{"abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on an updated draft guidance document entitled \"Guidance for Plant Regulator Products and Claims, including Plant Biostimulants,\" which was originally issued for public review and comment in March 2019. Guidance documents are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. EPA updated the original draft guidance document in response to the public comments received on the original draft guidance document. EPA is seeking an additional round of public comment on this updated draft guidance document, which is intended to provide guidance on identifying product claims that are considered to be plant regulator claims by the Agency, thereby subjecting the products to regulation as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Examples are provided of both claims that are considered plant regulator claims and claims that are not considered plant regulator claims. This draft guidance document also contains a narrative discussion regarding current and previously registered plant regulator active ingredients and their modes of action. This draft guidance does not address or attempt to provide a regulatory definition for \"plant biostimulant\" or for \"nutritional chemical\" or to change any existing regulatory definitions. After considering the comments received on this draft updated guidance, EPA intends to issue a final guidance document.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2020/11/30/2020-26299.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"85 FR 76562","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2020-12-30","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received on or before December 30, 2020.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0258","FRL-10015-32"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Response to Comments Received on the Draft Guidance for Plant Regulator Label Claims, Including Plant Biostimulants","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0258-0172"},{"title":"Draft Guidance for Plant Regulator Products and Claims, Including Plant Biostimulants","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0258-0171"},{"title":"Documentation of EO 12866 Review; 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