2019-23361. Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients (September 2019)

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

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 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by 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: http://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/​where-send-comments-epa-dockets.

Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/​dockets/​about-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: [phone]; email address: [e-mail].

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/​commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

EPA has received applications to register pesticide products containing 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.

New Active Ingredients

1. File Symbol: 91213-G. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 920 Valley Road, Reno NV 89512. Product name: Battalion Pro. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 100%. Proposed use: End use product. 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; non-grass 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.

2. File Symbol: 91213-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0336. Applicant: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 920 Valley Road, Reno NV 89512. Product name: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 Technical. Active ingredient: Herbicide—Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 at 100%. Proposed use: Manufacturing use product. Contact: BPPD.

3. File Symbol: 93566-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0550. Applicant: G.D.G Environment, 430 Rue Saint-Laurent, Trois-Rivieres (Quebec) G8T 6H3 Canada c/o Technology Sciences Group, USA, 1150 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Product name: Fraxiprotec. Active ingredient: Insecticide—Beauveria bassiana strain CFL-A at 12%. Proposed use: End use product/Control Emerald Ash Borer Beetle. Contact: BPPD.

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

Dated: October 10, 2019.

Delores Barber,

Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.