[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30437-30438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13947]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0008; FRL-9978-35]


Pesticide Product Registration; 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 July 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket 
Identification (ID) Number and the File Symbol 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 
(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: 
[email protected], Anita Pease, Antimicrobials Division (AD) (7510P), 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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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).

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.

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 the Agency on these applications.

New Uses

    1. EPA Registration Number(s): 100-1281 and 100-1254. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0671. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 
P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. Active ingredient: Mandipropamid. 
Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Asparagus bean, edible podded; 
Bean (Phaseolus spp.), edible podded; Bean (Vigna spp.), edible podded; 
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B; Catjang bean, edible podded; 
Celtuce; Chinese longbean, edible podded; Citrus, dried pulp; Citrus, 
oil; Cowpea, edible podded; Florence fennel; French bean, edible 
podded; Fruit, citrus, group 10-10; Garden bean, edible podded; Goa 
bean, edible podded; Green bean, edible podded; Guar bean, edible 
podded; Jackbean, edible podded; Kidney bean, edible podded; Kohlrabi; 
Lablab bean, edible podded; Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B; Leafy 
greens subgroup 4-16A; Moth bean, edible podded; Mung bean, edible 
podded; Navy bean, edible podded; Rice bean, edible podded; Scarlet 
runner bean, edible podded; Snap bean, edible podded; Sword bean, 
edible podded; Urd bean, edible podded; Vegetable, brassica, head and 
stem, group 5-16; Vegetable soybean, edible podded; Velvet bean, edible 
podded; Wax bean, edible podded; Winged pea, edible podded; Yardlong 
bean, edible podded. Contact: RD.
    2. EPA Registration Number(s): 264-1137 and 264-1169. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0140. Applicant: Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active ingredient: 
Fluoxastrobin. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed Use: Cotton (seed 
treatment). Contact: RD.
    3. EPA Registration Number(s): 352-834 and 352-836. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0674. Applicant: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and 
Company, P.O. Box 30, Newark, DE 19714. Active ingredient: 
Penthiopyrad. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed Use(s): New use on 
Bushberry Subgroup 13-07B and Caneberry Subgroup, 13-07A; Expansion of 
use on canola, cotton seeds, and sunflower seed to Oilseed group 20; 
Conversion from 5B to Brassica leafy greens subgroup 4-16B; Conversion 
from group 12 to Fruit, stone, group 12-12; Conversion from group 4 to 
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B, celtuce, and florence fennel; 
Conversion from group 4 to Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A; Conversion from 
group 14 to Nut, tree, group 14-12; Conversion from subgroup 5A to 
Vegetable, brassica, head and stem group 5-16 and kohlrabi. Contact: 
RD.
    4. EPA Registration Number(s): 7969-185, 7969-258, 7969-199, and 
7969-251. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0311. Applicant: BASF 
Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709. Active ingredient: Pyraclostrobin. Product type: Fungicide. 
Proposed Use(s): Greenhouse use for commercially grown vegetables and 
production of transplants for the home consumer market on Vegetable, 
cucurbit, crop group 9; Vegetable, fruiting, crop group 8-10; and Leafy 
greens subgroup 4-16A; Crop group conversion from Brassica, head and 
stem, subgroup 5A to Vegetable, brassica head and stem, group 5-16 and 
kohlrabi; Crop group conversion from Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 
5B to Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B; Crop group conversion 
from Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 to Leafy greens 
subgroup 4-16A and Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B and celtuce and 
florence fennel. Contact: RD.
    5. EPA Registration Number(s): 86203-1. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-
OPP-2017-0674. Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc, P.O. Box 5126, 
Valdosta, GA 31603-5126. Active ingredient: Penthiopyrad. Product type: 
Fungicide. Proposed Use(s): New use on Bushberry Subgroup 13-07B and 
Caneberry Subgroup, 13-07A; Expansion of use on canola, cotton seeds, 
and sunflower seed to Oilseed group 20; Conversion from 5B to Brassica 
leafy greens subgroup 4-16B; Conversion from group 12 to Fruit, stone, 
group 12-12; Conversion from group 4 to Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 
22B, celtuce, and florence fennel; Conversion from group 4 to Leafy 
greens subgroup 4-16A; Conversion from group 14 to Nut, tree, group 14-
12; Conversion from subgroup 5A to Vegetable, brassica, head and stem 
group 5-16 and kohlrabi. Contact: RD.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: May 31, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-13947 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
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