fluorescens strain ACK55 in or on all food commodities. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed because an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD.
    2. PP 6F8531. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0294). International Animal Health
Products Pty. Ltd., 18 Healey Circuit, Huntingwood, New South Wales
2148 Australia (in care of SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
Woodbridge, VA 22192), requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
nematocide Duddingtonia flagrans strain IAH 1297 in or on all raw and
processed agricultural commodities. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD.

VII. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 7E8549. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0226). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the herbicide florasulam N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-8-
fluoro-5-methoxy(1,2,4)triazolo(1,5-c)pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide in or on
the raw agricultural commodities teff, forage at 0.05 ppm; teff, grain
at 0.01 ppm; teff, straw at 0.05 ppm; and teff, hay at 0.05 ppm. The
analytical method uses capillary GC-MSD. Contact: RD.
    2. PP 7E8550. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0225). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the herbicide fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester [1-
methylheptyl ((4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinyl)oxy)acetate]
and its metabolite fluroxypyr[((4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-
pyridinyl)oxy)acetic acid] in or on teff, forage at 12.0 ppm; teff,
grain at 0.5 ppm; teff, straw at 12.0 ppm; teff, hay at 20.0 ppm. The
analytical method uses HPLC with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) with
LOQ of 0.01 ppm. Contact: RD.
    3. PP 7E8551. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0227). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the herbicide pyroxsulam, N-(5,7-
dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methoxy-4-
(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinesulfonamide in or on the raw agricultural
commodities teff, forage at 0.06 ppm; teff, grain at 0.01 ppm; teff,
straw at 0.03 ppm; and teff, hay at 0.01 ppm. LC/MS/MS detection is
used to measure and

evaluate the chemical residues. Contact: RD.
    4. PP 7E8554. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0352). Dow Agro Sciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, requests to
establish import tolerances in 40 CFR part 180.635 for the combined
residues of the insecticide spinetoram, expressed as a combination of
XDE-175-J: 1-H-as-indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15-dione, 2-[(6-
deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13-
[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-(dimethylamino)tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl] oxy]-
9-ethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,16a,16b-hexadecahydro 14-
methyl-, (2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S, 14R,16aS,16bR); XDE-175-L: 1H-as-
indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15-dione, 2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-
di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13-[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-
(dimethylamino)tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]-9-ethyl-
2,3,3a,5a,5b,6,9,10,11, 12,13,14,16a,16b-tetradecahydro-4,14-dimethyl-
(2S,3aR,5aS,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS, 16bS); ND-J:
(2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS,16bR)-9-ethyl-14-methyl-13
[[(2S,5S,6R)-6-methyl-5-(methylamino)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]-
7,15-dioxo-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16a,16b-
octadecahydro-1H-as-indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-2-yl 6-deoxy-3-O-
ethyl-2,4-di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranoside; and NF-J: (2R,3S,6S)-
6-([(2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS,16bR)-2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-di-
O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl) oxy]-9-ethyl-14-methyl-7,15-dioxo-
2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16a,16b-octadecahydro-1H-as-
indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-13-yl]oxy)-2-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-
3-yl(methyl)formamide in or on tea, dried at 70 ppm and tea, instant at
70 ppm. The EPA has determined adequate tolerance enforcement methods
are available for spinetoram residues in a variety of plant and animal
matrices including a number of HPLC/Mass Spectrometry (MS) methods.
Additional details on the analytical methods can be found in the
supporting documentation in docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0666-0025.
Contact: RD.
    5. PP 7E8559. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0273). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.593
for residues of the miticide etoxazole (2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-
(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole), including its
metabolites and degradates, to be determined by measuring only
etoxazole in or on the commodities; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with
husks removed at 0.01 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 1.5 ppm; corn, sweet,
stover at 5.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 0.20 ppm; nut, tree,
group 14-12 at 0.01 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 1.0 ppm; and
Cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.05 ppm. Adequate analytical methodology is
available in GC-MSD for detecting and measuring levels of etoxazole is
available to enforce proposed tolerances in/on the sweet corn
commodities. Gas Chromatography with Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detection (GC-
NPD) methodology is also available to enforce proposed livestock
commodity tolerances. Contact: RD.
    6. PP 7E8564. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the fungicide boscalid,3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-
chloro-N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-biphenyl] -2-yl) in or on brassica leafy
greens subgroup 4-16B at 50 ppm; celtuce at 45 ppm; Florence, fennel at
45 ppm; kohlrabi at 6 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 45
ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 70 ppm; pea and bean, dried
shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 2.5 ppm; pea and bean,
succulent shelled, subgroup 6B at 0.6 ppm; vegetable, brassica head and
stem group 5-16 at 6 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at 3 ppm; and
vegetable root, except sugar beet, subgroup 1B at 2.0 ppm. Quantitation
is by GC/MS. Contact: RD.
    7. PP 7E8565. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0333). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances with regional
registrations in 40 CFR 180.568 (c) for residues of the herbicide
flumioxazin, 2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl)-2H-1,4-
benzoxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione,
including its metabolites and degradates, determined by measuring only
flumioxazin in or on the commodities: Grass, forage at 0.4 ppm and
grass, hay at 0.05 ppm. Practical analytical methods for detecting and
measuring levels of flumioxazin have been developed and validated in or
on all appropriate agricultural commodities and respective processing
fractions. The limit of quantitation of flumioxazin in the methods is
0.02 ppm which will allow monitoring and enforcement of residues of the
chemical in food commodities. Contact: RD.
    8. PP 7E8569. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0311). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2-[[[
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl
ester) and its desmethoxy metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-
1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate expressed as parent
compound in or on brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 16.0 ppm,
celtuce at 29.0 ppm, Florence, fennel at 29.0 ppm, kohlrabi at 5.0 ppm,
leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 29.0 ppm, leafy greens subgroup
4-16A at 40 ppm, tropical and subtropical, medium to large fruit,
smooth, inedible peel, subgroup 24B at 0.6 ppm, and vegetable,
brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 5.0 ppm. In plants the method of
analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up and
quantitation by LC/MS/MS. Contact: RD.
    9. PP 7E8570. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0334). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.659, as follows:
    a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5) by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-
[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-
ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodities: Peppermint, oil at 0.48 ppm;
peppermint, tops at 0.15 ppm; spearmint, oil at 0.48 ppm; spearmint,
tops at 0.15 ppm and soybean, vegetable, succulent at 0.2 ppm.
    b. Amend 180.659 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations, by
establishing a tolerance for residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone,
including its metabolites and degradates, determined by measuring only
the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-
1,2-oxazole), and its

metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodities: Grass, forage at 0.5 ppm and
grass, hay at 1.0 ppm.
    Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS is available
to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.
    10. PP 7E8575. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0400). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.503, as follows:
    a. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (a) General, by establishing a tolerance
for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-cyano-N-
[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on the
following food commodities: Carrot, roots at 0.03 ppm; ginseng at 0.02
ppm; mango at 0.02 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 15.0
ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 19.0 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable
subgroup 22B at 6.0 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at
0.05 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 0.2 ppm; arugula at 19.0
ppm; upland cress at 19.0 ppm; garden cress at 19.0 ppm; celtuce at 6.0
ppm; and Florence, fennel at 6.0 ppm.
    b. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations
by establishing a tolerance for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-
cyano -N- [(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on
Bean, succulent at 0.05 ppm.
    An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
cymoxanil residues in plants, i.e., HPLC with UV detection. The
method's limit of quantitation is 0.05 ppm and allows monitoring of
crops with cymoxanil residues at or above the levels proposed in these
tolerances. Contact: RD.
    11. PP 7E8576. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0397). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.587, as follows:
    a. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (a) General, by establishing a tolerance
for residues of the fungicide famoxadone (3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-
phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Carrot, roots at 0.6 ppm; ginseng at 0.3 ppm;
mango at 0.9 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 40.0 ppm;
vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.02 ppm; vegetable,
fruiting, group 8-10, except tomato at 4.0 ppm; leafy greens subgroup
4-16A, except spinach at 25.0 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B
at 25.0 ppm; arugula at 25.0 ppm; upland cress at 25.0 ppm; garden
cress at 25.0 ppm; celtuce at 25.0 ppm; and Florence, fennel at 25.0
ppm.
    b. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations,
by establishing a tolerance for residues of the fungicide famoxadone
(3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in
or on the raw agricultural commodities: Bean, succulent at 0.15 ppm.
    An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
famoxadone plant residues in or on a variety of food crops using GC
with NPD. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm for leafy vegetables and green onion and
0.05 ppm for dry bulb onion. The analytical enforcement method for use
on tomato processed fractions and also the RAC, tomato, utilizes column
switching liquid chromatography with UV detection. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm
which allows monitoring of crops with famoxadone residues at or above
the levels of proposed tolerances. Contact: RD.
    12. PP 7E8579. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0376). IR-4, 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide acequinocyl, 2-
(acetyloxy)-3-dodecyl-1,4-naphthalenedione and its metabolite, 2-
dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (acequinocyl-OH) expressed as
acequinocyl equivalents in or on guava at 0.9 ppm and the tropical and
subtropical, small fruit, inedible peel, subgroup 24A at 2.0 ppm. The
analytical method to quantitate residues of acequinocyl and
acequinocyl-OH in/on fruit crops utilizes HPLC using mass spectrometric
(MS/MS) detection. The target LOQ is 0.01 ppm. Contact: RD.
    13. PP 7E8580. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0420). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180 for residues of the herbicide trifluralin [alpha],[alpha],[alpha]-
trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine in or on rosemary, fresh
leaves at 0.1 ppm; rosemary, dry leaves at 0.1 ppm; and rosemary, oil
at 2.18 ppm. The Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM, Vol. II, Section
180.207) lists four GC methods (designated as Methods I, II, III, and
A) with electron capture detection (ECD) and a detection limit of
0.005-0.01 ppm, as available for determination of trifluralin per se
in/on plant commodities. Contact: RD.
    14. PP 7E8581. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0372). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part
180.425 for residues of the herbicide clomazone, 2-[(2-
chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Bean, dry at 0.05 ppm; bean, succulent at
0.05 ppm; Chinese, broccoli at 0.10 ppm; cilantro, dried leaves at 0.3
ppm; cilantro, fresh leaves at 0.05 ppm; coriander, seed at 0.05 ppm;
cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.05 ppm; dill, dried leaves at 0.4 ppm;
dill, fresh leaves at 0.08 ppm; dill, oil at 0.06 ppm; dill, seed at
0.05 ppm; kohlrabi at 0.10 ppm; rapeseed subgroup 20A at 0.05 ppm;
stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except kohlrabi at 0.05 ppm;
vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 0.10 ppm; vegetable,
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.1 ppm. An analytical method consisting of an
acid reflux, a C18 SPE, a Florisil SPE clean-up followed by
GC-MSD is available for detecting and measuring levels of clomazone in
or on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
    15. PP 7E8585. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0334). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.659, as follows:
    a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (1), by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, 3-
[[[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-
yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylisoxazole, and its
metabolite, 5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-
pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid (M-3), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity: Cottonseed
subgroup 20C at 0.04 ppm.
    b. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5), by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-
[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-
ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-

yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the following commodity: Leaf petiole vegetable
subgroup 22B at 0.3 ppm.
    Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS is available
to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: September 11, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-22865 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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