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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8150-8]

 
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 November 23, 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).
    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.

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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 7E7228                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0627
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PP 7E7234                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0940
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PP 7E7238                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0189
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PP 7E7253                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0910
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PP 7E7255                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0300
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PP 7E7257                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0945
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PP 7E7234                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0940
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PP 7E7245                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0906
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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 7E7228. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0627). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
the plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron (KT-30) in or on food 
commodities bushberry subgroup 13B (aronia berry; blueberry, highbush; 
blueberry, lowbush; currant, buffalo; chilean guava; currant, black and 
currant, red; barberry, European, elderberry; gooseberry; cranberry, 
highbush; honeysuckle, edible; huckleberry; jostaberry; juneberry; 
currant; salal; and buckthorn, sea) at 0.01 parts per million (ppm). 
Two analytical methods, both based on high performance liquid 
chromatography (HPLC) procedures have been developed. The first method 
used a visible ultraviolet (UV) detector, while the second method used 
a mass spectrophotometer (MS) detector. Since the MS detector is 
capable of both qualitative as well as quantitative measurement, it is 
the preferred method. The lowest level of quantification (LOQ) in 
blueberries was 0.01 ppm. Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, telephone number: 
(703) 308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
    2. PP 7E7234. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0940). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR- 4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
the fungicide fludioxonil 4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-
pyrrole-3-carbonitrile in or on food commodities tomato at 0.4 ppm; 
tomatillo at 0.4 ppm; tomato, paste at 1.0 ppm; avocado at 0.45 ppm; 
black sapote at 0.45 ppm; canistel at 0.45 ppm; mamey sapote at 0.45 
ppm; mango at 0.45 ppm; papaya at 0.45 ppm; sapodilla at 0.45 ppm; star 
apple at 0.45 ppm; herb, subgroup 19A, fresh at 13 ppm; herb, subgroup 
19A, dried at 55 ppm; leaves of root and tuber vegetables at 40 ppm; 
root vegetables, except sugar beet subgroup at 0.5 ppm; lemon at 0.25 
ppm; lime at 0.25 ppm; cucurbits at 0.6 ppm; and tuberous and corm 
vegetables, except potato subgroup at 4.0 ppm. Syngenta has developed 
and validated analytical methodology for enforcement purposes. This 
method (Syngenta Crop Protection Method AG-597B) 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: Sidney Jackson, 
telephone number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address: 
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.

    3. PP 7E7238. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0189). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for the combined 
residues of the herbicide propyzamide (pronamide) and its metabolite 
containing the 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl moiety calculated as 3,5-dichloro-N-
(1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl) benzamide in or on food commodities bearberry 
at 1.0 ppm; bilberry at 1.0 ppm; blueberry, lowbush at 1.0 ppm; 
cloudberry at 1.0 ppm; cranberry at 1.0 ppm; lingonberry at 1.0 ppm; 
muntries at 1.0 ppm; and partridgeberry at 1.0 ppm. Adequate 
enforcement methodology (gas chromatography using electron capture 
detection) is available to enforce the tolerance expression, this 
method is published in PAM II, as method I. Contact: Sidney Jackson, 
telephone number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address: 
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.

    4. PP 7E7253. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0910). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
the insecticide buprofezin in or on food commodities vegetable, 
fruiting, group 8; and okra at 1.8 ppm. The proposed analytical method 
involves extraction, partition, clean-up and detection of residues by 
gas chromatography using nitrogen phosphorous detection. Contact: Susan 
Stanton, telephone number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: 
stanton.susan@epa.gov.

    5. PP 7E7255. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0300). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
the insecticide Z-cypermethrin (S-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl) methyl (< plus-
minus>) cis-trans 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2 
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate and its inactive R-isomers in or on 
food commodities borage, seed at 0.2 ppm; castor oil plant, seed at 0.2 
ppm; Chinese tallowtree, seed at 0.2 ppm; crambe, seed at 0.2 ppm; 
cuphea, seed at 0.2 ppm; echium, seed at 0.2 ppm; euphorbia, seed at 
0.2 ppm; evening primrose, seed at 0.2 ppm; flax, seed at 0.2 ppm; gold 
of pleasure, seed at 0.2 ppm; hare's ear mustard, seed at 0.2 ppm; 
jojoba, seed at 0.2 ppm; lesquerella, seed at 0.2 ppm; lunara, seed at 
0.2 ppm; meadowfoam, seed at 0.2 ppm; milkweed, seed at 0.2 ppm; 
mustard, seed at 0.2 ppm; niger seed, seed at 0.2 ppm; oil radish, seed 
at 0.2 ppm; poppy, seed at 0.2 ppm; rose hip, seed at 0.2 ppm; sesame, 
seed at 0.2 ppm; stokes aster, seed at 0.2 ppm; sweet rocket, seed at 
0.2 ppm; tallowwood, seed at 0.2 ppm; tea oil plant, seed at 0.2 ppm; 
and vernonia, seed at 0.2 ppm. There is a practical analytical method 
for detecting and measuring levels of cypermethrin in or on food with a 
limit of detection that allows monitoring of food with residues at or 
above the levels set in these tolerances (gas chromatography with 
electron capture detection (GC/ECD)). Contact: Sidney Jackson, 
telephone

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number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address: jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
    6. PP 7E7257. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0945). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
the herbicide MCPB [4-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy) butyric acid] in or on 
food commodity mint tops (leaves and stems) at 0.25 ppm. MCPB and MCPA 
residues were analyzed using a gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric 
(GC/MS) method. For MCPB in or on mint tops, the LOD for the method was 
calculated to be 0.004 ppm and the LOQ was calculated to be 0.012 ppm. 
For MCPA in or on mint tops, the LOD for the method was calculated to 
be 0.003 ppm and the LOQ was calculated to be 0.009 ppm. The lowest 
level of method validation (LL/MV) for both MCPB and MCPA in or on mint 
tops was 0.05 ppm. For MCPB in or on mint oil, the LOD for the method 
was calculated to be 0.015 ppm and the LOQ was calculated to be 0.044 
ppm; and for MCPA in or on mint oil, the LOD for the method was 
calculated to be 0.013 ppm and the LOQ was calculated to be 0.039 ppm. 
The lowest level of method validation for both MCPB and MCPA in or on 
mint oil was 0.05 ppm. Contact: Susan Stanton, telephone number: (703) 
305-5218; e-mail address: stanton.susan@epa.gov.

Amendment to Existing Tolerances

    1. PP 7E7234. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0940). Upon approval of the 
aforementioned new tolerances above in No. 2, the Interregional 
Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.516 
by removing the established tolerances for residues of the fungicide 
fludioxonil 4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3-
carbonitrile in or on the food commodities herb, subgroup 19A, fresh at 
10 ppm; herb, subgroup 19A, dried at 65 ppm; carrot at 0.75 ppm; and 
turnip, greens at 10 ppm. Contact: Sidney Jackson, telephone number: 
(703) 305-7610; e-mail address: jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
    2. PP 7E7245. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0906). Interregional Research 
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., 
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.582 to increase the 
tolerance for the combined residues of the fungicide pyraclostrobin, 
carbamic acid, [2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy] 
methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester and its metabolite methyl-N-[[[1-
(4-chlorophenyl) pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]o-tolyl]carbamate (BF-500-3), 
expressed as parent compound in or on the food commodities barley, 
grain at 1.3 ppm and barley, straw at 9.0 ppm. In plants, the method of 
analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean-up and 
quantitation by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass 
spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). In animals, the method of analysis involves 
base hydrolysis, organic extraction, column clean-up and quantitation 
by LC/MS/MS or derivatization (methylation) followed by quantitation by 
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Contact: Shaja R. 
Brothers, telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address: 
brothers.shaja@epa.gov.


List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.


    Dated: October 10, 2007.
 Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-20599 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]

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