[Federal Register: July 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 135)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0579; FRL-8077-3]
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment and
Amendment of Regulations for Residues of Pesticide Chemical Spinosad in
or on Various Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions proposing the establishment and amendment of regulations for
residues of spinosad in or on hops, and amaranth, grain, stover; and to
amend by increasing existing tolerances for cattle, meat; sheep, meat;
goat, meat; horse, meat; poultry, meat; cattle, fat; sheep, fat; goat,
fat; horse, fat; poultry, fat; milk; milk, fat; and egg. Additionally,
existing tolerances for meat byproducts which are currently based on
residues in liver will be amended to establish separate liver
tolerances and lower the meat byproducts tolerances which will now be
based on residues in the kidney as follows: Cattle, meat byproducts,
except liver; sheep, meat byproducts, except liver; goat, meat
byproducts, except liver; horse, meat byproducts, except liver;
poultry, meat byproducts, except liver; cattle, liver; sheep, liver;
goat, liver; and horse, liver.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0579 and pesticide petition numbers (PP)
3E6802 and 6E7068, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0579. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters,
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov
, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sidney Jackson, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address: jackson.sidney@epa.gov
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.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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 e-mail. 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
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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 submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under
section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21
U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations in
40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various
food commodities. EPA has determined that these pesticide petitions
contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA
section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency
of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting
of these pesticide petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA
rules on these pesticide petitions.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petitions included in
this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the
analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at
http://www.regulations.gov. To locate this information on the home page
of EPA's Electronic Docket, select ``Quick Search'' and type the OPP
docket ID number. Once the search has located the docket, clicking on
the ``Docket ID'' will bring up a list of all documents in the docket
for the pesticide including the petition summary.
New and Amended Tolerances
PP 3E6802 and 6E7068. The Interregional Research Project No. 4
(IR-4), 681 Highway 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390, proposes
to establish tolerances for residues of the insecticide spinosad in or
on food commodities: Hops at 22 parts per million (ppm) (6E7068); and
amaranth, grain, stover at 10 ppm (3E6802); and to increase existing
tolerances for cattle, meat at 2 ppm (3E6802); sheep, meat at 2 ppm
(3E6802); goat, meat at 2 ppm (3E6802); horse, meat at 2 ppm (3E6802);
poultry, meat at 0.1 ppm; cattle, fat at 50 ppm (3E6802); sheep, fat at
50 ppm (3E6802); goat, fat at 50 ppm (3E6802); horse, fat at 50 ppm
(3E6802); poultry, fat at 1.3 ppm; milk at 7.0 ppm (3E6802); milk, fat
at 85 ppm (3E6802); and egg at 0.3 ppm (3E6802).
Additionally, existing tolerances for meat by products which are
currently based on residues in liver will be amended to establish
separate liver tolerances and lower the meat byproducts tolerances
which will now be based on residues in the kidney as follows: Cattle,
meat byproducts, except liver at 5 ppm (3E6802); sheep, meat
byproducts, except liver at 5 ppm (3E6802); goat, meat byproducts,
except liver at 5 ppm (3E6802); horse, meat byproducts, except liver at
5 ppm (3E6802); poultry meat byproducts tolerance raised from 0.03 ppm
and set at 0.1 ppm (3E6802); cattle, liver at 10 ppm (3E6802); sheep,
liver at 10 ppm (3E6802); goat, liver at 10 ppm (3E6802); and horse,
liver at 10 ppm (3E6802).
There is a practical method liquid chromotography mass spectrometry -
atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (LCMS-APCI) for detecting and
measuring levels of spinosad in or on food with a limit of detection
(0.002 ppm) that allows monitoring of food with residues at or above
the level set for these tolerances. The method had undergone successful
EPA laboratory validation is use to measure and evaluate the chemical
residues.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives,
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Daniel J. Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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