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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 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 EPAHQOPP20200568, 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 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
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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
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C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?
Under FFDCA section 408g, 21
U.S.C. 346a, 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
OPP20200568 in the subject line on the first page of your submission. All objections and requests must be in writing and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before April 12, 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 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
20200568, 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 https
www.epa.gov/dockets/where-sendcomments-epa-dockets. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background and Statutory Findings EPA previously published final rules establishing time-limited tolerances in the Federal Register for the chemicals and commodities listed, below, under FFDCA section 408, 21 U.S.C. 346a.
EPA established the tolerances because FFDCA section 408l6 requires EPA to establish a time-limited tolerance or
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exemption from the requirement for a tolerance for pesticide chemical residues in food that will result from the use of a pesticide under an emergency exemption granted by EPA under FIFRA
section 18. Such tolerances can be established at EPAs own initiative and without providing notice or time for public comment.
EPA received requests to extend emergency uses of clothianidin, methyl bromide, and triclopyr for this years growing season. After having reviewed these submissions, EPA concurs that emergency conditions continue to exist.
EPA assessed the potential risks presented by residues for each chemical in the pertinent commodities. In doing so, EPA considered the safety standard in FFDCA section 408b2 and decided that the necessary tolerance under FFDCA section 408l6 would be consistent with the safety standard and with FIFRA section 18.
The data and other relevant material have been evaluated and were discussed in the final rules originally establishing the time-limited tolerances. Based on those data and information considered, the Agency reaffirms that extension of these time-limited tolerances will continue to meet the requirements of FFDCA section 408l6. Therefore, the time-limited tolerances are extended until December 31, 2023. Although these tolerances will expire and are revoked on December 31, 2023, under FFDCA section 408l5, residues of the pesticide not in excess of the amounts specified in the tolerances remaining in or on the commodities after that date will not be unlawful, provided the residue is present as a result of an application or use of a pesticide at a time and in a manner that was lawful under FIFRA, the tolerance was in place at the time of the application, and the residue does not exceed the level that was authorized by the tolerance. EPA
will take action to revoke these tolerances earlier if any experience with, scientific data on, or other relevant information on this pesticide indicate that the residues are not safe.
EPA will publish a document in the Federal Register to remove the revoked tolerances from the Code of Federal Regulations CFR.
Time-limited tolerances for the use of the following pesticide chemicals on specific commodities are being extended:
Clothianidin. EPA has authorized under FIFRA section 18 the use of clothianidin on citrus for control of the Asian citrus psyllid in Florida and Texas. This regulation extends a timelimited tolerance for residues of the insecticide clothianidin and its
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