[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 41397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13482]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0067; FRL-10578-05-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses May 2023

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 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0067, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://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. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Rosenblatt, Registration Division 
(RD) (7505T), main telephone number: (202) 566-2875, 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. 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 application 
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 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.

A. Notice of Receipt--New Uses

    1. EPA Registration Number: 279-3637, 279-3638, 279-3639, 279-3640, 
279-3641, 279-3642, 279-3643. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0062. 
Applicant: FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 
Active ingredient: Fluindapyr. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: 
Soybean, sod farms, and turf and ornamentals in residential areas. 
Contact: RD.
    2. EPA Registration Numbers: 279-9586, 279-9597, 279-9598, 279-
9629, 279-9596. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0079. Applicant: The 
IR-4 Project, NC State University, Campus Box 7710, Raleigh, NC 27695. 
Active ingredient: Indoxacarb. Product type: Insecticide. Proposed use: 
New uses on coffee; strawberry; sunflower subgroup 20B; crop group 
expansions to cottonseed subgroup 20C; edible podded bean subgroup 6-
22A; field corn subgroup 15-22C; pulses, dried shelled bean, except 
soybean, subgroup 6-22E; succulent shelled bean subgroup 6-22C; sweet 
corn subgroup 15-22D; crop group conversions to brassica, leafy greens 
subgroup 4-16B; fruit, pome, group 11-10 except pear; fruit, stone, 
group 12-12; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B; leafy greens subgroup 
4-16A; pear, Asian; vegetable, brassica, head and stem group 5-16; and 
vegetable fruiting, group 8-10 including tolerances for the orphan 
crops celtuce; chickpea, dry seed; fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and 
stalk; and kohlrabi. Contact: RD.
    3. EPA Registration Number: 7969-402 and 7969-405. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0238. Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active ingredient: 
Mefentrifluconazole. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Seed 
treatment on legume vegetable group (crop group 6-22). Contact: RD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: June 14, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2023-13482 Filed 6-23-23; 8:45 am]
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