[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77077-77078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31375]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0390; FRL-9375-5]
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New
Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients.
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 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the EPA Registration Number or EPA File Symbol 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. The division and mail code is listed
above in this paragraph.
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 new uses for pesticide
products containing currently registered active ingredients. 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 new uses for pesticide
products containing currently registered active ingredients:
1. EPA Registration Number and EPA File Symbol: 264-1049 and 72155-
RNO. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0946. Applicant: Bayer
CropScience, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, P. O. Box 12014, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active Ingredient: Spirotetramat. Product
Type: Insecticide. Proposed Uses: Residential use--outdoor. Contact:
Rita Kumar, (703) 308-8291, email address: kumar.rita@epa.gov.
2. EPA Registration Number: 524-591. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2012-0829. Applicant: Monsanto Company, 1300 I Street NW., Suite 450
East, Washington DC 20005, (a member of the Acetochlor Registration
Partnership, (ARP)). Active Ingredient: Acetochlor. Product Type:
Herbicide. Proposed Uses: Sugar beet and peanut. Contact: Hope Johnson,
(703) 305-5410, email address: johnson.hope@epa.gov.
3. EPA File Symbol: 39039-EN. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-
0981. Applicant: Y-Tex Corporation, P.O. Box 1450, 1825 Big Horn Ave.,
Cody, WY 82414-1450. Active Ingredients: zeta-cypermethrin and
Piperonyl butoxide. Product Type: Insecticide. Proposed Use: To control
darkling beetles in poultry house litter. Contact: Linda DeLuise, (703)
305-5428, email address: deluise.linda@epa.gov.
4. EPA Registration Number: 56228-10. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2012-0910. Applicant: U. S. Department
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of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737. Active Ingredient: Starlicide.
Product Type: Avicide. Proposed Use: Eurasian collared dove. Contact:
Jennifer Gaines, (703) 305-5967, email address:
gaines.jennifer@epa.gov.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: December 21, 2012.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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