[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75107-75111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29428]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0008; FRL-9918-90]
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of several
initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or
on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) 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 McNalley, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
(703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Susan Lewis,
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 pesticide petition 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:
[emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
[emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
[emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
[emsp14]Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the division listed at the end of the
pesticide petition summary of interest.
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 preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair
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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?
EPA is announcing its receipt of several pesticide petitions filed
under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
21 U.S.C. 346a, requesting the establishment or modification of
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in
or on various food commodities. The Agency is taking public comment on
the requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the
pesticide petitions described in this document contain the data or
information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C.
346a(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the
submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the
pesticide petitions. After considering the public comments, EPA intends
to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data
may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these
pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket
for each of the petitions is available at http://www.regulations.gov.
As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA
is publishing notice of the petition so that the public has an
opportunity to comment on this request for the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food
commodities. Further information on the petition may be obtained
through the petition summary referenced in this unit.
New Tolerance
1. PP 2F8134. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0151). Syngenta Crop Protection
LLC., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, requests to establish
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
difenoconazole, 1-[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-hlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-
dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole, in or on rapeseed, subgroup 20A
at 0.1 ppm. For plants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC has submitted
practical analytical method (AG-575B) for detecting and measuring
levels of difenoconazole in or on food with a limit of quantitation
(LOQ) that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above the
levels set in the proposed tolerances. Residues are qualified by liquid
chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). For livestock,
a practical analytical method (AG-544A) for detecting and measuring
levels of difenoconazole in or on cattle tissues and milk, and poultry
tissues and eggs, with an LOQ that allows monitoring of food with
residues at or above the levels set in the proposed tolerances.
Tolerances in meat, milk, poultry or eggs were established for
enforcement purposes. EPA is republishing this notice of availability.
2. PP 3E8218. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0483). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on papaya at 1.5 parts per million (ppm). The
analytical method liquid chromatography with LC-MS/MS is available to
EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide residues.
Contact: RD.
3. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510., requests
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol, in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at
1.5 ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; egg at 0.01
ppm; hog, liver at 0.05 ppm; hog, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02
ppm; hog, muscle at 0.01 ppm; leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 3.0 ppm;
leafy greens, subgroup 4A, except head lettuce at 10 ppm; lettuce, head
at 1.5 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; radicchio at 1.5 ppm;
sorghum, grain, forage at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 1.5 ppm;
and sorghum, grain, stover at 6.0 ppm. The gas chromatography-mass
selective detection (GC/MSD) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
4. PP 3F8213. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0530). Janssen PMP, Janssen
Pharmaceutica NV, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Titusville, NJ 08560,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the fungicide, pyrimethanil, in or on pomegranate (post-harvest) at 5.0
ppm. The high performance liquid chromatography with triple quadruple
mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical pyrimethanil. Contact: RD.
5. PP 3F8224. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0285). Valent U.S.A. Corporation,
1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, requests to
establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
mandestrobin (S-2200), (2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]-[alpha]-
methoxy-N-methyl-benzeneacetamide) in or on small fruit vine climbing
except fuzzy kiwifruit crop subgroup 13-07F, fruit at 5 ppm; juice at 7
ppm and dried fruit at 10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G, fruit
at 3 ppm; and rapeseed crop subgroup 20A, seed at 0.6 ppm. An
independently validated analytical method has been submitted for
analyzing parent S-2200 residues with appropriate sensitivity in all
crop commodities for which tolerances are being request. Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8232. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0695). Sumitomo Chemical Company,
LTD., 27-1 Shinkawa 2 Chrome, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104-8260, Japan, requests
to establish an import tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, diethofencarb (isopropyl 3,4-diethoxycarbanilate), in or on
banana at 0.09 ppm. The LC-MS/MS analytical method is used to measure
and evaluate the chemical diethofencarb. Contact: RD.
7. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the insecticide, novaluron, (N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-
(trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide),
in or on avocado at 0.60 ppm; carrot at 0.05 ppm; bean at 0.60 ppm;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at
2.0 ppm; cherry subgroup 12-12A at 8.0 ppm; peach subgroup 12-12B at
1.9 ppm; and plum subgroup 12-12C at 1.9 ppm. The analytical method:
Gas chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a high
performance liquid chromatography/ultraviolet method (HPLC/UV) with the
lowest level of method validation (LLMV) for the subject commodities is
0.05 ppm is used to measure and evaluate the novaluron chemical,
residue(s). Contact: RD.
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8. PP 4E8248. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0284). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of S-metolachlor in or on the raw agricultural commodity
lettuce at 1.5 parts per million (ppm); vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at
0.50 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10, except tabasco pepper at
0.10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G except cranberry at 0.40
ppm; and sunflower subgroup 20B at 0.50 ppm and the concurrent deletion
of the existing tolerances for okra; vegetable, fruiting, group 8
except tabasco pepper; cucumber; melon subgroup 9A; pumpkin; squash,
winter; and sunflower, seed. A gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC/NPD) method has been submitted to the Agency for
determining residues in/on crop commodities and is published in the
Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Vol. II, Method I. A GC/MSD method
has been submitted to the Agency for determining residues in livestock
commodities and is published in PAM Vol. II, Method II. These methods
determine residues of S-metolachlor and its metabolites as either CGA-
37913 or CGA-49751 following acid hydrolysis. Contact: RD.
9. PP 4E8250. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0249). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
thiram, in or on avocado at 8 ppm. The ALS Laboratory Group method MS
133.02 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as
CS2). Contact: RD.
10. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540 requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-H-
pyrrole-3-carbonitrile] in or on the raw agricultural commodity carrot
at 7.0 ppm. The anaylytical method has passed an Agency petition method
validation for several commodities, and is currently the enforcement
method for fludioxonil. This method has also been forwarded to the Food
and Drug Administration for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive
database of method validation data using this method on various crop
commodities is available. Contact: RD.
11. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the herbicide, pendimethalin, [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-
dinitrobenzenamine], and its metabolite, 4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-
methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on the raw agricultural commodities:
Caneberry, sub-group 13-07A at 0.10 ppm; bushberry subgroup 13-07B at
0.10 ppm and by amending the established tolerance in or on the raw
agricultural commodities of nut, tree, group 14-12 at 0.10 ppm. The
analytical method is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean
up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a LOQ of 0.05 ppm for
pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact: RD.
12. PP 4E8295. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0552). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of esfenvalerate, ((S)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (S)-4-
chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl) benzeneacetate in or on the oilseed crop
group 20 at 0.5 ppm. The petitioner also requests that upon approval of
the tolerance in this petition summary that the existing tolerances for
cotton, undelinted seed and sunflower, seed be removed as unnecessary.
There is a practical analytical method utilizing electron-capture gas
chromatography with nitrogen phosphorous detection available for
enforcement with a limit of detection that allows monitoring food with
residues at or above tolerance levels. The limit of detection for
updated method is the same as that of the current PAM II, which is 0.01
ppm. Contact: RD.
13. PP 4E8296. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013]-0151). Dragonberry Produce/YW
International, 386 South Sequoia Parkway, Canby, Oregon 97013, requests
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.475 for residues of the
fungicide, difenoconazole, in or on imported dragonfruit at 1.5 ppm.
The analytical methods AG-575B for crops and AM-544A for livestock
commodities are used to measure and evaluate the chemical
difenoconazole residues. Contact: RD.
14. PP 4F8301. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0680). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road; Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, pronamide
(propyzamide) and its metabolite containing the 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl
moiety calculated as 3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl)
benzamide, in or on lettuce, leaf at 1.0 part per million (ppm). The
gas chromatography using electron capture detection method is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical pronamide and its metabolite.
Contact: RD.
15. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540 requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of pyrimethanil (4,6-dimethyl-N- phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine) in
or on the raw agricultural commodities cucumber at 1.5 ppm; orange
subgroup 10-10A at 10 ppm; lemon subgroup 10-10B at 11 ppm; grapefruit
subgroup 10-10C at 10 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 14 ppm; fruit,
stone, group 12-12 at 10 ppm; and tomato subgroup 8-10A at 0.5 ppm. The
petitioner also requests that upon approval of the tolerances in this
petition summary, that the tolerances for fruit, citrus, group 10
except lemon, postharvest; lemon, preharvest and postharvest; fruit,
pome, group 11 (pre-harvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone, group 12;
and tomato be removed as unnecessary. The plant metabolism studies
demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound, pyrimethanil is
sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant residues in crop
commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers by
homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the extract
was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with subsequent
residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the detection
and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities at or
above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
16. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on strawberry at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method LC-
MS/MS is available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
17. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to establish in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z
isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-
N-[4-(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-
3) and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -benzonitrile in or on the raw
agricultural commodity citrus fruit
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group 10-10 at 0.04 ppm; pome fruit group 11-10 at 0.04 ppm; stone
fruit group 12-12 at 0.04 ppm; and tree nut group 14-12 at 0.04 ppm.
BASF Analytical Method No. 531/0 was developed to determine residues of
metaflumizone and its metabolites M320I04 and M320I23 in crop matrices.
In this method, residues of metaflumizone are extracted from plant
matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/v) and then partitioned into
dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the residues are extracted with a
mixture of isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). The final determination
of metaflumizone and its metabolites is performed by LC/MS/MS. Contact:
RD.
Amended Tolerance
1. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests
to amend 40 CFR 180.629 by removing tolerances for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton,
meal at 0.5 ppm; cotton, refined oil at 0.5 ppm; hog, meat byproducts
at 0.02 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure and evaluate the chemical
flutriafol. Contact: RD.
2. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.629 for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton,
gin byproducts to 0.5 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed to 0.5 ppm; and
grain, aspirated fractions to 6.0 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure
and evaluate the chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
3. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). IR-4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40
CFR 180.598 for residues of the insecticide, novaluron, N-[[[3-chloro-
4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2- (trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy] phenyl]amino]
carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide), in or on bean, succulent, snap at
0.60 ppm; bean, dry, seed at 0.30 ppm; cherry at 8.0 ppm; fruit, pome,
group 11 at 2.0 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12, except cherry at 1.9 ppm;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 ppm; cocona at 1.0 ppm; African
eggplant at 1.0 ppm; pea eggplant at 1.0 ppm; scarlet eggplant at 1.0
ppm; goji berry at 1.0 ppm; garden huckleberry at 1.0 ppm, martynia at
1.0 ppm, naranjilla at 1.0 ppm, okra at 1.0 ppm, roselle at 1.0 ppm;
sunberry at 1.0 ppm; bush tomato at 1.0 ppm; currant tomato at 1.0 ppm;
and tree tomato at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method: Gas chromatography/
electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a HPLC/UV is used to measure and
evaluate novaluron chemical residues. Contact: RD.
4. PP 4E8268. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0632). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.132 for residues of the fungicide
thiram, in or on banana at 0.8 ppm. The analytical method #Meth-100,
revision #4 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as
CS2). Contact: RD.
5. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to update an existing crop group in 40 CFR 180.516
for residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-
H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile], by changing ``fruit, stone, group 12 at 5.0
ppm'' to ``fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 5.0 ppm.'' The anaylytical
method has passed an Agency petition method validation for several
commodities, and is currently the enforcement method for fludioxonil.
This method has also been forwarded to the Food and Drug Administration
for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive database of method validation
data using this method on various crop commodities is available.
Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). IR-4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40
CFR 180.361 for residues of the herbicide, pendimethalin, N-(1-
ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6 dinitrobenzenamine, and its metabolite,
4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, in or on
method nut, tree, group 14 at 0.1 ppm; pistachio at 0.1 ppm and
juneberry at -0.1 ppm. The analytical method is aqueous organic solvent
extraction, column clean up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a
LOQ of 0.05 ppm for pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact:
RD.
7. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests that the existing tolerance for ``onion, bulb,
subgroup 3-07A'' be changed from 2.0 ppm to 0.20 ppm. The plant
metabolism studies demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound,
pyrimethanil is sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant
residues in crop commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers
by homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the
extract was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with
subsequent residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the
detection and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities
at or above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
8. PP 4F8270. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0638). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the fungicide,
fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F), 1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide,3-
(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-,
its metabolites, and degradates, in or on cotton, gin byproducts at 20
ppm and cotton undelinted seed at 0.3 ppm. LC/MS/MS method is available
as an enforcement method. This method uses reversed-phase HPLC with
gradient elution, and includes 2 ion transitions to be monitored for
the parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus metabolites M700F008,
M700F048. Contact: RD.
9. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to amend
40 CFR 180.493 by removing tolerances for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph (BAS 550 F) [(E,Z)4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-
dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]-morpholine, its metabolites and
degradates in or on the raw agricultural commodity lettuce, head at 10
ppm and lettuce, leaf at 10 ppm. The analytical method LC-MS/MS is
available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide
residues. Contact: RD.
10. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to amend 40 CFR
180.657 by removing the established tolerances for residues of the
insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4-
(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-3)
and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -
benzonitrile in or on fruit, citrus group 10 at 0.04 ppm and nut, tree,
group 14 at 0.04 ppm, upon establishment of the proposed tolerances
listed under the ``New Tolerances'' paragraph for PP 4F8286. Contact:
RD.
11. PP 4F8293. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0613). United Phosphorus, Inc., 630
Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.293
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for residues of the herbicide, endothall, in or on cattle, fat from
0.01 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, kidney from 0.20 to 0.06 ppm; cattle, liver
from 0.10 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, meat from 0.03 to 0.05 ppm; goat, fat
from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; goat, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm; goat, meat
from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; hog, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; hog, kidney
from 0.10 to 0.06 ppm; hog, meat from 0.01 to 0.05 ppm; milk from 0.03
to 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat from
0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts from 0.2 to 0.05 ppm;
sheep, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; sheep, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm;
and sheep, meat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm. The analytical method # KP-
245R0 using HPLC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the chemical
endothall. Contact: RD.
New Tolerance Exemption
1. PP 3F8221. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0560). SciReg International on
behalf of Andermatt Biocontrol AG., Stahlermatten 6 CH-6146,
Grossdietwil, Switzerland, requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide,
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42, in or on all food commodities.
The pesticide in intended to control soil borne diseases. The
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because Bacillus
amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42 is virtually non-toxic and is not
pathogenic. Andermatt Biocontrol AG is, therefore, submitting a
petition to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
and an analytical method is not required. Contact: BPPD.
2. PP 4F8251. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0457). J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 W.
Irving St., Boise, IN 83706, requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant incorporated
protectant (PIP), Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene (also known as
Rpi-vnt1), in or on potato. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
3. PP 4F8275. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0454). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the
plant-incorporated protectant (PIP), Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105
protein, in or on soybean. The petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 10, 2014.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-29428 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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