Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses (July 2023)

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 October 11, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0067, 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) 566–2427, 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. 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 application 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 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

EPA Registration Number: 1015–79. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0337. Applicant: Douglas Products and Packaging Company; 1550 East Old 210 Highway, Liberty, MO 65068. Active ingredient: Sulfuryl fluoride. Product type: Fumigant. Proposed use: New use, non-food; indoor use on tobacco. Contact: RD.

EPA Registration Numbers: 4787–55, 4787–61, 279–3588. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0258. Applicant: Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR–4) Project Headquarters, NC State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27606. Active ingredient: Flutriafol. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Tropical and subtropical, small fruit, edible peel, subgroup 23A; cottonseed subgroup 20C; crop group 4–16, leafy vegetables; leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B; fruit, pome, group 11–10; fruit, stone, group 12–12; and vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5–16; celtuce; fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalk; and kohlrabi. Contact: RD.

EPA Registration Numbers: 4787–55, 4787–61, 279–3596, 279–3603, 279–3557, 279–3588, 279–9658, 279–9638. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0258. Applicant: Cheminova, A/S, wholly owned by FMC Corporation 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Active ingredient: Flutriafol. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Crop subgroup 1B: root vegetables (except sugar beet), crop subgroup 1C; tuberous and corm vegetables, sugarcane. Contact: RD.

EPA Registration Number: 53883–415. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0388. Applicant: Control Solutions, Inc. 5903 Genoa-Red Bluff Pasadena, TX 77507–1041. Active ingredient: Novaluron, deltamethrin, pyriproxyfen. Product type: Insecticide. Proposed use: Aircraft cabin use. Contact: RD.

EPA Registration Numbers: 70506–514, 70506–602, 70506–603, 91813–79. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0455. Applicant: UPL Delaware, Inc. and UPL NA, Inc. 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Active ingredient: Carboxin. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use(s): Additional new food uses of carboxin on subgroup 6–22E dried shelled bean, except soybean and 6–22F; pulses, dried shelled pea. Contact: RD.

EPA Registration Number: 71512–2 and 71512–3. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0257. Applicant: Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR–4), North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27606. Active ingredient: Cyazofamid. Product type: Fungicide. Proposed uses: Pulses, dried shelled beans, except soybean, subgroup 6–22E, parsnip, root, and crop group subgroup conversions and expansions. Contact: RD.

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