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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
metabolites and degradates in or on fruit, citrus, group 1010 at 0.07 parts per million ppm for an additional 3year period. This tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31, 2023.
The time-limited tolerance was originally published in the Federal Register of February 25, 2015 80 FR
10003 FRL991959.
Methyl bromide. Pursuant to a request by the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, EPA has authorized under FIFRA section 18 the use of methyl bromide on certain imported and domestic commodities, post-harvest for control of invasive non-indigenous quarantine plant pests and to prevent the introduction and/or spread of any new or recently introduced foreign pests to the United States. This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for residues of the pesticide methyl bromide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities identified in 40 CFR 180.124b and listed in the regulatory text section of this document at the levels listed for an additional 3-year period. The tolerances will expire and are revoked on December 31, 2023. The time-limited tolerances were originally published in the Federal Register of March 1, 2018
83 FR 8758 FRL997119 and October 16, 2020 85 FR 65729 FRL
1001431.
In addition to extending these tolerances, EPA is making several nonsubstantive revisions to 40 CFR
180.124b. Entries for avocado, banana, longan, lychee, pomegranate, rambutan, and Spanish lime are deleted, because these commodities are included in Tropical and subtropical fruits, inedible peel, group 24. This regulation also revises certain commodity terms for consistency with current crop groups and commodity vocabulary as follows:
Tropical and subtropical fruits, edible peel, group 23 will now read Fruit, tropical and subtropical, edible peel, group 23; Tropical and subtropical fruits, inedible peel, group 24 will now read Fruit, tropical and subtropical, inedible peel, group 24; and Stalk, stem and leaf petiole vegetables, group 22 will now read Vegetables, stalk, stem and leaf petiole, group 22. None of the revisions discussed in this paragraph change the amount of methyl bromide residues permitted on any commodity.
Triclopyr. EPA has authorized under FIFRA section 18 the use of triclopyr on sugarcane for control of divine nightshade Solanum nigresens in Louisiana. This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the herbicide triclopyr and its
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metabolites and degradates in or on sugarcane, cane at 40 ppm for an additional 3-year period. The tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31, 2023. A time-limited tolerance was originally published in the Federal Register of June 8, 2017 82 FR 26599
FRL996129.
The time-limited tolerances are being removed at 40 CFR 180.613b for residues of the insecticide flonicamid and its metabolites in or on prickly pear, fruit and pads at 1.5 ppm which expire on December 31, 2020. The applicant has not submitted a request for further use of flonicamid on prickly pear. The time-limited tolerances were originally published in the Federal Register of January 26, 2018 83 FR 3610 FRL
997194.
III. International Residue Limits In making its tolerance decisions, EPA
seeks to harmonize U.S. tolerances with international standards whenever possible, consistent with U.S. food safety standards and agricultural practices. EPA considers the international maximum residue limits MRLs established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission Codex, as required by FFDCA section 408b4.
The Codex Alimentarius is a joint United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization food standards program, and it is recognized as an international food safety standards-setting organization in trade agreements to which the United States is a party. EPA
may establish a tolerance that is different from a Codex MRL; however, FFDCA section 408b4 requires that EPA explain the reasons for departing from the Codex level. The Codex has not established any MRLs for flonicamid, methyl bromide, or triclopyr on the commodities listed in this document.
The Codex has established MRLs for clothianidin in or on citrus at 0.07 ppm, the same as the tolerance established for fruit, citrus, group 1010 in the United States. Therefore, there are no harmonization issues.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews This action establishes tolerances under FFDCA section 408e and 408l6. The Office of Management and Budget OMB has exempted these types of actions from review under Executive Order 12866, entitled Regulatory Planning and Review 58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993. Because this action has been exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, this action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled Actions Concerning
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FR 28355, May 22, 2001 or Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks 62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997. This action does not contain any information collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act PRA 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require any special considerations under Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations 59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994.
Since tolerances and exemptions that are established under FFDCA sections 408e and 408l6, such as the tolerance in this final rule, do not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act RFA 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., do not apply.
This action directly regulates growers, food processors, food handlers, and food retailers, not States or Tribes, nor does this action alter the relationships or distribution of power and responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions of FFDCA
section 408n4. As such, the Agency has determined that this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States or Tribal Governments, on the relationship between the National Government and the States or Tribal Governments, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government or between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined that Executive Order 13132, entitled Federalism 64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999 and Executive Order 13175, entitled Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments 65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000 do not apply to this action. In addition, this action does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act UMRA 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq..
This action does not involve any technical standards that would require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant to section 12d of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act NTTAA 15 U.S.C. 272 note.
V. Congressional Review Act Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., EPA has submitted a report containing this rule
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