Methomyl; Cancellation Order for Amendments to Terminate Uses, 7584-7586 [2015-02706]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7584-7586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02706]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0751; FRL-9922-14]


Methomyl; 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 products containing methomyl, pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a November 5, 2014, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to 
voluntarily amend certain methomyl product registrations to terminate 
uses of barley, oats, and rye from these product registrations. These 
are not the last products containing this pesticide registered for use 
in the United States. In the November 5, 2014, 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. 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 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 amendments are effective March 18, 2015.

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; email 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

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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-2010-0751, 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), West William Jefferson Clinton 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 amendments to delete uses, as requested 
by registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration 
number in Table 1 of this unit.

                        Table 1--Methomyl Product Registration Amendments To Delete Uses
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            EPA registration No.                      Product name                       Uses deleted
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352-342....................................  Dupont Lannate SP Insecticide.  Barley, Oats, Rye.
352-361....................................  Dupont Methomyl Composition...  Barley, Oats, Rye.
352-366....................................  Dupont Methomyl Technical.....  Barley, Oats, Rye.
352-384....................................  Dupont Lannate LV Insecticide.  Barley, Oats, Rye.
400-597....................................  Annihilate LV.................  Barley, Oats, Rye.
400-598....................................  Annihilate SP.................  Barley, Oats, Rye.
70552-2....................................  Methomyl Technical............  Barley, Oats, Rye.
81598-9....................................  Rotam Methomyl Technical......  Barley, Oats, Rye.
82557-2....................................  Methomyl 29% SL Insecticide...  Barley, Oats, Rye.
82557-3....................................  Methomyl 90% SP...............  Barley, Oats, Rye.
83100-27...................................  Rotam Methomyl 29LV             Barley, Oats, Rye.
                                              Insecticide.
83100-28...................................  Rotam Methomyl 90SP             Barley, Oats, Rye.
                                              Insecticide.
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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 Amended Products
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     EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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352......................  E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1007
                            Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898-0001.
400......................  Macdermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., c/o
                            Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson Road,
                            Middlebury, CT 06749,
70552....................  Sinon Corporation, c/o Biologic, Inc., 115
                            Obtuse Hill Road, Brookfield, CT 06804.
81598....................  Rotam Limited, c/o Wagner Regulatory
                            Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, 7217
                            Lancaster Pike, Suite A, Hockessin, DE
                            19707.
82557....................  Sinon USA, Inc., c/o Biologic, Inc., 115
                            Obtuse Hill Road, Brookfield, CT 06804.
83100....................  Rotam Agrochemical Company, Ltd., c/o Wagner
                            Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640,
                            7217 Lancaster Pike, Suite A, Hockessin, DE
                            19707.
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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 November 5, 2014, Federal Register notice (79 FR 
65656) (FRL-9918-46) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests 
for voluntary amendments to delete uses of products listed in Table 1 
of Unit II.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA hereby 
approves the requested amendments to terminate uses of methomyl 
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 March 18, 2015. 
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 (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) 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 in the Federal Register of 
November 5, 2014. The comment period closed on December 5, 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 
action. The existing stocks provisions for the products subject to this 
order is as follows.

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    Now that EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested 
amendments to delete uses, registrants are permitted to sell or 
distribute products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. under the previously 
approved labeling for a period of 18 months after publication of the 
cancellation order in this Federal Register, unless other restrictions 
have been imposed. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from 
selling or distributing the products whose labels include the deleted 
uses identified in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent 
with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of products whose labels include the deleted uses until 
supplies are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or use 
is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or 
that accompanied, the deleted uses.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 26, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-02706 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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