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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0008; FRL–9918–90]
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions
Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
Agency’s receipt of several initial filings
of pesticide petitions requesting the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number and the pesticide petition
number (PP) of interest as shown in the
body of this document, by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.
• 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/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting
or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is
available at https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert McNalley, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)
(7511P), main telephone number: (703)
305–7090; email address:
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis,
Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main
telephone number: (703) 305–7090;
email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
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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).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
If you have any questions regarding
the applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT for the division 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 email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
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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
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treatment and meaningful involvement
of any group, including minority and/or
low-income populations, in the
development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice
issues, the Agency seeks information on
any groups or segments of the
population who, as a result of their
location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or
disproportionately high and adverse
human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
II. What action is the agency taking?
EPA is announcing its receipt of
several pesticide petitions filed under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C.
346a, requesting the establishment or
modification of regulations in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food
commodities. The Agency is taking
public comment on the requests before
responding to the petitioners. EPA is not
proposing any particular action at this
time. EPA has determined that the
pesticide petitions described in this
document contain the data or
information prescribed in FFDCA
section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C. 346a(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. After
considering the public comments, EPA
intends to evaluate whether and what
action may be warranted. Additional
data may be needed before EPA can
make a final determination on these
pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of each of the petitions that
are the subject of this document,
prepared by the petitioner, is included
in a docket EPA has created for each
rulemaking. The docket for each of the
petitions is available at https://
www.regulations.gov.
As specified in FFDCA section
408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is
publishing notice of the petition so that
the public has an opportunity to
comment on this request for the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticides in
or on food commodities. Further
information on the petition may be
obtained through the petition summary
referenced in this unit.
New Tolerance
1. PP 2F8134. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–
0151). Syngenta Crop Protection LLC.,
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P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–
8300, requests to establish a tolerance in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide difenoconazole, 1-[2-[2chloro-4-(4-hlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H1,2,4-triazole, in or on rapeseed,
subgroup 20A at 0.1 ppm. For plants,
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC has
submitted practical analytical method
(AG–575B) for detecting and measuring
levels of difenoconazole in or on food
with a limit of quantitation (LOQ) that
allows monitoring of food with residues
at or above the levels set in the
proposed tolerances. Residues are
qualified by liquid chromatography
with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/
MS/MS). For livestock, a practical
analytical method (AG–544A) for
detecting and measuring levels of
difenoconazole in or on cattle tissues
and milk, and poultry tissues and eggs,
with an LOQ that allows monitoring of
food with residues at or above the levels
set in the proposed tolerances.
Tolerances in meat, milk, poultry or
eggs were established for enforcement
purposes. EPA is republishing this
notice of availability.
2. PP 3E8218. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0483). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, 27709, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on papaya at 1.5
parts per million (ppm). The analytical
method liquid chromatography with
LC–MS/MS is available to EPA for the
detection and measurement of the
pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
3. PP 3F8199. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700,
Arlington, VA 22209–2510., requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180
for residues of the fungicide, flutriafol,
in or on Brassica, head and stem,
subgroup 5A at 1.5 ppm; Brassica, leafy
greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; egg at
0.01 ppm; hog, liver at 0.05 ppm; hog,
meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02
ppm; hog, muscle at 0.01 ppm; leaf
petioles, subgroup 4B at 3.0 ppm; leafy
greens, subgroup 4A, except head
lettuce at 10 ppm; lettuce, head at 1.5
ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.02
ppm; radicchio at 1.5 ppm; sorghum,
grain, forage at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain,
grain at 1.5 ppm; and sorghum, grain,
stover at 6.0 ppm. The gas
chromatography-mass selective
detection (GC/MSD) is used to measure
and evaluate the chemical flutriafol.
Contact: RD.
4. PP 3F8213. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0530). Janssen PMP, Janssen
Pharmaceutica NV, 1125 Trenton-
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requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, pyrimethanil, in or on
pomegranate (post-harvest) at 5.0 ppm.
The high performance liquid
chromatography with triple quadruple
mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) is
used to measure and evaluate the
chemical pyrimethanil. Contact: RD.
5. PP 3F8224. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0285). Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600
Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek,
CA 94596, requests to establish
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the fungicide, mandestrobin
(S–2200), (2-[(2,5dimethylphenoxy)methyl]-a-methoxyN-methyl-benzeneacetamide) in or on
small fruit vine climbing except fuzzy
kiwifruit crop subgroup 13–07F, fruit at
5 ppm; juice at 7 ppm and dried fruit
at 10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup
13–07G, fruit at 3 ppm; and rapeseed
crop subgroup 20A, seed at 0.6 ppm. An
independently validated analytical
method has been submitted for
analyzing parent S–2200 residues with
appropriate sensitivity in all crop
commodities for which tolerances are
being request. Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8232. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0695). Sumitomo Chemical Company,
LTD., 27–1 Shinkawa 2 Chrome, ChuoKu, Tokyo 104–8260, Japan, requests to
establish an import tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
diethofencarb (isopropyl 3,4diethoxycarbanilate), in or on banana at
0.09 ppm. The LC–MS/MS analytical
method is used to measure and evaluate
the chemical diethofencarb. Contact:
RD.
7. PP 4E8241. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0232). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180
for residues of the insecticide,
novaluron, (N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2trifluoro-2-(trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]
phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6difluorobenzamide), in or on avocado at
0.60 ppm; carrot at 0.05 ppm; bean at
0.60 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8–
10 at 1.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11–10
at 2.0 ppm; cherry subgroup 12–12A at
8.0 ppm; peach subgroup 12–12B at 1.9
ppm; and plum subgroup 12–12C at 1.9
ppm. The analytical method: Gas
chromatography/electron capture
detector (GC/ECD) and a high
performance liquid chromatography/
ultraviolet method (HPLC/UV) with the
lowest level of method validation
(LLMV) for the subject commodities is
0.05 ppm is used to measure and
evaluate the novaluron chemical,
residue(s). Contact: RD.
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8. PP 4E8248. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0284). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4) 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of Smetolachlor in or on the raw
agricultural commodity lettuce at 1.5
parts per million (ppm); vegetable,
cucurbit group 9 at 0.50 ppm; vegetable,
fruiting, group 8–10, except tabasco
pepper at 0.10 ppm; low growing berry
subgroup 13–07G except cranberry at
0.40 ppm; and sunflower subgroup 20B
at 0.50 ppm and the concurrent deletion
of the existing tolerances for okra;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8 except
tabasco pepper; cucumber; melon
subgroup 9A; pumpkin; squash, winter;
and sunflower, seed. A gas
chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC/NPD) method has been
submitted to the Agency for determining
residues in/on crop commodities and is
published in the Pesticide Analytical
Manual (PAM) Vol. II, Method I. A GC/
MSD method has been submitted to the
Agency for determining residues in
livestock commodities and is published
in PAM Vol. II, Method II. These
methods determine residues of Smetolachlor and its metabolites as either
CGA–37913 or CGA–49751 following
acid hydrolysis. Contact: RD.
9. PP 4E8250. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0249). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive,
Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180
for residues of the fungicide thiram, in
or on avocado at 8 ppm. The ALS
Laboratory Group method MS 133.02 is
used to measure and evaluate the
chemical thiram (as CS2). Contact: RD.
10. PP 4E8272. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0496). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540
requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of fludioxonil
[4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile] in or on the
raw agricultural commodity carrot at 7.0
ppm. The anaylytical method has
passed an Agency petition method
validation for several commodities, and
is currently the enforcement method for
fludioxonil. This method has also been
forwarded to the Food and Drug
Administration for inclusion into PAM
II. An extensive database of method
validation data using this method on
various crop commodities is available.
Contact: RD.
11. PP 4E8282. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0397). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180
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for residues of the herbicide,
pendimethalin, [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine], and
its metabolite, 4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]2-methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol,
calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on
the raw agricultural commodities:
Caneberry, sub-group 13–07A at 0.10
ppm; bushberry subgroup 13–07B at
0.10 ppm and by amending the
established tolerance in or on the raw
agricultural commodities of nut, tree,
group 14–12 at 0.10 ppm. The analytical
method is aqueous organic solvent
extraction, column clean up, and
quantitation by GC. The method has a
LOQ of 0.05 ppm for pendimethalin and
the alcohol metabolite. Contact: RD.
12. PP 4E8295. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0552). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4) 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of
esfenvalerate, ((S)-cyano-(3phenoxyphenyl)methyl (S)-4-chloroalpha-(1-methylethyl) benzeneacetate in
or on the oilseed crop group 20 at 0.5
ppm. The petitioner also requests that
upon approval of the tolerance in this
petition summary that the existing
tolerances for cotton, undelinted seed
and sunflower, seed be removed as
unnecessary. There is a practical
analytical method utilizing electroncapture gas chromatography with
nitrogen phosphorous detection
available for enforcement with a limit of
detection that allows monitoring food
with residues at or above tolerance
levels. The limit of detection for
updated method is the same as that of
the current PAM II, which is 0.01 ppm.
Contact: RD.
13. PP 4E8296. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
2013]–0151). Dragonberry Produce/YW
International, 386 South Sequoia
Parkway, Canby, Oregon 97013, requests
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR
180.475 for residues of the fungicide,
difenoconazole, in or on imported
dragonfruit at 1.5 ppm. The analytical
methods AG–575B for crops and AM–
544A for livestock commodities are
used to measure and evaluate the
chemical difenoconazole residues.
Contact: RD.
14. PP 4F8301. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0680). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road; Indianapolis, IN 46268,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of the
herbicide, pronamide (propyzamide)
and its metabolite containing the 3,5dichlorobenzoyl moiety calculated as
3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2propynyl) benzamide, in or on lettuce,
leaf at 1.0 part per million (ppm). The
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gas chromatography using electron
capture detection method is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical
pronamide and its metabolite. Contact:
RD.
15. PP 4E8302. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0590). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540
requests to establish tolerances in 40
CFR part 180 for residues of
pyrimethanil (4,6-dimethyl-N- phenyl-2pyrimidinamine) in or on the raw
agricultural commodities cucumber at
1.5 ppm; orange subgroup 10–10A at 10
ppm; lemon subgroup 10–10B at 11
ppm; grapefruit subgroup 10–10C at 10
ppm; fruit, pome, group 11–10 at 14
ppm; fruit, stone, group 12–12 at 10
ppm; and tomato subgroup 8–10A at 0.5
ppm. The petitioner also requests that
upon approval of the tolerances in this
petition summary, that the tolerances
for fruit, citrus, group 10 except lemon,
postharvest; lemon, preharvest and
postharvest; fruit, pome, group 11 (preharvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone,
group 12; and tomato be removed as
unnecessary. The plant metabolism
studies demonstrated that analysis for
the parent compound, pyrimethanil is
sufficient to enable the assessment of
the relevant residues in crop
commodities. Pyrimethanil was
extracted from cucumbers by
homogenization with acetone. After
clean-up, an aliquot of the extract was
diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile
and water with subsequent residue
determination by HPLC–MS/MS. The
method allows the detection and
measurement of residues in or on
agricultural commodities at or above the
proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
16. PP 4F8281. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27709, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on strawberry at
1.0 ppm. The analytical method LC–
MS/MS is available to EPA for the
detection and measurement of the
pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
17. PP 4F8286. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709 requests to establish in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the insecticide
metaflumizone ((E and Z isomers; 2-[2(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)
phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazine
carboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968–49–3)
and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl}benzonitrile in or on the raw
agricultural commodity citrus fruit
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group 10–10 at 0.04 ppm; pome fruit
group 11–10 at 0.04 ppm; stone fruit
group 12–12 at 0.04 ppm; and tree nut
group 14–12 at 0.04 ppm. BASF
Analytical Method No. 531/0 was
developed to determine residues of
metaflumizone and its metabolites
M320I04 and M320I23 in crop matrices.
In this method, residues of
metaflumizone are extracted from plant
matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/
v) and then partitioned into
dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the
residues are extracted with a mixture of
isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). The
final determination of metaflumizone
and its metabolites is performed by LC/
MS/MS. Contact: RD.
Amended Tolerance
1. PP 3F8199. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700,
Arlington, VA 22209–2510, requests to
amend 40 CFR 180.629 by removing
tolerances for residues of the fungicide,
flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural
commodity cotton, meal at 0.5 ppm;
cotton, refined oil at 0.5 ppm; hog, meat
byproducts at 0.02 ppm. The GC/MSD is
used to measure and evaluate the
chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
2. PP 3F8199. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700,
Arlington, VA 22209–2510, requests to
amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.629
for residues of the fungicide, flutriafol
in or on the raw agricultural commodity
cotton, gin byproducts to 0.5 ppm;
cotton, undelinted seed to 0.5 ppm; and
grain, aspirated fractions to 6.0 ppm.
The GC/MSD is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical flutriafol. Contact:
RD.
3. PP 4E8241. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0232). IR–4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon
approval of petitioned-for tolerances
listed under ‘‘New Tolerances’’, to
remove tolerances in 40 CFR 180.598 for
residues of the insecticide, novaluron,
N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2(trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]
phenyl]amino] carbonyl]-2,6difluorobenzamide), in or on bean,
succulent, snap at 0.60 ppm; bean, dry,
seed at 0.30 ppm; cherry at 8.0 ppm;
fruit, pome, group 11 at 2.0 ppm; fruit,
stone, group 12, except cherry at 1.9
ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0
ppm; cocona at 1.0 ppm; African
eggplant at 1.0 ppm; pea eggplant at 1.0
ppm; scarlet eggplant at 1.0 ppm; goji
berry at 1.0 ppm; garden huckleberry at
1.0 ppm, martynia at 1.0 ppm, naranjilla
at 1.0 ppm, okra at 1.0 ppm, roselle at
1.0 ppm; sunberry at 1.0 ppm; bush
tomato at 1.0 ppm; currant tomato at 1.0
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ppm; and tree tomato at 1.0 ppm. The
analytical method: Gas chromatography/
electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and
a HPLC/UV is used to measure and
evaluate novaluron chemical residues.
Contact: RD.
4. PP 4E8268. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0632). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive,
Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.132
for residues of the fungicide thiram, in
or on banana at 0.8 ppm. The analytical
method #Meth-100, revision #4 is used
to measure and evaluate the chemical
thiram (as CS2). Contact: RD.
5. PP 4E8272. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0496). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to update an existing crop
group in 40 CFR 180.516 for residues of
fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-H-pyrrole-3carbonitrile], by changing ‘‘fruit, stone,
group 12 at 5.0 ppm’’ to ‘‘fruit, stone,
group 12–12 at 5.0 ppm.’’ The
anaylytical method has passed an
Agency petition method validation for
several commodities, and is currently
the enforcement method for fludioxonil.
This method has also been forwarded to
the Food and Drug Administration for
inclusion into PAM II. An extensive
database of method validation data
using this method on various crop
commodities is available. Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8282. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0397). IR–4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon
approval of petitioned-for tolerances
listed under ‘‘New Tolerances’’, to
remove tolerances in 40 CFR 180.361 for
residues of the herbicide,
pendimethalin, N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4dimethyl-2,6 dinitrobenzenamine, and
its metabolite, 4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]2-methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, in
or on method nut, tree, group 14 at 0.1
ppm; pistachio at 0.1 ppm and
juneberry at -0.1 ppm. The analytical
method is aqueous organic solvent
extraction, column clean up, and
quantitation by GC. The method has a
LOQ of 0.05 ppm for pendimethalin and
the alcohol metabolite. Contact: RD.
7. PP 4E8302. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0590). Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR–4), 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests that the existing tolerance for
‘‘onion, bulb, subgroup 3–07A’’ be
changed from 2.0 ppm to 0.20 ppm. The
plant metabolism studies demonstrated
that analysis for the parent compound,
pyrimethanil is sufficient to enable the
assessment of the relevant residues in
crop commodities. Pyrimethanil was
extracted from cucumbers by
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clean-up, an aliquot of the extract was
diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile
and water with subsequent residue
determination by HPLC–MS/MS. The
method allows the detection and
measurement of residues in or on
agricultural commodities at or above the
proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
8. PP 4F8270. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–
0638). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709, requests to amend the tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the
fungicide, fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F), 1
H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide,3(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3′,4′,5′trifluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-, its
metabolites, and degradates, in or on
cotton, gin byproducts at 20 ppm and
cotton undelinted seed at 0.3 ppm. LC/
MS/MS method is available as an
enforcement method. This method uses
reversed-phase HPLC with gradient
elution, and includes 2 ion transitions
to be monitored for the parent
fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus
metabolites M700F008, M700F048.
Contact: RD.
9. PP 4F8281. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, 27709, requests to amend 40
CFR 180.493 by removing tolerances for
residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph (BAS 550 F) [(E,Z)4-[3(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]morpholine, its metabolites and
degradates in or on the raw agricultural
commodity lettuce, head at 10 ppm and
lettuce, leaf at 10 ppm. The analytical
method LC–MS/MS is available to EPA
for the detection and measurement of
the pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
10. PP 4F8286. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709 requests to amend 40 CFR
180.657 by removing the established
tolerances for residues of the insecticide
metaflumizone ((E and Z isomers; 2-[2(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)
phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]
hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No.
139968–49–3) and its metabolite 4-{2oxo-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl}benzonitrile in or on fruit, citrus group
10 at 0.04 ppm and nut, tree, group 14
at 0.04 ppm, upon establishment of the
proposed tolerances listed under the
‘‘New Tolerances’’ paragraph for PP
4F8286. Contact: RD.
11. PP 4F8293. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0613). United Phosphorus, Inc., 630
Freedom Business Center, Suite 402,
King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests to
amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.293
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in or on cattle, fat from 0.01 to 0.05
ppm; cattle, kidney from 0.20 to 0.06
ppm; cattle, liver from 0.10 to 0.05 ppm;
cattle, meat from 0.03 to 0.05 ppm; goat,
fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; goat, kidney
from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm; goat, meat from
0.015 to 0.05 ppm; hog, fat from 0.005
to 0.05 ppm; hog, kidney from 0.10 to
0.06 ppm; hog, meat from 0.01 to 0.05
ppm; milk from 0.03 to 0.01 ppm;
poultry, fat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm;
poultry, meat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm;
poultry, meat byproducts from 0.2 to
0.05 ppm; sheep, fat from 0.005 to 0.05
ppm; sheep, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06
ppm; and sheep, meat from 0.015 to
0.05 ppm. The analytical method # KP–
245R0 using HPLC/MS/MS is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical
endothall. Contact: RD.
requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
BPPD.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 10, 2014.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
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1. PP 3F8221. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0560). SciReg International on behalf of
Andermatt Biocontrol AG.,
Stahlermatten 6 CH–6146, Grossdietwil,
Switzerland, requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance for residues of the microbial
pesticide, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
strain FZB42, in or on all food
commodities. The pesticide in intended
to control soil borne diseases. The
petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because Bacillus
amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42 is
virtually non-toxic and is not
pathogenic. Andermatt Biocontrol AG
is, therefore, submitting a petition to
establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance and an
analytical method is not required.
Contact: BPPD.
2. PP 4F8251. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0457). J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 W.
Irving St., Boise, IN 83706, requests to
establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues
of the plant incorporated protectant
(PIP), Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene
(also known as Rpi-vnt1), in or on
potato. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because the
petitioner is seeking an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
BPPD.
3. PP 4F8275. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0454). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167,
requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of the plant-incorporated
protectant (PIP), Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry1A.105 protein, in or on soybean.
The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because the petitioner
is seeking an exemption from the
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Proposed Revocation of Significant
New Uses of Metal Salts of Complex
Inorganic Acids
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is proposing to revoke
the significant new use rule (SNUR)
promulgated under section 5(a)(2) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
for two chemical substances which were
identified generically as metal salts of
complex inorganic oxyacids which were
the subject of premanufacture notices
(PMNs) P–89–576 and P–89–577. EPA
issued a SNUR based on a TSCA section
5(e) consent order designating certain
activities as significant new uses. EPA
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substances and is proposing to revoke
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DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 16, 2015.
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of chemicals subject to a SNUR must
certify their compliance with the SNUR
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0008; FRL-9918-90]
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of several
initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or
on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition number (PP) of interest as shown
in the body of this document, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.
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/contacts.html. Additional
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNalley, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
(703) 305-7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis,
Registration Division (RD) (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:
[emsp14]Crop production (NAICS code 111).
[emsp14]Animal production (NAICS code 112).
[emsp14]Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
[emsp14]Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the division 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 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/comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair
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treatment and meaningful involvement of any group, including minority
and/or low-income populations, in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice issues, the Agency seeks
information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may
have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human health
impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. What action is the agency taking?
EPA is announcing its receipt of several pesticide petitions filed
under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
21 U.S.C. 346a, requesting the establishment or modification of
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in
or on various food commodities. The Agency is taking public comment on
the requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing
any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the
pesticide petitions described in this document contain the data or
information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21 U.S.C.
346a(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. After considering the public comments, EPA intends
to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data
may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these
pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions
that are the subject of this document, prepared by the petitioner, is
included in a docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket
for each of the petitions is available at https://www.regulations.gov.
As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA
is publishing notice of the petition so that the public has an
opportunity to comment on this request for the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticides in or on food
commodities. Further information on the petition may be obtained
through the petition summary referenced in this unit.
New Tolerance
1. PP 2F8134. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0151). Syngenta Crop Protection
LLC., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300, requests to establish
a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
difenoconazole, 1-[2-[2-chloro-4-(4-hlorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-
dioxolan-2-ylmethyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole, in or on rapeseed, subgroup 20A
at 0.1 ppm. For plants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC has submitted
practical analytical method (AG-575B) for detecting and measuring
levels of difenoconazole in or on food with a limit of quantitation
(LOQ) that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above the
levels set in the proposed tolerances. Residues are qualified by liquid
chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). For livestock,
a practical analytical method (AG-544A) for detecting and measuring
levels of difenoconazole in or on cattle tissues and milk, and poultry
tissues and eggs, with an LOQ that allows monitoring of food with
residues at or above the levels set in the proposed tolerances.
Tolerances in meat, milk, poultry or eggs were established for
enforcement purposes. EPA is republishing this notice of availability.
2. PP 3E8218. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0483). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on papaya at 1.5 parts per million (ppm). The
analytical method liquid chromatography with LC-MS/MS is available to
EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide residues.
Contact: RD.
3. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510., requests
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol, in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at
1.5 ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; egg at 0.01
ppm; hog, liver at 0.05 ppm; hog, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02
ppm; hog, muscle at 0.01 ppm; leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 3.0 ppm;
leafy greens, subgroup 4A, except head lettuce at 10 ppm; lettuce, head
at 1.5 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; radicchio at 1.5 ppm;
sorghum, grain, forage at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 1.5 ppm;
and sorghum, grain, stover at 6.0 ppm. The gas chromatography-mass
selective detection (GC/MSD) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
4. PP 3F8213. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0530). Janssen PMP, Janssen
Pharmaceutica NV, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Titusville, NJ 08560,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the fungicide, pyrimethanil, in or on pomegranate (post-harvest) at 5.0
ppm. The high performance liquid chromatography with triple quadruple
mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical pyrimethanil. Contact: RD.
5. PP 3F8224. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0285). Valent U.S.A. Corporation,
1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, requests to
establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
mandestrobin (S-2200), (2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]-[alpha]-
methoxy-N-methyl-benzeneacetamide) in or on small fruit vine climbing
except fuzzy kiwifruit crop subgroup 13-07F, fruit at 5 ppm; juice at 7
ppm and dried fruit at 10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G, fruit
at 3 ppm; and rapeseed crop subgroup 20A, seed at 0.6 ppm. An
independently validated analytical method has been submitted for
analyzing parent S-2200 residues with appropriate sensitivity in all
crop commodities for which tolerances are being request. Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8232. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0695). Sumitomo Chemical Company,
LTD., 27-1 Shinkawa 2 Chrome, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104-8260, Japan, requests
to establish an import tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide, diethofencarb (isopropyl 3,4-diethoxycarbanilate), in or on
banana at 0.09 ppm. The LC-MS/MS analytical method is used to measure
and evaluate the chemical diethofencarb. Contact: RD.
7. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the insecticide, novaluron, (N-[[[3-chloro-4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2-
(trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide),
in or on avocado at 0.60 ppm; carrot at 0.05 ppm; bean at 0.60 ppm;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at
2.0 ppm; cherry subgroup 12-12A at 8.0 ppm; peach subgroup 12-12B at
1.9 ppm; and plum subgroup 12-12C at 1.9 ppm. The analytical method:
Gas chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a high
performance liquid chromatography/ultraviolet method (HPLC/UV) with the
lowest level of method validation (LLMV) for the subject commodities is
0.05 ppm is used to measure and evaluate the novaluron chemical,
residue(s). Contact: RD.
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8. PP 4E8248. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0284). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of S-metolachlor in or on the raw agricultural commodity
lettuce at 1.5 parts per million (ppm); vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at
0.50 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10, except tabasco pepper at
0.10 ppm; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G except cranberry at 0.40
ppm; and sunflower subgroup 20B at 0.50 ppm and the concurrent deletion
of the existing tolerances for okra; vegetable, fruiting, group 8
except tabasco pepper; cucumber; melon subgroup 9A; pumpkin; squash,
winter; and sunflower, seed. A gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC/NPD) method has been submitted to the Agency for
determining residues in/on crop commodities and is published in the
Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM) Vol. II, Method I. A GC/MSD method
has been submitted to the Agency for determining residues in livestock
commodities and is published in PAM Vol. II, Method II. These methods
determine residues of S-metolachlor and its metabolites as either CGA-
37913 or CGA-49751 following acid hydrolysis. Contact: RD.
9. PP 4E8250. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0249). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide
thiram, in or on avocado at 8 ppm. The ALS Laboratory Group method MS
133.02 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as
CS2). Contact: RD.
10. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540 requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-H-
pyrrole-3-carbonitrile] in or on the raw agricultural commodity carrot
at 7.0 ppm. The anaylytical method has passed an Agency petition method
validation for several commodities, and is currently the enforcement
method for fludioxonil. This method has also been forwarded to the Food
and Drug Administration for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive
database of method validation data using this method on various crop
commodities is available. Contact: RD.
11. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of
the herbicide, pendimethalin, [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-
dinitrobenzenamine], and its metabolite, 4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-
methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on the raw agricultural commodities:
Caneberry, sub-group 13-07A at 0.10 ppm; bushberry subgroup 13-07B at
0.10 ppm and by amending the established tolerance in or on the raw
agricultural commodities of nut, tree, group 14-12 at 0.10 ppm. The
analytical method is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean
up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a LOQ of 0.05 ppm for
pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact: RD.
12. PP 4E8295. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0552). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of esfenvalerate, ((S)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (S)-4-
chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl) benzeneacetate in or on the oilseed crop
group 20 at 0.5 ppm. The petitioner also requests that upon approval of
the tolerance in this petition summary that the existing tolerances for
cotton, undelinted seed and sunflower, seed be removed as unnecessary.
There is a practical analytical method utilizing electron-capture gas
chromatography with nitrogen phosphorous detection available for
enforcement with a limit of detection that allows monitoring food with
residues at or above tolerance levels. The limit of detection for
updated method is the same as that of the current PAM II, which is 0.01
ppm. Contact: RD.
13. PP 4E8296. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2013]-0151). Dragonberry Produce/YW
International, 386 South Sequoia Parkway, Canby, Oregon 97013, requests
to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR 180.475 for residues of the
fungicide, difenoconazole, in or on imported dragonfruit at 1.5 ppm.
The analytical methods AG-575B for crops and AM-544A for livestock
commodities are used to measure and evaluate the chemical
difenoconazole residues. Contact: RD.
14. PP 4F8301. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0680). Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road; Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, pronamide
(propyzamide) and its metabolite containing the 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl
moiety calculated as 3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl)
benzamide, in or on lettuce, leaf at 1.0 part per million (ppm). The
gas chromatography using electron capture detection method is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical pronamide and its metabolite.
Contact: RD.
15. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540 requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of pyrimethanil (4,6-dimethyl-N- phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine) in
or on the raw agricultural commodities cucumber at 1.5 ppm; orange
subgroup 10-10A at 10 ppm; lemon subgroup 10-10B at 11 ppm; grapefruit
subgroup 10-10C at 10 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 14 ppm; fruit,
stone, group 12-12 at 10 ppm; and tomato subgroup 8-10A at 0.5 ppm. The
petitioner also requests that upon approval of the tolerances in this
petition summary, that the tolerances for fruit, citrus, group 10
except lemon, postharvest; lemon, preharvest and postharvest; fruit,
pome, group 11 (pre-harvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone, group 12;
and tomato be removed as unnecessary. The plant metabolism studies
demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound, pyrimethanil is
sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant residues in crop
commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers by
homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the extract
was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with subsequent
residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the detection
and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities at or
above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
16. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph, in or on strawberry at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method LC-
MS/MS is available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide residues. Contact: RD.
17. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to establish in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z
isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-
N-[4-(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-
3) and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -benzonitrile in or on the raw
agricultural commodity citrus fruit
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group 10-10 at 0.04 ppm; pome fruit group 11-10 at 0.04 ppm; stone
fruit group 12-12 at 0.04 ppm; and tree nut group 14-12 at 0.04 ppm.
BASF Analytical Method No. 531/0 was developed to determine residues of
metaflumizone and its metabolites M320I04 and M320I23 in crop matrices.
In this method, residues of metaflumizone are extracted from plant
matrices with methanol/water (70:30; v/v) and then partitioned into
dichloromethane. For oily matrices, the residues are extracted with a
mixture of isohexane/acetonitrile (1:1; v/v). The final determination
of metaflumizone and its metabolites is performed by LC/MS/MS. Contact:
RD.
Amended Tolerance
1. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests
to amend 40 CFR 180.629 by removing tolerances for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton,
meal at 0.5 ppm; cotton, refined oil at 0.5 ppm; hog, meat byproducts
at 0.02 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure and evaluate the chemical
flutriafol. Contact: RD.
2. PP 3F8199. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0482). Cheminova A/S, c/o Cheminova,
Inc., 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-2510, requests
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.629 for residues of the
fungicide, flutriafol in or on the raw agricultural commodity cotton,
gin byproducts to 0.5 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed to 0.5 ppm; and
grain, aspirated fractions to 6.0 ppm. The GC/MSD is used to measure
and evaluate the chemical flutriafol. Contact: RD.
3. PP 4E8241. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0232). IR-4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40
CFR 180.598 for residues of the insecticide, novaluron, N-[[[3-chloro-
4-[1,1,2-trifluoro-2- (trifluoromethoxy)ethoxy] phenyl]amino]
carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide), in or on bean, succulent, snap at
0.60 ppm; bean, dry, seed at 0.30 ppm; cherry at 8.0 ppm; fruit, pome,
group 11 at 2.0 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12, except cherry at 1.9 ppm;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 ppm; cocona at 1.0 ppm; African
eggplant at 1.0 ppm; pea eggplant at 1.0 ppm; scarlet eggplant at 1.0
ppm; goji berry at 1.0 ppm; garden huckleberry at 1.0 ppm, martynia at
1.0 ppm, naranjilla at 1.0 ppm, okra at 1.0 ppm, roselle at 1.0 ppm;
sunberry at 1.0 ppm; bush tomato at 1.0 ppm; currant tomato at 1.0 ppm;
and tree tomato at 1.0 ppm. The analytical method: Gas chromatography/
electron capture detector (GC/ECD) and a HPLC/UV is used to measure and
evaluate novaluron chemical residues. Contact: RD.
4. PP 4E8268. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0632). Taminco US Inc., Two Windsor
Plaza, Suite 411, 7540 Windsor Drive, Allentown, PA 18195, requests to
amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.132 for residues of the fungicide
thiram, in or on banana at 0.8 ppm. The analytical method #Meth-100,
revision #4 is used to measure and evaluate the chemical thiram (as
CS2). Contact: RD.
5. PP 4E8272. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0496). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to update an existing crop group in 40 CFR 180.516
for residues of fludioxonil [4-(2, 2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1-
H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile], by changing ``fruit, stone, group 12 at 5.0
ppm'' to ``fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 5.0 ppm.'' The anaylytical
method has passed an Agency petition method validation for several
commodities, and is currently the enforcement method for fludioxonil.
This method has also been forwarded to the Food and Drug Administration
for inclusion into PAM II. An extensive database of method validation
data using this method on various crop commodities is available.
Contact: RD.
6. PP 4E8282. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0397). IR-4, 500 College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon approval of petitioned-for
tolerances listed under ``New Tolerances'', to remove tolerances in 40
CFR 180.361 for residues of the herbicide, pendimethalin, N-(1-
ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6 dinitrobenzenamine, and its metabolite,
4-[(1-ethylpropyl)amino]-2-methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol, in or on
method nut, tree, group 14 at 0.1 ppm; pistachio at 0.1 ppm and
juneberry at -0.1 ppm. The analytical method is aqueous organic solvent
extraction, column clean up, and quantitation by GC. The method has a
LOQ of 0.05 ppm for pendimethalin and the alcohol metabolite. Contact:
RD.
7. PP 4E8302. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0590). Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests that the existing tolerance for ``onion, bulb,
subgroup 3-07A'' be changed from 2.0 ppm to 0.20 ppm. The plant
metabolism studies demonstrated that analysis for the parent compound,
pyrimethanil is sufficient to enable the assessment of the relevant
residues in crop commodities. Pyrimethanil was extracted from cucumbers
by homogenization with acetone. After clean-up, an aliquot of the
extract was diluted with a mixture of acetonitrile and water with
subsequent residue determination by HPLC-MS/MS. The method allows the
detection and measurement of residues in or on agricultural commodities
at or above the proposed tolerance level. Contact: RD.
8. PP 4F8270. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0638). BASF Corporation, 26 Davis
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, requests to amend the
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.666 for residues of the fungicide,
fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F), 1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide,3-
(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-,
its metabolites, and degradates, in or on cotton, gin byproducts at 20
ppm and cotton undelinted seed at 0.3 ppm. LC/MS/MS method is available
as an enforcement method. This method uses reversed-phase HPLC with
gradient elution, and includes 2 ion transitions to be monitored for
the parent fluxapyroxad (BAS 700 F) plus metabolites M700F008,
M700F048. Contact: RD.
9. PP 4F8281. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0531). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, requests to amend
40 CFR 180.493 by removing tolerances for residues of the fungicide,
dimethomorph (BAS 550 F) [(E,Z)4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-
dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]-morpholine, its metabolites and
degradates in or on the raw agricultural commodity lettuce, head at 10
ppm and lettuce, leaf at 10 ppm. The analytical method LC-MS/MS is
available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the pesticide
residues. Contact: RD.
10. PP 4F8286. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0607). BASF Corporation, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 requests to amend 40 CFR
180.657 by removing the established tolerances for residues of the
insecticide metaflumizone ((E and Z isomers; 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-[3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4-
(trifluormethoxy)phenyl]hydrazinecarboxamide)) (CAS No. 139968-49-3)
and its metabolite 4-{2-oxo-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethyl{time} -
benzonitrile in or on fruit, citrus group 10 at 0.04 ppm and nut, tree,
group 14 at 0.04 ppm, upon establishment of the proposed tolerances
listed under the ``New Tolerances'' paragraph for PP 4F8286. Contact:
RD.
11. PP 4F8293. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0613). United Phosphorus, Inc., 630
Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests
to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.293
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for residues of the herbicide, endothall, in or on cattle, fat from
0.01 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, kidney from 0.20 to 0.06 ppm; cattle, liver
from 0.10 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, meat from 0.03 to 0.05 ppm; goat, fat
from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; goat, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm; goat, meat
from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; hog, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; hog, kidney
from 0.10 to 0.06 ppm; hog, meat from 0.01 to 0.05 ppm; milk from 0.03
to 0.01 ppm; poultry, fat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat from
0.015 to 0.05 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts from 0.2 to 0.05 ppm;
sheep, fat from 0.005 to 0.05 ppm; sheep, kidney from 0.15 to 0.06 ppm;
and sheep, meat from 0.015 to 0.05 ppm. The analytical method # KP-
245R0 using HPLC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the chemical
endothall. Contact: RD.
New Tolerance Exemption
1. PP 3F8221. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0560). SciReg International on
behalf of Andermatt Biocontrol AG., Stahlermatten 6 CH-6146,
Grossdietwil, Switzerland, requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide,
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42, in or on all food commodities.
The pesticide in intended to control soil borne diseases. The
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because Bacillus
amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42 is virtually non-toxic and is not
pathogenic. Andermatt Biocontrol AG is, therefore, submitting a
petition to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
and an analytical method is not required. Contact: BPPD.
2. PP 4F8251. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0457). J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 W.
Irving St., Boise, IN 83706, requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant incorporated
protectant (PIP), Potato Late Blight Resistance Gene (also known as
Rpi-vnt1), in or on potato. The petitioner believes no analytical
method is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
3. PP 4F8275. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0454). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the
plant-incorporated protectant (PIP), Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105
protein, in or on soybean. The petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because the petitioner is seeking an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 10, 2014.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-29428 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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