[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 114-115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31829]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0022; FRL-9956-33]
Pesticide Product Registrations; 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 February 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket
Identification (ID) Number and the EPA Registration Number 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: Michael Goodis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main 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 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).
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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 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, EPA
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
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environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides discussed in this
document, compared to the general population.
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) (7 U.S.C. 136a(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 EPA on these applications. For actions being
evaluated under EPA's public participation process for registration
actions, there will be an additional opportunity for public comment on
the proposed decisions. Please see EPA's public participation Web site
for additional information on this process (http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions). EPA received the following applications to register new uses
for pesticide products containing currently registered active
ingredients:
1. EPA Registration Numbers: 100-739, 100-1262, 100-1312, 100-1313,
100-1317, and 100-1554. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0254.
Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro,
NC 27419. Active Ingredient: Difenoconazole. Product Type: Fungicide.
Proposed Use: Cranberry; Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy
kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F; Guava; Kohlrabi; Papaya; Crop group
conversion from Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B to Brassica, leafy
greens, subgroup 4-16B; and Crop group conversion from Brassica, head
and stem, subgroup 5A to Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-
16.
2. EPA Registration Number: 100-1481. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2016-0640. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419. Active Ingredient: Indoxacarb. Product Type:
Insecticide. Proposed Use: Commercial ornamental plant nurseries,
pastures grazed by horses and other companion animals not used for
consumption, and sod farms.
3. EPA Registration Numbers: 59639-139, 59639-140, and 59639-141.
Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0257. Applicant: Valent USA
Corporation, P.O. Box 8025, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Active Ingredient:
Fluopicolide. Product Type: Fungicide. Proposed Use: Basil; Beans,
succulent; Fruit, citrus, crop group 10-10; Hop, dried cones; Crop
group conversion from Vegetable, fruiting, crop group 8 to Vegetable,
fruiting, crop group 8-10; and Crop group expansion from Grape to
Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2016.
Robert McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-31829 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am]
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