August 29, 2012
In This Update:
Federal Register Items for August 13 - 24, 2012
1. Registration Applications for Pesticide Products Containing New Active Ingredients
2. Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
3. Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances
4. S-Metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances
5. FIFRA Pesticide Registration Review and ESA Consultation Processes; Proposal Regarding Stakeholder Input; Request for Comment
6. Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances
7. Ortho-Phthalaldehyde; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
8. Pesticide Products; Receipt of Applications To Register New Uses
9. Notice of Filing of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
10. Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program III; Revisions to General Tolerance Regulations
11. Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Carbonate and Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Bicarbonate; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
12. SFIREG POM Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
1. Registration Applications for Pesticide Products Containing New Active Ingredients
Date: 08/14/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 157, Pages 48519-48520
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0391-0001
Purpose: This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
Chemical: Various
Comments: Due by September 13, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0390
Contact: A contact person is listed at the end of each registration application summary;
2. Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Date: 08/15/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 158, Pages 48899-48902
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0324-0001 Purpose: This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of flutriafol in or on cotton, undelinted seed; cotton, meal; cotton, refined oil; and cotton gin byproducts. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on cotton. This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of flutriafol in or on cotton commodities. The time-limited tolerances expire on December 31, 2014.
Chemicals: Flutriafol
Comments: This regulation is effective August 15, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0324
Contact: Debra Rate, Registration Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 306-0309; rate.debra@epa.gov
3. Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances
Date: 08/15/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 158, Pages 48907-48915
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0395-0007
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of ludioxonil in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document, associated with pesticide petition (PP) 1E7853 and PP 1E7870. This regulation additionally revises several established tolerances, and removes several established permanent and time-limited tolerances. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, requested the tolerances associated with PP 1E7853 and PP 1E7870, respectively, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemicals: Fludioxonil
Comments: This regulation is effective August 15, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0395
Contact: Lily G. Negash, Field & External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 347-8515; negash.lily@epa.gov
4. S-Metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances
Date: 08/15/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 158, Pages 48902-48907
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0657-0005 Purposes: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of S-metolachlor in or on beet, garden, leaves, cilantro, leaves and coriander, seed. Interregional Research Project Number 4 requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemicals: S-Metolachlor
Comments: This regulation is effective August 15, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0657
Contact: Sidney Jackson, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 305-7610; jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
5. FIFRA Pesticide Registration Review and ESA Consultation Processes; Proposal Regarding Stakeholder Input; Request for Comment
Date: 08/17/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 160, Pages 49792-49793
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0442-0001
Purpose EPA is seeking public comment on a proposal to enhance opportunities for stakeholders to provide input during its review of pesticide registrations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and associated consultations under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposal was jointly prepared by EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in the U.S. Department of Interior. The proposal describes significant changes to EPA's registration review process which are intended to facilitate ESA pesticide consultations and coordination across these Federal agencies, and calls for a greater role for USDA.
Comments: Due by October 16, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0442
Contact: Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 308-8000; keigwin.richard@epa.gov.
6. Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances
Date: 08/17/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 160, Pages 49732-49738
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0394-0004
Purposes: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of cyprodinil in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document, associated with Pesticide Petition (PP) 1E7854, and establishes a tolerance in or on leaf petioles subgroup 4B, associated with PP 1E7869. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and Syngenta Crop Protection requested the tolerances associated with PP 1E7854 and 1E7869, respectively, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemicals: Cyprodinil
Comments: This regulation is effective August 17, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0394
Contact: Laura Nollen, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 305-7390; Nollen.Laura@epa.gov.
7. Ortho-Phthalaldehyde; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
Date: 08/17/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 160, Pages 49793-49794
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0570-0001
Purposes: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to use the pesticide ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) (CAS No. 643-79-8) to treat the International Space Station internal active thermal control system (IATCS) coolant to control Cupriavidus metallidurans, Variovorax paradoxus, Acidovorax sp., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Methylobacterium extorquens, and unidentified gram negative rods. This emergency exemption involves the use of a chemical which has not been registered by the EPA. EPA is soliciting public comment on the exemption.
Chemicals: Ortho-Phthalaldehyde
Comments: Due by September 2, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0570
Contact: Debra Rate, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 306-0309; rate.debra@epa.gov.
8. Pesticide Products; Receipt of Applications To Register New Uses
Date: 08/22/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 163, Pages 50686-50688
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0431-0003
Purpose: 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. EPA is publishing this Notice of such applications, pursuant to section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA.
Chemical: Various
Comments: Due by September 21, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0390
Contact: A contact person is listed at the end of each registration application summary and may be contacted by telephone or email.
9. Notice of Filing of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Date: 08/22/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 163, Pages 50661-50665
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0427-0002
Purpose: 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.
Chemicals: Various
Comments: Due by September 21, 2012; docket identification (ID) number various numbers
Contact: A contact person, with telephone number and email address, is listed at the end of each pesticide petition summary.
10. Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program III; Revisions to General Tolerance Regulations
Date: 08/22/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 163, Pages 50617-50622
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0766-0053
Purpose: This final rule revises the current pesticide tolerance crop grouping regulations, which allow for the establishment of tolerances for multiple related crops based on data from a representative set of crops. This rule expands upon existing stone fruit and tree nut crop groups by establishing new crop subgroups and adding new commodities. This is the third in a series of planned crop group updates expected to be promulgated over the next several years.
Chemicals: Various
Comments: This final rule is effective October 22, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766
Contact: Laura Nollen, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 305-7390; nollen.laura@epa.gov.
11. Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Carbonate and Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Bicarbonate; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Date: 08/22/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 163, Pages 50613-50617
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0950-0008
Purposes: This regulation amends the exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Carbonate and Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Bicarbonate, jointly referred to as DDACB on food contact surfaces when applied or used in public eating places, dairy processing equipment, and/or food processing equipment and utensils. Lonza, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an amendment which would provide for an increase in the final use concentration of DDACB in products eligible for the exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.
Chemicals: Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Carbonate and Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium
Bicarbonate
Comments: This regulation is effective August 22, 2012.; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0950
Contact: Velma Noble, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 308-6233; ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
12. SFIREG POM Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
Date: 08/24/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 165, Pages 51533
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0003-0004 Purposes: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG), Pesticides Operations and Management (POM) Working Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on September 17, 2012, and ending September 18, 2012. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
Chemicals:
The meeting will be held on Monday, September 17, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0003
Contact: Ron Kendall, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 305-5561; kendall.ron@epa.gov.