[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 81021-81022]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25751]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0069; FRL-10579-10-OCSPP]

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (October 2023)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial
filing of a pesticide petition 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 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0069, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://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. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Registration Division
(RD) (7505T), 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. As part of the mailing
address, include the contact person's name, division, and mail code.
The division to contact is listed at the end of each application
summary.

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).

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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html. When preparing and submitting your comments, see the
commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    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 receipt of a pesticide petition 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 request before responding to the petitioner. EPA is not proposing
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the
pesticide petition described in this document contains 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 supports granting of
the pesticide petition. 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 this pesticide petition.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition that is the
subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a
docket EPA has created for this rulemaking. The docket for this
petition is available at https://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.

A. Notice of Filing--Amended Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except
PIPS)

    PP IN-11780. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0429). Mandava Associates, LLC (1050
Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036), on behalf of
Contact Organics USA Inc., (4947 US 75 Avenue, Maurice, IA 51036),
requests to amend an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of limonene (CAS Reg. No. 138-86-3) by adding its use as an
inert ingredient (solvent) limited to 3% in pesticide formulations
under 40 CFR 180.910. The petitioner believes no analytical method is
needed because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance. Contact: RD.

B. Notice of Filing--New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except
PIPS)

    PP IN-11778. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0514). Micro Powders, Inc., 580 White
Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, requests to establish an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of rice bran wax (CAS
Reg. No. 8016-60-2) when used as a pesticide inert ingredient
(lubricant) in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.910,

180.930, and 180.940. The petitioner believes no analytical method is
needed because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance. Contact: RD.

C. Notice of Filing--New Tolerances for Non-Inerts

    1. PP 0F8842. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0533. Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd, c/
o Landis International, Inc., 3185 Madison Highway, P.O. Box 5126,
Valdosta, GA 31603-5126, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the herbicide, L-glufosinate Free Acid, in or
on apple at 0.05 parts per million (ppm); beet, sugar, molasses at 5.0
ppm; beet, sugar, roots at 0.9 ppm; beet, sugar, tops (leaves) at 1.5
ppm; bushberry subgroup 13B at 0.15 ppm; canola, meal at 1.1 ppm;
canola, seed at 0.40 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.40 ppm; cattle, meal at 0.15
ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; corn, field, forage at 4.0
ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.20 ppm; corn, field, stover at 6.0 ppm;
corn, sweet, forage at 1.5 ppm; corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with
husks removed at 0.30 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 6.0 ppm; cotton, gin
byproducts at 15 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 4.0 ppm; egg at 0.15
ppm; fruit, citrus, crop group 10-10 at .15 ppm; fruit, pome, crop
group 11-10 at .25 ppm; fruit, stone, crop group 12-12 at 0.30 ppm;
goat, fat at 0.40 ppm; goat, meat at 0.15 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at
6.0 ppm; grape at 0.05 ppm; hog, fat at 0.40 ppm; hog, meat at 0.15
ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; horse, fat at 0.40 ppm; horse,
meat at 0.15 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; milk at 0.15 ppm;
nut, tree, crop group 14-12 at 0.50 ppm; olive at 0.50 ppm; potato at
0.80 ppm; potato, chips at 1.6 ppm; potato, granules/flakes at 2.0 ppm;
poultry, fat at 0.15 ppm; poultry, meat at .15 ppm; poultry, meat
byproducts at 0.60 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.40 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.15
ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; soybean at 2.0 ppm; soybean,
hulls at 10.0 ppm. The analytical methods HRAV-5A and BK/01/99 are used
to measure and evaluate the chemical L-glufosinate free acid. Contact:
RD.
    2. PP 2F9042. EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0459. UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom
Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide,
L-Glufosinate Ammonium, in or on almond, hulls at 0.25 parts per
million (ppm); beet, sugar, molasses at 2.5 ppm; beet, sugar, roots at
0.45 ppm; bushberry subgroup 13b at 0.075 ppm; canola, meal at 0.55
ppm; canola, seed at 0.2 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.2 ppm; cattle, meat at
0.075 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 3 ppm; corn, field forage at 2
ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.1 ppm; corn, field, stover at 3 ppm; corn,
sweet, forage at 0.75 ppm; corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with husks
removed at 0.15 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 3 ppm; cotton, gin
byproducts at 15 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 7.5 ppm; egg at 0.075
ppm; citrus fruit (crop group 10-10) at 0.075 ppm; pome fruit (crop
group 11-10) at 0.125 ppm; stone fruit (crop group 12-12) at 0.15 ppm;
goat, fat at 0.2 ppm; goat, meat at 0.075 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at
3 ppm; grain aspirated fractions at 12.5 ppm; grape at 0.025 ppm; hog,
fat at 0.2 ppm; hog, meat at 0.075 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 3 ppm;
horse, fat at 0.2 ppm; horse, meat at 0.075 ppm; horse, meat byproducts
at 3 ppm; milk at 0.075 ppm; tree nut (crop group 14-12) at 0.25 ppm;
olive at 0.25 ppm; potato at 0.4 ppm; potato, chips at 0.8 ppm; potato
granules/flakes at 1ppm; poultry, fat at 0.075 ppm; poultry, meat at
0.075 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.3 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.2 ppm;
sheep, meat at 0.075 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 3 ppm; soybean at 1
ppm; soybean, hulls at 5 ppm and inadvertent or indirect uses on
Barley, hay at 0.2 ppm; barley, straw at 0.2 ppm; buckwheat, fodder at
0.2 ppm; buckwheat, forage at 0.2 ppm; oat, forage at 0.2 ppm; oat, hay
at 0.2 ppm; oat, straw at 0.2 ppm; rye, forage at 0.2 ppm; rye, straw
at 0.2 ppm; teosinte at 0.2 ppm; triticale at 0.2 ppm; wheat, forage at
0.2 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.2 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.2 ppm. The analytical
method uses liquid chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) is
used to measure and evaluate the chemical L-glufosinate ammonium.
Contact: RD.
    3. PP 3E9058. EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0399. UPL Delaware, Inc. (UPL), 630
Freedom Business Center, Suite 402 King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests
to establish an import tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, kasugamycin, in or on tea, dried at 3 ppm. The analytical
method uses LC-MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical kasugamycin. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: November 13, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Program Support.
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27179-27180]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10867]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2013-0996; Airspace Docket No. 12-AAL-9]

Amendment of Class E Airspace; Kuparuk, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies Class E airspace at Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport,
Kuparuk, AK. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft
using the new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS)
standard instrument approach procedures at the airport. This action
enhances the safety and management of aircraft operations at the
airport. This action will also make an adjustment to the geographic
coordinates of the airport.

DATES: Effective date, 0901 UTC, July 24, 2014. The Director of the
Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under
1 CFR Part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and
publication of conforming amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On February 5, 2014 the FAA published in the Federal Register a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify controlled airspace at
Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, Kuparuk, AK (79 FR 6841). Interested parties were
invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written
comments on the proposal to the FAA. No comments were received.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005, of
FAA Order 7400.9X dated August 7, 2013, and effective September 15,
2013, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E
airspace designations listed in this document will be published
subsequently in that Order.

The Rule

    This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
Part 71 by modifying Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface and establishing Class E airspace extending upward
from 1,200 feet above the surface at Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, Kuparuk, AK.
Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface is
modified to within a 6.5-mile radius of the airport, with a segment
extending from the 6.5-mile radius of the airport to 9.5-miles east of
the airport. The segment of controlled airspace west of the airport is
removed as it is no longer required. A segment of Class E airspace
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface is established
within a 20-mile radius of the airport to allow aircraft to transition
to the overlying airways. This action enhances the safety and
management of IFR operations at the airport. Also, the geographic
coordinates of the airport are updated to be in concert with the FAAs
aeronautical database.
    The FAA has determined this regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments
are necessary to keep them operationally current. Therefore, this
regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979);
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the
anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter that
only affects air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified
this rule, when promulgated, does not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The FAA's authority to issue rules
regarding aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the U.S. Code.
Subtitle 1, Section 106 discusses the authority of the FAA
Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more
detail the scope of the agency's authority. This rulemaking is
promulgated under the authority described in Subtitle VII, Part A,
Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, the FAA is charged with
prescribing regulations to assign the use of airspace necessary to
ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of airspace. This
regulation is within the scope of that authority as it amends
controlled airspace at Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, Kuparuk, AK.

Environmental Review

    The FAA has determined that this action qualifies for categorical
exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance
with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures,'' paragraph 311a. This airspace action is not expected to
cause any potentially significant environmental impacts, and no
extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant preparation of an
environmental assessment.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:

     Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854,
24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9X, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 7, 2013, and effective September 15,
2013 is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

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AAL AK E5 Kuparuk, AK [Modified]

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, AK
    (Lat. 70[deg]19'50'' N., long. 149[deg]35'53'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5-mile radius of the Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport, and within 4
miles either side of the 078[deg] bearing extending from the Ugnu-
Kuparuk Airport 6.5-mile radius to 9.5 miles east of the airport;
and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface
within a 20-mile radius of the Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport; excluding that
airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the shoreline.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on April 28, 2014.
Clark Desing,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
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