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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AJ28 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: Pesticides; Expansion of Crop Grouping Program 
Abstract: In phases, EPA is revising the current pesticide crop grouping regulations to create new crop groupings, add new subgroups, and expand existing crop groups by adding new commodities. The current crop groupings allow EPA to establish pesticide tolerances for multiple related crops based upon data for a representative set of crops. EPA expects these revisions to promote greater use of crop grouping for tolerance-setting purposes and to facilitate the availability of pesticides for minor crop uses. The first in the series of revisions to the crop grouping regulations was finalized in December 2007, and the second phase of revisions was finalized in December 2010. For the third phase of revisions to the crop grouping regulations, the EPA is proposing to amend two additional crop groups- stone fruit group 12 and tree nut group 14. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180.41   
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346(a)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 1  05/23/2007  72 FR 28920   
Final Action 1  12/07/2007  72 FR 69150   
Final Action 1; Technical Amendment  01/02/2008  73 FR 51   
NPRM 2  01/06/2010  75 FR 807   
Final Action 2  12/08/2010  75 FR 76285   
NPRM 3  11/09/2011  76 FR 69693   
NPRM 3 Comment Period End  01/09/2012    
Final Action 3  07/00/2012    
Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM 1 - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-23/p9595.htm; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://cfpub1.epa.gov/oppref/food_feed/index.cfm  
Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Laura Nollen
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7505P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 305-7390
Fax:703 305-5884
Email: nollen.laura@epa.gov

Barbara Madden
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7505P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 305-6463
Fax:703 305-5884
Email: madden.barbara@epa.gov