Receipt of Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Bacillus subtilis Strain IAB/BS03; Reopening of Comment Period, 71713-71714 [2014-28389]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71713-71714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28389]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0574; FRL-9919-58]


Receipt of Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Bacillus 
subtilis Strain IAB/BS03; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a document in the Federal Register of September 12, 
2013, announcing the filing of a pesticide tolerance petition for 
residues of the fungicide, Bacillus subtilis strain IAB/BS03. That 
pesticide petition requested that EPA establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of that fungicide in or on all 
food commodities. Through an administrative error, the summary of the 
pesticide petition was not made available in the docket. Now available 
in the docket, this document reopens the comment period for that 
pesticide petition for 30 days to allow for public review and comment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0574 and pesticide petition number (PP 
3F8177), 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 McNally, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email 
address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.

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 in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

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 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?

    This document reopens the public comment period established in the 
Federal Register document of September 12, 2013 (78 FR 56185) (FRL-
9399-7) for the pesticide petition (PP 3F8177) filed requesting that 
the Agency establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance 
for residues of Bacillus subtilis strain IAB/BS03. In that document, 
the Agency noted that the summary of the pesticide petition

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prepared by the petitioner, Investigaciones y Aplicaciones 
Biotecnologicas S.L., Avda, Paret del Patriarca 11-B, Ap. 30, 46113 
Moncada (Valencia) Spain, was available in the docket at https://www.regulations.gov. Through an administrative error, the summary of 
the pesticide petition was not made available in the docket. The Agency 
has made the summary of the pesticide petition (PP 3F8177) available in 
the docket under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0574 at https://www.regulations.gov and is reopening the comment period for that 
pesticide petition (PP 3F8177) for 30 days to allow for public review 
and comment.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

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

    Dated: November 19, 2014.
Robert McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-28389 Filed 12-2-14; 8:45 am]
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