Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations, 53141-53143 [2013-21021]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 28, 2013 / Notices
Dated: August 22, 2013.
G. Jeffrey Herndon,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013–21017 Filed 8–27–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014; FRL–9396–4]
Notice of Receipt of Requests To
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing
a notice of receipt of requests by
registrants to voluntarily cancel certain
pesticide registrations. Included in this
notice is a request from Nufarm SA to
voluntarily cancel the last three
remaining amitrole 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 its requests. If
these requests are granted, any sale,
distribution, or use of products listed in
this notice will be permitted after the
registration has been canceled only if
such sale, distribution, or use is
consistent with the terms as described
in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
Submit written withdrawal request by
mail to: Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001. ATTN:
John W. Pates, Jr.
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• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–8195; email address:
pates.john@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.
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 email. 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.
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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. What action is the agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the
Agency of requests from registrants to
cancel 17 pesticide products registered
under FIFRA section 3 or 24(c). These
registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number (or company
number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of
this unit.
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of a request from the registrant Nufarm
SA to cancel the last three remaining
amitrole product registrations. Amitrole
is a triazole-containing herbicide
registered for use for outdoor general
weed control to non-agricultural rightsof-way, industrial and construction
sites, fencerows, and other uncultivated
areas. Tolerances are not currently
established for amitrole as there are no
registered food or feed uses. There are
no residential uses currently registered
for amitrole. The registration review
process for amitrole began in June 2011,
with the issuance of the Preliminary
Work Plan for Registration Review in
the docket EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0105
for a 60-day public comment period.
The Amitrole Final Work Plan for
Registration Review was completed and
placed in the docket in December 2011,
and the registration review data-call-in
was issued in November 2012. Nufarm
SA is the only current registrant of
amitrole products. In a letter to EPA,
dated May 30, 2013, Nufarm SA
requested voluntary cancellation of the
amitrole technical product (EPA
Registration No. 33688–5) and the two
remaining amitrole end-use products
(EPA Registration Nos. 33688–6 and
33688–10). These are the last three
amitrole products registered for use in
the United States.
Unless the Agency determines that
there are substantive comments that
warrant further review of the requests or
the registrants withdraw their requests,
EPA intends to issue an order in the
Federal Register canceling all of the
affected registrations listed in Table 1 of
this unit.
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 28, 2013 / Notices
TABLE 1—REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION
Registration No.
Product name
000100–00736 ............
000100–00737 ............
000400–00587 ............
000400–00588 ............
000400–00589 ............
000400–00590 ............
012455–00134 ............
033688–00005 ............
033688–00006 ............
033688–00010 ............
062190–00008 ............
CA–100005 .................
NC–090005 .................
NC–100004 .................
WA–980019 ................
WI–110003 ..................
WI–110005 ..................
Banner GL ...........................................................................
Tilt Gel Fungicide .................................................................
Technical Orthosulfamuron ..................................................
Percutio GR .........................................................................
Percutio WG ........................................................................
Percutio XT ..........................................................................
Technical Hydramethylnon ..................................................
Technical Amitrole ...............................................................
Maxata Brand Industrial Herbicide ......................................
Maxata Water Soluble Granules .........................................
Wolman Concentrate 72% ...................................................
Terad 3 Ag Pellets ...............................................................
Milestone VM .......................................................................
Milestone VM .......................................................................
Agri-Mek 0.15 EC, Miticide/Insecticide ................................
Lorsban 15G ........................................................................
Spartan 4F ...........................................................................
Table 2 of this unit includes the
names and addresses of record for all
registrants of the products in Table 1 of
Chemical name
Propiconazole.
Propiconazole.
Orthosulfamuron.
Orthosulfamuron.
Orthosulfamuron.
Orthosulfamuron.
Hydramethylnon.
Amitrole.
Amitrole.
Amitrole.
Arsenic Oxide (As2O5), Chromic Acid, Cupric Oxide.
9,10-Secocholesta-5,7,10(19)-trien-3-ol, (3 beta.,5Z,7E)-.
Triisoprpoanolamine salt of aminopyralid.
Triisoprpoanolamine salt of aminopyralid.
Abamectin.
Chlorpyrifos.
Sulfentrazone.
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 this
unit.
TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION
EPA Company No.
Company name and address
100 WA–980019 .............................
400 ..................................................
12455, CA–100005 .........................
33688 ..............................................
62190 ..............................................
NC–090005,
NC–100004,
WI–
110003.
WI–110005 ......................................
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–8300.
Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson Road, Middlebury, CT 06749.
Bell Laboratories, Inc., 3699 Kinsman Blvd., Madison, WI 53704.
Nufarm SA, Agent: Nufarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Parkway, Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
Arch Wood Protection, Inc., 5660 New Northside Drive NW., Suite 1100, Atlanta, GA 30328.
Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd, 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268–1054.
FMC Corp., Agricultural Products Group, ATTN: Michael C. Zucker, 1735 Market St., Room 1978, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
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III. 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.
FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish
a notice of receipt of any such request
in the Federal Register.
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, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C)
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, or
2. The EPA Administrator determines
that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse
effect on the environment.
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The registrants in Table 2 of Unit II.
have not requested that EPA waive the
180-day comment period. Accordingly,
EPA will provide a 180-day comment
period on the proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of
Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a
request for cancellation should submit
such withdrawal in writing to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. 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.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products that are
currently in the United States and that
were packaged, labeled, and released for
shipment prior to the effective date of
the cancellation action, because the
Agency has identified no significant
potential risk concerns associated with
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these pesticide products, upon
cancellation of the products identified
in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA anticipates
allowing registrants to sell and
distribute existing stocks of these
products for 1 year after publication of
the Cancellation Order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be
prohibited from selling or distributing
the pesticides identified in Table 1 of
Unit II., except for export consistent
with FIFRA section 17 or for proper
disposal persons other than the
registrants will generally be allowed to
sell, distribute, or use existing stocks
until such stocks are exhausted,
provided that such sale, distribution, or
use is consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the canceled products.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 28, 2013 / Notices
Dated: August 21, 2013.
Linda Arrington,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–5601; fax number (202) 564–5603;
email address: wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2013–21021 Filed 8–27–13; 8:45 am]
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would
resolve a lawsuit filed by Sandra L. Bahr
and David Matusow (‘‘Plaintiffs’’)
seeking to compel the Administrator to
take actions under CAA section
110(c)(1) to promulgate a federal
implementation plan (‘‘FIP’’) for the
State of Arizona. A portion of Arizona,
including Maricopa County and a part
of Pinal County, is designated
nonattainment for the National Ambient
Air Quality Standard (‘‘NAAQS’’) for
particulate matter ten microns in
diameter or less (‘‘PM10’’). This area is
classified as a ‘‘serious’’ PM10
nonattainment area. Because the area
had not attained the NAAQS by the
applicable statutory attainment date,
Arizona was required to submit a
revision to its state implementation plan
(‘‘SIP’’) to meet the requirements of
CAA section 189(d). On February 14,
2011, EPA found that Arizona failed to
make the SIP submission required under
CAA section 189(d) by the required
deadline. This finding of failure to
submit started a 2-year clock under CAA
section 110(c)(1) for EPA to promulgate
a FIP to meet the obligations of CAA
section 189(d). EPA did not promulgate
the required FIP by the statutory
deadline and this is the basis for the
Plaintiffs’ mandatory duty lawsuit at
issue in the proposed consent decree.
The proposed consent decree
provides that no later than January 14,
2014, a notice or notices of the Agency’s
proposed action or actions to either
approve a SIP, promulgate a FIP, or
approve a SIP in part with the
promulgation of a partial FIP to address
the requirements of CAA section 189(d).
The proposed consent decree also
provides that no later than June 2, 2014,
a notice or notices of the Agency’s final
action or actions to either approve a SIP,
promulgate a FIP, or approve a SIP in
part with the promulgation of a partial
FIP to address the requirements of CAA
section 189(d). The proposed consent
decree requires that no later than 15
business days following signature of
each notice, EPA shall send the notice
or notices to the Office of the Federal
Register for review and publication in
the Federal Register. After EPA fulfills
its obligations under the proposed
consent decree, the consent decree shall
be terminated and the case dismissed
with prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby
given of a proposed consent decree to
address a lawsuit filed by Sandra L.
Bahr and David Matusow in the United
States District Court for the District of
Arizona: Bahr, et al. v. McCarthy, No.
2:13–cv–00872 SMM (D. AZ). On April
30, 2013, Plaintiffs filed a complaint
alleging that EPA failed to perform a
mandatory duty under CAA section
110(c)(1) to promulgate a federal
implementation plan for the State of
Arizona that arose as a result of EPA’s
February 14, 2011, finding of failure to
submit a revision to the state
implementation plan required under
CAA section 189(d), by the required
deadline. The proposed consent decree
establishes deadlines for EPA to take
action.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by September 27, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2013–0609, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by email to oei.docket@
epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001;
or by hand delivery or courier to EPA
Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on
a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted
in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use
of special characters and any form of
encryption, and may be mailed to the
mailing address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
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notice, the Agency will accept written
comments relating to the proposed
consent decree from persons who are
not named as parties or intervenors to
the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed
consent decree if the comments disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless
EPA or the Department of Justice
determines that consent to this consent
decree should be withdrawn, the decree
will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the consent
decree?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2013–0609) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
The official public docket is available
for public viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search’’.
It is important to note that EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at www.regulations.gov
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted
material, including copyrighted material
contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014; FRL-9396-4]
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests
by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Included in this notice is a request from Nufarm SA to voluntarily
cancel the last three remaining amitrole 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 its
requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use
of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the
registration has been canceled only if such sale, distribution, or use
is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: John W. Pates, Jr.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8195; email
address: pates.john@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.
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 email. 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. What action is the agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel 17 pesticide products registered under FIFRA
section 3 or 24(c). These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of
this unit.
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from the
registrant Nufarm SA to cancel the last three remaining amitrole
product registrations. Amitrole is a triazole-containing herbicide
registered for use for outdoor general weed control to non-agricultural
rights-of-way, industrial and construction sites, fencerows, and other
uncultivated areas. Tolerances are not currently established for
amitrole as there are no registered food or feed uses. There are no
residential uses currently registered for amitrole. The registration
review process for amitrole began in June 2011, with the issuance of
the Preliminary Work Plan for Registration Review in the docket EPA-HQ-
OPP-2011-0105 for a 60-day public comment period. The Amitrole Final
Work Plan for Registration Review was completed and placed in the
docket in December 2011, and the registration review data-call-in was
issued in November 2012. Nufarm SA is the only current registrant of
amitrole products. In a letter to EPA, dated May 30, 2013, Nufarm SA
requested voluntary cancellation of the amitrole technical product (EPA
Registration No. 33688-5) and the two remaining amitrole end-use
products (EPA Registration Nos. 33688-6 and 33688-10). These are the
last three amitrole products registered for use in the United States.
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw
their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register
canceling all of the affected registrations listed in Table 1 of this
unit.
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Table 1--Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Product name Chemical name
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000100-00736...................... Banner GL............................ Propiconazole.
000100-00737...................... Tilt Gel Fungicide................... Propiconazole.
000400-00587...................... Technical Orthosulfamuron............ Orthosulfamuron.
000400-00588...................... Percutio GR.......................... Orthosulfamuron.
000400-00589...................... Percutio WG.......................... Orthosulfamuron.
000400-00590...................... Percutio XT.......................... Orthosulfamuron.
012455-00134...................... Technical Hydramethylnon............. Hydramethylnon.
033688-00005...................... Technical Amitrole................... Amitrole.
033688-00006...................... Maxata Brand Industrial Herbicide.... Amitrole.
033688-00010...................... Maxata Water Soluble Granules........ Amitrole.
062190-00008...................... Wolman Concentrate 72%............... Arsenic Oxide (As2O5), Chromic Acid,
Cupric Oxide.
CA-100005......................... Terad 3 Ag Pellets................... 9,10-Secocholesta-5,7,10(19)-trien-3-
ol, (3 beta.,5Z,7E)-.
NC-090005......................... Milestone VM......................... Triisoprpoanolamine salt of
aminopyralid.
NC-100004......................... Milestone VM......................... Triisoprpoanolamine salt of
aminopyralid.
WA-980019......................... Agri-Mek 0.15 EC, Miticide/ Abamectin.
Insecticide.
WI-110003......................... Lorsban 15G.......................... Chlorpyrifos.
WI-110005......................... Spartan 4F........................... Sulfentrazone.
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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 in this unit.
Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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100 WA-980019..................... Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410
Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
400............................... Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson
Road, Middlebury, CT 06749.
12455, CA-100005.................. Bell Laboratories, Inc., 3699
Kinsman Blvd., Madison, WI 53704.
33688............................. Nufarm SA, Agent: Nufarm Americas,
Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Parkway,
Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
62190............................. Arch Wood Protection, Inc., 5660 New
Northside Drive NW., Suite 1100,
Atlanta, GA 30328.
NC-090005, NC-100004, WI-110003... Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Rd, 308/2E,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
WI-110005......................... FMC Corp., Agricultural Products
Group, ATTN: Michael C. Zucker,
1735 Market St., Room 1978,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
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III. 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. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request,
EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal
Register.
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, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) 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, or
2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The registrants in Table 2 of Unit II. have not requested that EPA
waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 180-
day comment period on the proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation
should submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 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.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
cancellation action, because the Agency has identified no significant
potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon
cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA
anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks
of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation
Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants will be
prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in
Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17
or for proper disposal persons other than the registrants will
generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until
such stocks are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or
use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling
on, or that accompanied, the canceled products.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
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Dated: August 21, 2013.
Linda Arrington,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-21021 Filed 8-27-13; 8:45 am]
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