[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72342-72343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29249]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0390; FRL-9371-2]
Notice of Receipt of Pesticide Products; Registration
Applications
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing an active ingredient not included in any currently
registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice
of receipt and opportunity to comment on these applications.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 4, 2013.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the EPA File Symbol for the product 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.htm. 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: A contact person is listed at the end
of each registration application summary and may be contacted by
telephone, email, or mail. Mail correspondence to the Registration
Division (RD) (7505P), 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.
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 submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Registration Applications
EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing an active ingredient not included in any currently
registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA
section 3(c)(4), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of
these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these
applications. For actions being evaluated under the Agency's public
participation process for registration actions, there will be an
additional opportunity for a 30-day public comment period on the
proposed decision. Please see the Agency's public participation Web
site for additional information on this process (http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/registration-public-involvement.html). EPA
received the following applications to register pesticide products
containing an active ingredient not included in any currently
registered products:
1. EPA File Symbol: 43808-R. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-
0815. Applicant: State of Florida, Department of Citrus, 605 East Main
Street, P.O. Box 9010, Bartow, FL 33831-9010. Active ingredient: 5-
chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1H-pyrazole (CMNP) and its metabolite (5-
chloro-4-nitro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-methanol (CHNP) at 96.5%. Product type:
Plant regulator. Proposed uses: Manufacturing Use Only. Contact: Tony
Kish, (703) 308-9443, email address: [email protected].
2. EPA File Symbol: 43808-E. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-
0815. Applicant: State of Florida, Department of Citrus, 605 East Main
Street, P.O. Box 9010, Bartow, FL 33831-9010. Active ingredient: 5-
chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1H-pyrazole (CMNP) and its metabolite (5-
chloro-4-nitro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-methanol (CHNP) at17%. Product type:
Plant regulator (Abscission Agent). Proposed use: Oranges. Contact:
Tony Kish, (703) 308-9443, email address: [email protected].
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: November 26, 2012.
G. Jeffrey Herndon,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-29249 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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