Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA); Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations, 40824-40825 [2010-17155]

Download as PDF 40824 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 14, 2010 / Notices Agency does not believe that the comment submitted during the comment period merits further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary use deletion. Persons other than the registrant may not formulate but may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of products whose labels include the deleted uses for July 14, 2011, provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling that included the deleted uses. IV. Cancellation Order List of Subjects Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested amendments to terminate uses of rotenone registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are amended to terminate the affected uses. The effective date of the cancellations that are subject of this notice is July 14, 2010. 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 a violation of FIFRA. Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. TABLE 1. – ROTENONE PRODUCT REG- not, however, provide any information ISTRATION AMENDMENTS TO DELETE or reason to not grant the request to terminate certain uses. Therefore, the USES—Continued EPA Registration Number Product Name 6458-5 Uses Deleted Rotenone Resin for Manufacturing Use Only Do. 6458-6 Cube Powder Do. 82397-1 Chem Fish Regular Do. 82397-2 Chem Fish Synergized Do. 82397-3 Powdered Cube Root Do. 82397-4 Chem-Sect Brand Rotenone Resins Do. 82397-5 Cube Powder Fish Toxicant Do. V. What is the Agency’s Authority for Taking this Action? 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. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1. TABLE 2. – REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED PRODUCTS EPA Company Number 655 Company Name and Address VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks Prentiss, Inc., 3600 Mansell Road, Suite 350, Alpharetta, GA 30022 Foreign Domestic Chemicals Corp., 3 Post Road, Oakland, NJ 07436 82397 emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES 6458 Tifa International, LLC, 50 Division Avenue, Millington, NJ 07946 III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments One comment was received during the 30–day public comment period. The commenter expressed her opinion that no living thing should be exposed to rotenone products. The commenter did VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:07 Jul 13, 2010 Jkt 220001 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 EPA Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for comment on June 7, 2006 (71 FR 32948) (FRL– 8071–1). The comment period closed on July 7, 2006. 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 action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this order is as follows. For all products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, there is no provision for existing stocks of products with labels that include the deleted uses in the hands of technical registrants or any formulation of these products as of July 14, 2010. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: July 1, 2010. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2010–17015 Filed 7–13–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0191; FRL–8828–5] Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA); Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the organic arsenical monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an April 7, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. These are not the last products containing this pesticide registered for use in the United States. In the April 7, 2010 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, 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. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. 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. E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 14, 2010 / Notices DATES: The cancellations are effective July 14, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Pesticide Re-evaluation 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– 8005; e-mail address: myers.tom@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? EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0191 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. emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES II. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces the cancellations, as requested by registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit. TABLE 1.—MSMA PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS 42750–38 VerDate Mar<15>2010 Product Name Weed Hoe 120 16:07 Jul 13, 2010 Registration Number Product Name Chemical Name Chemical Name MSMA Jkt 220001 42750–39 Weed Hoe 108 MSMA 61483–13 Daconate MSMA 61483–14 Daconate 6 MSMA 61483–15 Bueno–6 MSMA 61483–17 I. General Information Registration Number TABLE 1.—MSMA PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS—Continued Daconate Super Brand MSMA 61483–18 Bueno MSMA 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. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed above. TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS OF CANCELLED PRODUCTS EPA Company Number Company Name and Address 042750 Albaugh Inc. 1525 NE 36th Street Ankeny, IA 50021 061483 KMG-Bernuth, Inc. 9555 W. Sam Houston Pkwy South Suite 600 Houston, TX 77099 III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments in response to the April 7, 2010 Federal Register notice (75 FR 17733; FRL– 8819–2)announcing the Agency’s receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. IV. Cancellation Order Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations of MSMA registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled. The effective date of the cancellations that are subject of this notice is July 14, 2010. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40825 provisions for disposition of existing stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be 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 EPA Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for comment on April 7, 2010 (75 FR 17733) (FRL– 8819–2). The comment period closed on May 7, 2010. 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 action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this order is as follows. 1.After July 14, 2010, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products listed in Table 1. 2. After December 31, 2010, persons other than registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products listed in Table 1. 3. After December 31, 2010, existing stocks of products listed in Table 1, already in the hands of users can be used legally until they are exhausted, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: July 6, 2010. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2010–17155 Filed 7–13–10; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0760; FRL–8833–4] Clofencet; Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40824-40825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17155]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191; FRL-8828-5]


Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA); Cancellation Order for Certain 
Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, 
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of 
products containing the organic arsenical monosodium methanearsonate 
(MSMA), pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation 
order follows an April 7, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. These are not the last 
products containing this pesticide registered for use in the United 
States. In the April 7, 2010 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue 
an order implementing the cancellations, 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. The Agency did not receive any comments on the 
notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. 
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order 
granting the requested cancellations. 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.

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DATES:  The cancellations are effective July 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Tom Myers, Pesticide Re-evaluation 
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) 308-8005; 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?

     EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191 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 cancellations, as requested by 
registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 
of this unit.

                  Table 1.--MSMA Product Cancellations
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       Registration Number           Product Name        Chemical Name
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42750-38                          Weed Hoe 120        MSMA
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42750-39                          Weed Hoe 108        MSMA
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61483-13                          Daconate            MSMA
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61483-14                          Daconate 6          MSMA
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61483-15                          Bueno-6             MSMA
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61483-17                          Daconate Super      MSMA
                                   Brand
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61483-18                          Bueno               MSMA
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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. This number corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration numbers of the products listed above.

               Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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042750                                      Albaugh Inc.
                                            1525 NE 36th Street
                                            Ankeny, IA 50021
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061483                                      KMG-Bernuth, Inc.
                                            9555 W. Sam Houston Pkwy
                                             South
                                            Suite 600
                                            Houston, TX 77099
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments 
in response to the April 7, 2010 Federal Register notice (75 FR 17733; 
FRL-8819-2)announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for 
voluntary cancellations of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of MSMA registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 
Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations 
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled. The effective date of 
the cancellations that are subject of this notice is July 14, 2010. 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 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 EPA Administrator may approve 
such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for 
comment on April 7, 2010 (75 FR 17733) (FRL-8819-2). The comment period 
closed on May 7, 2010.

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 
action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this 
order is as follows.
    1.After July 14, 2010, registrants are prohibited from selling or 
distributing existing stocks of products listed in Table 1.
    2. After December 31, 2010, persons other than registrants are 
prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products 
listed in Table 1.
    3. After December 31, 2010, existing stocks of products listed in 
Table 1, already in the hands of users can be used legally until they 
are exhausted, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved 
label and labeling of the affected product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: July 6, 2010.
 Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-17155 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 a.m.]
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