[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18133-18135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06244]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0070; FRL-10841-02-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients February 2023

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 April 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0070, 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: Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511M), main telephone number: 
(202) 566-1400, email address: [email protected]; or 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 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

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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 (https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions).

Notice of Receipt--New Active Ingredients

    File Symbol: 7969-UOA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: Vulcarus Herbicide. Active 
ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 41.53%. Proposed uses: Citrus 
fruit crop group 10-10; pome fruit crop group 11-10; tree nut crop-
group 14-12. Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 7969-UOE. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: TIREXOR Herbicide. Active 
ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 41.53%. Proposed uses: 
Barley; citrus fruit crop group 10-10; corn (field corn, popcorn, sweet 
corn); legume vegetables included in crop group 6 & 7; chickpea 
(garbanzo bean), edible beans, edible peas, field peas, lentils, 
soybean, and vegetable soybean (edamame); millet; oat; peanut; pome 
fruit crop group 11-10; rye; sorghum; tree nut crop-group 14-12; 
triticale; wheat. Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 7969-UOG. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: Antorix Herbicide. Active 
ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 10.76% and Saflufenacil at 
21.51%. Proposed uses: Citrus fruit crops: Calamondin; citrus citron; 
clementine; citrus hybrids; grapefruit; kumquat; lemon; lime; mandarin 
(satsuma); orange (sweet and sour); pummelo; tangelo; tangerine; pome 
fruit crops: Apple; crabapple; loquat; mayhaw; pear; pear, oriental; 
quince; tree nut crops: Almond; beechnut; Brazil nut; butternut; 
cashew; chestnut; chinquapin; filbert (hazelnut); hickory nut; 
macadamia nut; pecan; pistachio; walnut. Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 7969-UOL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: Voraxor Herbicide. Active 
ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 10.76% and Saflufenacil at 
21.51%. Proposed uses: Barley; corn (field corn, popcorn, seed corn, 
sweet corn); legume vegetables: Chickpea (garbanzo bean); field peas; 
soybean; sorghum; wheat. Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 7969-UOR. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: TIREXOR Herbicide Technical. 
Active ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 99.2%. Proposed uses: 
Cereal grains crop group 15 (except rice); citrus fruit crop group 10-
10; foliage of legume vegetables crop group 7; forage, fodder, and 
straw of cereal grains crop group 16 (except rice); legume vegetables 
(edible, succulent and dried) crop group 6; peanut; pome fruit crop 
group 11-10; tree nut crop group 14-12. Contact: RD.
    File Symbol: 7969-UOU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0649. 
Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Product name: Rexovor Herbicide. Active 
ingredient: Herbicide--Trifludimoxazin at 41.53%. Proposed uses: 
Barley; corn (field corn, popcorn, sweet corn); legume vegetables 
included in crop group 6 & 7: Chickpea (garbanzo bean); edible beans; 
edible peas; field peas; lentils; soybean; and vegetable soybean 
(edamame); millet; oat; peanut; rye; sorghum; triticale; wheat. 
Contact: RD.
    File Symbols: 19713-TGR and 19713-TGN. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-
OPP-2023-0082. Applicant: Drexel Chemical Company; P.O. Box 13327, 
Memphis, TN 38113-0327. Product names: Sodium Cyanate Technical and 
Defol Plus. Active ingredient: Herbicide--Sodium Cyanate at 0.99% and 
90.35%. Proposed use: Plant Growth Regulator. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 70506-AEA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0145. 
Applicant: UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of 
Prussia, PA 19406. Product name: 414-03. Active ingredient: Insecticide 
and nematicide--Bacillus licheniformis strain 414-01 at 33%. Proposed 
use: For use as a nematicide seed treatment. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 70506-AEL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0145. 
Applicant: UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of 
Prussia, PA 19406. Product name: 414-02. Active ingredient: Insecticide 
and nematicide--Bacillus licheniformis strain 414-01 at 0.88%. Proposed 
use: For use as a nematicide seed treatment and soil application for 
food crops. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 70506-AET. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0145. 
Applicant: UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of 
Prussia, PA 19406. Product name: Bacillus licheniformis strain 414-01 
Technical. Active ingredient: Insecticide and nematicide--Bacillus 
licheniformis strain 414-01 at 100%. Proposed use: For manufacturing 
into pesticide products. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 70506-AEU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0145. 
Applicant: UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of 
Prussia, PA 19406. Product name: Bacillus licheniformis 414-01 MUP. 
Active ingredient: Insecticide and nematicide--Bacillus licheniformis 
strain 414-01 at 33%. Proposed use: For manufacturing into pesticide 
products. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 95783-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0007. 
Applicant: Danisco US Inc., 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. 
Product name: BC18-WG. Active ingredients: Fungicide, bactericide, and 
nematicide--Gluconobacter cerinus strain BC18B at 10% and Hanseniaspora 
uvarum strain BC18Y at 10%. Proposed use: For seed, soil, and foliar 
treatment to suppress foliar and soilborne fungal, bacterial, and 
nematode pests on vegetables, ground nuts, cereal grains, ornamentals, 
grass and non-grass forages, herbs and spices, oilseed, coffee, hemp, 
tobacco, hops, sugarcane, and turf. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 95783-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0007. 
Applicant: Danisco US Inc., 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. 
Product name: BC18-C. Active ingredients: Fungicide, bactericide, and 
nematicide--Gluconobacter cerinus strain BC18B at 3% and Hanseniaspora 
uvarum strain BC18Y at 3%. Proposed use: For manufacturing pesticide 
products. Contact: BPPD.
    File Symbol: 98588-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0148. 
Applicant: BioConsortia, Inc., 279 Cousteau Place, Davis, CA 95618. 
Product name: Crimson. Active ingredient: Fungicide and bactericide--
Bacillus velenzensis strain 11604 at 1.00%. Proposed use: For foliar 
and soil application to suppress foliar and soil phytodiseases on feed 
and food crops including on vegetables, cereal grains, grass and non-
grass forages, citrus fruits, pome fruits, oilseed, and peanut. 
Contact: BPPD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.


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    Dated: March 21, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2023-06244 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
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