2022-13235. Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients-May 2022

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 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0160, 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. For the latest information on EPA/DC docket access, services and submitting comments, visit https://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marietta Echeverria, Registration Division (RD) (7505P), 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 ( https://www2.epa.gov/​pesticide-registration/​public-participation-process-registration-actions ).

Notice of Receipt—New Active Ingredients

1. File Symbol: 100-RTEE. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27410. Product name: A22011 T&O. Active ingredient: Nematocide—Cyclobutrifluram at 38.5%. Proposed use: Ornamentals and turf. Contact: RD.

2. File Symbol: 100-RTEG. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27410. Product name: A22011 Crop. Active ingredient: Nematocide—Cyclobutrifluram at 38.5%. Proposed use: Lettuce, romaine. Contact: RD.

3. File Symbol: 100-RTEL. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27410. Product name: A23156 Crop. Active ingredient: Nematocide—Cyclobutrifluram at 25.6%. Proposed use: Lettuce, romaine. Contact: RD.

4. File Symbol: 100-RTER. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27410. Product name: Cyclobutrifluram Technical. Active ingredient: Nematocide—Cyclobutrifluram at 85.0%. Proposed use: Lettuce, romaine, seed treatment use on cotton, seed treatment use on soybean, ornamentals, and turf. Contact: RD.

5. File Symbol: 100-RTEU. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003. Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27410. Product name: A22417 ST. Active ingredient: Nematocide—Cyclobutrifluram at 41.7%. Proposed use: Seed treatment use on cotton and soybean. Contact: RD.

6. File Symbol: 10163-GIO and 10163-GOR. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0452. Applicant: Gowan Company, LLC., 370 South Main Street, Yuma, AZ 85364. Product name: Acynonapyr Technical and GWN-10409, respectively. Active ingredient: Miticide—Acynonapyr at 99.5% and 20.09%, respectively. Proposed uses: Almonds; citrus fruit (group 10-10); grapes; hops; pome fruit (group 11-10); ornamental plants and nonbearing fruit trees; vines growing in nurseries, greenhouses, and shadehouses; christmas tree plantations; established ornamental landscape plantings (including those in interiorscapes, residences, public areas, commercial areas, institutional areas, rights of way and other easements, and recreational sites such as campgrounds, golf courses, parks, and athletic fields); ornamental lawns and turf (including residential); non-residential turfgrass; residential pome fruit trees; residential almond trees; residential citrus trees. Contact: RD.

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

Dated: June 10, 2022.

Delores Barber,

Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Program Support.