Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients, 47508-47509 [2017-22117]

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The materials will undergo expert peer review in support of the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act decision making on perchlorate. The Agency requested comment on the draft MCLG Approaches Report. The notice of request for public comment, as initially published in the Federal Register, provided for written comments to be submitted to EPA on or before October 30, 2017 (a 45-day public comment period). Since publication, EPA has received requests for additional time to submit comments. EPA is extending the public comment period for 21 days until November 20, 2017. EPA will consider public comments and peer review recommendations in future revisions to the MCLG Approaches Report. The draft report is available at https:// www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:35 Oct 11, 2017 Jkt 244001 EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0438). The revised BBDR model code files can be accessed at https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/ reference/details/reference_id/3352518. Dated: October 4, 2017. Michael H. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. [FR Doc. 2017–22112 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0007; FRL–9967–35] Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.; or Michael Goodis, 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 application 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 AGENCY: Environmental Protection producer, food manufacturer, or Agency (EPA). pesticide manufacturer. The following ACTION: Notice. list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is SUMMARY: EPA has received applications not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to register pesticide products containing provides a guide to help readers active ingredients not included in any determine whether this document currently registered pesticide products. applies to them. Potentially affected Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, entities may include: Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act • Crop production (NAICS code 111). (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice • Animal production (NAICS code of receipt and opportunity to comment 112). on these applications. • Food manufacturing (NAICS code DATES: Comments must be received on 311). or before November 13, 2017. • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, code 32532). identified by the Docket Identification B. What should I consider as I prepare (ID) Number and the File Symbol of my comments for EPA? interest as shown in the body of this document, by one of the following 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this methods: information to EPA through • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark www.regulations.gov. Follow the online the part or all of the information that instructions for submitting comments. you claim to be CBI. For CBI Do not submit electronically any information in a disk or CD–ROM that information you consider to be you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the Confidential Business Information (CBI) disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then or other information whose disclosure is identify electronically within the disk or restricted by statute. CD–ROM the specific information that • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental is claimed as CBI. In addition to one Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ complete version of the comment that DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. includes information claimed as CBI, a NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. copy of the comment that does not • Hand Delivery: To make special contain the information claimed as CBI arrangements for hand delivery or must be submitted for inclusion in the delivery of boxed information, please public docket. Information so marked follow the instructions at https:// will not be disclosed except in www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. accordance with procedures set forth in Additional instructions on 40 CFR part 2. commenting or visiting the docket, 2. Tips for preparing your comments. along with more information about When preparing and submitting your dockets generally, is available at https:// comments, see the commenting tips at www.epa.gov/dockets. https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments.html. Robert McNally, Biopesticides and II. Registration Applications Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) EPA has received applications to (7511P), main telephone number: (703) register pesticide products containing 305–7090; email address: PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1 asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2017 / Notices active ingredients not included in any currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these applications. 1. File symbol: 524–AUL. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0402. Applicant: Monsanto Company, 800 North Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167. Product name: MON 88702. Active ingredient: Insecticide—Bacillus thuringiensis Cry51Aa2.834_16 proteins and the genetic material (vector PV– GHIR508523) necessary for its production in MON 88702 cotton (OECD Unique Identifier: MON–887;2– 4). Proposed use: Plant-incorporated protectant. Contact: BPPD. 2. File symbol: 69526–RO. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0403. Applicant: Petro-Canada Lubricants, Inc., 2310 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1K2, Canada (c/o EnviroReg LLC, 13411 Marble Rock Dr., Chantilly, VA 20151). Product name: VNT Selective Herbicide ReadyTo-Use. Active ingredient: Herbicide— Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (CaNa2EDTA) at 2%. Proposed use: Nonfood, spot, weed treatment on lawns. Contact: BPPD. 3. File symbol: 91213–E. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0336. Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. Product name: Battalion Pro. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 0.34%. Proposed use: For suppression of cheat grass/downy brome, medusahead, and jointed goat grass through use as a seed treatment or a spray in the following areas: crops (i.e., cereal grains and forage, fodder, and straw of cereal grains; grass forage, fodder, and hay; nongrass animal feeds; oilseeds; legumes; tree nuts; and berries and small fruit), rangeland, forest, pasture, turf, conservation reserve program lands, sod production, golf courses, recreational areas, road sides, road cuts, construction sites, and rights-of-way. Contact: BPPD. 4. File symbol: 91213–R. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0336. Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. Product name: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pseudomonas VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:35 Oct 11, 2017 Jkt 244001 fluorescens strain ACK55 at 0.24%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use. Contact: BPPD. 5. File symbol: 91428–R. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0419. Applicant: Brandt IHammer, 479 Village Park Dr., Powell, OH 43065. Product name: Technical a-Methyl Mannoside. Active ingredient: Plant Regulator— Methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside at 100.00%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use. Contact: BPPD. 6. File symbol: 91746–A. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0432. Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/ SA c/o Critical Path Services, LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. Product name: Pyridate Technical. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4pyridizinyl) S-octyl ester)] at 92.74%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use. Contact: RD. 7. File symbol: 91746–E. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0432. Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/ SA c/o Critical Path Services, LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. Product name: BCP258H_4 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD. 8. File symbol: 91746–L. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0432. Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/ SA c/o Critical Path Services, LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. Product name: Tough 5 EC Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4pyridizinyl) S-octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD. 9. File symbol: 91746–R. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0432. Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/ SA c/o Critical Path Services, LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. Product name: BCP258H_3 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD. PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47509 10. File symbol: 91746–U. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0432. Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/ SA c/o Critical Path Services, LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. Product name: BCP258H_2 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: October 2, 2017. Delores Barber, Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2017–22117 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0042; FRL–9967–60] Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) is in the public interest and is necessary in connection with the performance of EPA’s duties. Accordingly, PPDC will be renewed for an additional two-year period. The purpose of PPDC is to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues, associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides. SUMMARY: Dea Zimmerman, Designated Federal Officer, PPDC, U.S. EPA, (mail code LC– 17J), 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, telephone number: (312)–353– 6344; email address: zimmerman.dea@ epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0007; FRL-9967-35]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Active Ingredients

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered 
pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and 
opportunity to comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket 
Identification (ID) Number and the File Symbol 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, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number: 
(703) 305-7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.; or Michael 
Goodis, 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 application 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).

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.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products 
containing

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active ingredients not included in any currently registered pesticide 
products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 
136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity 
to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of these 
applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these 
applications.
    1. File symbol: 524-AUL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0402. 
Applicant: Monsanto Company, 800 North Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 
63167. Product name: MON 88702. Active ingredient: Insecticide--
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry51Aa2.834_16 proteins and the genetic 
material (vector PV-GHIR508523) necessary for its production in MON 
88702 cotton (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-887[Oslash]2-4). Proposed 
use: Plant-incorporated protectant. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File symbol: 69526-RO. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0403. 
Applicant: Petro-Canada Lubricants, Inc., 2310 Lakeshore Rd. W., 
Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1K2, Canada (c/o EnviroReg LLC, 13411 Marble 
Rock Dr., Chantilly, VA 20151). Product name: VNT Selective Herbicide 
Ready-To-Use. Active ingredient: Herbicide--Calcium Disodium 
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (CaNa2EDTA) at 2%. Proposed use: 
Nonfood, spot, weed treatment on lawns. Contact: BPPD.
    3. File symbol: 91213-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. 
Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture--Agricultural 
Research Service, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, 
Pullman, WA 99164. Product name: Battalion Pro. Active ingredient: 
Herbicide--Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 0.34%. Proposed use: 
For suppression of cheat grass/downy brome, medusahead, and jointed 
goat grass through use as a seed treatment or a spray in the following 
areas: crops (i.e., cereal grains and forage, fodder, and straw of 
cereal grains; grass forage, fodder, and hay; nongrass animal feeds; 
oilseeds; legumes; tree nuts; and berries and small fruit), rangeland, 
forest, pasture, turf, conservation reserve program lands, sod 
production, golf courses, recreational areas, road sides, road cuts, 
construction sites, and rights-of-way. Contact: BPPD.
    4. File symbol: 91213-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. 
Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture--Agricultural 
Research Service, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, 
Pullman, WA 99164. Product name: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55. 
Active ingredient: Herbicide--Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 
0.24%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use. Contact: BPPD.
    5. File symbol: 91428-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0419. 
Applicant: Brandt IHammer, 479 Village Park Dr., Powell, OH 43065. 
Product name: Technical [alpha]-Methyl Mannoside. Active ingredient: 
Plant Regulator--Methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside at 100.00%. Proposed 
use: For manufacturing use. Contact: BPPD.
    6. File symbol: 91746-A. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0432. 
Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA c/o Critical Path Services, 
LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. 
Product name: Pyridate Technical. Active ingredient: Herbicide--
Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-
octyl ester)] at 92.74%. Proposed use: For manufacturing use. Contact: 
RD.
    7. File symbol: 91746-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0432. 
Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA c/o Critical Path Services, 
LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. 
Product name: BCP258H_4 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide--
Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-
octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables 
(crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field 
corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD.
    8. File symbol: 91746-L. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0432. 
Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA c/o Critical Path Services, 
LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. 
Product name: Tough 5 EC Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide--
Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-
octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables 
(crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field 
corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD.
    9. File symbol: 91746-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0432. 
Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA c/o Critical Path Services, 
LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. 
Product name: BCP258H_3 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide--
Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-
octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables 
(crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field 
corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD.
    10. File symbol: 91746-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0432. 
Applicant: Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA c/o Critical Path Services, 
LLC, 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Suite 112, Garnet Valley, PA 19060. 
Product name: BCP258H_2 Herbicide. Active ingredient: Herbicide--
Pyridate [Carbonothioic acid, O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridizinyl) S-
octyl ester)] at 56.1%. Proposed use: Brassica head and stem vegetables 
(crop subgroup 5A), cabbage, chickpea (garbanzo bean), collards, field 
corn, mint, and peanuts. Contact: RD.

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

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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