Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses (October 2024), 96962 [2024-28741]

Agencies

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 96962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28741]



[[Page 96962]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0061; FRL-11680-10-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses (October 2024)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for 
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. 
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 January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0061, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at 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. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Registration Division 
(RD) (7505T), main telephone number: (202) 566-1030, email address: 
[email protected]. The mailing address 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.

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).

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/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide 
products containing currently registered active ingredients. 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.

Notice of Receipt--New Uses

    1. EPA Registration Number: 264-1220. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-
2024-0518. Applicant: Bayer CropScience, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. 
Louis, MO 63167. Active ingredient: Mesotrione. Product type: 
Herbicide. Proposed use: Mesotrione-resistant Soybean. Contact: RD.
    2. EPA Registration Numbers: 524-473, 524-591, and 66478-1. Docket 
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0491. Applicant: Bayer CropScience LP, 700 
Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO 63017. Active ingredient: 
Acetochlor. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Rapeseed Subgroup 
20A and pennycress seed. Contact: RD.
    3. EPA Registration Numbers: 62719-80, 62719-81, and 62719-747. 
Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0421. Applicant: Corteva Agriscience, 
LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268. Active ingredient: 
Clopyralid. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Hazelnut (filbert). 
Contact: RD.
    4. EPA Registration Number: 71711-30, 71711-31, 71711-36, 71711-49, 
and 71711-56. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0361. Applicant: 
Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 
19808. Active ingredient: Tolfenpyrad. Product type: Insecticide. 
Proposed use: Vegetable, legume, bean, edible podded, subgroup 6-22A. 
Contact: RD.
    5. EPA Registration Numbers: 7969-390 and 7969-391. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0509. Applicant: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis 
Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Active Ingredient: Afidopyropen. 
Product type: Insecticide. Proposed Use: Revision of existing 
afidopyropen tolerance in or on strawberry from 0.15 parts per million 
(ppm) to 0.3 ppm. Contact: RD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: November 18, 2024.
Kimberly Smith,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2024-28741 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P