Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities, 49020-49025 [2017-22865]
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I. General Information
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0006; FRL–9967–37]
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 November 22, 2017.
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,
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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., 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.
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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
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
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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
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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.
III. Amended Tolerance Exemptions for
PIPS
1. PP 7F8566. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0401). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167,
requests to amend an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR
174.536 for residues of the plantincorporated protectant (PIP) Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry51Aa2.834_16 protein
in or on cotton to change it from a
temporary tolerance exemption to a
permanent tolerance exemption. The
petitioner believes no analytical method
is needed because this petition is for a
permanent tolerance exemption without
numerical limitation; thus, an analytical
detection method should not be
required. Contact: BPPD.
IV. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 7E8559. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0273). Interregional Research Project
No. 4 (IR–4), Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, proposes upon establishment of
tolerances referenced under ‘‘New
Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8559, to remove
existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.593
for residues of the miticide etoxazole (2(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5dihydrooxazole), including its
metabolites and degradates, to be
determined by measuring only etoxazole
in or on the commodities; fruit, pome,
group 11 at 0.20 ppm; fruit, stone, group
12, except plum at 1.0 ppm; nut, tree,
group 14 at 0.01 ppm; cotton,
undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm; pistachio
at 0.01 ppm; plum at 0.15 ppm; and
plum, prune, dried at 0.30 ppm.
Adequate analytical methodologies are
available in gas chromatography-mass
selective detection (GC–MSD) and gas
chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC–NPD) for detecting and
measuring levels of etoxazole in plant
and livestock commodities,
respectively, are available to enforce
proposed tolerances in or on raw
agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
2. PP 7E8564. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0310). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to amend the tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.589 for residues of the
fungicide boscalid,3pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-N-(4′chloro[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl) by removing
the established tolerances in or on
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Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at
3.0 ppm, brassica, leafy greens,
subgroup 5B at 18 ppm, cucumber at 0.5
ppm, leaf petioles subgroup 4B at 45
ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4A, except
head lettuce and leaf lettuce at 60 ppm,
lettuce, head at 6.5 ppm, lettuce, leaf at
11 ppm, pea and bean, dried shelled,
except soybean, subgroup 6C, except
cowpea, field pea and grain lupin at 2.5
ppm; pea and bean, succulent shelled,
subgroup 6B, except cowpea at 0.6 ppm;
turnip, greens at 40 ppm, vegetable,
cucurbit group 9, except cucumber at
1.6 ppm, and vegetable, root, subgroup
1A, except sugar beet, garden beet,
radish and turnip at 1.0 ppm. Amend 40
CFR part 180.589 by removing the
established tolerance for indirect or
inadvertent residues of boscalid, 3pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-N-(4′chloro[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl), in or on
beet, garden, roots at 0.1 ppm; cowpea,
seed at 0.1 ppm; lupin, grain, grain at
0.1 ppm; pea, field, seed at 0.1 ppm;
radish, roots at 0.1 ppm; and turnip,
roots at 0.1 ppm. Quantitation is by gas
chromatography using mass
spectrometry (GC/MS). Contact: RD.
3. PP 7E8569. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0311). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to amend the tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.582 for residues of the
fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid,
[2-[[[ 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-,
methyl ester) and its desmethoxy
metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate
expressed as parent compound by
removing the established tolerances in
or on avocado at 0.6 ppm, banana at
0.04 ppm, brassica, head and stem,
subgroup 5A at 5.0 ppm, brassica leafy
greens, subgroup 5B, at 16.0 ppm, and
vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4
at 29.0 ppm. In plants the method of
analysis is aqueous organic solvent
extraction, column clean up and
quantitation by liquid chromatography
with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/
MS/MS). Contact: RD.
4. PP 7E8575. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0400). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, proposes upon establishment of
tolerances referenced under ‘‘New
Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8575, to remove
existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.503
for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil,
2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on the
following food commodities: Cilantro,
leaves at 19 parts per million (ppm);
leafy greens, subgroup 4A at 19 ppm;
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leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 6.0 ppm;
potato at 0.05 ppm; and vegetables,
fruiting, group 8 at 0.2 ppm. An
analytical enforcement method is
available for determining cymoxanil
residues in plants, i.e., high
performance level chromatography
(HPLC) with ultraviolet (UV) detection.
The method’s limit of quantitation is
0.05 ppm and allows monitoring of
crops with cymoxanil residues at or
above the levels proposed in these
tolerances. Contact: RD
5. PP 7E8576. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0397). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, proposes upon establishment of
tolerances referenced under ‘‘New
Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8576, to remove
existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.587
for residues of the fungicide
famoxadone (3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4dione), in or on the raw agricultural
commodities: Cilantro, leaves at 25
ppm; potato at 0.02 ppm; vegetable,
fruiting, group 8, except tomato at 4.0
ppm; vegetable, leafy, except brassica,
group 4, except spinach at 25 ppm. An
analytical enforcement method is
available for determining famoxadone
plant residues in or on a variety of food
crops using gas-liquid chromatography
(GC) with nitrogen phosphorus
detection (NPD). The limit of
quantitation (LOQ) is 0.02 ppm for leafy
vegetables and green onion, and 0.05
ppm for dry bulb onion. The analytical
enforcement method for use on tomato
processed fractions and also the raw
agricultural commodities (RAC), tomato,
utilizes column switching liquid
chromatography with UV detection. The
LOQ is 0.02 ppm which allows
monitoring of crops with famoxadone
residues at or above the levels of
proposed tolerances. Contact: RD
6. PP 7E8581. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0372). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, proposes upon establishment of
tolerances referenced above under ‘‘New
Tolerances’’ to remove existing
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.425 for
residues of the herbicide clomazone, 2[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl3-isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Asparagus at
0.05 parts per million (ppm); bean,
snap, succulent at 0.05 ppm; brassica,
head and stem, subgroup 5A at 0.10
ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05
ppm; cucumber at 0.1 ppm; pea,
southern, dry seed at 0.05 ppm; pea,
southern, succulent seed at 0.05 ppm;
pumpkin at 0.1 ppm; squash, summer at
0.1 ppm; squash, winter at 0.1 ppm;
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sweet potato, roots at 0.05 ppm;
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.05
ppm. An analytical method consisting
of an acid reflux, a C18 solid phase
extraction (SPE), a Florisil SPE clean-up
followed by GC–MSD is available for
detecting and measuring levels of
clomazone in or on raw agricultural
commodities. Contact: RD.
7. PP 7E8585. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
659). IR–4, Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, 500 College Road East,
Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540,
proposes, upon establishment of
tolerances referenced under ‘‘New
Tolerances’’ for PP 7E8585, to remove
established tolerances in 40 CFR
180.659 (a) General (1) for residues of
the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including
its metabolites and degradates,
determined by measuring only the sum
of pyroxasulfone, 3-[[[5(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5dimethylisoxazole, and its metabolite, 5(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4carboxylic acid (M–3), calculated as the
stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity
cotton, undelinted seed at 0.04 ppm.
Analytical enforcement methodology
including LC/MS/MS is available to
enforce the tolerance expression for
pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD
V. New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts
(Except PIPS)
1. PP IN–10867. (EPA–HQ–OPP–
2017–0374). BASF Corporation, 100
Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932,
requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of N,N-dimethyldodecanamide
(CAS Reg. No. 3007–53–2) when used as
an inert ingredient (solvent or cosolvent) in pesticide formulations
applied to growing crops under 40 CFR
180.920. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because it
is not required for an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
RD.
VI. New Tolerance Exemptions for NonInerts (Except PIPS)
1. PP 5E8405. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0335). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the herbicide Pseudomonas
fluorescens strain ACK55 in or on all
food commodities. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed
because an exemption from the
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requirement of a tolerance is being
proposed. Contact: BPPD.
2. PP 6F8531. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0294). International Animal Health
Products Pty. Ltd., 18 Healey Circuit,
Huntingwood, New South Wales 2148
Australia (in care of SciReg, Inc., 12733
Director’s Loop, Woodbridge, VA
22192), requests to establish an
exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for
residues of the nematocide
Duddingtonia flagrans strain IAH 1297
in or on all raw and processed
agricultural commodities. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed
because an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance is being
proposed. Contact: BPPD.
VII. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 7E8549. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0226). 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 florasulam N-(2,6difluorophenyl)-8-fluoro-5-methoxy
(1,2,4)triazolo(1,5-c)pyrimidine-2sulfonamide in or on the raw
agricultural commodities teff, forage at
0.05 ppm; teff, grain at 0.01 ppm; teff,
straw at 0.05 ppm; and teff, hay at 0.05
ppm. The analytical method uses
capillary GC–MSD. Contact: RD.
2. PP 7E8550. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0225). 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 fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl
ester [1-methylheptyl ((4-amino-3,5dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinyl)oxy)
acetate] and its metabolite fluroxypyr
[((4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2pyridinyl)oxy)acetic acid] in or on teff,
forage at 12.0 ppm; teff, grain at 0.5
ppm; teff, straw at 12.0 ppm; teff, hay
at 20.0 ppm. The analytical method uses
HPLC with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
(MS/MS) with LOQ of 0.01 ppm.
Contact: RD.
3. PP 7E8551. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0227). 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 pyroxsulam, N-(5,7dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5a]pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methoxy-4(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinesulfonamide
in or on the raw agricultural
commodities teff, forage at 0.06 ppm;
teff, grain at 0.01 ppm; teff, straw at 0.03
ppm; and teff, hay at 0.01 ppm. LC/MS/
MS detection is used to measure and
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evaluate the chemical residues. Contact:
RD.
4. PP 7E8554. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0352). Dow Agro Sciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana
46268–1054, requests to establish
import tolerances in 40 CFR part
180.635 for the combined residues of
the insecticide spinetoram, expressed as
a combination of XDE-175-J: 1-H-asindaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15dione, 2-[(6-deoxy-3–O-ethyl-2,4-di-Omethyl-a-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-(dimethylamino)
tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl]
oxy]-9-ethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,9,
10,11,12,13,14,16a,16b-hexadecahydro
14-methyl-, (2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,
14R,16aS,16bR); XDE-175-L: 1H-asindaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15dione, 2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-di-Omethyl-a-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-(dimethylamino)
tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]9-ethyl-2,3,3a,5a,5b,6,9,10,11,
12,13,14,16a,16b-tetradecahydro-4,14dimethyl- (2S,3aR,5aS,5bS,9S,13S,14R,
16aS, 16bS); ND-J: (2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,
13S,14R,16aS,16bR)-9-ethyl-14-methyl13 [[(2S,5S,6R)-6-methyl-5(methylamino)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl]
oxy]-7,15-dioxo-2,3,3a,4,5,
5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16a,16boctadecahydro-1H-as-indaceno[3,2d]oxacyclododecin-2-yl 6-deoxy-3-Oethyl-2,4-di-O-methyl-a-Lmannopyranoside; and NF-J: (2R,3S,6S)
-6-([(2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,14R,
16aS,16bR)-2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4di-O-methyl-a-L-mannopyranosyl) oxy]9-ethyl-14-methyl-7,15-dioxo-2,
3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,
15,16a,16b-octadecahydro-1H-asindaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-13yl]oxy)-2-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3yl(methyl)formamide in or on tea, dried
at 70 ppm and tea, instant at 70 ppm.
The EPA has determined adequate
tolerance enforcement methods are
available for spinetoram residues in a
variety of plant and animal matrices
including a number of HPLC/Mass
Spectrometry (MS) methods. Additional
details on the analytical methods can be
found in the supporting documentation
in docket ID EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0666
–0025. Contact: RD.
5. PP 7E8559. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0273). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.593 for residues of the
miticide etoxazole (2-(2,6difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)
-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole),
including its metabolites and
degradates, to be determined by
measuring only etoxazole in or on the
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commodities; corn, sweet, kernel plus
cob with husks removed at 0.01 ppm;
corn, sweet, forage at 1.5 ppm; corn,
sweet, stover at 5.0 ppm; fruit, pome,
group 11–10 at 0.20 ppm; nut, tree,
group 14–12 at 0.01 ppm; fruit, stone,
group 12–12 at 1.0 ppm; and Cottonseed
subgroup 20C at 0.05 ppm. Adequate
analytical methodology is available in
GC–MSD for detecting and measuring
levels of etoxazole is available to
enforce proposed tolerances in/on the
sweet corn commodities. Gas
Chromatography with NitrogenPhosphorus Detection (GC–NPD)
methodology is also available to enforce
proposed livestock commodity
tolerances. Contact: RD.
6. PP 7E8564. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0310). 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
fungicide boscalid,3pyridinecarboxamide, 2- chloro-N-(4′chloro[1,1′-biphenyl] -2-yl) in or on
brassica leafy greens subgroup 4–16B at
50 ppm; celtuce at 45 ppm; Florence,
fennel at 45 ppm; kohlrabi at 6 ppm;
leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at
45 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4–16A at
70 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled,
except soybean, subgroup 6C at 2.5
ppm; pea and bean, succulent shelled,
subgroup 6B at 0.6 ppm; vegetable,
brassica head and stem group 5–16 at 6
ppm; vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at 3
ppm; and vegetable root, except sugar
beet, subgroup 1B at 2.0 ppm.
Quantitation is by GC/MS. Contact: RD.
7. PP 7E8565. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0333). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
with regional registrations in 40 CFR
180.568 (c) for residues of the herbicide
flumioxazin, 2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3oxo-4-(2-propynyl)-2
6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1
1,3(2H)-dione, including its metabolites
and degradates, determined by
measuring only flumioxazin in or on the
commodities: Grass, forage at 0.4 ppm
and grass, hay at 0.05 ppm. Practical
analytical methods for detecting and
measuring levels of flumioxazin have
been developed and validated in or on
all appropriate agricultural commodities
and respective processing fractions. The
limit of quantitation of flumioxazin in
the methods is 0.02 ppm which will
allow monitoring and enforcement of
residues of the chemical in food
commodities. Contact: RD.
8. PP 7E8569. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0311). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
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08540, requests to establish a tolerance
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid,
[2-[[[ 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-,
methyl ester) and its desmethoxy
metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate
expressed as parent compound in or on
brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4–16B
at 16.0 ppm, celtuce at 29.0 ppm,
Florence, fennel at 29.0 ppm, kohlrabi at
5.0 ppm, leaf petiole vegetable subgroup
22B at 29.0 ppm, leafy greens subgroup
4–16A at 40 ppm, tropical and
subtropical, medium to large fruit,
smooth, inedible peel, subgroup 24B at
0.6 ppm, and vegetable, brassica, head
and stem, group 5–16 at 5.0 ppm. In
plants the method of analysis is aqueous
organic solvent extraction, column clean
up and quantitation by LC/MS/MS.
Contact: RD.
9. PP 7E8570. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0334). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.659, as follows:
a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5) by
establishing a tolerance for residues of
the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including
its metabolites and degradates,
determined by measuring only the sum
of pyroxasulfone, (3-[(5difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic
acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3[1-carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the
stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the
commodities: Peppermint, oil at 0.48
ppm; peppermint, tops at 0.15 ppm;
spearmint, oil at 0.48 ppm; spearmint,
tops at 0.15 ppm and soybean,
vegetable, succulent at 0.2 ppm.
b. Amend 180.659 (c) Tolerances with
regional registrations, by establishing a
tolerance for residues of the herbicide
pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites
and degradates, determined by
measuring only the sum of
pyroxasulfone, (3-[(5-difluoromethoxy1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
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metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic
acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3[1-carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the
stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the
commodities: Grass, forage at 0.5 ppm
and grass, hay at 1.0 ppm.
Analytical enforcement methodology
including LC/MS/MS is available to
enforce the tolerance expression for
pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.
10. PP 7E8575. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0400). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.503, as follows:
a. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (a) General,
by establishing a tolerance for residues
of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-cyano-N[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on the
following food commodities: Carrot,
roots at 0.03 ppm; ginseng at 0.02 ppm;
mango at 0.02 ppm; brassica, leafy
greens, subgroup 4–16B at 15.0 ppm;
leafy greens subgroup 4–16A at 19.0
ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup
22B at 6.0 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and
corm, subgroup 1C at 0.05 ppm;
vegetable, fruiting, group 8–10 at 0.2
ppm; arugula at 19.0 ppm; upland cress
at 19.0 ppm; garden cress at 19.0 ppm;
celtuce at 6.0 ppm; and Florence, fennel
at 6.0 ppm.
b. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (c)
Tolerances with regional registrations
by establishing a tolerance for residues
of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-cyano -N[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on
Bean, succulent at 0.05 ppm.
An analytical enforcement method is
available for determining cymoxanil
residues in plants, i.e., HPLC with UV
detection. The method’s limit of
quantitation is 0.05 ppm and allows
monitoring of crops with cymoxanil
residues at or above the levels proposed
in these tolerances. Contact: RD.
11. PP 7E8576. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0397). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.587, as follows:
a. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (a) General,
by establishing a tolerance for residues
of the fungicide famoxadone (3-anilino5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in or on the raw
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agricultural commodities: Carrot, roots
at 0.6 ppm; ginseng at 0.3 ppm; mango
at 0.9 ppm; brassica, leafy greens,
subgroup 4–16B at 40.0 ppm; vegetable,
tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.02
ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8–10,
except tomato at 4.0 ppm; leafy greens
subgroup 4–16A, except spinach at 25.0
ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup
22B at 25.0 ppm; arugula at 25.0 ppm;
upland cress at 25.0 ppm; garden cress
at 25.0 ppm; celtuce at 25.0 ppm; and
Florence, fennel at 25.0 ppm.
b. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (c)
Tolerances with regional registrations,
by establishing a tolerance for residues
of the fungicide famoxadone (3-anilino5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Bean,
succulent at 0.15 ppm.
An analytical enforcement method is
available for determining famoxadone
plant residues in or on a variety of food
crops using GC with NPD. The LOQ is
0.02 ppm for leafy vegetables and green
onion and 0.05 ppm for dry bulb onion.
The analytical enforcement method for
use on tomato processed fractions and
also the RAC, tomato, utilizes column
switching liquid chromatography with
UV detection. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm
which allows monitoring of crops with
famoxadone residues at or above the
levels of proposed tolerances. Contact:
RD.
12. PP 7E8579. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0376). 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 the
insecticide acequinocyl, 2-(acetyloxy)-3dodecyl-1,4-naphthalenedione and its
metabolite, 2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4naphthoquinone (acequinocyl-OH)
expressed as acequinocyl equivalents in
or on guava at 0.9 ppm and the tropical
and subtropical, small fruit, inedible
peel, subgroup 24A at 2.0 ppm. The
analytical method to quantitate residues
of acequinocyl and acequinocyl-OH in/
on fruit crops utilizes HPLC using mass
spectrometric (MS/MS) detection. The
target LOQ is 0.01 ppm. Contact: RD.
13. PP 7E8580. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0420). 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 trifluralin a,a,a-trifluoro-2,6dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine in or
on rosemary, fresh leaves at 0.1 ppm;
rosemary, dry leaves at 0.1 ppm; and
rosemary, oil at 2.18 ppm. The Pesticide
Analytical Manual (PAM, Vol. II,
Section 180.207) lists four GC methods
(designated as Methods I, II, III, and A)
with electron capture detection (ECD)
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as available for determination of
trifluralin per se in/on plant
commodities. Contact: RD.
14. PP 7E8581. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0372). 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 180.425 for residues of
the herbicide clomazone, 2-[(2chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Bean, dry at
0.05 ppm; bean, succulent at 0.05 ppm;
Chinese, broccoli at 0.10 ppm; cilantro,
dried leaves at 0.3 ppm; cilantro, fresh
leaves at 0.05 ppm; coriander, seed at
0.05 ppm; cottonseed subgroup 20C at
0.05 ppm; dill, dried leaves at 0.4 ppm;
dill, fresh leaves at 0.08 ppm; dill, oil
at 0.06 ppm; dill, seed at 0.05 ppm;
kohlrabi at 0.10 ppm; rapeseed
subgroup 20A at 0.05 ppm; stalk and
stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except
kohlrabi at 0.05 ppm; vegetable,
brassica, head and stem, group 5–16 at
0.10 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9
at 0.1 ppm. An analytical method
consisting of an acid reflux, a C18 SPE,
a Florisil SPE clean-up followed by GC–
MSD is available for detecting and
measuring levels of clomazone in or on
raw agricultural commodities. Contact:
RD.
15. PP 7E8585. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
0334). IR–4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College
Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ
08540, requests to establish tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.659, as follows:
a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (1), by
establishing a tolerance for residues of
the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including
its metabolites and degradates,
determined by measuring only the sum
of pyroxasulfone, 3-[[[5(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5dimethylisoxazole, and its metabolite, 5(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4carboxylic acid (M–3), calculated as the
stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity:
Cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.04 ppm.
b. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5), by
establishing a tolerance for residues of
the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including
its metabolites and degradates,
determined by measuring only the sum
of pyroxasulfone, (3-[(5difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-
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yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic
acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-3trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3[1-carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the
stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the following
commodity: Leaf petiole vegetable
subgroup 22B at 0.3 ppm.
Analytical enforcement methodology
including LC/MS/MS is available to
enforce the tolerance expression for
pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: September 11, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0006; FRL-9967-37]
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 November 22, 2017.
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, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), main telephone number:
(703) 305-7090; email address: [email protected]., Michael Goodis,
Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number: (703) 305-
7090; email address: [email protected]. The mailing address for each
contact person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
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).
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
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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.
III. Amended Tolerance Exemptions for PIPS
1. PP 7F8566. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0401). Monsanto Company, 800 North
Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167, requests to amend an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 174.536 for residues of
the plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry51Aa2.834_16 protein in or on cotton to change it from a temporary
tolerance exemption to a permanent tolerance exemption. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed because this petition is for a
permanent tolerance exemption without numerical limitation; thus, an
analytical detection method should not be required. Contact: BPPD.
IV. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 7E8559. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0273). Interregional Research
Project No. 4 (IR-4), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500
College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon
establishment of tolerances referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP
7E8559, to remove existing tolerances in 40 CFR 180.593 for residues of
the miticide etoxazole (2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole), including its
metabolites and degradates, to be determined by measuring only
etoxazole in or on the commodities; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.20 ppm;
fruit, stone, group 12, except plum at 1.0 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at
0.01 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm; pistachio at 0.01 ppm;
plum at 0.15 ppm; and plum, prune, dried at 0.30 ppm. Adequate
analytical methodologies are available in gas chromatography-mass
selective detection (GC-MSD) and gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus
detection (GC-NPD) for detecting and measuring levels of etoxazole in
plant and livestock commodities, respectively, are available to enforce
proposed tolerances in or on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
2. PP 7E8564. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.589
for residues of the fungicide boscalid,3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-
N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl) by removing the established
tolerances in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 3.0 ppm,
brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 18 ppm, cucumber at 0.5 ppm,
leaf petioles subgroup 4B at 45 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4A, except
head lettuce and leaf lettuce at 60 ppm, lettuce, head at 6.5 ppm,
lettuce, leaf at 11 ppm, pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean,
subgroup 6C, except cowpea, field pea and grain lupin at 2.5 ppm; pea
and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B, except cowpea at 0.6 ppm;
turnip, greens at 40 ppm, vegetable, cucurbit group 9, except cucumber
at 1.6 ppm, and vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, except sugar beet, garden
beet, radish and turnip at 1.0 ppm. Amend 40 CFR part 180.589 by
removing the established tolerance for indirect or inadvertent residues
of boscalid, 3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-yl), in or on beet, garden, roots at 0.1 ppm; cowpea, seed
at 0.1 ppm; lupin, grain, grain at 0.1 ppm; pea, field, seed at 0.1
ppm; radish, roots at 0.1 ppm; and turnip, roots at 0.1 ppm.
Quantitation is by gas chromatography using mass spectrometry (GC/MS).
Contact: RD.
3. PP 7E8569. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0311). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.582
for residues of the fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2-[[[ 1-
(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl
ester) and its desmethoxy metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-
1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate expressed as parent
compound by removing the established tolerances in or on avocado at 0.6
ppm, banana at 0.04 ppm, brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 5.0
ppm, brassica leafy greens, subgroup 5B, at 16.0 ppm, and vegetable,
leafy, except brassica, group 4 at 29.0 ppm. In plants the method of
analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up and
quantitation by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry
(LC/MS/MS). Contact: RD.
4. PP 7E8575. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0400). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8575, to remove existing
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.503 for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil,
2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on
the following food commodities: Cilantro, leaves at 19 parts per
million (ppm); leafy greens, subgroup 4A at 19 ppm;
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leaf petioles, subgroup 4B at 6.0 ppm; potato at 0.05 ppm; and
vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 0.2 ppm. An analytical enforcement
method is available for determining cymoxanil residues in plants, i.e.,
high performance level chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet (UV)
detection. The method's limit of quantitation is 0.05 ppm and allows
monitoring of crops with cymoxanil residues at or above the levels
proposed in these tolerances. Contact: RD
5. PP 7E8576. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0397). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8576, to remove existing
tolerances in 40 CFR 180.587 for residues of the fungicide famoxadone
(3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in
or on the raw agricultural commodities: Cilantro, leaves at 25 ppm;
potato at 0.02 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8, except tomato at 4.0
ppm; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4, except spinach at 25
ppm. An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
famoxadone plant residues in or on a variety of food crops using gas-
liquid chromatography (GC) with nitrogen phosphorus detection (NPD).
The limit of quantitation (LOQ) is 0.02 ppm for leafy vegetables and
green onion, and 0.05 ppm for dry bulb onion. The analytical
enforcement method for use on tomato processed fractions and also the
raw agricultural commodities (RAC), tomato, utilizes column switching
liquid chromatography with UV detection. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm which
allows monitoring of crops with famoxadone residues at or above the
levels of proposed tolerances. Contact: RD
6. PP 7E8581. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0372). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes upon establishment of tolerances
referenced above under ``New Tolerances'' to remove existing tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.425 for residues of the herbicide clomazone, 2-[(2-
chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Asparagus at 0.05 parts per million (ppm);
bean, snap, succulent at 0.05 ppm; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A
at 0.10 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm; cucumber at 0.1 ppm;
pea, southern, dry seed at 0.05 ppm; pea, southern, succulent seed at
0.05 ppm; pumpkin at 0.1 ppm; squash, summer at 0.1 ppm; squash, winter
at 0.1 ppm; sweet potato, roots at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group
9 at 0.05 ppm. An analytical method consisting of an acid reflux, a C18
solid phase extraction (SPE), a Florisil SPE clean-up followed by GC-
MSD is available for detecting and measuring levels of clomazone in or
on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
7. PP 7E8585. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-659). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes, upon establishment of tolerances
referenced under ``New Tolerances'' for PP 7E8585, to remove
established tolerances in 40 CFR 180.659 (a) General (1) for residues
of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, 3-
[[[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-
yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylisoxazole, and its
metabolite, 5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-
pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid (M-3), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity cotton, undelinted
seed at 0.04 ppm. Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS
is available to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone.
Contact: RD
V. New Tolerance Exemptions for Inerts (Except PIPS)
1. PP IN-10867. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0374). BASF Corporation, 100 Park
Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932, requests to establish an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance for residues of N,N-dimethyldodecanamide
(CAS Reg. No. 3007-53-2) when used as an inert ingredient (solvent or
co-solvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops under 40
CFR 180.920. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed
because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance. Contact: RD.
VI. New Tolerance Exemptions for Non-Inerts (Except PIPS)
1. PP 5E8405. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0335). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Rd. East, Suite 201W, Princeton,
NJ 08540, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide Pseudomonas
fluorescens strain ACK55 in or on all food commodities. The petitioner
believes no analytical method is needed because an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD.
2. PP 6F8531. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0294). International Animal Health
Products Pty. Ltd., 18 Healey Circuit, Huntingwood, New South Wales
2148 Australia (in care of SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
Woodbridge, VA 22192), requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
nematocide Duddingtonia flagrans strain IAH 1297 in or on all raw and
processed agricultural commodities. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD.
VII. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts
1. PP 7E8549. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0226). 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 florasulam N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-8-
fluoro-5-methoxy(1,2,4)triazolo(1,5-c)pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide in or on
the raw agricultural commodities teff, forage at 0.05 ppm; teff, grain
at 0.01 ppm; teff, straw at 0.05 ppm; and teff, hay at 0.05 ppm. The
analytical method uses capillary GC-MSD. Contact: RD.
2. PP 7E8550. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0225). 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 fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester [1-
methylheptyl ((4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinyl)oxy)acetate]
and its metabolite fluroxypyr[((4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-
pyridinyl)oxy)acetic acid] in or on teff, forage at 12.0 ppm; teff,
grain at 0.5 ppm; teff, straw at 12.0 ppm; teff, hay at 20.0 ppm. The
analytical method uses HPLC with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) with
LOQ of 0.01 ppm. Contact: RD.
3. PP 7E8551. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0227). 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 pyroxsulam, N-(5,7-
dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methoxy-4-
(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinesulfonamide in or on the raw agricultural
commodities teff, forage at 0.06 ppm; teff, grain at 0.01 ppm; teff,
straw at 0.03 ppm; and teff, hay at 0.01 ppm. LC/MS/MS detection is
used to measure and
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evaluate the chemical residues. Contact: RD.
4. PP 7E8554. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0352). Dow Agro Sciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, requests to
establish import tolerances in 40 CFR part 180.635 for the combined
residues of the insecticide spinetoram, expressed as a combination of
XDE-175-J: 1-H-as-indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15-dione, 2-[(6-
deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13-
[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-(dimethylamino)tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl] oxy]-
9-ethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,16a,16b-hexadecahydro 14-
methyl-, (2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S, 14R,16aS,16bR); XDE-175-L: 1H-as-
indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15-dione, 2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-
di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy]-13-[[(2R,5S,6R)-5-
(dimethylamino)tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]-9-ethyl-
2,3,3a,5a,5b,6,9,10,11, 12,13,14,16a,16b-tetradecahydro-4,14-dimethyl-
(2S,3aR,5aS,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS, 16bS); ND-J:
(2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS,16bR)-9-ethyl-14-methyl-13
[[(2S,5S,6R)-6-methyl-5-(methylamino)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]-
7,15-dioxo-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16a,16b-
octadecahydro-1H-as-indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-2-yl 6-deoxy-3-O-
ethyl-2,4-di-O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranoside; and NF-J: (2R,3S,6S)-
6-([(2R,3aR,5aR,5bS,9S,13S,14R,16aS,16bR)-2-[(6-deoxy-3-O-ethyl-2,4-di-
O-methyl-[alpha]-L-mannopyranosyl) oxy]-9-ethyl-14-methyl-7,15-dioxo-
2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16a,16b-octadecahydro-1H-as-
indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-13-yl]oxy)-2-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-
3-yl(methyl)formamide in or on tea, dried at 70 ppm and tea, instant at
70 ppm. The EPA has determined adequate tolerance enforcement methods
are available for spinetoram residues in a variety of plant and animal
matrices including a number of HPLC/Mass Spectrometry (MS) methods.
Additional details on the analytical methods can be found in the
supporting documentation in docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0666-0025.
Contact: RD.
5. PP 7E8559. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0273). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.593
for residues of the miticide etoxazole (2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-
(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole), including its
metabolites and degradates, to be determined by measuring only
etoxazole in or on the commodities; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with
husks removed at 0.01 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 1.5 ppm; corn, sweet,
stover at 5.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 0.20 ppm; nut, tree,
group 14-12 at 0.01 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12-12 at 1.0 ppm; and
Cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.05 ppm. Adequate analytical methodology is
available in GC-MSD for detecting and measuring levels of etoxazole is
available to enforce proposed tolerances in/on the sweet corn
commodities. Gas Chromatography with Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detection (GC-
NPD) methodology is also available to enforce proposed livestock
commodity tolerances. Contact: RD.
6. PP 7E8564. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0310). 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 fungicide boscalid,3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-
chloro-N-(4'-chloro[1,1'-biphenyl] -2-yl) in or on brassica leafy
greens subgroup 4-16B at 50 ppm; celtuce at 45 ppm; Florence, fennel at
45 ppm; kohlrabi at 6 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 45
ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 70 ppm; pea and bean, dried
shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 2.5 ppm; pea and bean,
succulent shelled, subgroup 6B at 0.6 ppm; vegetable, brassica head and
stem group 5-16 at 6 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit group 9 at 3 ppm; and
vegetable root, except sugar beet, subgroup 1B at 2.0 ppm. Quantitation
is by GC/MS. Contact: RD.
7. PP 7E8565. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0333). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances with regional
registrations in 40 CFR 180.568 (c) for residues of the herbicide
flumioxazin, 2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl)-2H-1,4-
benzoxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione,
including its metabolites and degradates, determined by measuring only
flumioxazin in or on the commodities: Grass, forage at 0.4 ppm and
grass, hay at 0.05 ppm. Practical analytical methods for detecting and
measuring levels of flumioxazin have been developed and validated in or
on all appropriate agricultural commodities and respective processing
fractions. The limit of quantitation of flumioxazin in the methods is
0.02 ppm which will allow monitoring and enforcement of residues of the
chemical in food commodities. Contact: RD.
8. PP 7E8569. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0311). 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 fungicide pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2-[[[
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy] methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl
ester) and its desmethoxy metabolite, methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-
1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate expressed as parent
compound in or on brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 16.0 ppm,
celtuce at 29.0 ppm, Florence, fennel at 29.0 ppm, kohlrabi at 5.0 ppm,
leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 29.0 ppm, leafy greens subgroup
4-16A at 40 ppm, tropical and subtropical, medium to large fruit,
smooth, inedible peel, subgroup 24B at 0.6 ppm, and vegetable,
brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 5.0 ppm. In plants the method of
analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up and
quantitation by LC/MS/MS. Contact: RD.
9. PP 7E8570. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0334). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.659, as follows:
a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5) by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-
[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-
ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodities: Peppermint, oil at 0.48 ppm;
peppermint, tops at 0.15 ppm; spearmint, oil at 0.48 ppm; spearmint,
tops at 0.15 ppm and soybean, vegetable, succulent at 0.2 ppm.
b. Amend 180.659 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations, by
establishing a tolerance for residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone,
including its metabolites and degradates, determined by measuring only
the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-
1,2-oxazole), and its
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metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodities: Grass, forage at 0.5 ppm and
grass, hay at 1.0 ppm.
Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS is available
to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.
10. PP 7E8575. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0400). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.503, as follows:
a. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (a) General, by establishing a tolerance
for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-cyano-N-
[(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on the
following food commodities: Carrot, roots at 0.03 ppm; ginseng at 0.02
ppm; mango at 0.02 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 15.0
ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 19.0 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable
subgroup 22B at 6.0 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at
0.05 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 0.2 ppm; arugula at 19.0
ppm; upland cress at 19.0 ppm; garden cress at 19.0 ppm; celtuce at 6.0
ppm; and Florence, fennel at 6.0 ppm.
b. Amend 40 CFR 180.503 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations
by establishing a tolerance for residues of the fungicide cymoxanil, 2-
cyano -N- [(ethylamino)carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino) acetamide, in or on
Bean, succulent at 0.05 ppm.
An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
cymoxanil residues in plants, i.e., HPLC with UV detection. The
method's limit of quantitation is 0.05 ppm and allows monitoring of
crops with cymoxanil residues at or above the levels proposed in these
tolerances. Contact: RD.
11. PP 7E8576. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0397). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.587, as follows:
a. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (a) General, by establishing a tolerance
for residues of the fungicide famoxadone (3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-
phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Carrot, roots at 0.6 ppm; ginseng at 0.3 ppm;
mango at 0.9 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B at 40.0 ppm;
vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.02 ppm; vegetable,
fruiting, group 8-10, except tomato at 4.0 ppm; leafy greens subgroup
4-16A, except spinach at 25.0 ppm; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B
at 25.0 ppm; arugula at 25.0 ppm; upland cress at 25.0 ppm; garden
cress at 25.0 ppm; celtuce at 25.0 ppm; and Florence, fennel at 25.0
ppm.
b. Amend 40 CFR 180.587 (c) Tolerances with regional registrations,
by establishing a tolerance for residues of the fungicide famoxadone
(3-anilino-5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione), in
or on the raw agricultural commodities: Bean, succulent at 0.15 ppm.
An analytical enforcement method is available for determining
famoxadone plant residues in or on a variety of food crops using GC
with NPD. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm for leafy vegetables and green onion and
0.05 ppm for dry bulb onion. The analytical enforcement method for use
on tomato processed fractions and also the RAC, tomato, utilizes column
switching liquid chromatography with UV detection. The LOQ is 0.02 ppm
which allows monitoring of crops with famoxadone residues at or above
the levels of proposed tolerances. Contact: RD.
12. PP 7E8579. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0376). 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 the insecticide acequinocyl, 2-
(acetyloxy)-3-dodecyl-1,4-naphthalenedione and its metabolite, 2-
dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (acequinocyl-OH) expressed as
acequinocyl equivalents in or on guava at 0.9 ppm and the tropical and
subtropical, small fruit, inedible peel, subgroup 24A at 2.0 ppm. The
analytical method to quantitate residues of acequinocyl and
acequinocyl-OH in/on fruit crops utilizes HPLC using mass spectrometric
(MS/MS) detection. The target LOQ is 0.01 ppm. Contact: RD.
13. PP 7E8580. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0420). 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 trifluralin [alpha],[alpha],[alpha]-
trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine in or on rosemary, fresh
leaves at 0.1 ppm; rosemary, dry leaves at 0.1 ppm; and rosemary, oil
at 2.18 ppm. The Pesticide Analytical Manual (PAM, Vol. II, Section
180.207) lists four GC methods (designated as Methods I, II, III, and
A) with electron capture detection (ECD) and a detection limit of
0.005-0.01 ppm, as available for determination of trifluralin per se
in/on plant commodities. Contact: RD.
14. PP 7E8581. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0372). 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
180.425 for residues of the herbicide clomazone, 2-[(2-
chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on the raw
agricultural commodities: Bean, dry at 0.05 ppm; bean, succulent at
0.05 ppm; Chinese, broccoli at 0.10 ppm; cilantro, dried leaves at 0.3
ppm; cilantro, fresh leaves at 0.05 ppm; coriander, seed at 0.05 ppm;
cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.05 ppm; dill, dried leaves at 0.4 ppm;
dill, fresh leaves at 0.08 ppm; dill, oil at 0.06 ppm; dill, seed at
0.05 ppm; kohlrabi at 0.10 ppm; rapeseed subgroup 20A at 0.05 ppm;
stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except kohlrabi at 0.05 ppm;
vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 0.10 ppm; vegetable,
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.1 ppm. An analytical method consisting of an
acid reflux, a C18 SPE, a Florisil SPE clean-up followed by
GC-MSD is available for detecting and measuring levels of clomazone in
or on raw agricultural commodities. Contact: RD.
15. PP 7E8585. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0334). IR-4, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W,
Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR
180.659, as follows:
a. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (1), by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, 3-
[[[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-
yl]methyl]sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylisoxazole, and its
metabolite, 5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-
pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid (M-3), calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of pyroxasulfone, in or on the commodity: Cottonseed
subgroup 20C at 0.04 ppm.
b. Amend 180.659 (a) General. (5), by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the herbicide pyroxasulfone, including its metabolites and
degradates, determined by measuring only the sum of pyroxasulfone, (3-
[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-
ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole), and its
metabolites, M-1 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazol-4-
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yl) methanesulfonic acid), M-3 (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-
trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxylic acid), M-25 (5-difluoromethoxy-
3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid) and M-28 (3-[1-
carboxy-2-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-ylthio)ethylamino]-3-
oxopropanoic acid) calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of
pyroxasulfone, in or on the following commodity: Leaf petiole vegetable
subgroup 22B at 0.3 ppm.
Analytical enforcement methodology including LC/MS/MS is available
to enforce the tolerance expression for pyroxasulfone. Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: September 11, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-22865 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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