[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53362-53363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18954]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0049; FRL-10013-87]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (July 2020)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. 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 September 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with 
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration 
Division (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing address is: Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460-0001. As part of the mailing address, include the 
contact person's name, division, and mail code.

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).

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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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. 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. 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. 
See EPA's public participation website for additional information on 
this process (http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).

New Active Ingredient

    1. File Symbol: 71711-AA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0226. 
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, 
Wilmington, DE 19808. Active ingredient: Pyraziflumid. Product type: 
Fungicide. Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B), 
caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A), pome fruits (crop group 11-10), 
small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-
07F), stone fruits (crop group 12-12), tree nuts (crop group 14-12), 
and turf (golf courses; residential, institutional, commercial and 
municipal lawns; parks; recreational areas sports and athletic fields; 
cemeteries; and sod farms). Contact: RD.
    2. File Symbol: 71711-AL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0226. 
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, 
Wilmington, DE 19808. Active ingredient: Pyraziflumid. Product type: 
Fungicide. Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B), 
caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A), pome fruits (crop group 11-10), 
small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-
07F), stone fruits (crop group 12-12), tree nuts (crop group 14-12), 
and turf (golf courses; residential, institutional, commercial and 
municipal lawns; parks; recreational areas sports and athletic fields; 
cemeteries; and sod farms). Contact: RD.
    3. File Symbol: 71711-AT. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0226. 
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, 
Wilmington, DE 19808. Active ingredient: Pyraziflumid. Product type: 
Fungicide. Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B), 
caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A), pome fruits (crop group 11-10), 
small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-
07F), stone fruits (crop group 12-12), tree nuts (crop group 14-12), 
and turf (golf courses; residential, institutional, commercial and 
municipal lawns; parks; recreational areas sports and athletic fields; 
cemeteries; and sod farms). Contact: RD

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

    Dated: August 24, 2020.
Hamaad Syed,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-18954 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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