08/23/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/23/2024 06:46
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice.
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.
Comments must be received on or before September 23, 2024.
Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0061, 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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
1. EPA Registration Number: 279-3013 and 279-3051. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0201. Applicant: FMC Corporation 2929 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Active ingredient: Permethrin. Product type: Insecticide. Proposed use: Dragon fruit (pitaya); crop group expansions to field corn subgroup 15-22C and sweet corn subgroup 15-22D; and a crop group conversion to leafy greens subgroup 4-16A, including tolerances for orphan crops arugula, garden cress and upland cress. Contact: RD.
2. EPA Registration Number or File Symbol: 352-591, 352-604. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0156. Applicant: Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Active ingredient: Cymoxanil. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Brassica, leafy greens subgroup 4-16B; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A; celtuce; Florence fennel; fruiting vegetables subgroup 8-10A; fruiting vegetables subgroup 8-10B; leaf petiole, subgroup 22B; succulent shelled bean subgroup 6-22C (East of Rocky Mountains); mango; root vegetables subgroup 1B (except sugar beet); tuberous and corm vegetables (subgroup 1C). Contact: RD.
3. EPA Registration Number: 70506-60. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0363. Applicant: UPL NA Inc., P.O. Box 12219, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2219. Active ingredient: Acifluorfen. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Sugar beet roots and sugar beet tops. Contact: RD.
EPA Registration Number: 91813-18. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0363. Applicant: UPL Delaware Inc,. P.O. Box 12219, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2219. Active ingredient: Acifluorfen. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Sugar beet roots and sugar beet tops. Contact: RD.
EPA File Symbol: 101563-EEE. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0346. Applicant: Environmental Science U.S., LLC., 5000 CentreGreen Way, Suite 400, Cary, NC 27513. Active ingredient: Aminocyclopyrachlor potassium salt. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Non-hayed rangeland, non-hayed permanent grass pastures, non-hayed natural areas, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands in AZ, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, and WY. Contact: RD.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.