Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations, 20199-20200 [2014-08206]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20199-20200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08206]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014; FRL-9908-31]


Product 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 
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows an August 28, 2013, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II., to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the August 28, 2013 
notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within 
the 180 day comment period that would merit its further review of these 
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency 
received one comment on the notice but it did not merit its further 
review of the request. 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.

DATES: The cancellations are effective April 11, 2014.

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. Since others also may be interested, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The 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 OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information 
about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by 
registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3. These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 
of this unit.

                     Table 1--Product Cancellations
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  EPA Registration  number        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          Amitrole.
                               Industrial
                               Herbicide.
033688-00010................  Maxata Water Soluble  Amitrole.
                               Granules.
062190-00008................  Wolman Concentrate    Arsenic Oxide
                               72%.                  (As2O5), Chromic
                                                     Acid, Cupric Oxide.
CA-100005...................  Terad3 Ag Pellets...  Cholecalciferol (9,
                                                     10-Secocholesta-
                                                     5,7,10(19)-trien-3-
                                                     ol, (3 beta.,
                                                     5Z,7E)-).
NC-090005...................  Milestone VM........  Triisopropanolamine
                                                     salt of
                                                     aminopyralid.
NC-100004...................  Milestone VM........  Triisopropanolamine
                                                     salt of
                                                     aminopyralid.
WA-980019...................  Agri-Mek 0.15EC       Abamectin.
                               Miticide/
                               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 Table 1 of this 
unit.

               Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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           EPA Company number                Company name and address
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100 WA-980019..........................  Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,
                                          410 Swing Rd., P.O. Box 18300
                                          Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.

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400....................................  Chemtura Corporation 199 Benson
                                          Rd., 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 Dr. 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. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period, EPA received one comment. The 
Agency does not believe that the comment submitted during the comment 
period merits further review or a denial of the request for voluntary 
cancellation.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of the 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 cancelled. The effective date of 
the cancellations that are the subject of this notice is April 11, 
2014. 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 cancelled 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 in the Federal Register issue of August 28, 2013 (78 FR 53141) 
(FRL-9396-4). The comment period closed on February 24, 2014.

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 existing stocks provisions for the products 
subject to this order are as follows.
    The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until April 13, 2015, which 
is 1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the 
Federal Register. 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 proper disposal. 
Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., until 
existing 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 cancelled products.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: April 3, 2014.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-08206 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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