Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses, 27882-27884 [2023-09393]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0223; FRL–10923–01–
OCSPP]
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To
Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
and Amend Registrations To Terminate
Certain Uses
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 their
registrations of certain products
containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos, or
to amend their chlorpyrifos registrations
to terminate one or more uses. 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, or the registrant
withdraws their request. If these
requests are granted, any sale,
distribution, or use of products listed in
this notice will be permitted after the
registrations have been cancelled or the
SUMMARY:
uses terminated 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 June 2, 2023, whichever occurs
later.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified under docket identification
(ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0223,
is available online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Additional
instructions on visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets. For the latest
status information on EPA/DC services
and docket access, visit https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (202) 566–0700; email address:
OPPChlorpyrifosInquiries@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 https://
www.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/wheresend-comments-epa-dockets.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the
Agency of requests from registrants to
cancel certain pesticide product
registrations or terminate certain uses of
product registrations. These affected
registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of
this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes
the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in
Tables 1 and 2 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 Tables 1 and 2 of this Unit.
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 a final order in the
Federal Register cancelling registrations
and terminating uses as requested.
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TABLE 1—CHLORPYRIFOS REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR TERMINATION OF SPECIFIC USES
Registration No.
Company No.
11678–58 ..........
11678
66222–19 ..........
66222–233 ........
66222
66222
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Product name
Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos Insecticide.
Chlorpyrifos 4E AG ..........
Vulcan ..............................
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Uses to be terminated
Food processing plants.
Food processing and food manufacturing sites.
Food processing and food manufacturing sites.
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TABLE 1—CHLORPYRIFOS REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR TERMINATION OF SPECIFIC USES—Continued
Registration No.
Company No.
85724–10 ..........
85724
Product name
Uses to be terminated
Akofos 48 EC ...................
Food uses: Alfalfa, apple (including apple tree trunk), asparagus, cherries, citrus fruits (calamondin, chironja, citrus citron, citrus hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat, lemons, limes, mandarin (tangerine), oranges, pummelo, Satsuma
mandarin, tangelo, tangor, and other citrus fruit, small transplanted grapefruit, orange, and other citrus trees), corn, cotton, cranberries, figs, grapes,
legume vegetables (legume vegetables including adzuki bean, asparagus
bean, bean, blackeyed pea, broad bean (dry and succulent), catjang,
chickpea, Chinese longbean, cowpea, crowder pea, dwarf pea, edible pod
pea, English pea, fava bean, field bean, field pea, garbanzo bean, garden
pea, grain lupin, green pea, guar, hyacinth bean, jackbean, kidney bean,
lablab bean, lentil, lima bean, moth bean, mung bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon pea, pinto bean, rice bean, runner bean, snap bean, snow pea, English
pea, southern pea, sugar snap pea, sweet lupin, sword bean, tepary bean,
urd bean, wax bean, white lupin, white sweet lupin, yardlong bean), mint
(peppermint and spearmint), nectarines, peaches, almonds, onions, peanuts,
pears, sorghum grain (milo), soybeans, strawberries, sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tree fruits (apples, pears, plums, prunes, peaches,
nectarines), tree nuts (almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts), vegetables (rutabaga, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage,
collards, kale, kohlrabi, turnips, radishes), wheat, and food processing plants.
Nonfood uses: Tobacco.
TABLE 2—CHLORPYRIFOS PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION
EPA registration
No.
Product name
Company
228–620 .............
228–621 .............
228–624 .............
228–625 .............
53883–394 .........
53883–407 .........
84229–25 ...........
84229–26 ...........
Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2.32% G Insecticide .....................
Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 1.0% MCB Insecticide ..................
Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 4 Insecticide .................................
Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2 Insecticide .................................
CSI 16–150 Chlorpyrifos 42 ...................................................
CSI 16–149 Chlorpyrifos 20 ...................................................
Chlorpyrifos 4E AG ................................................................
Chlorpyrifos 15G ....................................................................
NuFarm Americas, Inc ...........................
NuFarm Americas, Inc ...........................
NuFarm Americas, Inc ...........................
NuFarm Americas, Inc ...........................
Control Solutions, Inc .............................
Control Solutions, Inc .............................
Tide International USA, Inc ....................
Tide International USA, Inc ....................
Active ingredients
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos.
TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION OF USES
EPA company
No.
228 ....................
11678 ................
53883 ................
66222 ................
84229 ................
85724 ................
Company name and address
NuFarm, 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red Bluffs Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507.
ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
Tide International USA, Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA
98332.
AAKO B.V., c/o Ceres International, LLC, 1087 Heartsease Dr., West Chester, PA 19382.
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III. What is the Agency’s authority for
taking these actions?
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 cancelled or amended to
terminate one or more registered 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
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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 registrant requests 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 3 of Unit II
have requested that EPA waive the 180day comment period. Accordingly, EPA
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will provide a 30-day comment period
on the proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of
Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a
request for cancellation or withdraw a
request for a use termination 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.
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V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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.
If the requests for voluntary
cancellation and amendments to
terminate uses are granted, the Agency
intends to publish a final cancellation
order in the Federal Register. In any
order issued in response to these
requests for cancellation of product
registrations and for amendments to
terminate uses, EPA proposes to include
the following provisions for the
treatment of any existing stocks of the
products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit
II.
All chlorpyrifos tolerances expired in
the Federal Register on February 28,
2022 (87 FR 11222) (FRL–5993–05–
OCSPP) and in the Federal Register on
August 31, 2022 (86 FR 48315) (FRL–
5993–04–OCSPP). Therefore, any food
or animal feed treated with chlorpyrifos
after February 28, 2022, is considered
adulterated and cannot be delivered into
interstate commerce. Consequently, EPA
plans to prohibit existing stocks of
chlorpyrifos products identified in
Tables 1 and 2 of Unit 2 for food uses.
Use of the products identified in Tables
1 and 2 of Unit II are permitted on nonfood use sites, as long as such use is
consistent with the label. EPA proposes
prohibiting all sale and distribution of
existing stocks of the chlorpyrifos
products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of
Unit II, except for export consistent with
FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for
proper disposal in accordance with state
regulations. In addition, EPA is working
with Control Solutions, Inc. to develop
plans for the return of existing stocks of
their chlorpyrifos products. EPA will
include in the final cancellation order
terms allowing for distribution
consistent with that return program.
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
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Environmental protection, Pesticide
and pests, Cancellation.
Dated: April 28, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Public Meeting of the Science Advisory
Board CASTNet Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office a public meeting of
the Science Advisory Board CASTNet
Review Panel. The purpose of the public
meeting is to receive briefings from EPA
on the CASTNet monitoring network,
hear public comments, ask any
clarifying questions, and deliberate
publicly on charge questions regarding
the Panel’s review of the network and a
report from EPA’s Office of Air and
Radiation. Additional information,
materials, background, meeting agendas,
and activities will be posted on SAB’s
website at: https://sab.epa.gov.
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Public Meetings: The Science
Advisory Board CASTNet Review Panel
will hold a three-day meeting on the
following dates. All times listed are in
eastern daylight time (EDT).
1. Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 12:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2. Thursday, May 25, 2023, from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
3. Friday, May 26, 2023, from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m.
Public Comments: See the section
titled ‘‘Procedures for Providing Public
Input’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY
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The public meeting will be
held at AC Hotel by Marriott Bethesda
Downtown at 4646 Montgomery Ave.,
Bethesda, MD 20814. Please refer to the
SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov for
details on how to access the meeting,
including requesting teleconference or
obtaining online simulcasting
information.
ADDRESSES:
Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning this notice may
contact Dr. Bryan Bloomer, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone
(202) 564–4222, or email at
bloomer.bryan@epa.gov. General
information about the SAB, as well as
any updates concerning the meetings
announced in this notice can be found
on the SAB website at https://
sab.epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established
pursuant to the Environmental
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Research, Development, and
Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the EPA
Administrator on the scientific and
technical basis for agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA
and EPA policy, notice is hereby given
that the Science Advisory Board
CASTNet Review Panel will hold a
public meeting to receive a presentation
of review materials, on the charge
questions, to receive public comments,
and to deliberate upon the charge
questions regarding the CASTNet
monitoring network.
Availability of Meeting Materials: All
meeting materials, including the agenda,
will be available on the SAB web page
at https://sab.epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
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Members of the public can submit
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provides specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for the SAB to
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accuracy of the technical information.
Members of the public wishing to
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individuals or groups requesting an oral
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will be limited to five minutes. Each
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consider providing written comments as
well as their oral statement so that the
points presented orally can be expanded
upon in writing. Persons interested in
providing oral statements should
contact the DFO, in writing (preferably
via email) at the contact information
noted above by May 19, 2023, to be
placed on the list of registered speakers
and to have the written comments
posted publicly for consideration on the
SAB website.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10923-01-OCSPP]
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses
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 their registrations of certain
products containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos, or to amend their
chlorpyrifos registrations to terminate one or more uses. 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, or the
registrant withdraws their request. If these requests are granted, any
sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be
permitted after the registrations have been cancelled or the uses
terminated 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 June 2, 2023, whichever
occurs later.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, is available online at
https://www.regulations.gov. Additional instructions on visiting the
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. For the latest status
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0700; email address:
[email protected].
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
https://www.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/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel certain pesticide product registrations or
terminate certain uses of product registrations. These affected
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1
and 2 of this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes the names and
addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in
Tables 1 and 2 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 Tables 1 and 2 of this Unit.
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 a final order in the Federal
Register cancelling registrations and terminating uses as requested.
Table 1--Chlorpyrifos Registrations With Pending Requests for Termination of Specific Uses
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Uses to be terminated
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11678-58..................... 11678 Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos Food processing plants.
Insecticide.
66222-19..................... 66222 Chlorpyrifos 4E AG...... Food processing and food manufacturing
sites.
66222-233.................... 66222 Vulcan.................. Food processing and food manufacturing
sites.
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85724-10..................... 85724 Akofos 48 EC............ Food uses: Alfalfa, apple (including
apple tree trunk), asparagus,
cherries, citrus fruits (calamondin,
chironja, citrus citron, citrus
hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat, lemons,
limes, mandarin (tangerine), oranges,
pummelo, Satsuma mandarin, tangelo,
tangor, and other citrus fruit, small
transplanted grapefruit, orange, and
other citrus trees), corn, cotton,
cranberries, figs, grapes, legume
vegetables (legume vegetables
including adzuki bean, asparagus bean,
bean, blackeyed pea, broad bean (dry
and succulent), catjang, chickpea,
Chinese longbean, cowpea, crowder pea,
dwarf pea, edible pod pea, English
pea, fava bean, field bean, field pea,
garbanzo bean, garden pea, grain
lupin, green pea, guar, hyacinth bean,
jackbean, kidney bean, lablab bean,
lentil, lima bean, moth bean, mung
bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon pea,
pinto bean, rice bean, runner bean,
snap bean, snow pea, English pea,
southern pea, sugar snap pea, sweet
lupin, sword bean, tepary bean, urd
bean, wax bean, white lupin, white
sweet lupin, yardlong bean), mint
(peppermint and spearmint),
nectarines, peaches, almonds, onions,
peanuts, pears, sorghum grain (milo),
soybeans, strawberries, sugar beets,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tree
fruits (apples, pears, plums, prunes,
peaches, nectarines), tree nuts
(almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts),
vegetables (rutabaga, broccoli,
Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower,
Chinese cabbage, collards, kale,
kohlrabi, turnips, radishes), wheat,
and food processing plants.
Nonfood uses: Tobacco.
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Table 2--Chlorpyrifos Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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EPA registration No. Product name Company Active ingredients
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228-620................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2.32% G NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-621................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 1.0% MCB NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-624................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 4 NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-625................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2 NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
53883-394................. CSI 16-150 Chlorpyrifos 42......... Control Solutions, Inc... Chlorpyrifos.
53883-407................. CSI 16-149 Chlorpyrifos 20......... Control Solutions, Inc... Chlorpyrifos.
84229-25.................. Chlorpyrifos 4E AG................. Tide International USA, Chlorpyrifos.
Inc.
84229-26.................. Chlorpyrifos 15G................... Tide International USA, Chlorpyrifos.
Inc.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation or Termination of
Uses
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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228...................... NuFarm, 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101,
Morrisville, NC 27560.
11678.................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
53883.................... Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red
Bluffs Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507.
66222.................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
84229.................... Tide International USA, Inc., Agent Name:
Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110
136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
85724.................... AAKO B.V., c/o Ceres International, LLC, 1087
Heartsease Dr., West Chester, PA 19382.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking these actions?
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 cancelled or amended to terminate one or
more registered 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 registrant requests 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 3 of Unit II 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 Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation or
withdraw a request for a use termination 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.
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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.
If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish a final
cancellation order in the Federal Register. In any order issued in
response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations
and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the
following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the
products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
All chlorpyrifos tolerances expired in the Federal Register on
February 28, 2022 (87 FR 11222) (FRL-5993-05-OCSPP) and in the Federal
Register on August 31, 2022 (86 FR 48315) (FRL-5993-04-OCSPP).
Therefore, any food or animal feed treated with chlorpyrifos after
February 28, 2022, is considered adulterated and cannot be delivered
into interstate commerce. Consequently, EPA plans to prohibit existing
stocks of chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit 2
for food uses. Use of the products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit
II are permitted on non-food use sites, as long as such use is
consistent with the label. EPA proposes prohibiting all sale and
distribution of existing stocks of the chlorpyrifos products identified
in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA
section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal in accordance with
state regulations. In addition, EPA is working with Control Solutions,
Inc. to develop plans for the return of existing stocks of their
chlorpyrifos products. EPA will include in the final cancellation order
terms allowing for distribution consistent with that return program.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Pesticide and pests, Cancellation.
Dated: April 28, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-09393 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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