[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25436-25438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10297]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0106; FRL-9385-4]
Pesticide Experimental Use Permits; Receipt of Applications;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's receipt of applications requesting
experimental use permits (EUPs). The Agency has determined that the
permits
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may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, because of the
potential significance, and pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice
of receipt and is seeking comments on these applications.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 31, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the EUP 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 EUP application summary and may be contacted by telephone,
email, or mail. Mail correspondence to the Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), or 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?
This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or
sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
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.
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?
Under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can allow manufacturers to
field test pesticides under development. Manufacturers are required to
obtain an EUP before testing new pesticides or new uses of pesticides
if they conduct experimental field tests on 10 acres or more of land or
1 acre or more of water. A copy of the applications and any information
submitted is available for public review in the docket established for
these EUP applications. Following the review of the applications and
any comments and data received in response to this solicitation, EPA
will decide whether to issue or deny the requests, and if issued, the
conditions under which the tests are to be conducted. Any issuance of
an EUP will be announced in the Federal Register.
Therefore, pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency has determined
that the following EUP applications may be of regional and national
significance, and therefore is seeking public comment on the following
EUP applications:
1. 89633-EUP-R. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0070). Submitter: Toxcel, 7140
Heritage Village Plaza, Gainesville, VA 20155-3061, on behalf of Moghu
Research Center, Ltd., BVC 311, KRIBB, Yuseong, Daejeon, 305-
333, Korea. Pesticide Chemical: Methiozolin. Type of Chemical:
Herbicide. Summary of Request: The applicant proposes use of 2,003.4
pounds (lb) active ingredient (a.i.) per year (954 gallons (gal.) of
formulation) for 2 years totaling 4,006.8 lb a.i. (1,908 gal. of
formulation) over 768 acres on 166 golf courses (greens, green collar
and surrounds, tees, and fairways) in 34 states. The first year of the
spring program is from April 2014 to June 2014 followed by October 2014
to November 2014. The first year of the fall program is from November
2014 to March 2015. The second year of the spring program is from March
2015 to June 2015 followed by October 2015 to November 2015. The second
year of the fall program is from November 2015 to March 2016. Contact:
Emily Hartman, RD, (703) 347-0189, email address:
[email protected].
2. 89668-EUP-R. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0254). Submitter: Robert I. Rose,
Ph.D., on behalf of James Mains, Ph.D., Mosquito Mate, Inc., 1122 Oak
Hill Drive, Lexington, KY 40505-3322. Pesticide Chemical: Wolbachia
pipientis. Type of Chemical: Insecticide. Summary of Request: The
applicant
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proposes release of 30,000 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes infected
with the Wolbachia pipientis microbial pesticide per week for 6 months
in neighborhoods of Lexington, KY. The released male mosquitoes are
expected to mate with indigenous female Aedes albopictus, causing
conditional sterility and resulting in mosquito population decline and
potential elimination. Adult and egg collection data from treated areas
will be compared to those in an untreated control site to examine for
the effect of the released product in the indigenous population.
Contact: Shanaz Bacchus, BPPD, (703) 308-8097, email address:
[email protected].
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Experimental use permits.
Dated: April 24, 2013.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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