[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48677-48678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19358]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0025; FRL-9392-8]
Notice of Receipt of Pesticide Products; Registration
Applications to Register New Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register new
uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active
ingredients pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This
notice provides the public with an opportunity to comment on the
applications.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 9, 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: Lois Rossi, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected].
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
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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 Numbers: 100-889 and 100-963. Docket ID number:
EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0268. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300. Active ingredient: Thiabendazole,
2-(4-thiazolyl) benzimidazole. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses:
Vegetable, root (except sugar beet), subgroup 1B; onion, bulb, subgroup
3-07A; Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5-A; vegetable, cucurbit,
group 9; alfalfa, spinach (including baby); and small grain cereals
(wheat, barley, oats, rye, and triticale).
2. EPA Registration Numbers: 264-693 and 264-695. Docket ID number:
EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0390. Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP, P.O. Box 12014,
2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active
ingredient: Fenamidone. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Potato,
seed treatment.
3. EPA Registration Numbers: 352-535, 352-560, and 352-816. Docket
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0034. Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company, 1007 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898. Active ingredient:
Nicosulfuron. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed uses: Postemergence
application to sorghum containing the ALS-tolerant ``DuPont INZEN Z''
trait.
4. EPA Registration Numbers: 352-555, 352-748, and 352-816. Docket
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0035. Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company, 1007 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898. Active ingredient:
Rimsulfuron. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Postemergence
application to sorghum containing the ALS-tolerant ``DuPont INZEN Z''
trait.
5. EPA File Symbol: 7969-GGO. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-
0262. Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. Active ingredient: Topramezone.
Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Aquatic weed management.
6. EPA Registration Numbers: 7969-283 and 7969-284. Docket ID
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0255. Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis
Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. Active
ingredient: Metrafenone. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Fruits,
pome group 11-10.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: August 1, 2013.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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