[Federal Register: May 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 89)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0936; FRL-8128-1]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing the establishment or modification of regulations
for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) of interest, by one
of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to the assigned docket ID number
and the pesticide petition number of interest. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the docket without change and may
be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit
an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk
or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov
website to view the docket index or access available documents.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in
hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The person listed at the end of the
pesticide petition summary of interest.
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.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
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This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person 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 e-mail. 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. Docket ID Numbers
When submitting comments, please use the docket ID number and the
pesticide petition number of interest, as shown in the table.
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PP Number Docket ID Number
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PP 6E7047 and 6E7048 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0189
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PP 6E7148 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0310
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PP 7E7196 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0313
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PP 0E6209 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0325
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PP 7E7182 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0330
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PP 7E7195 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0331
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PP 7E7194 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0335
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PP 7F7200 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337
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PP 7F7191 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0349
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III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing notice of the filing of pesticide petitions
received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or modification of
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in
or on various food commodities. EPA has determined that the pesticide
petitions described in this notice contain data or information
regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(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. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these
pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions
included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a
docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket for each of the
petitions is available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov.
New Tolerances
1. PP 6E7047 and 6E7048. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0189).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for the combined residues of the herbicide propyzamide
(pronamide) and its metabolite containing the 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl
moiety and calculated as 3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl)
benzamide in or on food commodities in PP 6E7047: Chicory roots at 0.2
parts per million (ppm); chicory tops at 2.0 ppm; endive, Belgium at
2.0 ppm; and dandelion, leaves at 2.0 ppm; and in PP 6E7048: Berry
group 13 at 0.05 ppm. Adequate enforcement methodology, gas
chromatography using electron capture detection (GC/ECD), is available
to enforce the tolerance expression. This method is published in the
Pesticide Analytical Manual II (PAM II), as method I. Contact: Sidney
Jackson, telephone number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address:
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
2. PP 6E7148. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0310).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the insecticide spinosad which is a
fermentation product of Saccharopolyspora spinosa. The product consists
of two related active ingredients: Spinosyn A (Factor A; CAS
131929-60-7) and Spinosyn D (Factor D; CAS 131929-63-0).
Typically, the two factors are present at an 85:15 (A:D) ratio in or on
food commodities: Spice crop subgroup 19B, except black pepper at 1.7
ppm; pineapple at 0.02 ppm; and pineapple process residue at 0.08 ppm.
There is a practical method, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
accelerated climate prediction initiative (LC/MS/ACPI), for detecting
and measuring levels of spinosad in or on food with a limit of
detection (0.002 ppm) that allows monitoring of food with residues at
or above the level set for these tolerances. The method has undergone
successful EPA laboratory validation. Contact: Sidney Jackson,
telephone number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address:
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
3. PP 7E7196. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0313).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium and its
metabolites expressed as butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(hydroxymethyl
phosphinyl)-, monoammonium salt, 2-acetamido-4-methylphosphinico-
butanoic acid and 3-methylphosphinico-propionic acid, expressed as
glufosinate free acid equivalents in or on the food commodity pistachio
at 0.1 ppm. The enforcement analytical method utilizes GC for detecting
and measuring levels of glufosinate-ammonium and metabolites with a
general limit of quantification of 0.05 ppm. This method allows
detection of residues at or above the proposed tolerances. Contact:
Barbara Madden,
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telephone number: (703) 305-6463; e-mail address:
madden.barbara@epa.gov.
4. PP 0E6209. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0325).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the herbicide dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic
acid) and its metabolite 3,6-dichloro-5-hydroxy-o-anisic in or on food
commodities: Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed at 0.04
ppm; Corn, sweet, forage at 0.50 ppm; and Corn, sweet stover at 0.50
ppm. BASF Corporation has provided suitable independently validated
analytical methods for detecting and measuring levels of dicamba and
its metabolites in or on food with a limit of detection that allows
monitoring of food with residues at or above the levels described in
these and the existing tolerances. Adequate methods are available in
the PAM II for enforcement purposes. The analytical method involves
extraction, partition, clean-up and detection of residues by GC/ECD.
Contact: Barbara Madden, telephone number: (703) 305-6463; e-mail
address: madden.barbara@epa.gov.
5. PP 7E7182. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0330).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the insecticide/miticide hexythiazox (trans-
5-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine-3-
carboxamide) and its metabolites containing the (4-chlorophenyl)-4-
methyl-2-oxo-3-thiazolidine moiety in or on food commodity potato at
0.02 ppm. A practical analytical method, high performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) with an ultraviolet detector, which detects and
measures residues of hexythiazox and its metabolites as a common
moiety, is available for enforcement purposes with a limit of detection
that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above the levels set
in these tolerances. Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, telephone number:
(703) 308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
6. PP 7E7195. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0331).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a
tolerance for residues of the insecticide/miticide spiromesifen;
butanoic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-, 2-oxo-3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-
oxaspiro [4,4] non-3-en-4-yl ester, and its enol metabolite; 4-
hydroxyl-3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-oxaspiro [4,4] non-3-en-2-one,
calculated as parent compound equivalents in or on food commodities:
Bean, edible, podded at 1.4 ppm; bean, succulent at 0.10 ppm; bean, dry
at 0.02 ppm; and cowpea, forage at 35 ppm. Adequate analytical
methodology using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/
MS/MS) detection is available for enforcement purposes. Contact: Shaja
R. Brothers, telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address:
brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
7. PP 7F7200. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337). Bayer
CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. 12014, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the
insecticide cyfluthrin; cyano (4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate in or on food
commodities: Grain, cereal group 15 (except rice) at 4.0 ppm; and
grain, cereal, (forage, fodder, and straw), group 16 (except rice) at
7.0 ppm. Adequate analytical methodology using GC/EC detection is
available for enforcement purposes. Contact: Olga Odiott, telephone
number: (703) 308-9369; e-mail address: odiott.olga@epa.gov.
8. PP 7F7191. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0349). Dow
AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268-1053,
proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the insecticide
spinosad in or on food commodities: Fish, shellfish, mollusks, and
crustaceans at 4.0 ppm. There is a practical method LC/MS/ACPI for
detecting and measuring levels of spinosad in or on food with a limit
of detection (0.002 ppm) that allows monitoring of food with residues
at or above the level set for these tolerances. The method had
undergone successful EPA laboratory validation. Contact: Bonaventure
Akinlosotu, telephone number: (703) 605-0653; e-mail address:
akinlosotu.bonaventure@epa.gov.
Amendment to Existing Tolerances
1. PP 7E7195. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0331).
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to amend the tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.607 by increasing the residues of the insecticide/
miticide spiromesifen; butanoic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-, 2-oxo-3-(2,4,6-
trimethylphenyl)-1-oxaspiro[4,4]non-3-en-4-yl ester, and its
metabolites containing the enol; 4-hydroxyl-3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-
1-oxaspiro[4,4]non-3-en-2-one; and 4-hydroxymethyl; 4-hydroxy-3-[4-
(hydroxymethyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]-1-oxaspiro[4,4] non-3-en-2-one
moieties, calculated as parent compound equivalents in or on the
livestock commodities: Cattle, fat at 0.20 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01
ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; goat, fat at 0.20 ppm; goat,
meat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; hog, fat at 0.20
ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; horse,
fat at 0.20 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at
0.30 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.20 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat
byproducts at 0.30 ppm; and milk at 0.01 ppm. Adequate analytical
methodology using LC/MS/MS detection is available for enforcement
purposes. Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, telephone number: (703) 308-3194;
e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
2. PP 7E7194. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0335). Dow
AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268-1053,
proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.560 by amending the
tolerance expression to establish the combined residues of
cloquintocet-mexyl (acetic acid, [(5-chloro-8-quniolinyl)oxy]-,1-
methylhexyl ester)(CAS 99607-70-2) and its acid metabolite
(5-chloro-8-quinlinoxyacetic acid) when used as an inert ingredient
safener in pesticide formulations containing either the herbicide
clodinafop-propargyl or pinoxaden in a 1:4 ratio of safener to active
ingredient or as a safener in combination with the new active
ingredient pyroxsulam in or on the food commodities: Wheat, grain at
0.1 ppm; wheat, forage at 0.1 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.1 ppm; and wheat,
straw at 0.1 ppm. Dow AgroSciences LLC has submitted practical
analytical methodology for detecting and measuring combined levels of
cloquintocet-methyl and its acid metabolite (5-chloro-8-
quinlinoxyacetic acid). The method is based upon acid hydrolysis
extraction, which converts the parent and all conjugates to the acid
metabolite. The acid metabolite is subject to commodity specific
cleanup procedures and HPLC determination with triple stage quadruple
mass spectrometry LC/MS/MS. The limit of quantitation (LOQ), as
demonstrated by the lowest acceptable recovery samples, is 0.01 ppm for
wheat, grain, forage, hay and straw. Contact: Tracy H. Ward, telephone
number: (703) 308-9361; e-mail address: ward.tracyh@epa.gov.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
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Dated: May 2, 2007.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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