2024-25474: Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (August 2024)

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1. PP 4E9106. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0201. The Interregional Research

Project No. 4 (IR-4), IR-4 Project Headquarters, North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27606, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR part 180.378 for residues of the insecticide permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2- dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the raw agricultural commodities: Arugula at 50 parts per million (ppm); cress, garden at 50 ppm; cress, upland at 50 ppm; dragon fruit (pitaya) at 1.5 ppm; field corn subgroup 15-22C at 0.05 ppm; leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 50 ppm; and sweet corn subgroup 15-22D at 0.1 ppm. Adequate gas chromatography (GC) electron capture detection (GC/ECD) methods are available for enforcing tolerances of permethrin per se. Contact: RD.

2. PP 4E9140. EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0323. IR-4 Project Headquarters,

North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27606, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180.649 for residues of the herbicide Saflufenacil, including its metabolites and degradates. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of saflufenacil, 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4- (trifluoromethyl)-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1- methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, and its metabolites N-[2-chloro- 5-(2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3,6-dihydro-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl)-4- fluorobenzoyl]-N'-isopropylsulfamide and N-[4-chloro-2-fluoro-5- ({[(isopropylamino) sulfonyl]amino{time} carbonyl)phenyl]urea, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of saflufenacil, in or on the raw agricultural commodity pennycress, seed at 0.45 ppm. Adequate enforcement methodology (liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) methods for plant and livestock commodities are available for enforcing the tolerance of saflufenacil. Contact: RD. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. Dated: October 11, 2024. Kimberly Smith, Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Program Support. [FR Doc. 2024-25474 Filed 10-31-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P