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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 164 / Friday, August 27, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
FR Doc. 202118518 Filed 82621; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 656050P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
EPAHQOPP20210161; FRL879901
OCSPP

-Alkyl-w-hydroxypolyoxypropylene and/or poly oxyethylene Polymers Where the Alkyl Chain Contains a Minimum of 6 Carbons; Exemptions From the Requirement of a Tolerance Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for a-alkyl-w-hydroxypoly oxypropylene and/or poly oxyethylene polymers where the alkyl chain contains a minimum of six carbons when used as inert ingredients in certain pesticide formulations. Spring Regulatory Sciences, on behalf of Sasol Chemicals USA LLC, 12120
Wickchester Ln., Houston, Texas 77224, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act FFDCA, requesting amendments to existing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance when used in accordance with these exemptions.
DATES: This regulation is effective August 27, 2021. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before October 26, 2021, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178 see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket identification ID
number EPAHQOPP20210161, is available at http www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket OPP Docket in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center EPA/DC, West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
204600001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 202 5661744, and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is 703 3055805.
Due to the public health concerns related to COVID19, the EPA Docket Center EPA/DC and Reading Room is closed to visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via
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email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC
services and docket access, visit https
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marietta Echeverria, Registration Division 7505P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 204600001; main telephone number: 703 3057090;
email address: RDFRNotices@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. 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.
Pesticide manufacturing NAICS
code 32532.
B. How can I get electronic access to other related information?
You may access a frequently updated electronic version of 40 CFR part 180
through the Government Publishing Offices e-CFR site at http
www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&c=
ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40tab_
02.tpl.
C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?
Under FFDCA section 408g, 21
U.S.C. 346ag, any person may file an objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify docket ID number EPAHQ
OPP20210161 in the subject line on the first page of your submission. All objections and requests for a hearing must be in writing and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before October 26, 2021. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections and hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR
178.25b.
In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the Hearing Clerk
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as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of the filing excluding any Confidential Business Information CBI for inclusion in the public docket.
Information not marked confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your objection or hearing request, identified by docket ID number EPAHQOPP
20210161, 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 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 204600001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http www.epa.gov/
dockets.
II. Petition for Exemption In the Federal Register of August 5, 2009 74 FR 38935 FRL84301, EPA
issued a final rule, announcing the establishment of a tolerance exemption pursuant to a pesticide petition PP
9E7534 by The Joint Inerts Task Force, Cluster Support Team 1 CST 1, c/o CropLife America, 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005. The petition requested that 40 CFR 180.910, 180.930, 180.940a, and 180.960 be amended by establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of a group of substances known as a-alkyl-whydroxypolyoxypropylene and/or poly oxyethylene polymers where the alkyl chain contains a minimum of 6 carbons, herein referred to in this document as AAA.
The current petition seeks to expand the exemptions for AAA by adding additional CAS Reg. Nos. In the Federal Register of March 22, 2021 86 FR
15162 FRL1002144, EPA issued a document pursuant to FFDCA section 408, 21 U.S.C. 346a, announcing the filing of a pesticide petition PP IN
11422 by Spring Regulatory Sciences, on behalf of Sasol Chemicals USA
LLC, 12120 Wickchester Ln., Houston, Texas 77224. The petition requested that 40 CFR 180.910, 180.930, 180.940a, and 180.960 be amended by
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