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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
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determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
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any groups or segments of the
population who, as a result of their
location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or
disproportionately high and adverse
human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticide
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the
discretion of the EPA Administrator, a
Federal or State agency may be
exempted from any provision of FIFRA
if the EPA Administrator determines
that emergency conditions exist which
require the exemption. Maryland
Department of Agriculture has requested
the EPA Administrator to issue a
quarantine exemption for the use of
potassium chloride (CAS No. 7447–40–
7) in Hyde’s Quarry in Carroll County,
Maryland, to control zebra mussels.
Information in accordance with 40 CFR
part 166 was submitted as part of this
request.
As part of this request, the Applicant
asserts that zebra mussels need to be
eradicated in this body of water to
prevent the establishment and spread of
this aquatic invasive species. The
mussels have a variety of detrimental
environmental, economic, and
recreational impacts. Without treatment
it is likely that the mussels will
establish a reproducing, self-sustaining
population, which would, in turn, serve
as another source population and
possibly contribute to the infestation of
other aquatic areas. The Applicant states
that the requested chemical provides the
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best efficacy for the desired result with
the best economic and environmental
feasibility and least impact to human
health and the environment.
The Applicant proposes to treat
Hyde’s Quarry in Carroll County,
Maryland, containing an estimated 110–
115 million gallons of water. The
Applicant proposes to use a 20%
potassium chloride solution mixed from
muriate of potash and water.
Applications will be made from a boat
using a specially designed diffuser
assembly to obtain a quarry-wide
concentration of 100 parts per million
over a period of approximately 14 days.
This equates to approximately 8,140
gallons of stock solution introduced
daily for the anticipated introduction of
approximately 114,000 gallons over the
14-day treatment period. It is
anticipated that only one application
will be made, but up to four may be
made if needed.
This notice does not constitute a
decision by EPA on the application
itself. The regulations governing FIFRA
section 18 require publication of a
notice of receipt of an application for a
quarantine exemption proposing use of
a new chemical (i.e., an active
ingredient) which has not been
registered by EPA for use as a pesticide.
The notice provides an opportunity for
public comment on the application.
The Agency will review and consider
all comments received during the
comment period in determining
whether to issue the quarantine
exemption requested by the Maryland
Department of Agriculture.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: March 15, 2019.
Daniel Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office
of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019–05664 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0091; FRL–9990–87]
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. EPA intends to
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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 the products listed in this notice
will be permitted after the registrations
have been cancelled 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 April 24, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0091, 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: Information Technology and
Resources Management Division
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
• 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.html.
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:
Christopher Green, Information
Technology and Resources Management
Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 347–0367; email address:
green.christopher@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. 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 preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of requests from registrants to cancel
certain pesticide product registrations.
The affected products and the
registrants making the requests are
identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the
registrant or if the Agency determines
that there are substantive comments that
warrant further review of this requests,
EPA intends to issue an order canceling
the affected registrations.
TABLE 1—PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION
Registration No.
Company No.
Product name
Active ingredients
100–1341 .................
100–1346 .................
100–1399 .................
100
100
100
Meridian 0.20G ............................................
Meridian 0.14G ............................................
Avicta Complete Corn 500 ..........................
100–1426 .................
100
THX_MXM_FDL_TBZ FS ............................
100–1449 .................
100–1450 .................
100
100
Adage Deluxe ..............................................
Adage Premier ............................................
264–1125 .................
59639–164 ...............
59639–176 ...............
59639–187 ...............
59639–214 ...............
72155–95 .................
264
59639
59639
59639
59639
72155
Emesto Quantum ........................................
V–10170 0.25 G GL Insecticide ..................
Inovate Seed Protectant ..............................
Inovate Neutral Seed Protectant .................
Aloft GC G Insecticide .................................
Flower, Rose & Shrub Care III ....................
Table 2 of this unit includes the
names and addresses of record for the
registrants of the products listed in
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Thiamethoxam.
Thiamethoxam.
Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil; Thiabendazole;
Abamectin & Thiamethoxam.
Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil &
Thiabendazole.
Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil & Azoxystrobin.
Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil; Azoxystrobin &
Thiabendazole.
Clothianidin & Penflufen.
Clothianidin.
Clothianidin; Metalaxyl & Ipconazole.
Clothianidin; Metalaxyl & Ipconazole.
Bifenthrin & Clothianidin.
Clothianidin & Imidacloprid.
Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA
company number. This number
corresponds to the first part of the EPA
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listed in Table 1 of this unit.
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TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATIONS
EPA Company No.
Company name and address
100 ...........................
264 ...........................
59639 .......................
72155 .......................
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–8300.
Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Valent U.S.A., LLC, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596–8025.
Bayer Advanced, Business Unit of Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709.
III. 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.
Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C.
136d(f)(1)(B)) 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) (7 U.S.C. 136d(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 have requested that
EPA waive the 180-day comment
period.
Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30day comment period on the proposed
requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of
Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a
request for product cancellation should
submit the 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
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the action. If the requests for voluntary
cancellation are granted, the Agency
intends to publish the cancellation
order in the Federal Register.
In any order issued in response to
these requests for cancellation of
product registrations, EPA proposes to
include the following provisions for the
treatment of any existing stocks of the
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
For voluntary product cancellations,
registrants will be permitted to sell and
distribute existing stocks of voluntarily
canceled products for 1 year after the
effective date of the cancellation, which
will be the date of publication of the
cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be
prohibited from selling or distributing
the products identified in Table 1 of
Unit II, except for export consistent with
FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for
proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may
sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of
canceled products 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
canceled products.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: March 13, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019–05667 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am]
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ACTION: Notice and request for
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As part of its continuing effort
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
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Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091; FRL-9990-87]
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.
EPA intends to
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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 the products listed in this
notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled
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 April 24, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091, 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: Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
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.html.
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: Christopher Green, Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367;
email address: green.christopher@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. 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 preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel certain pesticide product registrations. The affected
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in
Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of this requests, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the
affected registrations.
Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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100-1341............................ 100 Meridian 0.20G............ Thiamethoxam.
100-1346............................ 100 Meridian 0.14G............ Thiamethoxam.
100-1399............................ 100 Avicta Complete Corn 500.. Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil; Thiabendazole;
Abamectin & Thiamethoxam.
100-1426............................ 100 THX_MXM_FDL_TBZ FS........ Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil & Thiabendazole.
100-1449............................ 100 Adage Deluxe.............. Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil & Azoxystrobin.
100-1450............................ 100 Adage Premier............. Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil; Azoxystrobin &
Thiabendazole.
264-1125............................ 264 Emesto Quantum............ Clothianidin & Penflufen.
59639-164........................... 59639 V-10170 0.25 G GL Clothianidin.
Insecticide.
59639-176........................... 59639 Inovate Seed Protectant... Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
Ipconazole.
59639-187........................... 59639 Inovate Neutral Seed Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
Protectant. Ipconazole.
59639-214........................... 59639 Aloft GC G Insecticide.... Bifenthrin & Clothianidin.
72155-95............................ 72155 Flower, Rose & Shrub Care Clothianidin & Imidacloprid.
III.
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed 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.
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Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellations
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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100.............................. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-
8300.
264.............................. Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
59639............................ Valent U.S.A., LLC, 1600 Riviera
Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA
94596-8025.
72155............................ Bayer Advanced, Business Unit of
Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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III. 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.
Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) 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)
(7 U.S.C. 136d(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 have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment
period.
Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation should submit the 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
action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation are granted, the
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation
of product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following
provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
For voluntary product cancellations, registrants will be permitted
to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products
for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be
the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for
export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper
disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products 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
canceled products.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: March 13, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-05667 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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