[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52236-52240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21356]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0564; FRL-9360-2]
Thifensulfuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
thifensulfuron methyl in or on chicory roots and chicory tops.
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective August 29, 2012. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before October 29, 2012,
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0564, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the OPP Docket in the Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), located in EPA West, Rm.
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-9367; email address: ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
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.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to those
engaged in the following activities:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
B. How can I get electronic access to other related information?
You may access a frequently updated electronic version of EPA's
tolerance regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through the Government
Printing Office's e-CFR site at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40tab_02.tpl.
C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?
Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an
objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a
hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a
hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided
in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0564 in the subject line on the first
page of your submission. All objections and requests for a hearing must
be in writing, and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before
October 29, 2012. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections
and hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 178.25(b).
In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of
the filing that does not contain any CBI for inclusion in the public
docket. Information not marked confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2
may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. Submit a copy of
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your non-CBI objection or hearing request, identified by docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0564, 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 statue.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Mail Code: 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.htm.
II. Summary of Petitioned-for Tolerance
In the Federal Register of August 26, 2011 (76 FR 53372) (FRL-8884-
9), EPA issued a notice pursuant to FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C.
346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP 1E7885)
by IR-4, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540. The
petition requested that 40 CFR 180.439 be amended by establishing
tolerances for residues of the herbicide thifensulfuron methyl, methyl-
3-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)
amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-2-thiophenecarboxylate, in or on
chicory, roots at 0.01 parts per million (ppm) and chicory, tops at
0.01 ppm. That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the registrant, which is available
in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov. There were no comments
received in response to the notice of filing.
III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety
Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable
information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in
residential settings, but does not include occupational exposure.
Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special
consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide
chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and
children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue* * *
.''
Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors
specified in FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has reviewed the available
scientific data and other relevant information in support of this
action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to make a
determination on aggregate exposure for thifensulfuron methyl including
exposure resulting from the tolerances established by this action.
EPA's assessment of exposures and risks associated with thifensulfuron
methyl follows.
A. Toxicological Profile
EPA has evaluated the available toxicity data and considered its
validity, completeness, and reliability as well as the relationship of
the results of the studies to human risk. EPA has also considered
available information concerning the variability of the sensitivities
of major identifiable subgroups of consumers, including infants and
children.
Thifensulfuron methyl has mild to low acute toxicity when
administered via the oral, inhalation and dermal routes of exposure. It
has moderate to low toxicity with respect to eye and skin irritation
and is not a dermal sensitizer. Most findings in the submitted studies
related to decreases in body weights, body weight gains, or organ
weights (a reflection of the lower body weights compared with control
weights). There were increased liver weights in male dogs and increased
thyroid/parathyroid weights in female dogs. There were no gross or
histopathological changes reported in any of the studies.
In the rat developmental study, there were no maternal effects at
the highest dose tested (HDT). The rabbit developmental study showed a
decrease in maternal body weights at the HDT. There were no
developmental effects at the HDT. In the 2-generation rat reproduction
study there were no parental, reproductive or offspring effects. There
was an increase in quantitative susceptibility in the rat developmental
study, based on decreased mean fetal body weights, and an increase in
the incidence of small renal papillae (only at the highest dose level).
Neurotoxicity was not observed in any of the submitted studies,
including the recently submitted neurotoxicity studies which are
currently under review. Based on the lack of neurotoxicity in the
submitted studies, a developmental neurotoxicity study (DNT) is not
required. A decrease in spleen weight was noted only in mid-dose males
in the subchronic rat study, and was considered a potential sign of
immunotoxicity. However, in the recently submitted immunotoxicity study
in female rats, dosing with thifensulfuron methyl did not affect any
immunotoxicity parameters up to the HDT of 529 milligrams//kilograms/
day.
Thifensulfuron methyl is classified as ``not likely to be
carcinogenic to humans,'' based on acceptable chronic/carcinogenicity
studies in rats and mice at doses that are considered to be adequate,
and not excessive for the determination of carcinogenic potential;
there were no tumors observed in the studies, and the only adverse
effects were decreased body weights and body weight gains. The
available mutagenicity studies in vivo and in vitro show that
thifensulfuron methyl is neither mutagenic nor clastogenic.
Specific information on the studies received and the nature of the
adverse effects caused by thifensulfuron-methyl as well as the no-
observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) and the lowest-observed-adverse-
effect-level (LOAEL) from the toxicity studies can be found at http://www.regulations.gov in the document titled ``Thifensulfuron Methyl.
Human Health Risk Assessment for the Proposed Use of the Herbicide on
Chicory'' on pages 30-33 in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0564.
B. Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of Concern
Once a pesticide's toxicological profile is determined, EPA
identifies toxicological points of departure (POD) and levels of
concern to use in evaluating the risk posed by human exposure to the
pesticide. For hazards that have a threshold below which there is no
appreciable risk, the toxicological POD is used as the basis for
derivation of reference values for risk assessment. PODs are developed
based on a careful analysis of the doses in each toxicological study to
determine the dose at which no adverse effects are observed (the NOAEL)
and the lowest dose at which adverse effects of concern are identified
(the LOAEL). Uncertainty/safety factors are used in conjunction with
the POD to calculate a safe exposure level--generally referred to as a
population-adjusted dose (PAD) or a reference dose (RfD)--and a safe
margin of exposure (MOE). For non-threshold risks, the Agency assumes
that any amount of exposure will lead to some degree of risk. Thus, the
Agency
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estimates risk in terms of the probability of an occurrence of the
adverse effect expected in a lifetime. For more information on the
general principles EPA uses in risk characterization and a complete
description of the risk assessment process, see http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/riskassess.htm.
A summary of the toxicological endpoints for thifensulfuron methyl
used for human risk assessment is shown in the following Table.
Table--Summary of Toxicological Doses and Endpoints for Thifensulfuron Methyl for Use in Human Health Risk
Assessment
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Point of departure and
Exposure/Scenario uncertainty/safety RfD, PAD, LOC for risk Study and toxicological
factors assessment effects
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Acute dietary...................... NOAEL = 159 mg/kg/day. aRfD = 1.59 mg/kg/day. Developmental oral toxicity
(Females 13-50 years of age)....... UFA = 10X............. aPAD = 1.59 mg/kg/day. in rats.
UFH = 10X............. LOAEL = 725 mg/kg/day,
FQPA SF = 1X.......... based on an increased
incidence of small renal
papillae.
Chronic dietary.................... NOAEL= 4.3 mg/kg/day.. cRfD = 0.043 mg/kg/day Carcinogenicity oral
(All populations).................. UFA = 10X............. cPAD = 0.043 mg/kg/day toxicity in mice.
UFH = 10X............. LOAEL = 128 mg/kg/day,
FQPA SF = 1X.......... based on decreased body
weight and body weight
gain.
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FQPA SF = Food Quality Protection Act Safety Factor. LOAEL = lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level. LOC = level
of concern. mg/kg/day = milligram/kilogram/day. MOE = margin of exposure. NOAEL = no-observed-adverse-effect-
level. PAD = population adjusted dose (a = acute, c = chronic). RfD = reference dose. UF = uncertainty factor.
UFA = extrapolation from animal to human (interspecies). UFH = potential variation in sensitivity among
members of the human population (intraspecies).
C. Exposure Assessment
1. Dietary exposure from food and feed uses. In evaluating dietary
exposure to thifensulfuron methyl, EPA considered exposure under the
petitioned-for tolerances as well as all existing thifensulfuron methyl
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.439. EPA assessed dietary exposures from
thifensulfuron methyl in food as follows:
i. Acute exposure. Quantitative acute dietary exposure and risk
assessments are performed for a food-use pesticide, if a toxicological
study has indicated the possibility of an effect of concern occurring
as a result of a 1-day or single exposure.
Such effects were identified for thifensulfuron methyl. In
estimating acute dietary exposure, EPA used food consumption
information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1994-1996
and 1998 Nationwide Continuing Surveys of Food Intake by Individuals
(CSFII). As to residue levels in food, EPA assumed 100 percent crop
treated (PCT) and tolerance level residues for all commodities.
ii. Chronic exposure. In conducting the chronic dietary exposure
assessment EPA used the food consumption data from the USDA 1994-1996
and 1998 CSFII. As to residue levels in food, EPA assumed 100 PCT and
tolerance level residues for all commodities.
iii. Cancer. Based on the data summarized in Unit III.A., EPA has
concluded that thifensulfuron methyl does not pose a cancer risk to
humans. Therefore, a dietary exposure assessment for the purpose of
assessing cancer risk is unnecessary.
iv. Anticipated residue and PCT information. EPA did not use
anticipated residue or PCT information in the dietary assessment for
thifensulfuron methyl. Tolerance level residues and 100 PCT were
assumed for all food commodities.
2. Dietary exposure from drinking water. The Agency used screening
level water exposure models in the dietary exposure analysis and risk
assessment for thifensulfuron methyl in drinking water. These
simulation models take into account data on the physical, chemical, and
fate/transport characteristics of thifensulfuron methyl. Further
information regarding EPA drinking water models used in pesticide
exposure assessment can be found at http://www.epa.gov/oppefed1/models/water/index.htm.
Based on the First Index Reservoir Screening Tool (FIRST) and
Screening Concentration in Ground Water (SCI-GROW) models, the
estimated drinking water concentrations (EDWCs) of thifensulfuron
methyl for acute exposures are estimated to be 4.429 parts per billion
(ppb) for surface water and 0.0972 ppb for ground water. For chronic
exposures for non-cancer assessments the EDWCs are estimated to be 1.5
ppb for surface water and 0.0972 ppb for ground water.
Modeled estimates of drinking water concentrations were directly
entered into the dietary exposure model. For acute dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration value of 4.429 ppb was used to
assess the contribution to drinking water. For chronic dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration of value 1.5 ppb was used to assess
the contribution to drinking water.
3. From non-dietary exposure. The term ``residential exposure'' is
used in this document to refer to non-occupational, non-dietary
exposure (e.g., for lawn and garden pest control, indoor pest control,
termiticides, and flea and tick control on pets).
Thifensulfuron methyl is not registered for any specific use
patterns that would result in residential exposure.
4. Cumulative effects from substances with a common mechanism of
toxicity. Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA requires that, when
considering whether to establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance, the
Agency consider ``available information'' concerning the cumulative
effects of a particular pesticide's residues and ``other substances
that have a common mechanism of toxicity.''
EPA has not found thifensulfuron methyl to share a common mechanism
of toxicity with any other substances, and thifensulfuron methyl does
not appear to produce a toxic metabolite produced by other substances.
For the purposes of this tolerance action, therefore, EPA has assumed
that thifensulfuron methyl does not have a common mechanism of toxicity
with other substances. For information regarding EPA's efforts to
determine which chemicals have a common mechanism of toxicity and to
evaluate the cumulative effects of such chemicals, see EPA's Web site
at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative.
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D. Safety Factor for Infants and Children
1. In general. Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA provides that EPA
shall apply an additional tenfold (10X) margin of safety for infants
and children in the case of threshold effects to account for prenatal
and postnatal toxicity and the completeness of the database on toxicity
and exposure unless EPA determines based on reliable data that a
different margin of safety will be safe for infants and children. This
additional margin of safety is commonly referred to as the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) Safety Factor (SF). In applying this provision,
EPA either retains the default value of 10X, or uses a different
additional safety factor when reliable data available to EPA support
the choice of a different factor.
2. Prenatal and postnatal sensitivity. The prenatal and postnatal
toxicology database for thifensulfuron methyl includes rat and rabbit
prenatal developmental toxicity studies and a 2-generation reproduction
toxicity study in rats. There was evidence of increased quantitative
susceptibility in the rat developmental toxicity study. At the HDT,
decreased mean fetal weights, and an increase in incidence of small
renal papillae were observed in the absence of maternal toxicity. There
was no indication of pre- or post-natal susceptibility in the rabbit
developmental or rat reproduction studies.
3. Conclusion. EPA has determined that reliable data show the
safety of infants and children would be adequately protected if the
FQPA SF were reduced to 1X. That decision is based on the following
findings:
i. The toxicity database for thifensulfuron methyl is complete.
ii. There is no indication that thifensulfuron methyl is a
neurotoxic chemical and there is no need for a developmental
neurotoxicity study or additional UFs to account for neurotoxicity.
iii. Although there was evidence of increased quantitative
susceptibility in the rat developmental study, the Agency's degree of
concern for the increased susceptibility is low because it was only
observed in the rat developmental toxicity study and not seen in the
rabbit developmental or reproduction studies, and was observed at doses
considerably higher than the doses chosen for risk assessment; in
addition, there was a clear NOAEL for the fetal effects, and therefore
EPA's risk assessment is protective of the potential susceptibility.
iv. There are no residual uncertainties identified in the exposure
databases. The dietary food exposure assessments were performed based
on 100 PCT and tolerance-level residues. EPA made conservative
(protective) assumptions in the ground and surface water modeling used
to assess exposure to thifensulfuron methyl in drinking water. These
assessments will not underestimate the exposure and risks posed by
thifensulfuron methyl.
E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of Safety
EPA determines whether acute and chronic dietary pesticide
exposures are safe by comparing aggregate exposure estimates to the
acute PAD (aPAD) and chronic PAD (cPAD). For linear cancer risks, EPA
calculates the lifetime probability of acquiring cancer given the
estimated aggregate exposure. Short-, intermediate-, and chronic-term
risks are evaluated by comparing the estimated aggregate food, water,
and residential exposure to the appropriate PODs to ensure that an
adequate MOE exists.
1. Acute risk. Using the exposure assumptions discussed in this
unit for acute exposure, the acute dietary exposure from food and water
to thifensulfuron methyl will occupy less than 1% of the aPAD for
females 13-49 years old, the only population subgroup of concern.
2. Chronic risk. Using the exposure assumptions described in this
unit for chronic exposure, EPA has concluded that chronic exposure to
thifensulfuron methyl from food and water will utilize 1.4% of the cPAD
for children 3-5 years old, the population group receiving the greatest
exposure. There are no residential uses for thifensulfuron methyl.
3. Short- and intermediate-term risk. Short- and intermediate-term
aggregate exposure takes into account short- and intermediate-term
residential exposure plus chronic exposure to food and water
(considered to be a background exposure level).
A short- and intermediate-term adverse effect was identified;
however, thifensulfuron methyl is not registered for any use patterns
that would result in either short- and/or intermediate-term residential
exposure. Short- and intermediate-term risk is assessed based on short-
and intermediate-term residential exposure plus chronic dietary
exposure. Because there is no short- and/or intermediate-term
residential exposure and chronic dietary exposure has already been
assessed under the appropriately protective cPAD (which is at least as
protective as the POD used to assess short- and intermediate-term
risk), no further assessment of short- and intermediate-term risk is
necessary, and EPA relies on the chronic dietary risk assessment for
evaluating short- and intermediate-term risk for thifensulfuron methyl.
4. Aggregate cancer risk for U.S. population. Based on the lack of
evidence of carcinogenicity in two adequate rodent carcinogenicity
studies, thifensulfuron methyl is not expected to pose a cancer risk to
humans.
5. Determination of safety. Based on these risk assessments, EPA
concludes that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result
to the general population or to infants and children from aggregate
exposure to thifensulfuron methyl residues.
IV. Other Considerations
A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology
Adequate enforcement methodology (liquid chromatograpy/mass
spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)) is available to enforce the
tolerance expression. The method may be requested from: Chief,
Analytical Chemistry Branch, Environmental Science Center, 701 Mapes
Rd., Ft. Meade, MD 20755-5350; telephone number: (410) 305-2905; email
address: residuemethods@epa.gov.
B. International Residue Limits
In making its tolerance decisions, EPA seeks to harmonize U.S.
tolerances with international standards whenever possible, consistent
with U.S. food safety standards and agricultural practices. EPA
considers the international maximum residue limits (MRLs) established
by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as required by FFDCA
section 408(b)(4). The Codex Alimentarius is a joint United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization food
standards program, and it is recognized as an international food safety
standards-setting organization in trade agreements to which the United
States is a party. EPA may establish a tolerance that is different from
a Codex MRL; however, FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that EPA explain
the reasons for departing from the Codex level. The Codex has not
established a MRL for thifensulfuron methyl in or on chicory roots and/
or tops.
V. Conclusion
Therefore, tolerances are established for residues of
thifensulfuron methyl, methyl-3-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-
2-ylamino]carbonyl]amino]
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sulfonyl]-2-thiophenecarboxylate, in or on chicory roots at 0.01 ppm
and chicory tops at 0.01 ppm.)
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
This final rule establishes tolerances under FFDCA section 408(d)
in response to a petition submitted to the Agency. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these types of actions from
review under Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory Planning and
Review'' (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because this final rule has
been exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, this final rule
is not subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled ``Actions Concerning
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, entitled
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). This final rule does not contain
any information collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require any
special considerations under Executive Order 12898, entitled ``Federal
Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations'' (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
Since tolerances and exemptions that are established on the basis
of a petition under FFDCA section 408(d), such as the tolerance in this
final rule, do not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) do not apply.
This final rule directly regulates growers, food processors, food
handlers, and food retailers, not States or tribes, nor does this
action alter the relationships or distribution of power and
responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions
of FFDCA section 408(n)(4). As such, the Agency has determined that
this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States or
tribal governments, on the relationship between the national government
and the States or tribal governments, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government or between
the Federal Government and Indian tribes. Thus, the Agency has
determined that Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR
43255, August 10, 1999) and Executive Order 13175, entitled
``Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR
67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply to this final rule. In addition,
this final rule does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any
unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4).
This action does not involve any technical standards that would
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272
note).
VII. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the
United States prior to publication of this final rule in the Federal
Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: August 17, 2012.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:
PART 180--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.
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2. Section 180.439 is amended by alphabetically adding the following
commodities to the table in paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.439 Thifensulfuron methyl; tolerances for residues.
(a) * * *
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Parts per
Commodity million
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Chicory, roots.......................................... 0.01
Chicory, tops........................................... 0.01
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