2020-13275. Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients

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 July 20, 2020.

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.

Please note that due to the public health emergency the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room was closed to public visitors on March 31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will continue to provide customer service via email, phone, and webform. For further information on EPA/DC services, docket contact information and the current status of the EPA/DC and Reading Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), main telephone number: [phone], email address: [e-mail]. The mailing address for each contact person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. As part of the mailing address, include the contact person's name, division, and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the end of each pesticide petition summary.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. The following list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:

• 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 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. For actions being evaluated under EPA's public participation process for registration actions, there will be an additional opportunity for public comment on the proposed decisions. Please see EPA's public participation website for additional information on this process (http://www2.epa.gov/​pesticide-registration/​public-participation-process-registration-actions).

A. Notice of Receipt—New Active Ingredients

1. File Symbol: 71771-RG. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0285. Applicant: Plant Health Care Inc., 2626 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 350, Raleigh, NC 27608. Product name: PHC 25279. Active ingredient: Fungicide; PDHP 25279 at 1%. Proposed classification/Use: Biochemical, food and non-food crops. Contact: BPPD.

2. File Symbol: 73049-LRA. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0516. Applicant: Valent BioSciences LLC. Product name: ACC Technical Powder Plant Growth Regulator. Active ingredient: Plant Growth Regulator; 1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid (ACC) at 98.56%. Proposed classification/use: Manufacturing Use Product. Contact: BPPD.

3. File Symbol: 73049-LRT. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0516. Applicant: Valent BioSciences LLC. Product name: VBC-30445 Plant Growth Regulator Liquid Concentrate. Active ingredient: Plant Growth Regulator; 1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid (ACC) at 10.0%. Proposed classification/Use: End Use Product. Contact: BPPD.

4. File Symbol: 89186-E. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0252. Applicant: ConidioTec LLC, 2440 Earlystown Road, Suite 600 Centre Hall, PA 16828 (c/o Lewis & Harrison, 2461 South Clark Street, Suite 710, Arlington, VA 22202). Product name: Aprehend RTU. Active ingredient: Insecticide; Beauveria bassiana Strain l93-825 at 2%. Proposed classification/Use: For use to control and prevent bed bug infestations in indoor environments. Contact: BPPD.

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

Dated: June 10, 2020.

Delores Barber,

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