Notice2025-15742

Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses (June 2025)

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August 19, 2025

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Environmental Protection Agency

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This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits comment on applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. The Agency is providing this notice in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA uses the month and year in the title to identify when the Agency complied the applications identified in this notice of receipt. Unit II. of this document identifies certain applications received in calendar years 2024 and 2025 that are currently being evaluated by EPA, along with information about each application, including when it was received, who submitted the application, and the purpose of the application.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40353-40354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0026; FRL-12472-06-OCSPP]


Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New 
Uses (June 2025)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of receipt and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits 
comment on applications to register new uses for pesticide products 
containing currently registered active ingredients. The Agency is 
providing this notice in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA uses the month and year in 
the title to identify when the Agency complied the applications 
identified in this notice of receipt. Unit II. of this document 
identifies certain applications received in calendar years 2024 and 
2025 that are currently being evaluated by EPA, along with information 
about each application, including when it was received, who submitted 
the application, and the purpose of the application.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the docket 
identification (ID) number and the EPA File Symbol or the EPA 
Registration Number of interest as shown in Unit II. of this document, 
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: Each application summary in Unit II. 
specifies a contact division. The appropriate division contacts are 
identified as follows: Shannon Borges; main telephone number: (202) 
566-1400; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99dbc9c9dddfcbd7f6edf0fafcead9fce9f8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="377567677371657958435e5452447752475619505841">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    <bullet> RD (Registration Division) (Mail Code 7505T); Charles 
Smith; main telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88dacccedac6e7fce1ebedfbc8edf8e9a6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e2c3a382c30110a171d1b0d3e1b0e1f50191108">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Executive Summary

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action provides information that is directed to the public in 
general.

B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?

    EPA is taking this action pursuant to section 3(c)(4) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 
136a(c)(4), and 40 CFR 152.102.

C. What action is the Agency taking?

    EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to 
comment on the applications to register new uses for pesticide products 
containing currently registered active ingredients that were received 
during the covered period. Notice of receipt of these applications does 
not imply a decision by the Agency on these applications. For actions 
being evaluated under EPA's public participation process for 
registration actions, there will be an additional opportunity for 
public comment on the

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proposed decisions. Please see EPA's public participation website for 
additional information on this process (<a href="https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions">https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions</a>).

D. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI to EPA through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or email. If you wish to include CBI in your 
comment, please follow the applicable instructions at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules</a> and clearly mark the 
information that you claim to be CBI. In addition to one complete 
version of the comment that includes CBI, a copy of the comment without 
CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information 
marked as CBI 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/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.

II. Applications To Register New Uses

    This unit provides the following information about the applications 
received during this period: The EPA File Symbol or Registration 
number(s); EPA docket ID number for the application; Name and address 
of the applicant; Name of the active ingredient, product type and 
proposed uses; and the division to contact for that application. 
Additional information about the application may also be available in 
the related docket for the application as identified in this unit.
    <bullet> EPA Registration Numbers: 10163-209 and 10163-337. Docket 
ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322. Applicant: Gowan Company, LLC, P.O. 
Box 556 Yuma, AZ 85366. Active ingredient: Hexythiazox. Product type: 
Insecticide. Proposed use: Crop Subgroup 10-10B lemon/lime. Date of 
receipt: April 9, 2024, revisions were made to the original submission. 
Date of receipt: April 9, 2024. Contact: RD.
    <bullet> EPA Registration Numbers: 47870-2 and 47870-1. Docket ID 
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0158. Applicant: ABERCO, Inc. A Balchem 
Company, 5 Paragon Drive, Suite 201, Montvale, NJ 07645. Active 
ingredient: Propylene oxide (PPO). Product type: Fungicide. Proposed 
use: Sesame, seed; turmeric, roots, dried; ginger, dried; pepper, bell, 
dried; and pepper, nonbell, dried. Date of receipt: February 11, 2025. 
Contact: RD.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 12, 2025.
Kimberly Smith,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2025-15742 Filed 8-18-25; 8:45 am]
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