Notice2023-22906
Petition To Revoke Remaining Tolerances for Dicofol Use; Notice of Filing
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Published
October 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
EPA is seeking public comment on a January 8, 2023, petition requesting that the Agency revoke all remaining tolerances of the pesticide dicofol. The petitioner submitted this petition pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71549-71550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22906]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0323; FRL-11455-01-OCSPP]
Petition To Revoke Remaining Tolerances for Dicofol Use; Notice
of Filing
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is seeking public comment on a January 8, 2023, petition
requesting that the Agency revoke all remaining tolerances of the
pesticide dicofol. The petitioner submitted this petition pursuant to
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0323, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <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 Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on commenting and 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>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bartow, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2280; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c2e2d3e38233b623f393f2d220c293c2d622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="771516050318005904020416193712071659101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders, including environmental,
human health, and agricultural advocates, the chemical industry,
pesticide users, agricultural producers, food manufacturers, pesticide
manufacturers, and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. 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> Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
<bullet> Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
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disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk
or CD-ROM 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html</a>.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
EPA requests public comment during the next 30 days on a pesticide
petition (available in docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0323 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>). The petitioner requests that EPA revoke all
remaining tolerances of the pesticide dicofol currently listed under 40
CFR 180.163. The petition is filed pursuant to section 408 of the
FFDCA.
The petitioner indicates that while he is aware that multiple
pesticides are allowed for use on tea, he wishes to ensure that the tea
he consumes is free of dicofol residues. The petitioner provides a
timeline of the registration and use of dicofol as a pesticide in the
United States. The timeline describes an Agency decision on May 9, 2012
(77 FR 27164) in which all dicofol tolerances were revoked except for
tolerances on ``tea, dried' and `tea, plucked leaves.'' The 2012
decision indicated that the Agency would address the tea tolerances and
public comments received on them in a future document to be published
in the Federal Register. The Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc.
previously provided public comments that dicofol is used in tea
production in countries such as India, China, and Argentina, and
requested that EPA not revoke the dicofol tolerances on tea but
maintain them for importation purposes. The petitioner comments that
the Agency did not address the remaining tea tolerances and public
comments, as previously indicated in the 2012 decision.
Dicofol is an organochlorine miticide that was registered in the
United States to control mites on a variety of noncrop areas and on
food crops from 1957 to October 31, 2013. All use of dicofol in the
United States has been cancelled, and all dicofol tolerances expired on
October 31, 2016, except for tolerances on ``tea, dried' and `tea,
plucked leaves.''
Background materials related to the Agency's registration of
dicofol and the phase out of its use are available online in public
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0220 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Information
related to the Agency's dicofol tolerance actions are available online
in public docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0171 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Dated: October 11, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-22906 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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