[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 186 (Thursday, September 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60156-60157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21109]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0049; FRL-10014-75]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients (August 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 October 26, 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: Anne Overstreet, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: (703) 
305-7090, email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Marietta Echeverria, 
Registration Division (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-7090, 
email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing address for each 
contact person 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. The division to contact is listed at the 
end of each pesticide petition summary.

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).

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. 
Please see EPA's public participation website for additional 
information on this process (http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).

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A. New Active Ingredient

    1. File Symbols: 93778-R, 93778-E, 93778-G, and 93778-U. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0250. Applicant: AgriMetis, LLC, c/o Wagner 
Regulatory Associates Inc, P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707. Product 
names: L-Glufosinate Ammonium Technical, AgriMetis Glu-L280, AgriMetis 
Glu-L 280 SL, and AgriMetis Glu-L 280 SLX. Active ingredient: 
Herbicide--L-Glufosinate Ammonium at 77.62% (L-Glufosinate Ammonium 
Technical) and 24.5% (AgriMetis Glu-L280, AgriMetis Glu-L 280 SL, and 
AgriMetis Glu-L 280 SLX) Proposed uses: Banana; beet, sugar; bushberry, 
subgroup 13-07B; canola; corn, field; corn, sweet; cotton; fruit, 
citrus, group 10-10; fruit, pome, group 11-10; fruit, stone, group 12-
12; grape; juneberry; lingonberry; nut, tree, group 14-12; non-crop, 
industrial areas and residential outdoor uses; olive; potato; salal and 
soybean. Contact: RD.
    2. File Symbol: 94339-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0457. 
Applicant: Better Air International Limited, 1 Ha-Tsmikha St., High 
Tech Park, Yokneam Illit 2069205, Israel (c/o Environmental Consulting, 
15616 Plain Dealing Place, Manassas, VA 20112). Product name: EB-8. 
Active ingredients: Fungicide and Bactericide--Bacillus subtilis strain 
3 at 0.02%, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain 298 at 0.02%, and 
Bacillus subtilis strain 281 at 0.02%. Proposed use: For the control or 
suppression of odor-causing and discoloration-causing bacterial and 
fungal growth in commercial and residential areas. Contact: BPPD.

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

    Dated: September 10, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-21109 Filed 9-23-20; 8:45 am]
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