Rule2022-11993
Picarbutrazox; Pesticide Tolerances
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Published
June 6, 2022
Effective
June 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of picarbutrazox in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34203-34206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0400; FRL-9849-01-OCSPP]
Picarbutrazox; Pesticide Tolerances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
picarbutrazox in or on multiple commodities which are identified and
discussed later in this document. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective June 6, 2022. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before August 5, 2022and
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 EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0400, is available at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 20460-0001. 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 and the OPP Docket is (202) 566-1744. For the latest
status information on EPA/DC services, docket access, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration
Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; main telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93c1d7d5c1ddfce7faf0f6e0d3f6e3f2bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5a7b1b3a7bb9a819c969086b5908594db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>.
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:
<bullet> Crop production (NAICS code 111).
<bullet> Animal production (NAICS code 112).
<bullet> Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
<bullet> 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 EPA's
tolerance regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through the Office of the
Federal Register's e-CFR site at <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40">https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40</a>.
C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?
Under FFDCA section 408(g), 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 EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0400 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
August 5, 2022. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections and
hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 178.25(b).
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 EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0400 by one of
the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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.
<bullet> Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html</a>.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
II. Summary of Petitioned-For Tolerance
In the Federal Register of August 24, 2021 (83 FR 47275) (FRL-8792-
02), EPA issued a document pursuant to FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP
#1F8917) by Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box
18300, Greensboro, NC 27410-8300. The petition requested that 40 CFR
180.718(a) be amended by establishing tolerances for residues of the
fungicide picarbutrazox, (1,1-dimethylethyl N-[6-[[[(Z)-[(1-methyl-1H-
tetrazol-5-yl)phenylmethylene]amino]oxy]methyl]-2-pyridinyl]carbamate,
in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: Barley, grain at
0.01 parts per million (ppm); Barley, hay at 0.01 ppm; Barley, straw at
0.01 ppm; Bean, forage at 0.01 ppm; Bean, hay at 0.01 ppm; Buckwheat,
forage at 0.01 ppm; Buckwheat, grain at 0.01 ppm; Buckwheat, hay at
0.01 ppm; Buckwheat, straw at 0.01 ppm; Cotton at 0.01 ppm; Cotton, gin
byproducts at 0.01 ppm; Cotton, undelinted seed at 0.01 ppm; Herb group
25 at 0.01 ppm; Millet, pearl, forage at 0.01 ppm; Millet, pearl, grain
at 0.01 ppm; Millet, pearl, hay at 0.01 ppm; Millet, pearl, straw at
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0.01 ppm; Millet, proso, forage at 0.01 ppm; Millet, proso, grain at
0.01 ppm; Millet, proso, hay at 0.01 ppm; Millet, proso, straw at 0.01
ppm; Oat, forage at 0.01 ppm; Oat, hay at 0.01 ppm; Oat, straw at 0.01
ppm; Oat, grain at 0.01 ppm; Pea, hay at 0.01 ppm; Pea, vines at 0.01
ppm; Rapeseed subgroup 20A at 0.01 ppm; Rye, forage at 0.01 ppm; Rye,
grain at 0.01 ppm; Rye, hay at 0.01 ppm; Rye, straw at 0.01 ppm;
Sorghum at 0.01 ppm; Spice group 26 at 0.01 ppm; Spinach at 0.01 ppm;
Teosinte, forage at 0.01 ppm; Teosinte, grain at 0.01 ppm; Teosinte,
hay at 0.01 ppm; Teosinte, straw at 0.01 ppm; Triticale, forage at 0.01
ppm; Triticale, grain at 0.01 ppm; Triticale, hay at 0.01 ppm;
Triticale, straw at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group
5-16 at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, bulb, group 3-07 at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable,
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, leafy, group 4-16, except
spinach at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at
0.01 ppm; Vegetable, legume, group 6 at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, fruiting,
group 8-10 at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except
potato at 0.01 ppm; Vegetable, stalk, stem, and leaf petiole group 22
at 0.01 ppm; Wheat, forage at 0.01 ppm; Wheat, grain at 0.01 ppm;
Wheat, hay at 0.01 ppm; and Wheat, straw at 0.01 ppm. The August 24,
2021, notice of filing referenced a summary of the petition prepared by
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, the registrant, which is available in
the docket, <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The only comment received on
the notice of filing was from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
indicating support for the tolerance action.
Based upon review of the data supporting the petition, EPA is
establishing tolerances in accordance with section 408(d)(4)(a)(i) of
the FFDCA.
III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety
Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable
information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in
residential settings but does not include occupational exposure.
Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special
consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide
chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and
children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. . .
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Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors
specified in FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has reviewed the available
scientific data and other relevant information in support of this
action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to make a
determination on aggregate exposure for picarbutrazox including
exposure resulting from the tolerances established by this action.
EPA's assessment of exposures and risks associated with picarbutrazox
follows.
In an effort to streamline its publications in the Federal
Register, EPA is not reprinting sections that repeat what has been
previously published for tolerance rulemakings of the same pesticide
chemical. Where scientific information concerning a particular chemical
remains unchanged, the content of those sections would not vary between
tolerance rulemakings and republishing the same sections is
unnecessary. EPA considers referral back to those sections as
sufficient to provide an explanation of the information EPA considered
in making its safety determination for the new rulemaking.
EPA has previously published a tolerance rulemaking for
picarbutrazox, most recently on March 5, 2021, in which EPA concluded,
based on the available information, that there is a reasonable
certainty that no harm would result from aggregate exposure to
picarbutrazox and established tolerances for residues of that pesticide
chemical. EPA is incorporating previously published sections from the
March 5, 2021, rulemaking as described further in this rulemaking, as
they remain unchanged.
A. Toxicological Profile
For a discussion of the Toxicological Profile of picarbutrazox, see
Unit III.A. of the March 5, 2021, rulemaking (86 FR 12829) (FRL-10019-
99).
B. Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of Concern
For a summary of the Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of
Concern used for the safety assessment, see Unit III.B. of the March 5,
2021, rulemaking.
C. Exposure Assessment.
Much of the exposure assessment remains the same, although updates
have occurred to accommodate exposures from the petitioned-for
tolerances. The updates are discussed in this section; for a
description of the rest of the EPA approach to and assumptions for the
exposure assessment, see Unit III.C. of the March 5, 2021, rulemaking.
Dietary exposure from food and feed uses. EPA's dietary exposure
assessments have been updated to include the added exposure from the
seed treatment uses of picarbutrazox on many agricultural commodities.
In addition, the dietary exposure assessment was revised to reflect the
updated Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model that incorporates the What We
Eat in America (WWEIA) consumption data from 2005-2010. For the acute
dietary exposure assessment, no toxicological effects of concern
resulting from a 1-day or single exposure were identified; therefore,
this assessment is unnecessary. For the chronic dietary exposure
assessment, EPA used tolerance-level residues, 100 percent crop treated
(PCT), and default processing factors.
Anticipated residue and percent crop treated (PCT) information. EPA
did not use anticipated residue and/or PCT information in the dietary
assessment for picarbutrazox. Tolerance level residues and/or 100 PCT
were assumed for all food commodities.
Drinking water, non-occupational, and cumulative exposures.
Drinking water exposures and residential (non-occupational) exposures
are not impacted by the added seed treatment uses in this action. Since
the last assessment in March 2021, the turf application rate has
increased (from 0.33 lb picarbutrazox/acre to 0.44 lb picarbutrazox/
acre), resulting in updated estimated drinking water concentrations
(EDWCs). The most recent dietary risk assessment used the updated
surface water EDWC of 2.33 ppb, which was calculated with the Pesticide
in Water Calculator (PWC) ver. 2.001. Despite the increased turf
application rate, the EDWC decreased from the March 2021 rule, which
used a turf surface water EDWC of 2.56 ppb. The decreased EDWC is due
to use of new weather data in the turf modeling scenario.
Picarbutrazox is currently registered for use on turf that could
result in residential exposures. The residential risk estimate that was
used in the aggregate assessment is incidental oral hand-to-mouth post-
application exposure to treated turf/lawns for children aged 1 to less
than 2 years old. The Agency would like to note that the March 2021
rule inaccurately described intermediate-term aggregate exposure. The
only exposure, or risk assessed, for
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residential post-application exposures in the March 2021 rule was for
incidental oral scenarios for children 1 to <2 years old, which is a
short-term exposure. Intermediate-term exposure is not anticipated when
assessing incidental oral exposures.
EPA's conclusions concerning cumulative risk remain unchanged from
the March 5, 2021, rulemaking.
D. Safety Factor for Infants and Children
EPA continues to conclude that there is reliable data to support
the reduction of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) safety factor
to 1x. See Unit III.D. of the March 5, 2021, rulemaking for a
discussion of the Agency's rationale for that determination.
E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of Safety
EPA determines whether acute and chronic dietary pesticide
exposures are safe by comparing aggregate exposure estimates to the
acute population adjusted dose (aPAD) and chronic population adjusted
dose (cPAD). For linear cancer risks, EPA calculates the lifetime
probability of acquiring cancer given the estimated aggregate exposure.
Short-, intermediate-, and chronic-term risks are evaluated by
comparing the estimated aggregate food, water, and residential exposure
to the appropriate points of departure to ensure that an adequate
margin of exposure (MOE) exists.
Picarbutrazox is not expected to pose an acute dietary risk, as no
adverse effect from a single dose exposure was identified and no acute
dietary endpoint was selected. Chronic dietary risks are below the
Agency's level of concern of 100% of the cPAD; they are <1% of the cPAD
for all infants (<1 year old), the population group receiving the
greatest exposure.
The Agency analyzed short-term aggregate risk by aggregating
chronic dietary (food and drinking water) exposure to children 1 to <2
years old with incidental oral hand-to-mouth post-application exposure
to children 1 to <2 years old on treated turf. EPA has concluded the
combined short-term food, water, and residential exposures result in an
aggregate MOE of 920 for children 1 to <2 years old. Because EPA's
level of concern for picarbutrazox is an MOE of 30 or below, these MOEs
are not of concern.
Based on the lack of chronic risk, EPA concludes that aggregate
exposure to picarbutrazox will not pose a cancer risk to humans.
Therefore, based on these risk assessments and information
described above, EPA concludes that there is a reasonable certainty
that no harm will result to the general population, or to infants and
children from aggregate exposure to picarbutrazox residues. More
detailed information can be found at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> in the
document titled ``Picarbutrazox. Human Health Risk Assessment for the
Proposed Section 3 Registration to Expand Seed Treatment Use for
Several Agricultural Crops'' in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0400.
IV. Other Considerations
A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology
For a discussion of the available analytical enforcement method,
see Unit IV.A. of the March 5, 2021, rulemaking.
B. 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 408(b)(4).
The Codex has not established an MRL for picarbutrazox.
C. Revisions to Petitioned-For Tolerances
EPA is establishing tolerances for three crop groups: (1)
vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7; (2) grain, cereal, except rice,
group 15; and (3) grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16.
EPA is not establishing tolerances for individual commodities included
in the petition. For example, EPA is establishing a tolerance for
grain, cereal, except rice, group 15 rather than establishing
tolerances for the individual commodities barley, grain; buckwheat,
grain; oat, grain; pearl millet, grain; proso millet, grain; rye,
grain; sorghum; teosinte, grain; triticale, grain; and wheat, grain.
EPA is not establishing a tolerance for cotton as requested because
cotton is already established under the tolerance for cotton,
undelinted seed. EPA is establishing tolerances for vegetable, root,
subgroup 1A and vegetable, tuberous and corm, except potato, subgroup
1D rather than the petitioned-for tolerance for root and tuber
vegetables, except potato, crop group 1. Because data on potato was not
provided, EPA is establishing tolerances for subgroups 1A and 1D, which
do not require potato representative commodity data. All commodities in
group 1, except potato, are covered by establishing tolerances on those
two subgroups, so EPA is establishing tolerances substantively
consistent with what the petition requested.
EPA is also correcting the definitions of the following commodities
to conform with EPA's Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary. The commodity
definition for herb crop group 25 is revised to herb group 25. The
commodity definition for rapeseed (including canola) subgroup 20A is
revised to rapeseed subgroup 20A. The commodity definition for spice
crop group 26 is revised to spice group 26. The commodity definition
for brassica head and stem vegetables crop group 5-16 is revised to
vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16. The commodity
definition for bulb vegetable group crop group 3-07 is revised to
vegetable, bulb, group 3-07. The commodity definition for cucurbit
vegetables crop group 9 is revised to vegetable, cucurbit, group 9. The
commodity definition for fruiting vegetables crop group 8-10 is revised
to vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10. The commodity definition for leafy
vegetables crop group 4-16 is revised to vegetable, leafy, group 4-16.
The commodity definition for leaves of root and tuber vegetables crop
group 2 is revised to vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2. The
commodity definitions for edible-podded legume vegetables crop subgroup
6A; succulent shelled pea and bean crop subgroup 6B; dried shelled pea
and bean except soybean, subgroup 6C are revised to vegetable, legume,
group 6. The commodity definition for stalk, stem, and leaf petiole
vegetable crop group 22 is revised to vegetable, stalk, stem, and leaf
petiole, group 22.
Finally, EPA is removing the established tolerances of 0.01 ppm for
corn, field, forage; corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; corn,
pop, grain; corn, pop, stover; corn, sweet, forage; corn, sweet, kernel
plus cob with husks removed; corn, sweet, stover; soybean, forage;
soybean, hay; and soybean, seed because these commodities are included
in vegetable, legume, group 6; vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7;
grain, cereal, except rice, group 15; or grain, cereal, forage, fodder,
and straw, group 16.
V. Conclusion
Therefore, tolerances are established for residues of
picarbutrazox, (1,1-dimethylethyl N-[6-[[[(Z)-[(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-
yl)phenylmethylene]amino]oxy]methyl]-2-pyridinyl]carbamate, in or on
cotton, gin byproducts at 0.01 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.01
ppm; grain, cereal, except rice, group 15 at 0.01 ppm; grain, cereal,
forage, fodder, and
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straw, group 16 at 0.01 ppm; herb group 25 at 0.01 ppm; rapeseed
subgroup 20A at 0.01 ppm; spice group 26 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable,
Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, bulb, group
3-07 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable,
foliage of legume, group 7 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10
at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, leafy, group 4-16 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable,
leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, legume, group
6 at 0.01 ppm; vegetable, stalk, stem, and leaf petiole group 22 at
0.01 ppm; vegetable, root, subgroup 1A at 0.01 ppm; and vegetable,
tuberous and corm, except potato, subgroup 1D at 0.01 ppm.
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
This action establishes tolerances under FFDCA section 408(d) in
response to a petition submitted to the Agency. 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
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or
Use'' (66 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 on the basis
of a petition under FFDCA section 408(d), 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 408(n)(4). 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 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
VII. Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule''
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: May 25, 2022.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, for the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA is amending
40 CFR chapter I as follows:
PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES
IN FOOD
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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.
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2. In Sec. 180.718, revise Table 1 to Paragraph (a) to read as
follows:
Sec. 180.718 Picarbutrazox; tolerances for residues.
(a) * * *
Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
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Parts per
Commodity million
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Cotton, gin byproducts.................................. 0.01
Cotton, undelinted seed................................. 0.01
Grain, cereal, except rice, group 15.................... 0.01
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16...... 0.01
Herb group 25........................................... 0.01
Rapeseed subgroup 20A................................... 0.01
Spice group 26.......................................... 0.01
Vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16.......... 0.01
Vegetable, bulb, group 3-07............................. 0.01
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9............................ 0.01
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7................... 0.01
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10......................... 0.01
Vegetable, leafy, group 4-16............................ 0.01
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2............ 0.01
Vegetable, legume, group 6.............................. 0.01
Vegetable, stalk, stem, and leaf petiole group 22....... 0.01
Vegetable, root, subgroup 1A............................ 0.01
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, except potato, subgroup 1D 0.01
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