Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (July 2020)

• Published date: 10 September 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 55810
• Record Number: 2020-18958
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0053; FRL–10013–78]

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or

on Various Commodities (July 2020)

AGENCY

: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION

: Notice of filing of petition and

request for comment.

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 October 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES

: Submit your comments,

identified by docket identification (ID)

number 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-

comments-epa-dockets.

Due to the public health concerns

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is

closed to visitors with limited

exceptions. The staff continues to

provide remote customer service via

email, phone, and webform. For the

latest status information on EPA/DC

services and docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Marietta Echeverria, Registration

Division (7505P), main telephone

number: (703) 305–7090, email address:

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing

address 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’s name,

division, and mail code.

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/

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,

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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 174 and/or 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 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.

New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts

(Except PIPS)

PP IN–11369. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0349) Valagro S.p.A., c/o SciReg, Inc.,

12733 Director’s Loop, Woodbridge, VA

22192, requests to establish an

exemption from the requirement of a

tolerance for residues of potassium

acetate (CAS Reg. No. 127–08–2), when

used as an inert ingredient (nutrient) in

pesticide formulations 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

New Tolerance for Non-Inerts

1. PP 0E8832. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0347). The Interregional Research

Project #4 (IR–4), Rutgers, The State

University of New Jersey, 500 College

Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ

08540, requests to establish a tolerance

in 40 CFR 180.499 for residues of the

fungicide propamocarb, propyl N-[3-

(dimethylamino)propyl]carbamate, in or

on vegetable, Brassica, head and stem,

group 5–16 at 15 parts per million

(ppm). An adequate gas

chromatography/nitrogen-phosphorus

detection (GC/NPD) method is available

for enforcing the proposed tolerance.

Contact: RD

2. PP 0E8834. EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0345. American Spice Trade

Association, Inc., 1101 17th St. NW,

Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036,

requests to establish a tolerance in 40

CFR part 180 for residues of the

fungicide, difenoconazole, in or on

pepper, black at 0.1 ppm. Liquid

chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry

(MS)/(MS) is used to measure and

evaluate the chemical difenoconazole (1

[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-

chlorophenoxy)]phenyl-4-methyl-1,3-

dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H–1,2,4,-

triazole). Contact: RD.

3. PP 9E8792. EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0038. Bayer CropScience, 800 N.

Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141,

requests to establish import tolerances

in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the

fungicide trifloxystrobin in or on the

raw agricultural commodities:

Caneberry, cop Subgroup 13–07A at 3.0

ppm; Currant, black and red, at 4.0 ppm;

edible-podded legume vegetables, crop

subgroup 6A, at 1.5 ppm; oil, olive,

refined at 0.5 ppm; pea, dry, seed at 0.2

ppm; succulent shelled pea and bean,

crop subgroup 6B at 0.15 ppm; and

tropical and subtropical, small fruit,

edible peel, crop subgroup 23A at 0.2

ppm. The analytical methodology

column liquid chromatography-mass

spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC/

MS–MS) with an electro spray interface,

operated in the positive ion mode is

used to measure and evaluate the

chemical trifloxystrobin (benzeneacetic

acid, (E,E)-a-(methoxyimino)-2-[[[[1-[3-

(trifluoromethyl) phe-

nyl]ethylidene]amino]oxy]methyl]-

methyl ester) and the free form of its

acid metabolite CGA–321113 ((E,E)-

methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3- trifluoromethyl-

phenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl]-

phenyl]acetic acid)]. Contact: RD.

4. PP 9F8815. EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0226. Nichino America, Inc., 4550

Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington,

DE 19808, requests to establish

tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for

residues of the fungicide pyraziflumid;

N-(3′,4′-difluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-3-

(trifluoromethyl)-2-

pyrazinecarboxamide in or on the

following raw agricultural commodities:

almond hulls at 5 parts per million

(ppm); apple wet pomace at 0.6 ppm;

bushberry (crop subgroup 13–07B) at 7.0

ppm; caneberry (crop subgroup 13–07A)

at 4.0 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.01 ppm;

cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat

byproducts at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat at 0.01

ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.01

ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, fat

at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at

0.01 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; milk

at 0.01 ppm; pome fruit (crop group 11–

10) at 0.4 ppm; raisins at 1.6 ppm;

sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep meat at

0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at

0.01 ppm; small fruit vine climbing

subgroup, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop

subgroup 13–07F) at 1.5 ppm; stone

fruit (crop group 12–12) at 2.0 ppm; and

tree nuts (crop group 14–12) at 0.03

ppm. The independent validation

method of HPLC–MS/MS was used for

the analysis of pyraziflumid and the

metabolite BC–01 in raw agricultural

commodities (RAC) and processed

commodities (PC) to measure and

evaluate the chemical pyraziflumid.

Contact: RD.

5. PP 9F8818. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–

0202). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis

Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC

27709, requests to establish tolerances

in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the

herbicide, isoxaflutole, in or on

cottonseed at 0.02 ppm and cotton gin

byproducts at 0.02 ppm. Tandem mass

spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to

measure and evaluate the chemical

isoxaflutole. Contact: RD.

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

Dated: August 25, 2020.

Hamaad Syed,

Acting Director, Information Technology and

Resources Management Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

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