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Description: GE Companies submits a
supplement to their 7/28/08 filing of a
Notice of Change in Status.
Filed Date: 02/04/2009.
Accession Number: 20090206–0281.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER07–650–001.
Applicants: Integrys Energy Services,
Inc.
Description: Integrys Energy Services,
Inc submits an amendment to request
for Category 1 Seller status in the
Southwest Power Pool Region and on
December 23, 2008, submitted a request
for Category 1 Seller classification for
the Southeast Region.
Filed Date: 02/03/2009.
Accession Number: 20090205–0273.
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on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1136–001.
Applicants: Camp Grove Wind Farm
LLC.
Description: Camp Grove Wind Farm
LLC submits revised sheets to its
market-based rate tariff for Order 697.
Filed Date: 01/30/2009.
Accession Number: 20090203–0151.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, February 20, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER09–573–000;
ER09–91–001.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc
Description: Midwest ISO submits
revised Sheet 1883 et al. to FERC
Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1.
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Accession Number: 20090127–0315.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER09–646–000.
Applicants: Florida Power
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Description: Florida Power
Corporation submits for filing
Transmission Service Agreement with
The Energy Authority.
Filed Date: 02/02/2009.
Accession Number: 20090203–0258.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, February 23, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER09–647–000.
Applicants: Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc.
Description: Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc submit notice of
cancellation for multiple power sales
Service Agreements executed pursuant
to Orange and Rockland’s FERC Electric
Tariff, Second Revised Volume 4.
Filed Date: 02/02/2009.
Accession Number: 20090203–0256.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, February 23, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER09–648–000.
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Applicants: Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc.
Description: Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc submits notices of
cancellation for multiple rate schedules
that provided for wholesale power sales
and transmission service subject to the
Commission’s jurisdiction.
Filed Date: 02/02/2009.
Accession Number: 20090203–0259.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, February 23, 2009.
Docket Numbers: ER09–652–000.
Applicants: Connecticut Light &
Power Company.
Description: Northeast Utilities
Service Company submits the Joint
Request for Expedited Consideration
and Limited Waiver of Demand
Resource Qualification Deposit Payment
Deadline etc.
Filed Date: 01/30/2009.
Accession Number: 20090203–0257.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, February 20, 2009.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
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and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
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time on the specified comment date. It
is not necessary to separately intervene
again in a subdocket related to a
compliance filing if you have previously
intervened in the same docket. Protests
will be considered by the Commission
in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make
protestants parties to the proceeding.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. In reference
to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on
or before the comment deadline need
not be served on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
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service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
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Persons unable to file electronically
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
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The filings in the above proceedings
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eLibrary system by clicking on the
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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0123; FRL–8405–9]
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB);
Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Amend Registrations to Terminate
Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of requests by the
registrants to voluntarily amend their
registrations to terminate uses of certain
products containing the pesticide
pentachloronitrobenzene, or PCNB. The
requests would terminate PCNB use on
golf course roughs (i.e., use on golf
courses will be limited to tees, greens,
and fairways); residential sites
including lawns, yards, and ornamental
plants and gardens around homes and
apartments; grounds around day care
facilities; school yards; parks (except
industrial parks); playgrounds; and
athletic fields (except professional and
college fields). The requests would not
terminate the last PCNB products
registered for use in the United States.
EPA intends to grant these requests at
the close of the comment period for this
announcement unless the Agency
receives substantive comments within
the comment period that would merit its
further review of the requests, or unless
the registrants withdraw their requests
within this period. Upon acceptance of
these requests, any sale, distribution, or
use of products listed in this notice will
be permitted only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms as described in the final order.
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DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0123, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket
Facility’s normal hours of operation
(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–
0123. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an
electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index available
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at https://www.regulations.gov. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. 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 OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Bloom, 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–
8019; fax number: (703) 308–7070; email address: bloom.jill@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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD-ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD-ROM the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
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must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may
ask you to respond to specific questions
or organize comments by referencing a
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree;
suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns and suggest
alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as
possible, avoiding the use of profanity
or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your
comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background on the Receipt of
Requests to Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of requests from the registrants, Amvac
Chemical Corporation and Chemtura
Corporation, to amend 31 PCNB product
registrations to terminate certain uses.
PCNB is a fungicide used to control
diseases of turf, ornamentals, cole crops,
potatoes, cotton, and other agricultural
and horticultural crops. In letters dated
February 10, 2009, Amvac and
Chemtura each requested that EPA
amend the pesticide product
registrations identified in this notice to
terminate certain uses. Specifically,
Amvac and Chemtura requested the
termination of the uses of PCNB on golf
course roughs; residential sites
including lawns, yards, and ornamental
plants and gardens around homes and
apartments; grounds around day care
facilities; school yards; parks (except
industrial parks); playgrounds; and
athletic fields (except professional and
college fields). The registrants’ requests
will not terminate the last PCNB
products registered in the United States
for these uses. The Amvac and
Chemtura products include
manufacturing-use products from which
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other U.S.-registered PCNB products are
formulated; after the relevant existing
stocks provisions have expired, end-use
products formulated from those
manufacturing-use products must bear
labeling consistent with the revised
labeling on the Amvac and Chemtura
products.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of requests from the registrants to
amend certain PCNB product
registrations to terminate the uses
detailed in Unit II. The affected
products and the registrants making the
requests are identified in Tables 1 and
2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA,
registrants may request, at any time, that
their pesticide registrations be canceled
or amended to terminate one or more
pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of
FIFRA requires that before acting on a
request for voluntary cancellation, EPA
must provide a 30–day public comment
period on the request for voluntary
cancellation or use termination. In
addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA
requires that EPA provide a 180–day
comment period on a request for
voluntary cancellation or termination of
any minor agricultural use before
granting the request, unless:
1. The registrants request a waiver of
the comment period for minor uses, or
2. The Administrator determines that
continued use of the pesticide would
pose an unreasonable adverse effect on
the environment.
The PCNB registrants have requested
that EPA waive the 180–day comment
period. EPA will provide a 30–day
comment period on the proposed
requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the
registrant within 30 days of publication
of this notice, or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive
comments that warrant further review of
this request, an order will be issued
amending the affected registrations.
TABLE 1.—PCNB PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT
Registration Number
Product Name
Product Type
Company
Terraclor 75W Wettable Powder
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–401
Terraclor Technical
Manufacturing–use
Chemtura Corporation
400–402
Terraclor 10% Granular, Revere
10% Granular
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–403
Greenback Lawn Fungicide
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–404
Turfcide Emulsifiable Fungicide
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–407
Turfcide 10% Granular
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–414
Terraclor 90% Dust Concentrate
Manufacturing–use
Chemtura Corporation
400–453
Terraclor Flowable Fungicide
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–454
Turfcide
4F,
Turfcide
400,
Terraclor 400, Revere 4,000
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–457
Turfcide 15G
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–458
Terraclor 15G
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–459
Terrazan PCNB Technical 99%
Manufacturing–use
Chemtura Corporation
400–460
Terrazan 24% Emulsifiable Concentrate
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–479
Turfcide WDG
End-use
Chemtura Corporation
400–504
Terraclor Tech 96
Manufacturing–use
Chemtura Corporation
5481–197
Technical Grade PCNB 95%
Manufacturing–use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–211
PCNB 10% Granules Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–214
PCNB Soil & Turf Liquid Drench
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–279
PCNB 75% Wettable Powder
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–419
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PCNB 75W Turf and Ornamental
Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–438
80% PCNB
Manufacturing-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–441
PCNB 75 DG
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–443
PCNB 2 Flowable Turf & Ornamental Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
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TABLE 1.—PCNB PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT—Continued
Registration Number
Product Name
Product Type
Company
5481–444
PCNB 10 G Turf & Ornamental
Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–450
PCNB 20% WDG Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–453
PCNB 75 WSP
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–457
Turfpro WSP Turf & Ornamental
Soil Fungicide
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–464
Par-Flo 6F
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–465
Par-Flo
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–471
Win-Flo 6F
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–472
Win-Flo
End-use
Amvac Chemical Corporation
Table 2 of this unit includes the
names and addresses of record for the
registrants of the products listed in
Table 1 of this unit.
applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1)
requests listed in this notice. If the
products have been subject to a previous
cancellation action, the effective date of
cancellation and all other provisions of
TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING any earlier cancellation action are
VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR controlling.
AMENDMENTS
EPA Company
Number
400
5481
Company Name and
Address
Chemtura Chemical
Corporation, 1995
Benson Road,
Middlebury, CT
06749
Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1250, Newport
Beach, CA 92660
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IV. 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.
FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish
a notice of receipt of any such request
in the Federal Register. Thereafter,
following the public comment period,
the Administrator may approve such a
request.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of
Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a
request for cancellation must submit
such withdrawal in writing to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked
before April 29, 2009. This written
withdrawal of the request for
cancellation will apply only to the
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VI. Provisions for Disposition of
Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products which are
currently in the United States and
which were packaged, labeled, and
released for shipment prior to the
effective date of the cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to
these requests for amendments to
terminate uses, the Agency proposes to
include the following provisions for the
treatment of any existing stocks of the
products identified or referenced in
Table 1 in Unit III.
Amvac Corporation and Chemtura
Chemical Corporation will be permitted
to sell or distribute existing stocks of the
manufacturing-use products referenced
in Table 1 of Unit III. with labels that
are not revised per their request as
described in Unit III. (i.e., ‘‘previously
approved labeling’’), until 6 months
after the effective date of cancellation.
Persons other than Amvac Corporation
or Chemtura Chemical Corporation may
continue to use existing stocks of the
manufacturing-use products referenced
in Table 1 of Unit III. with previously
approved labeling, for formulation into
end-use products until 18 months after
the effective date of cancellation.
Amvac Corporation and Chemtura
Chemical Corporation will be permitted
to sell or distribute existing stocks of the
end-use products referenced in Table 1
of Unit III. with previously approved
labeling, until 18 months after the
effective date of cancellation. Users will
be allowed to use existing stocks of the
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affected PCNB end-use products with
previously approved labeling until such
stocks are exhausted, provided such use
is in a manner consistent with the
previously approved labeling for that
product.
If the requests for use termination are
granted, the Agency intends to publish
the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: March 18, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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CORPORATION
Notice of Agency Meeting
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‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that
at 11:01 a.m. on Thursday, March 26,
2009, the Board of Directors of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
met in closed session to consider
matters related to the Public-Private
Investment Fund.
In calling the meeting, the Board
determined, on motion of Vice
Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg,
seconded by Acting Director Scott M.
Polakoff (Office of Thrift Supervision),
concurred in by Director Thomas J.
Curry (Appointive), Julie L. Williams,
acting in the place and stead of Director
John C. Dugan (Comptroller of the
Currency), and Chairman Sheila C. Bair,
that Corporation business required its
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123; FRL-8405-9]
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily amend
their registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing
the pesticide pentachloronitrobenzene, or PCNB. The requests would
terminate PCNB use on golf course roughs (i.e., use on golf courses
will be limited to tees, greens, and fairways); residential sites
including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and gardens around homes
and apartments; grounds around day care facilities; school yards; parks
(except industrial parks); playgrounds; and athletic fields (except
professional and college fields). The requests would not terminate the
last PCNB products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends
to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this
announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the
comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or
unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the
final order.
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DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0123. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 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 OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone
number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Bloom, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: bloom.jill@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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the
registrants, Amvac Chemical Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, to
amend 31 PCNB product registrations to terminate certain uses. PCNB is
a fungicide used to control diseases of turf, ornamentals, cole crops,
potatoes, cotton, and other agricultural and horticultural crops. In
letters dated February 10, 2009, Amvac and Chemtura each requested that
EPA amend the pesticide product registrations identified in this notice
to terminate certain uses. Specifically, Amvac and Chemtura requested
the termination of the uses of PCNB on golf course roughs; residential
sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and gardens around
homes and apartments; grounds around day care facilities; school yards;
parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds; and athletic fields
(except professional and college fields). The registrants' requests
will not terminate the last PCNB products registered in the United
States for these uses. The Amvac and Chemtura products include
manufacturing-use products from which
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other U.S.-registered PCNB products are formulated; after the relevant
existing stocks provisions have expired, end-use products formulated
from those manufacturing-use products must bear labeling consistent
with the revised labeling on the Amvac and Chemtura products.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the
registrants to amend certain PCNB product registrations to terminate
the uses detailed in Unit II. The affected products and the registrants
making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA
requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation,
EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for
voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period
on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor
agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period for minor
uses, or
2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The PCNB registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day
comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of
publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are
substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an
order will be issued amending the affected registrations.
Table 1.--PCNB Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration Number Product Name Product Type Company
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400-399 Terraclor 75W Wettable End-use Chemtura Corporation
Powder
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400-401 Terraclor Technical Manufacturing-use Chemtura Corporation
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400-402 Terraclor 10% Granular, End-use Chemtura Corporation
Revere 10% Granular
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400-403 Greenback Lawn End-use Chemtura Corporation
Fungicide
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400-404 Turfcide Emulsifiable End-use Chemtura Corporation
Fungicide
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400-407 Turfcide 10% Granular End-use Chemtura Corporation
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400-414 Terraclor 90% Dust Manufacturing-use Chemtura Corporation
Concentrate
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400-453 Terraclor Flowable End-use Chemtura Corporation
Fungicide
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400-454 Turfcide 4F, Turfcide End-use Chemtura Corporation
400, Terraclor 400,
Revere 4,000
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400-457 Turfcide 15G End-use Chemtura Corporation
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400-458 Terraclor 15G End-use Chemtura Corporation
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400-459 Terrazan PCNB Technical Manufacturing-use Chemtura Corporation
99%
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400-460 Terrazan 24% End-use Chemtura Corporation
Emulsifiable
Concentrate
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400-479 Turfcide WDG End-use Chemtura Corporation
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400-504 Terraclor Tech 96 Manufacturing-use Chemtura Corporation
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5481-197 Technical Grade PCNB Manufacturing-use Amvac Chemical
95% Corporation
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5481-211 PCNB 10% Granules Soil End-use Amvac Chemical
Fungicide Corporation
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5481-214 PCNB Soil & Turf Liquid End-use Amvac Chemical
Drench Corporation
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5481-279 PCNB 75% Wettable End-use Amvac Chemical
Powder Corporation
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5481-419 PCNB 75W Turf and End-use Amvac Chemical
Ornamental Soil Corporation
Fungicide
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5481-438 80% PCNB Manufacturing-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-441 PCNB 75 DG End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-443 PCNB 2 Flowable Turf & End-use Amvac Chemical
Ornamental Soil Corporation
Fungicide
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5481-444 PCNB 10 G Turf & End-use Amvac Chemical
Ornamental Soil Corporation
Fungicide
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5481-450 PCNB 20% WDG Soil End-use Amvac Chemical
Fungicide Corporation
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5481-453 PCNB 75 WSP End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-457 Turfpro WSP Turf & End-use Amvac Chemical
Ornamental Soil Corporation
Fungicide
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5481-464 Par-Flo 6F End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-465 Par-Flo End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-471 Win-Flo 6F End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-472 Win-Flo End-use Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or
Amendments
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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400 Chemtura Chemical
Corporation, 1995 Benson
Road, Middlebury, CT 06749
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5481 Amvac Chemical Corporation,
4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1250, Newport Beach, CA
92660
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IV. 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. FIFRA further
provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice
of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter,
following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such
a request.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must
submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before April 29, 2009. This
written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to
the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) requests listed in this notice. If
the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier
cancellation action are controlling.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
which are currently in the United States and which were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to these requests for amendments to
terminate uses, the Agency proposes to include the following provisions
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products identified or
referenced in Table 1 in Unit III.
Amvac Corporation and Chemtura Chemical Corporation will be
permitted to sell or distribute existing stocks of the manufacturing-
use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with labels that are
not revised per their request as described in Unit III. (i.e.,
``previously approved labeling''), until 6 months after the effective
date of cancellation. Persons other than Amvac Corporation or Chemtura
Chemical Corporation may continue to use existing stocks of the
manufacturing-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with
previously approved labeling, for formulation into end-use products
until 18 months after the effective date of cancellation.
Amvac Corporation and Chemtura Chemical Corporation will be
permitted to sell or distribute existing stocks of the end-use products
referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with previously approved labeling,
until 18 months after the effective date of cancellation. Users will be
allowed to use existing stocks of the affected PCNB end-use products
with previously approved labeling until such stocks are exhausted,
provided such use is in a manner consistent with the previously
approved labeling for that product.
If the requests for use termination are granted, the Agency intends
to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: March 18, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-7043 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]
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