[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47453-47454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19060]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0009; FRL-9914-42]
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New
Active Ingredients
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing active ingredients 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 September 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the EPA Registration Number or 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.html.
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: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
(703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Lois Rossi,
Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-
7090; email address: [email protected]. The mailing address for each
contact person is: 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 to contact is listed at the
end of each application summary.
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.
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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 active ingredients 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.
1. EPA File Symbol: 524-ARO. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-
0456. Applicant: Monsanto Company, 800 North Lindbergh Blvd., St.
Louis, MO 63167. Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105
and Cry2Ab2 proteins and the genetic material (Vector PV-GMIR13196)
necessary for their production in MON 87751 soybean. Product Type:
Plant-incorporated protectant. Proposed Use: Control of lepidopteran
soybean pests. (BPPD)
2. EPA File Symbols: 100-RUAT, 100-RUAE, 100-RUAG, 100-RUAA, 100-
RUAL. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0355. Applicant: Syngenta Crop
Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. Active
Ingredient: Bicyclopyrone. Product Type: herbicide. Proposed Uses:
Technical and End-Use products intended for use in or on field corn,
seed corn, silage corn, sweet corn and yellow popcorn. (RD)
3. EPA File Symbol: 524-ARI. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-
0293. Applicant: Monsanto Company, 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis,
MO 63167. Active Ingredients: Double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA)
transcript comprising a DvSnf7 inverted repeat sequence derived from
western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) and Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic materials (vector PV-
ZMIR10871) necessary for their production in MON 87411 corn (OECD
Unique Identifier: MON-87411-9). Proposed Uses: Plant-incorporated
protectant. (BPPD)
4. EPA File Symbol: 89850-R. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-
0376. Applicant: J&T Associates, LLC, 4061 North 156th Dr., Goodyear,
AZ 85395 on behalf of SemioBio Technologies, Inc. 320-887 Great
Northern Way, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5. Canada. Active Ingredient:
Furfuryl Propionate. Product Type: Bed Bug Repellent. Proposed Uses:
Application by general public, first responders and pest control
operators when applied to uniforms, clothing, luggage and other
surfaces against bed bugs. (BPPD)
5. EPA File Symbols: 71512-ER, 71512-EE, and 71512-EG. Docket ID
Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0138. Applicant: ISK Biosciences, 7470 Auburn
Rd., Suite A, Concord, OH 44077. Active Ingredient: Isofetamid. Product
Type: Fungicide. Proposed Use: Turf. Turf was not included on the
previous NOR for isofetamid which published on 4/9/13. (RD)
6. EPA File Symbols: 83623-R, 83623-G and 83623-E. Docket ID
Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0375. Applicant: Interregional Research Project
Number 4, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
on behalf of BetaTec Hop Products, Inc., 5185 MacArthur Blvd. NW.,
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20016. Active Ingredient: Potassium Salts of
Hop Beta Acids (Hop beta acids resin). Product Type: Miticide. Proposed
Uses: Manufacturing-Use Products to be formulated into end-use products
for the management of Varroa mite in bee hives. (BPPD)
7. EPA File Symbol: 88958-R. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-
0358. Applicant: Interregional Research Project Number 4, IR-4, Rutgers
University, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540, on
behalf of CAI America LLC, 309 Fairwinds Dr., Cary, NC 27518. Active
ingredient: Propylene Glycol Alginate. Product Type: Nematocide,
Insecticide, and Fungicide. Proposed Uses: Manufacturing-use product to
be formulated into end-use products for Preharvest applications to
crops and turf. (BPPD)
8. EPA File Symbol: 88958-E. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-
0358. Applicant: Interregional Research Project Number 4, IR-4, Rutgers
University, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540, on
behalf of CAI America LLC, 309 Fairwinds Dr., Cary, NC 27518. Active
ingredient: Propylene Glycol Alginate. Product Type: Nematocide,
Insecticide, and Fungicide. Proposed Uses: End-use product for
preharvest, in-furrow, soil drench and foliar applications to crops and
turf. (BPPD)
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: August 1, 2014.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-19060 Filed 8-12-14; 8:45 am]
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