Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

The Food and Drug Administration is amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of two specific perfluoroalkyl containing substances as oil and water repellents for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods because these uses have been abandoned. This action is in response to a petition filed by Keller and Heckman LLP on behalf of 3M Corporation. This rule is effective 22 November 2016. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-22/pdf/2016-28116.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/USA/16_4851_00_e.pdf

EPA is announcing and inviting comment on additional information obtained and developed by EPA in conjunction with the proposed tolerance revocation for chlorpyrifos. This information includes the revised human health risk assessment and the drinking water assessment. It also includes EPA's issue paper and supporting analyses presented to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel's (SAP) meeting in April 2016 that addressed chlorpyrifos biomonitoring data and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, public comments received during the meeting, the FIFRA SAP's meeting minutes and the FIFRA SAP report.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluxapyroxad in or on banana, coffee green bean, mango, and papaya. This regulation is effective 8 November 2016. This final rule was published in the Federal Register on 8 November 2016 (Volume 81, Number 216; Rules and Regulations; Pages 78509-78513). The text may be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-08/html/2016-26966.htm. This action is subsequent to a notice of filing of petitions and request for comment published in the Federal Register on 29 August 2016. The text may be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-29/html/2016-20653.htm.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of prothioconazole in or on cotton gin byproducts and the cottonseed subgroup 20C. This regulation is effective 10 November 2016. This final rule was published in the Federal Register on 10 November 2016 (Volume 81, Number 218; Rules and Regulations; Pages 78917-78923). The text may be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-10/html/2016-27206.htm. This action is subsequent to a notice of filing of petitions and request for comment published in the Federal Register on 29 August 2016. The text may be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-29/html/2016-20653.htm.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to add orchid plants of the genus Dendrobium from Chinese Taipei to the list of plants that may be imported into the United States in an approved growing medium, subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements. We are taking this action in response to a request from the government of Chinese Taipei and after determining that the plants could be imported, under certain conditions, without resulting in the introduction into, or the dissemination within, the United States of a plant pest or noxious weed. Federal Register Vol. 81, Thursday, 27 October 2016, pages 74720-74722.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of Hass avocados from Colombia into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, Hass avocados from Colombia would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include requirements for importation in commercial consignments; registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; pest-free places of production; grove sanitation, monitoring, and pest control practices; lot identification; and inspection for quarantine pests by the Colombian national plant protection organization. Additionally, avocados from Colombia would be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the avocados have been produced in accordance with the proposed requirements. This action would allow for the importation of Hass avocados from Colombia into the continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests. Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 208, Thursday, 27 October 2016, pages 74722-74727.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of fluridone in or on cotton gin by-products.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of penflufen in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of spirotetramat in or on asparagus.

This regulation establishes tolerances with regional registration for residues of metaldehyde in or on multiple commodities.

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the amendment of the tolerance for residues of the fungicide, propamocarb hydrochloride, in or on potato from 0.06 parts per million (ppm) to 0.30 ppm.

This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals deltamethrin, bifenthrin, benzovindiflupyr, difenoconazole, butanedioic acid, ethoxyquin, and mono-, di-, and trimethylnapthalenesulfonic acids and napthalenesulfonic acids formaldehyde condensates, ammonium and potassium salts in or on various commodities.

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment of a tolerance for residues of the herbicide 2,4-D in or on cotton, gin byproducts at 1.5 parts per million (ppm), and cotton, undelinted seed at 0.8 ppm.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of mandestrobin in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the insecticide pyridaben in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of thiabendazole in or on the legume vegetable group 6 and foliage of legume vegetable group 7. S. This regulation also assigns an expiration date to existing tolerances for bean, dry, seed at 0.1 part per million (ppm) and soybean at 0.1 ppm as well as removes a threshold of regulation determination for seed treatment use of thiabendazole on dry pea (including field pea, pigeon pea, chickpea or lentil). Lastly, this regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance on sweet potato. The time-limited tolerance is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The time-limited tolerance will expire and be revoked on 31 December 2019.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flupyradifurone in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation amends tolerances for residues of fluopicolide in or on potato, processed potato waste and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C and establishes a tolerance for residues of fluopicolide in or on potato, granules/flakes. This regulation also assigns an expiration date to existing tolerances for potato, processed potato waste at 1.0 ppm and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.3 ppm. Lastly, this regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance on hop, dried cones. The time-limited tolerance is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The time-limited tolerance will expire and revoked on 31 December 2019.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of chlorantraniliprole in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide natamycin in or on citrus, pome, stone fruit crop groups, avocado, kiwi, mango and pomegranates.