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Notices
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 116
Monday, June 21, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY

I. General Information
EPAHQOPP20200051; FRL1002511

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit;
Receipt of Application; Comment RequestJune 2021
Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPAs receipt of application 94614EUPR
from GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
requesting an experimental use permit EUP for Ledprona CAS No. 2433753
683. The Agency has determined that the permit may be of regional or national significance. Therefore, because of the potential significance, EPA is seeking comments on this application.

Comments must be received on or before July 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification ID
number and the Experimental Use Permit Number of interests as shown in the body of this document, 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 Confidential Business Information 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
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dockets generally, is available at http
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Smith, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division 7511P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
204600001; main telephone number:
703 3057090; email address:
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or sponsor research on pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
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 CDROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CDROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CDROM 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 http www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group, including minority and/or low income populations, in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the
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population who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
Under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can allow manufacturers to field test pesticides under development.
Manufacturers are required to obtain an EUP before testing new pesticides or new uses of pesticides if they conduct experimental field tests on more than 10
acres of land or more than one surface acre of water.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11a, the Agency has determined that the following EUP application may be of regional or national significance, and therefore is seeking public comment on the EUP application:
Submitter: GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. 200 Boston Ave., Suite 1000, Medford, MA 02155.
Experimental Use Permit Number:
94614EUPR. Docket ID Number:
EPAHQOPP20210270.
Pesticide Chemical: Ledprona CAS
No. 2433753683.
Summary of Request: GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. is requesting an experimental use permit for the active ingredient AI Ledprona CAS No.
2433753683 double-stranded RNA.
The purpose is to conduct large scale field trials on potatoes to better understand how the AI performs using multiple commercial application methods and equipment, as well as gathering data on efficacy and crop safety. The proposed experimental program would begin on April 1, 2022
and would go until April 1, 2023; a total of 3,700 grams of AI would be applied to 200 acres of potatoes in numerous states. The following acreage in each state will be allotted for testing with the amount of AI included in parentheses:
10 acres in Idaho 200 grams AI, 25
acres in Maine 400 grams AI, 15 acres in Michigan 200 grams AI, 15 acres in Minnesota 300 grams AI, 10 acres in New York 200 grams AI, 5 acres in North Carolina 100 grams AI, 15 acres in North Dakota 200 grams AI, 20 acres in Oregon 400 grams AI, 5 acres in Virginia 100 grams AI, 40 acres in
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