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Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or Amendment to Regulations for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

 [Federal Register: January 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 15)]
[Notices]
[Page 3132-3133]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8110-9]

Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or
Amendment to Regulations for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on
Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for
residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and pesticide petition number (PP), by one of the following
methods. Refer to Unit II. for specific docket ID numbers for each
pesticide petition.
    ? Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    ? Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    ? Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to the assigned docket ID number
for the pesticide petition. EPA's policy is that all comments received
will be included in the docket without change and may be made available
on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit
an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk
or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov
, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this
Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The person listed at the end of the
pesticide petition summary of interest.

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.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
    ? Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    ? Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    ? Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    ? Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed at the end of the pesticide petition
summary of interest.

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 e-mail. 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

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accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by the docket ID number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Docket ID Numbers

    When submitting comments, please use the docket ID number assigned
to the pesticide petition.

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                 PP Number                        Docket ID Number
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PP 5E6903                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0481
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PP 6F7061                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0993
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III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is printing a summary of pesticide petitions received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various
food commodities. EPA has determined that these pesticide petitions
contain data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA
section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency
of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting
of the pesticide petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA
rules on these pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petitions included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available on-line at 
http://www.regulations.gov. To locate this information on the 
regulations.gov website follow these steps:
    ? Select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket Search.''
    ? In the ``Docket ID'' field, typethe docket ID number in
the following form: ``OPP-year-docket number'' (example: OPP-2005-
9999); do not include ``EPA-HQ'' in the docket ID number.
    ? Click the ``Submit'' button.
    ? Once the search locates the docket, click on the docket ID
number to open the docket.

New Tolerance

    1. PP 5E6903. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0481). Valent
U.S.A. Corporation, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025,
proposes to establish an import tolerance for residues of the fungicide
fluopicolide in or on the food commodities grape, juice, and grape,
wine at 2.0 parts per million (ppm), and the processed commodity grape,
raisin at 9.0 ppm. In plant commodities, the analytical method included
the combined residues of fluopicolide, 2,6-dichlorobenzamide and 3-
chloro-5-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid, all calculated as fluopicolide.
These residues were determined by liquid chromatography/mass
spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Extraction efficiency
testing has shown that the residues of concern are extracted
effectively by the method even after storage. Stability testing has
shown the parent compound and the metabolites to be stable during
storage for up to 24 months. Contact: Janet Whitehurst; telephone
number: (703) 305-6129; e-mail address:whitehurst.janet@epa.gov.
    2. PP 6F7061. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0993). Dow
AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268,
proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide
florasulam in or on the food commodities wheat, barley, oat, rye,
triticale (grain) at 0.01 ppm and wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale
(forage, hay, and straw) at 0.05 ppm. Gas chromatography and mass
selective detection (GC-MSD) is use to measure and evaluate the
chemical residues. Contact: Hope Johnson, telephone number: (703) 305-
5410; e-mail address: johnson.hope@epa.gov.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

    Dated: January 10, 2007.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E7-1009 Filed 1-23-07; 8:45 am]
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