Proposed Rule2026-01654
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities-November 2025
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January 28, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits public comment on initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities. The Agency is providing this notice in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA uses the month and year in the title to identify when the Agency compiled the petitions identified in this notice of filing. Unit II. of this document identifies certain petitions received in 2025 that are currently being evaluated by EPA, along with information about each petition, including who submitted the petition and the requested action.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3701-3703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01654]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 174 and 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0028; FRL-12474-11-OCSPP]
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities--November 2025
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits
public comment on initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the
establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities. The Agency is providing this
notice in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). EPA uses the month and year in the title to identify when the
Agency compiled the petitions identified in this notice of filing. Unit
II. of this document identifies certain petitions received in 2025 that
are currently being evaluated by EPA, along with information about each
petition, including who submitted the petition and the requested
action.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 27, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition (PP) of interest identified in
Unit II. of this document, online 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 contact is
identified as follow:
<bullet> RD (Registration Division) (Mail Code 7505T); Charles
Smith; main telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#15475153475b7a617c767066557065743b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc9e888a9e82a3b8a5afa9bf8ca9bcade2aba3ba">[email 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 regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on
various food commodities are established under section 408 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a. FFDCA
section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), requires EPA to publish a
notice of receipt of these petitions in the Federal Register and
provide an opportunity for public comment on the requests.
C. What action is the Agency taking?
As specified in FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA
is publishing notice of the receipt of pesticide petitions filed under
FFDCA section 408 that request the
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establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food commodities. The Agency is taking
public comment on the requests before responding to the petitioner.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petition identified in
this document, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a docket. EPA
has determined that the pesticide petitions described in this document
contain data or information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(2), and 40 CFR 180.7(b); however, EPA has not fully
evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether
the data supports granting the pesticide petitions. After considering
the public comments, EPA intends to evaluate whether and what action
may be warranted. Additional data may be needed before EPA can make a
final determination on these pesticide petitions.
Based upon review of the data supporting these petitions and in
accordance with its authority under FFDCA section 408(d)(4)(A)(i), EPA
may establish a final tolerance or tolerance exemption that ``may vary
from that sought by the petitioner.'' For example, EPA may determine
that it is appropriate to vary the commodity name for consistency with
EPA's Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary, which is located here <a href="https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-tolerances/food-and-feed-commodity-vocabulary">https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-tolerances/food-and-feed-commodity-vocabulary</a>,
or vary the tolerance level based on available data, harmonization
interests, or the trailing zeros policy. In addition, when evaluating a
petition's requests for a tolerance or exemption, EPA will consider how
use of the pesticide on a crop for which a tolerance is requested may
result in residues in or on commodities related to that requested
commodity (e.g., whether use on sugar beets for which a tolerance was
requested on sugar beet root also requires a tolerance on sugar beet
tops or whether use on a cereal grain for which a grain tolerance was
requested also requires a tolerance on related animal feed commodities
derived from that cereal grain). Public commenters should consider the
possibility of such revisions in preparing comments on these petitions.
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//menting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov//menting-epa-dockets</a>.
II. Petitions Received
This unit provides the following information about the petitions:
<bullet> The Pesticide Petition (PP) Identification (IN) number;
<bullet> EPA docket ID number for the petition;
<bullet> Information about the petition (i.e., name of the
petitioner, name of the pesticide chemical residue and the commodities
for which a tolerance or exemption is sought);
<bullet> The analytical method available to detect and measure the
pesticide chemical residue or the petitioner's statement about why such
a method is not needed; and
<bullet> The division to contact for that petition.
Additional information on the petitions may be obtained through the
petition summaries that were prepared by the petitioners pursuant to 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(2)(A)(i)(I) and 40 CFR 180.7(b)(1), which are included
in the docket for the petition as identified in this unit.
<bullet> PP IN-11999. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-3360). Spring regulatory
Sciences on behalf of Evonik Corporation, (7801 Whitepine Road,
Richmond, VA 23237) requests to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of Oxirane, 2-phenyl-, polymer
with oxirane, monooctyl ether, sulphosuccinated, disodium salt (CAS
Reg. No. 2983072-24-6); minimum number average molecular weight 1875
daltons when used as an inert ingredient for surfactant/dispersing
agent/emulsifier in pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.960. The
petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because it is not
required for an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact:
RD.
<bullet> PP IN-12105. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-3194). Nouryon Pulp and
Performance Chemicals LLC, (100 Matsonford Road, Building 5, Radnor, PA
19087), requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance for residues of 4-morpholinecarboxaldehyde (CAS Reg. No.
4394-85-8) when used as a pesticide inert ingredient (solvent) in
pesticide formulations under 40 CFR 180.920. The petitioner believes no
analytical method is needed because it is not required for an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD.
<bullet> PP IN-12209. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-3195). Kraton Chemical, LLC,
(9000 Southside Blvd., Bldg. 100, Suite 1300, Jacksonville, FL 32256),
requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
for residues of decarboxylated rosin (CAS Reg. No. 8050-18-8) when used
as a pesticide inert ingredient (surfactant and related adjuvant of
surfactant) limited to 4% by weight in pesticide formulations under 40
CFR 180.920. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed
because it is not required for an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance. Contact: RD.
<bullet> PP 5F9174. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-1415). BASF Corporation,
Agricultural Solutions, (26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709), requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR
part 180 for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad (3-
(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl- N -(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-
1 H -pyrazole-4-carboxamide), including its metabolites and degradates,
in or on pennycress, seed at 0.9 parts per million (ppm). Independently
validated analytical methods that have been submitted are used to
measure and evaluate the chemical fluxapyroxad. Contact: RD.
<bullet> PP 5F9193. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-2269). Bayer CropScience, (800
N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167), requests to establish
tolerances in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the herbicide, icafolin-
methyl, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on: Almond,
hulls at 0.03 parts per million (ppm); barley subgroup 15-22B at 0.02
ppm; field corn subgroup 15-22C at 0.02 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10-10
at 0.02 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 0.02 ppm; fruit, small, vine
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 0.02 ppm; fruit,
stone, group 12-12 at 0.02 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, hay, stover, and
straw, group 16-22 at 0.02 ppm; nut, tree, group 14-12 at 0.02 ppm;
rapeseed subgroup 20A at 0.02 ppm; soybean, seed at 0.02 ppm;
vegetable, legume, forage and hay, group 7-22 at 0.02 ppm; vegetable,
legume, pulse, bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6-22E at
0.02 ppm; vegetable, legume, pulse, pea, dried shelled, subgroup 6-22F
at 0.02 ppm; and wheat subgroup 15-22A at 0.02
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ppm. A high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/
tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method is used to measure and
evaluate the chemical icafolin-methyl (methyl 2,5-anhydro-3,4-dideoxy-
4-[[[(5S)-3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-5-ethenyl-4,5-dihydro-5-
isoxazolyl]carbonyl]amino]-threo-pentonate) and its metabolite (2,5-
anhydro-3,4-dideoxy-4-[[[(5S)-3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-5-ethenyl-4,5-
dihydro-5-isoxazolyl]carbonyl]amino]-threo-pentonic acid). Contact: RD.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: January 23, 2026.
Edward Messina,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2026-01654 Filed 1-27-26; 8:45 am]
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