Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability, 44405-44406 [2017-20327]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for electronic review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERC OnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: September 18, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–20196 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0729; FRL–9966–50] Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s proposed interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment period on the proposed interim decisions for the following pesticides: Carfentrazoneethyl, clodinafop-propargyl, copper compounds, cyclanilide, flumicloracpentyl, metaflumizone, nitrapyrin, noviflumuron, pendimethalin, spinetoram, spinosad, and sodium, calcium, and potassium hypochlorites. Registration review is EPA’s periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. SUMMARY: Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment. DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 21, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket identification (ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest provided in the table in Unit II, 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: For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the table in Unit II. For general information on the registration review program, contact: Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 347–8827; email address: friedman.dana@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of interest to a 44405 wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the table in Unit II. 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 on 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. II. What action is the agency taking? Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability of EPA’s proposed interim registration review decisions for the pesticides shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public comment period on the proposed interim decisions. For noviflumuron, this notice also opens a comment period on the ecological risk assessment. TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. Carfentrazone-ethyl, Case Number 7422. Clodinafop-propargyl, Case Number 7250. Copper Compounds, Case Numbers 0636, 0649, 4025, 4026. Cyclanilide, Case Number 7018 .. EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0815 ..... Jordan Page, page.jordan@epa.gov, (703) 347–0467. EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0424 ..... Wilhelmena Livingston, livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov, (703) 308–8025. EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212 ..... Jordan Page, page.jordan@epa.gov, (703) 347–0467, Kimberly Wilson, wilson.kimberly@epa.gov, (703) 347–0495. Leigh Rimmer, rimmer.leigh@epa.gov, (703) 347–0553. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Sep 21, 2017 Chemical review manager and contact information EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0153 ..... Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1 44406 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED—Continued Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. Flumiclorac-pentyl, Case Number 7232. Metaflumizone, Case Number 7446. Nitrapyrin, Case Number 0213 .... Noviflumuron, Case Number 7434. Pendimethalin, Case Number 0187. Sodium, Calcium, and Potassium Hypochlorites, Case Numbers 0029, 5076. Spinetoram, Case Number 7448 Spinosad, Case Number 7421 .... EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0084 ..... Christian Bongard, bongard.christian@epa.gov, (703) 347–0337. EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0417 ..... Nathan Sell, sell.nathan@epa.gov, (703) 347–8020. EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0170 ..... EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0566 ..... Thomas Harty, harty.thomas@epa.gov, (703) 347–0338. Kyle Morford, morford.kyle@epa.gov, (703) 347–8895. EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0219 ..... Nicole Zinn, zinn.nicole@epa.gov, (703) 308–7076. EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0004 and EPA–HQ–OPP–2014– 0157. EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0666 ..... EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0667 ..... Jessica Bailey, bailey.jessica@epa.gov, (703) 347–0148. The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier documents related to the registration review case. For example, the review opened with a Preliminary Work Plan, for public comment. A Final Work Plan was placed in the docket following public comment on the Preliminary Work Plan. The documents in the dockets describe EPA’s rationales for conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of the pesticides included in the table in Unit II, as well as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings and consideration of possible risk mitigation measures. These proposed interim registration review decisions are supported by the rationales included in those documents. Following public comment, the Agency will issue interim or final registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in Unit II. The registration review program is being conducted under congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) required EPA to establish by regulation procedures for reviewing pesticide registrations, originally with a goal of reviewing each pesticide’s registration every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. The Agency’s final rule to implement this program was issued in August 2006 and became effective in October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA) was amended and extended in September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by October 1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Sep 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 Chemical review manager and contact information Roy Johnson, johnson.roy@epa.gov, (703) 347–0492. Maria Piansay, piansay.maria@epa.gov, (703) 308–8063. The registration review final rule at 40 CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 60-day public comment period on all proposed interim registration review decisions. This comment period is intended to provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating any necessary amendments to the proposed interim decision. All comments should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will become part of the docket for the pesticides included in the table in Unit II. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to consider these late comments. The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the closing date and may provide a ‘‘Response to Comments Memorandum’’ in the docket. The interim registration review decision will explain the effect that any comments had on the interim decision and provide the Agency’s response to significant comments. Background on the registration review program is provided at: https:// www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: August 22, 2017. Charles Smith, Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2017–20327 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242; EPA–HQ–OPP– 2016–0226; FRL–9965–80] Pesticides; Final Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Two Pesticide Registration Notices Related to Resistance Management Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of two final Pesticide Registration Notices (PRNs) entitled, ‘‘Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling’’ and ‘‘Guidance for Herbicide Resistance Management Labeling, Education, Training, and Stewardship.’’ The Agency signed these final PRNs, identified as 2017–1 and 2017–2 respectively, on August 24, 2017. PRNs are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registrationrelated decisions, and to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. PRN 2017–1, which updates PRN 2001–5, provides guidance for registrants to follow when developing resistance management information to include on their pesticide labels. PRN 2017–2 communicates the Agency’s current thinking and approach to address herbicide-resistant weeds by providing guidance on labeling, education, training, and stewardship for herbicides undergoing registration review or registration (i.e., new herbicide active ingredients, new uses proposed for use on herbicide-resistant crops, or other case-specific registration actions). The Agency requested comment on both of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0729; FRL-9966-50]


Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions for Several 
Pesticides; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed 
interim registration review decisions and opens a 60-day public comment 
period on the proposed interim decisions for the following pesticides: 
Carfentrazone-ethyl, clodinafop-propargyl, copper compounds, 
cyclanilide, flumiclorac-pentyl, metaflumizone, nitrapyrin, 
noviflumuron, pendimethalin, spinetoram, spinosad, and sodium, calcium, 
and potassium hypochlorites. Registration review is EPA's periodic 
review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide 
continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, 
that the pesticide can perform its intended function without 
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. 
Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's 
registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, 
including its effects on human health and the environment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 21, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number for the specific pesticide of interest 
provided in the table in Unit II, 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: 
    For pesticide specific information, contact: The Chemical Review 
Manager for the pesticide of interest identified in the table in Unit 
II.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 347-8827; email address: friedman.dana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; 
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, 
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be 
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the Chemical Review Manager for the pesticide of interest 
identified in the table in Unit II.

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 on 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.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice announces the availability 
of EPA's proposed interim registration review decisions for the 
pesticides shown in the following table, and opens a 60-day public 
comment period on the proposed interim decisions. For noviflumuron, 
this notice also opens a comment period on the ecological risk 
assessment.

                       Table--Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions Being Issued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                         Chemical review manager
    Registration review case name and No.                   Docket ID No.                and contact information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carfentrazone-ethyl, Case Number 7422.......  EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0815.....................  Jordan Page,
                                                                                          page.jordan@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-0467.
Clodinafop-propargyl, Case Number 7250......  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0424.....................  Wilhelmena Livingston,
                                                                                          livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov, (703) 308-
                                                                                          8025.
Copper Compounds, Case Numbers 0636, 0649,    EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0212.....................  Jordan Page,
 4025, 4026.                                                                              page.jordan@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-0467,
                                                                                          Kimberly Wilson,
                                                                                          wilson.kimberly@epa.gov, (703) 347-0495.
Cyclanilide, Case Number 7018...............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0153.....................  Leigh Rimmer,
                                                                                          rimmer.leigh@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-0553.

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Flumiclorac-pentyl, Case Number 7232........  EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0084.....................  Christian Bongard,
                                                                                          bongard.christian@epa.gov, (703) 347-0337.
Metaflumizone, Case Number 7446.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0417.....................  Nathan Sell,
                                                                                          sell.nathan@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-8020.
Nitrapyrin, Case Number 0213................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0170.....................  Thomas Harty,
                                                                                          harty.thomas@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-0338.
Noviflumuron, Case Number 7434..............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0566.....................  Kyle Morford,
                                                                                          morford.kyle@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-8895.
Pendimethalin, Case Number 0187.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0219.....................  Nicole Zinn,
                                                                                          zinn.nicole@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 308-7076.
Sodium, Calcium, and Potassium                EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0004 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-  Jessica Bailey,
 Hypochlorites, Case Numbers 0029, 5076.       0157.                                      bailey.jessica@epa.gov
                                                                                          , (703) 347-0148.
Spinetoram, Case Number 7448................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0666.....................  Roy Johnson,
                                                                                          johnson.roy@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 347-0492.
Spinosad, Case Number 7421..................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0667.....................  Maria Piansay,
                                                                                          piansay.maria@epa.gov,
                                                                                          (703) 308-8063.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The registration review docket for a pesticide includes earlier 
documents related to the registration review case. For example, the 
review opened with a Preliminary Work Plan, for public comment. A Final 
Work Plan was placed in the docket following public comment on the 
Preliminary Work Plan.
    The documents in the dockets describe EPA's rationales for 
conducting additional risk assessments for the registration review of 
the pesticides included in the table in Unit II, as well as the 
Agency's subsequent risk findings and consideration of possible risk 
mitigation measures. These proposed interim registration review 
decisions are supported by the rationales included in those documents.
    Following public comment, the Agency will issue interim or final 
registration review decisions for the pesticides listed in the table in 
Unit II.
    The registration review program is being conducted under 
congressionally mandated time frames, and EPA recognizes the need both 
to make timely decisions and to involve the public. Section 3(g) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
136a(g)) required EPA to establish by regulation procedures for 
reviewing pesticide registrations, originally with a goal of reviewing 
each pesticide's registration every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide 
continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. The Agency's 
final rule to implement this program was issued in August 2006 and 
became effective in October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR part 155, 
subpart C. The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA) 
was amended and extended in September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by PRIA 
in 2007, requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by 
October 1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007.
    The registration review final rule at 40 CFR 155.58(a) provides for 
a minimum 60-day public comment period on all proposed interim 
registration review decisions. This comment period is intended to 
provide an opportunity for public input and a mechanism for initiating 
any necessary amendments to the proposed interim decision. All comments 
should be submitted using the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be 
received by EPA on or before the closing date. These comments will 
become part of the docket for the pesticides included in the table in 
Unit II. Comments received after the close of the comment period will 
be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late 
comments.
    The Agency will carefully consider all comments received by the 
closing date and may provide a ``Response to Comments Memorandum'' in 
the docket. The interim registration review decision will explain the 
effect that any comments had on the interim decision and provide the 
Agency's response to significant comments.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 22, 2017.
Charles Smith,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-20327 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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