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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0979; FRL–8820–1]
Malathion and Diquat Dibromide;
Cancellation Order for Amendments to
Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s
order for the amendments to terminate
uses, voluntarily requested by the
registrants and accepted by the Agency,
of uses of the products listed in Table
1, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
This cancellation order follows a
February 10, 2010 Federal Register
Notice of Receipt of Requests from the
registrants listed in Table 2 to
voluntarily amend to terminate certain
uses of these product registrations.
These are not the last products
containing these pesticides registered
for use in the United States. In the
February 10, 2010 Notice, EPA
indicated that it would issue an order
implementing the amendments to
terminate uses, unless the Agency
received substantive comments within
the 30–day comment period that would
merit its further review of these
requests, or unless the registrants
withdrew their requests within this
period. The Agency received one
comment on the notice, but this
comment did not merit the Agency’s
further review of the requests. Further,
the registrants did not withdraw their
requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby
issues in this notice a cancellation order
granting the requested amendments to
terminate uses. Any distribution, sale,
or use of the products subject to this
cancellation order is permitted only in
accordance with the terms of this order,
including any existing stocks
provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective
April 7, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Miederhoff, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 347–8028; fax number: (703) 308–
7070; e-mail address:
miederhoff.eric@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?
EPA has established a docket for this
action under docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0979.
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 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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the
amendments to terminate uses, as
requested by registrants, for products
registered under section 3 of FIFRA.
These registrations are listed in
sequence by registration number in
Table 1 of this unit.
TABLE 1.— AMENDED PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS
EPA Registration No.
Product Name
Active Ingredient
Delete from Label
Reglone Desiccant Herbicide
Diquat dibromide
Sorghum (seed crop only) Soybean (seed
crop only)
4787–46
Atrapa® 8E
Malathion
Animal premise and barns used for dairy and
livestock
67760–40
WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES
100–1061
Fyfanon® 57% EC
Malathion
Animal premise and barns used for dairy and
livestock
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Table 2 of this unit includes the
names and addresses of record for all
registrants of the products in Table 1 of
this unit, in sequence by EPA company
number.
TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED
PRODUCTS
EPA Company
Number
100
4787
67760
Company Name and Address
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
P.O. Box 18300
Greensboro, NC 27419–
8300
Cheminova, A/S
P.O. Box 110566
One Park Drive, Suite
150
Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709
Cheminova, Inc.
Washington Office
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES
III. Summary of Public Comments
Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period
provided, EPA received one comment in
response to the February 10, 2010
Federal Register notice announcing the
Agency’s receipt of the requests for
voluntary amendments to terminate
uses of products listed in Table 1 of
Unit II.
The commenter, Stephen A.
McFadden, stated that organophosphate
insecticides (OP) as a class are too
neurotoxic to be used safely in high
human exposure applications, such as
indoor uses, urban aerial spray
programs, and uses that result in high
residual levels in foods. McFadden
suggested that high levels of exposure to
cholinesterase inhibitors such as OP
insecticides – may cause a state of
permanent hypersensitivity to
cholinesterase inhibitors. Nonetheless,
the commenter supported the Agency’s
implementation of the voluntary use
termination requests for malathion, an
organophosphate insecticide.
The amendments to terminate uses
that McFadden commented on were not
risk-based actions resulting from an
Agency risk assessment, but were
voluntarily requested by the registrant.
However, McFadden’s comment
suggests that organophosphate
insecticides such as malathion are too
toxic for uses other than those included
in this cancellation action. Malathion is
currently undergoing Registration
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Review. During this process, the Agency
intends to review and revise its existing
risk assessments for malathion. The
Agency will consider McFadden’s
comment as the human health risk
assessment for malathion is revised.
For these reasons, the Agency does
not believe that the comment submitted
during the comment period merit
further review or a denial of the requests
for voluntary use termination.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA
hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of
malathion and diquat dibromide
registrations identified in Table 1 of
Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders
that the product registrations identified
in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby
amended to terminate the affected uses.
Any distribution, sale, or use of existing
stocks of the products identified in
Table 1 of Unit II. in a manner
inconsistent with any of the Provisions
for Disposition of Existing Stocks set
forth in Unit VI. will be considered a
violation of FIFRA.
V. 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.
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.
The effective date of the amendments to
terminate uses is April 7, 2010. The
cancellation order that is the subject of
this notice includes the following
existing stock provisions:
The registrant may sell and distribute
existing stocks of products listed in
Table 1 of Unit II. under the previously
approved labeling which includes the
deleted uses until April 7, 2011. Persons
other than the registrant may sell and
distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. whose labels
include the deleted uses until
exhausted. Use of the products whose
labels include the deleted uses listed in
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Table 1 of Unit II. may continue until
existing stocks are exhausted, provided
that such use is consistent with the
terms of the previously approved
labeling on, or that accompanied, the
products.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: March 26, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Spirotetramat; Receipt of Applications
for Emergency Exemptions;
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA has received specific
exemption requests from the States of
Ohio, New Mexico, and Wisconsin to
use the pesticide spirotetramat (CAS No.
203313-25-1) to treat onion, dry bulb to
control thrips. The applicants are
proposing the use of a chemical whose
registration was recently vacated. EPA is
soliciting public comment before
making the decision whether or not to
grant the exemptions.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 22, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0178 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0979; FRL-8820-1]
Malathion and Diquat Dibromide; Cancellation Order for Amendments
to Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted
by the Agency, of uses of the products listed in Table 1, pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a February 10,
2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the
registrants listed in Table 2 to voluntarily amend to terminate certain
uses of these product registrations. These are not the last products
containing these pesticides registered for use in the United States. In
the February 10, 2010 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an
order implementing the amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency
received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that
would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the
registrants withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency
received one comment on the notice, but this comment did not merit the
Agency's further review of the requests. Further, the registrants did
not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this
notice a cancellation order granting the requested amendments to
terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject
to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the
terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective April 7, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Miederhoff, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8028; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-
mail address: miederhoff.eric@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?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0979. 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 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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the amendments to terminate uses, as
requested by registrants, for products registered under section 3 of
FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.-- Amended Product Registrations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPA Registration No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete from Label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
100-1061 Reglone Desiccant Diquat dibromide Sorghum (seed crop
Herbicide only) Soybean (seed
crop only)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4787-46 Atrapa[reg] 8E Malathion Animal premise and
barns used for dairy
and livestock
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
67760-40 Fyfanon[reg] 57% EC Malathion Animal premise and
barns used for dairy
and livestock
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by
EPA company number.
Table 2.--Registrants of Amended Products
------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 Syngenta Crop Protection,
Inc.
P.O. Box 18300
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300
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4787 Cheminova, A/S
P.O. Box 110566
One Park Drive, Suite 150
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
------------------------------------------------------------------------
67760 Cheminova, Inc.
Washington Office
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite
700
Arlington, VA 22209
------------------------------------------------------------------------
III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period provided, EPA received one comment
in response to the February 10, 2010 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary amendments to
terminate uses of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
The commenter, Stephen A. McFadden, stated that organophosphate
insecticides (OP) as a class are too neurotoxic to be used safely in
high human exposure applications, such as indoor uses, urban aerial
spray programs, and uses that result in high residual levels in foods.
McFadden suggested that high levels of exposure to cholinesterase
inhibitors such as OP insecticides - may cause a state of permanent
hypersensitivity to cholinesterase inhibitors. Nonetheless, the
commenter supported the Agency's implementation of the voluntary use
termination requests for malathion, an organophosphate insecticide.
The amendments to terminate uses that McFadden commented on were
not risk-based actions resulting from an Agency risk assessment, but
were voluntarily requested by the registrant. However, McFadden's
comment suggests that organophosphate insecticides such as malathion
are too toxic for uses other than those included in this cancellation
action. Malathion is currently undergoing Registration Review. During
this process, the Agency intends to review and revise its existing risk
assessments for malathion. The Agency will consider McFadden's comment
as the human health risk assessment for malathion is revised.
For these reasons, the Agency does not believe that the comment
submitted during the comment period merit further review or a denial of
the requests for voluntary use termination.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of malathion and diquat dibromide
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency
orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II.
are hereby amended to terminate the affected uses. Any distribution,
sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1
of Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for
Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be considered
a violation of FIFRA.
V. 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.
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. The effective date of the amendments to terminate
uses is April 7, 2010. The cancellation order that is the subject of
this notice includes the following existing stock provisions:
The registrant may sell and distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. under the previously approved labeling
which includes the deleted uses until April 7, 2011. Persons other than
the registrant may sell and distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. whose labels include the deleted uses
until exhausted. Use of the products whose labels include the deleted
uses listed in Table 1 of Unit II. may continue until existing stocks
are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with the terms of
the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the products.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: March 26, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-7505 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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