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name, division, and mail code. The
division to contact is listed at the end
of each pesticide petition summary.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0032; FRL–9937–14]
I. General Information
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions
Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities
A. Does this action apply to me?
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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 December 28, 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 McNally, Director, Biopesticides
and Pollution Prevention Division
(BPPD) (7511P), main telephone
number: (703) 305–7090, email address:
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Susan
Lewis, Director, 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
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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
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
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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 Tolerances
1. PP 4F8249. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–
0314). This notice is a revision to the
notice published in the Federal Register
of August 1, 2014 (79 FR 44729) (FRL–
9911–67). Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN
46268–1054, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
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residues of the herbicide, triclopyr
[(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy] acetic
acid in or on the raw agricultural
commodity milk, fat at 0.7 parts per
million (ppm); and to increase the
tolerance in or on milk from 0.01 ppm
to 0.6 ppm. The petitioner also requests
to amend 40 CFR part 180.417 by
establishing tolerances for residues of
triclopyr [(3,5,6-trichloro-2pyridinyl)oxy] acetic acid and its
metabolite 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol
(TCP), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of triclopyr, in or on the raw
agricultural commodities of cattle, goat,
hog, horse, and sheep meat byproducts
at 0.7 ppm; by increasing tolerances in
cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep fat
from 0.05 ppm to 0.09 ppm; and by
increasing tolerances in cattle, goat, hog,
horse, and sheep meat from 0.05 ppm to
0.08 ppm. An analytical method using
electron capture gas chromatography is
used to measure and evaluate the
chemical triclopyr. Contact: RD.
2. PP 5E8402. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
0712). Interregional Research No. 4 (IR–
4), Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite
201–W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to
establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180
for residues of the herbicide, clomazone
2-(2-chlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl3-isoxazolidinone in or on asparagus at
0.05 parts per million (ppm); and
vegetable soybean (edamame) at 0.05
ppm. The analytical method consisting
of an acid reflux, a C18 solid phase
extraction (SPE), a Florisil SPE clean-up
followed by gas chromatography (GC)mass selective detection (MSD) is used
to measure and evaluate the chemical
clomazone. Contact: RD.
3. PP 5F8381. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
0722). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180.626 for residues of the
fungicide, prothioconazole in or on
cotton, undelinted seed (crop subgroup
20C at 0.4 parts per million (ppm). The
liquid chromatography/mass
spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical
prothioconazole. Contact: RD.
4. PP 5F8381. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
0722). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
requests to amend the tolerance in 40
CFR 180.626 for residues of the
fungicide, prothioconazole in or on
sugar beet, roots at 0.3 parts per million
(ppm). The LC/MS/MS is used to
measure and evaluate the chemical
prothioconazole. Contact: RD.
5. PP 5F8361. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–
0488). MacIntosh and Associates, Inc.,
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1203 Hartford Ave., St. Paul, MN
55116–1622 (on behalf of AgBiTech Pty
Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct., Glenvale, Queensland
4350, Australia), requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the microbial insecticide
Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple
Nucleopolyhedrovirus—3AP2 in or on
food crops. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because the
petitioner is requesting an exemption
from tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Susan Lewis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau Seeks Comment on FirstNet’s
Incumbent Relocation Proposal
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This document seeks
comment on the ex parte proposal made
by the First Responder Network
Authority (FirstNet) to facilitate the
relocation of incumbent public safety
communications systems operating in
the 758–769/788–799 MHz spectrum
band (Band 14) in advance of the
deployment and operation of FirstNet’s
nationwide broadband public safety
network (NPSBN).
DATES: Comments are due on or before
December 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Marenco, Policy and Licensing
Division, Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau, (202) 418–0838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document, DA 15–1253, released on
November 5, 2015. The document is
available for download at https://
fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/. The
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(voice), (202) 418–0432 (tty).
1. On October 20, 2015, FirstNet filed
an ex parte letter stating that its Board
recently approved a Spectrum
Relocation Grant Program designed to
facilitate the relocation of Band 14
incumbents, and that it expects a
Federal Funding Opportunity for the
grant program to be released in early
2016. FirstNet further requests ‘‘that the
continuation of Commission licenses or
other authorizations under Band 14 by
any incumbent be conditioned upon the
requirement that no operation on Band
14 be permitted without the express
consent of FirstNet after July 31, 2017.’’
FirstNet also requests that ‘‘[i]n addition
or in the alternative, . . . the
Commission consider conditioning any
continued operation on Band 14 on the
cessation of all operations on Band 14
within 90 days written notice to the
Band 14 incumbent(s) from FirstNet that
deployment of the NPSBN is to begin in
its State.’’
2. In its 2013 Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in these dockets, the
Commission sought comment ‘‘on the
appropriate mechanism to transition
incumbent narrowband operators out of
[Band 14] and on the timeframe by
which such a transition should be
accomplished,’’ 78 FR 24138, April 24,
2013. Specifically, the Commission
asked whether it could require FirstNet
to manage this transition process, or to
provide funds for the process, and
whether the Commission should
establish a hard deadline by which
relocation should be accomplished.
While the Commission has already
received comments on these issues, it
believes that seeking expedited
comment on FirstNet’s more specific
request will help ensure a complete and
comprehensive record, and is consistent
with FirstNet’s expectation of release of
a Federal Funding Opportunity for its
related grant program in early 2016.
Accordingly, the Commission seeks
comment on FirstNet’s request in light
of the 2013 Notice and the associated
record.
3. Interested parties may file
comments until fourteen days after the
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. All pleadings are to
reference PS Docket 12–94, PS Docket
06–229 and WT Docket No. 06–150.
This proceeding is a ‘‘permit-butdisclose’’ proceeding in accordance
with the Commission’s ex parte rules.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0032; FRL-9937-14]
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 December 28, 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 McNally, Director,
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main
telephone number: (703) 305-7090, email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov;
or Susan Lewis, Director, 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 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 Tolerances
1. PP 4F8249. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0314). This notice is a revision to
the notice published in the Federal Register of August 1, 2014 (79 FR
44729) (FRL-9911-67). Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054, requests to establish a tolerance in 40
CFR part 180 for
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residues of the herbicide, triclopyr [(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy]
acetic acid in or on the raw agricultural commodity milk, fat at 0.7
parts per million (ppm); and to increase the tolerance in or on milk
from 0.01 ppm to 0.6 ppm. The petitioner also requests to amend 40 CFR
part 180.417 by establishing tolerances for residues of triclopyr
[(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl)oxy] acetic acid and its metabolite
3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of triclopyr, in or on the raw agricultural commodities of
cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep meat byproducts at 0.7 ppm; by
increasing tolerances in cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep fat from
0.05 ppm to 0.09 ppm; and by increasing tolerances in cattle, goat,
hog, horse, and sheep meat from 0.05 ppm to 0.08 ppm. An analytical
method using electron capture gas chromatography is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical triclopyr. Contact: RD.
2. PP 5E8402. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0712). Interregional Research No. 4
(IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500 College Road
East, Suite 201-W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, clomazone
2-(2-chlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on
asparagus at 0.05 parts per million (ppm); and vegetable soybean
(edamame) at 0.05 ppm. The analytical method consisting of an acid
reflux, a C18 solid phase extraction (SPE), a Florisil SPE clean-up
followed by gas chromatography (GC)-mass selective detection (MSD) is
used to measure and evaluate the chemical clomazone. Contact: RD.
3. PP 5F8381. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0722). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180.626 for residues
of the fungicide, prothioconazole in or on cotton, undelinted seed
(crop subgroup 20C at 0.4 parts per million (ppm). The liquid
chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical prothioconazole. Contact: RD.
4. PP 5F8381. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0722). Bayer CropScience, P.O. Box
12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
requests to amend the tolerance in 40 CFR 180.626 for residues of the
fungicide, prothioconazole in or on sugar beet, roots at 0.3 parts per
million (ppm). The LC/MS/MS is used to measure and evaluate the
chemical prothioconazole. Contact: RD.
5. PP 5F8361. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0488). MacIntosh and Associates,
Inc., 1203 Hartford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55116-1622 (on behalf of
AgBiTech Pty Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct., Glenvale, Queensland 4350, Australia),
requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the microbial insecticide Spodoptera
frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus--3AP2 in or on food crops. The
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because the
petitioner is requesting an exemption from tolerance. Contact: BPPD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Susan Lewis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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