Notice2026-08808
Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Comment Request (December 2025)
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Published
May 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 92643- EUP-R from Google LLC, requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB contained in live adult Culex quinquefasciatus male mosquitoes (DQB Strain). The Agency has determined that the permit may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, because of the potential significance, EPA is seeking comments on this application.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24542-24543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08808]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-3951; FRL-13212-01-OCSPP]
Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application;
Comment Request (December 2025)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 92643-
EUP-R from Google LLC, requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for
the Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB contained in live adult Culex
quinquefasciatus male mosquitoes (DQB Strain). The Agency has
determined that the permit may be of regional and national
significance. Therefore, because of the potential significance, EPA is
seeking comments on this application.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-3951, 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 on and visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, are 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: BPPD (Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention
Division) (7511M); Shannon Borges; main telephone number: (202) 566-
1400; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#135143435755415d7c677a707660537663723d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83c1d3d3c7c5d1cdecf7eae0e6f0c3e6f3e2ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>. The mailing address for
each contact person is Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001. As part of the mailing address, include the contact person's
name, division, and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the
end of each application summary.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General 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 people 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 omments 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 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 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/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
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 10 acres or more of land or
one acre or more of water.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency has determined that the
following EUP application may be of regional and national significance,
and
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therefore is seeking public comment on the EUP application:
Experimental Use Permit Number: 92643-EUP-R. Docket ID Number: EPA-
HQ-OPP-2025-3951. Submitter: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043. Pesticide Chemical: Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB
Contained in Live Adult Culex quinquefasciatus Male Mosquitoes (DQB
Strain). Summary of Request: Google LLC is proposing to use up to
14.080 mg of the active ingredient Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB Contained
in Live Adult Culex quinquefasciatus Male Mosquitoes (DQB Strain) for
two years in California and Florida. In Florida, up to 16,000,000 DQB
Male Mosquitoes are proposed to be released in year 1, and up to
16,000,000 released in year 2. In California, up to 16,000,000 are
proposed to be released in year 1, and up to 16,000,000 released in
year 2. Proposed testing will include the states of California and
Florida to generate data to support a Section 3 product registration
application under FIFRA. Date of Receipt: June 27, 2025. Contact: BPPD.
Following the review of the application and any comments and data
received in response to this solicitation, EPA will decide whether to
issue or deny the EUP request, and if issued, the conditions under
which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will be announced
in the Federal Register.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.
Dated: May 1, 2026.
Leo Gueriguian,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2026-08808 Filed 5-5-26; 8:45 am]
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