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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0061; FRL–8076–4]
Azinphos-methyl; Amending Existing
Stocks Provisions of Distribution for
Cranberry Growers
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
order to amend the existing stocks
provision as written in the cancellation
order published in theFederal Register
on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL–
7771–4) to allow the distribution and
sale of end-use products containing the
pesticide azinphos-methyl, for use on
cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow distribution and sale for use
on cranberries for the 2006 season, as
contemplated by the March 29, 2006,
cancellation order. The stop use date for
these end-use products is still
September 30, 2006, as provided in the
March 29 order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Myers, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address:
myers.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since
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others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2005–0061. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in
the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The hours
of operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the order to
amend the existing stocks provision as
written in the cancellation order
published in the Federal Register on
March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL–
7771–4) to allow the distribution and
sale of end-use products containing the
pesticide azinphos-methyl, for use on
cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow sale for use on cranberries for
the 2006 season, as EPA intended. The
stop use date for these end-use products
is still September 30, 2006, as published
in the cancellation order on March 29,
2006.
TABLE 1. — AZINPHOS-METHYL ENDUSE PRODUCTS BEARING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ON CRANBERRIES
Registration
No.
264–733
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Product
name
Bayer
Cropscience
Registration
No.
Product
name
Company
10163–78
10163–138
10163–139
10163–180
Gowan
AzinphosM 50
WSB
Gowan
AzinphosM 35 WP
Gowan
AzinphosM 35
WSB
Gowan
Azinphos
50 PVA
Gowan
Company
11678–53
66222–11
CotnionMethyl
Azinphosmethyl
50W
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works
51036–164
Azinphosmethyl
50W
Microflo
Company
Table 2 includes the names and
addresses of record for the registrants
that requested use terminations for their
products, in sequence by EPA company
number.
TABLE 2. — REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED AZINPHOS-METHYL PRODUCTS
EPA Company No.
Company Name and Address
264
Bayer CropScience 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27709
10163
Gowan Company, P.O. Box
5569, Yuma, Arizona
85366–5569
11678
66222
Makhteshim Chemical
Works, 4515 Falls of
Neuse Road, Suite 300,
Raleigh, North Carolina
27609
51036
Micro-Flo Corporation, LLC
530 Oak Court Drive,
Memphis, Tennessee
38117
Company
Guthion
Solupak
50% Wettable Powder Insecticide
TABLE 1. — AZINPHOS-METHYL ENDUSE PRODUCTS BEARING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ON CRANBERRIES—
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B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that
a registrant of a pesticide product may
at any time request that any of its
pesticide registrations be canceled or
amended to terminate one or more uses.
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FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish
for public comment a notice of receipt
of any such request in the Federal
Register.
III. Amendment to Existing Stocks
Order
I. General Information
The cancellation order published in
the Federal Register on March 29, 2006
(71 FR 15731) (FRL–7771–4) is hereby
amended to allow the distribution and
sale of existing stocks of the end-use
products listed in Table 1, in Unit II.A.
for use on cranberries until August 15,
2006. All other provisions of the March
29, 2006, order otherwise remain in
effect.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pest.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–10452 Filed 7–3–06; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0495; FRL–8062–2]
Imazapyr Reregistration Eligibility
Decision
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the
pesticide imazapyr. The Agency’s risk
assessments and other related
documents also are available in the
imazapyr docket. Imazapyr is a
systemic, non-selective, pre- and postemergent herbicide used for the control
of terrestrial annual and perennial
grasses, broad-leaved herbs, woody
species, and riparian and emergent
aquatic species. It is registered for use
on a variety of agricultural, commercial,
and residential use sites. EPA has
reviewed imazapyr through the public
participation process that the Agency
uses to involve the public in developing
pesticide reregistration and tolerance
reassessment decisions. Through these
programs, EPA is ensuring that all
pesticides meet current health and
safety standards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherrie Kinard, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 305-0563; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail
address:kinard.sherrie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since
others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPPT–2005–0495. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in
the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The hours
of operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Telephone
number is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under section 4 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), EPA is reevaluating
existing pesticides to ensure that they
meet current scientific and regulatory
standards. EPA has completed a
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED)
for the pesticide, imazapyr under
section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA.
Imazapyr is a systemic, non-selective,
pre- and post-emergent herbicide used
for the control of terrestrial annual and
perennial grasses, broad-leaved herbs,
woody species, and riparian and
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emergent aquatic species. It is registered
for use on a variety of agricultural,
commercial, and residential use sites,
including corn, forestry sites, rights-ofway, fence rows, hedge rows, drainage
systems, outdoor industrial areas,
outdoor buildings and structures,
domestic dwellings, paved areas,
driveways, patios, parking areas,
walkways, various water bodies
(including ponds, lakes, streams,
swamps, wetlands, and stagnant water),
and urban areas.
Imazapyr is formulated as a liquid, a
wettable powder (including water
soluble bags), and a granular.
Application methods include aerial,
groundboom, boat, and tractor-drawn
spreader. Applications to smaller areas
may be made with handheld equipment,
including low-pressure handwand
sprayers, backpack sprayers, sprinkling
cans, and handgun sprayers.
Application rates range from 0.014 lbs
ai/acre on corn, to 1.5 lbs ai/acre on
non-cropped areas and aquatic sites.
EPA has determined that the data base
to support reregistration is substantially
complete and that products containing
imazapyr are eligible for reregistration,
provided the risks are mitigated in the
manner described in the RED. Upon
submission of any required product
specific data under section 4(g)(2)(B)
and any necessary changes to the
registration and labeling (either to
address concerns identified in the RED
or as a result of product specific data),
EPA will make a final reregistration
decision under section 4(g)(2)(C) for
products containing imazapyr.
EPA must review tolerances and
tolerance exemptions that were in effect
when the Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) was enacted in August 1996, to
ensure that these existing pesticide
residue limits for food and feed
commodities meet the safety standard
established by the new law. Tolerances
are considered reassessed once the
safety finding has been made or a
revocation occurs. EPA reassessed the
imazapyr tolerances in 2003 when new
food uses were established and has
made the requisite safety finding for the
imazapyr tolerances referred to in this
notice.
EPA is applying the principles of
public participation to all pesticides
undergoing reregistration and tolerance
reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide
Tolerance Reassessment and
Reregistration; Public Participation
Process, published in the Federal
Register on May 14, 2004, (69 FR
26819)(FRL–7357–9) explains that in
conducting these programs, EPA is
tailoring its public participation process
to be commensurate with the level of
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[FR Doc No: E6-10452]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061; FRL-8076-4]
Azinphos-methyl; Amending Existing Stocks Provisions of
Distribution for Cranberry Growers
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks
provision as written in the cancellation order published in theFederal
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow distribution and sale for use on cranberries for the 2006
season, as contemplated by the March 29, 2006, cancellation order. The
stop use date for these end-use products is still September 30, 2006,
as provided in the March 29 order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks
provision as written in the cancellation order published in the Federal
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow sale for use on cranberries for the 2006 season, as EPA
intended. The stop use date for these end-use products is still
September 30, 2006, as published in the cancellation order on March 29,
2006.
Table 1. -- Azinphos-methyl End-Use Products Bearing Instructions for
Use on Cranberries
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registration No. Product name Company
------------------------------------------------------------------------
264-733 Guthion Solupak Bayer Cropscience
50% Wettable
Powder
Insecticide
------------------------------------------------------------------------
10163-78 Gowan Azinphos-M Gowan Company
10163-138....................... 50 WSB
10163-139....................... Gowan Azinphos-M
10163-180....................... 35 WP.
Gowan Azinphos-M
35 WSB.
Gowan Azinphos 50
PVA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11678-53 Cotnion-Methyl Makhteshim
66222-11........................ Azinphos-methyl Chemical Works
50W.
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51036-164 Azinphos-methyl Microflo Company
50W
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Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record for the
registrants that requested use terminations for their products, in
sequence by EPA company number.
Table 2. -- Registrants of Amended Azinphos-methyl Products
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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264 Bayer CropScience 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27709
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10163 Gowan Company, P.O. Box
5569, Yuma, Arizona 85366-
5569
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11678 Makhteshim Chemical Works,
66222..................................... 4515 Falls of Neuse Road,
Suite 300, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27609
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51036 Micro-Flo Corporation, LLC
530 Oak Court Drive,
Memphis, Tennessee 38117
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B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide
product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations
be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses.
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FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must
publish for public comment a notice of receipt of any such request in
the Federal Register.
III. Amendment to Existing Stocks Order
The cancellation order published in the Federal Register on March
29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) is hereby amended to allow the
distribution and sale of existing stocks of the end-use products listed
in Table 1, in Unit II.A. for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006.
All other provisions of the March 29, 2006, order otherwise remain in
effect.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-10452 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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