[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7509-7512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4027]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34087; FRL 4994-8]


Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in 
Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete 
uses in certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn, the Agency will approve these use 
deletions and the deletions will become effective on May 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: James A. Hollins, Office of 
Pesticide Programs (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location for commercial courier 
delivery and telephone number: Room 216, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5761; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    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 amended to delete one or more uses. The Act further provides that, 
before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of 
any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the Administrator 
may approve such a request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to delete uses in the 42 pesticide registrations listed in 
the following Table 1. These registrations are listed by registration 
number, product names, active ingredients and the specific uses 
deleted. Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or 
sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before May 
28, 

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1996 to discuss withdrawal of the applications for amendment. This 90-
day period will also permit interested members of the public to 
intercede with registrants prior to the Agency approval of the 
deletion.


    Table 1. -- Registrations with Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations    
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   EPA Reg No.             Product Name                Active Ingredient               Delete From Label        
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000299-00044....  Martin's Cube Powder           Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                                                                                                                
000432-00558....  SBP-1382 Liquid Insecticide    Resmethrin                    Thermal application outdoors     
                   0.5% Formula I                                                                               
                                                                                                                
000432-00634....  Respond w/SBP-1382 Liquid      Resmethrin                    Thermal application outdoors     
                   Insecticide Spray 0.5%                                                                       
                   Formula III                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
000432-00638....  SBP-1382 Oil Base Insecticide  Resmethrin                    Thermal application outdoors     
                   0.20% Formula III                                                                            
                                                                                                                
000572-00315....  Rockland Rotenone-Pyrethrum    Pyrethrins                    Fruit & vegetable uses           
                   Insecticide                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
000655-00741....  Prentox Methoxychlor 50W       Methoxychlor                  Agricultural crops, elevator     
                                                                                tunnels, parks, beaches, public 
                                                                                areas, field & forage crops,    
                                                                                mushroom houses, cranberries,   
                                                                                grain storage bins, gallery     
                                                                                floors, headhouse, standing     
                                                                                water, acreage, pet bedding     
                                                                                                                
000655-00742....  Prentox 2 Lb. Methoxychlor     Methocychlor                  Forage crops, grain storage bins,
                   spray                                                        mosquito control, aircraft      
                                                                                spraying                        
                                                                                                                
000655-00745....  Prentox Methoxychlor 25%       Methoxychlor                  Forage crops, grain storage bins,
                   spray                                                        aircraft spraying               
                                                                                                                
000769-00651....  SMCP Methoxychlor 2E           Methoxychlor                  Grain storage bins               
                   Emulsifiable Concentrate                                                                     
                                                                                                                
000769-00855....  Pratt 1% Rotenone Dust         Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                                                                                                                
000769-00857....  Science Red Arrow Insect       Piperonyl butoxide            Terrestrial crop uses            
                   Spray                                                                                        
                                                                                                                
000769-00871....  Pratt 50W Methoxychlor for     Methoxychlor                  Mosquito control                 
                   Forest & Shade Trees                                                                         
                                                                                                                
000769-00903....  Science Garden Insect Spray    Methoxychlor                  Cranberries                      
                                                                                                                
000769-00904....  Science 1% Rotenone            Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                                                                                                                
000769-00914....  Science 50% Methoxychlor       Methoxychlor                  Cranberries                      
                   Wettable Powder                                                                              
                                                                                                                
000769-00947....  Pratt EC 2 Methoxychlor        Methoxychlor                  Area control of adult mosquitoes,
                   Insect Spray                                                 screen paint                    
                                                                                                                
000769-00955....  Pratt Methoxy-Diazinon 20-10   Methoxychlor                  Cranberries                      
                   EC                                                                                           
                                                                                                                
000869-00186....  Green Light Rotenone           Rotenone                      Vegetables & fruit uses          
                                                                                                                
002217-00628....  Methoxychlor 75 Dust           Methoxychlor                  Recreational areas, urban Base & 
                                                                                rural areas, agricultural       
                                                                                premise use for barns (including
                                                                                dairy barns), milk rooms, pens, 
                                                                                sheds, stalls, poultry houses,  
                                                                                stables, feed rooms & mature    
                                                                                piles, kennels, dog sleeping    
                                                                                quarters, cat sleeping quarters,
                                                                                food processing plants (edible &
                                                                                inedible), food processing      
                                                                                storage areas (including cereal 
                                                                                processing mills, cereal storage
                                                                                areas & flour mills),           
                                                                                mausoleums, mushroom house &    
                                                                                equipment treatment,            
                                                                                transportation vehicles, empty  
                                                                                peanut warehouses               
                                                                                                                
002217-00676....  Casoron 50W Dichlobenil        Dichlobenil                   Citrus, nuts other than filberts,
                   Herbicide                                                    figs, mango, alfalfa, avocado,  
                                                                                forestry uses, aquatic food uses
                                                                                (lakes/ponds/reservoirs),       
                                                                                drainage systems, sewage systems
                                                                                                                
002217-00679....  1 Acme Norosac 10G             Dichlobenil                   Citrus, nuts other that filberts,
                   Dichlobenil Herbicide                                        figs, mango, alfalfa, avocado,  
                                                                                forestry uses, aquatic food uses
                                                                                (lakes/ponds/reservoirs),       
                                                                                drainage systems, sewage systems
                                                                                                                
003125-00449....  DYLOX 80 SP Nursery            Trichlorfon                   Turf (sod farm) use              
                   Insecticide                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
003772-00032....  Garden Rotenone Dust           Rotenone                      All food uses                    
                                                                                                                
005440-00113....  Cardinal Food Plant 5-1        Piperonyl butoxide;           Mushroom production & processing 
                   Insecticide                    Pyrethrins                                                    
                                                                                                                
005440-00115....  Cardinal 25-5 Insecticide      Piperonyl butoxide;           Mushroom production & processing 
                                                  Pyrethrins                                                    
                                                                                                                
006458-00001....  Cube Powder                    Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                                                                                                                
006458-00005....  Cube Extract                   Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                                                                                                                
007501-00054....  Terraclor Super X 20-5 Dust w/ Pentachloronitrobenzene       Sugar beet use                   
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008590-00487....  Agway 25% Methoxychlor Spray   Methoxychlor                  Cranberries, mosquito control    
                                                                                (outdoors only), yards, patios, 
                                                                                picnic areas                    
                                                                                                                
011540-00001....  ULD BP-300 Insecticide         N-Octyl bicyclophep tene      Greenhouses & horticultural      
                                                  dicarboximide; Piperonyl      nurseries                       
                                                  butoxide; Pyrethrins                                          
                                                                                                                
011540-00009....  ULD BP-100 Insecticide         N-Octyl bicycloheptene        Greenhouses & horticultural      
                                                  dicarboximide; Piperonyl      nurseries                       
                                                  butoxide; Pyrethrins                                          
                                                                                                                
011540-00013....  ULD BP-50 Insecticide          Piperonyl butoxide;           Greenhouses & horticultural      
                                                  Pyrethrins                    nurseries                       
                                                                                                                
011715-00158....  Magic Guard with Rotenone &    Pyrethrins                    Terrestrial crop uses            
                   Pyrethrins                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
011715-00164....  Fire Ant Insecticide with      Rotenone                      Terrestrial crop uses            
                   Rotenone                                                                                     
                                                                                                                
019713-00027....  Drexel Methoxychlor Technical  Methoxychlor                  Agricultural premises, farm      
                                                                                buildings, grain storage bins,  
                                                                                mushroom houses, elevator       
                                                                                tunnels, gallery floors,        
                                                                                headhouse, peanut warehouses,   
                                                                                freight cars, grain trucks,     
                                                                                ships' holds, mosquito breeding 
                                                                                areas, alfalfa, cowpeas, forage 
                                                                                crops                           
                                                                                                                
019713-00032....  Drexel Methoxychlor 50 WP      Methoxychlor                  Grasses & legumes, farm          
                                                                                buildings, grain storage bins,  
                                                                                cranberries, field & forage     
                                                                                crops, farm bldgs, grain storage
                                                                                bins                            
                                                                                                                
019713-00034....  Drexel Methoxychlor 2EC        Methoxychlor                  Forage crops, agricultural       
                                                                                premises, farm buildings, grain 
                                                                                storage bins, alfalfa, cowpeas, 
                                                                                forage grasses, cranberries,    
                                                                                mosquito control                
                                                                                                                
019713-00118....  Drexel Methoxychlor 4L         Methoxychlor                  Farm buildings, mushroom houses, 
                                                                                grain storage bins, elevator    
                                                                                tunnels, gallery floor,         
                                                                                headhouse, peanut warehouses,   
                                                                                freight cars, grain trucks,     
                                                                                ships' hold, mosquito breeding  
                                                                                areas, forage & field crops,    
                                                                                peanuts, soybeans, contact &    
                                                                                space spray for flies           
                                                                                                                
028293-00014....  Unicorn Flea & Tick Powder     Methoxychlor                  Pet bedding use                  
                   for Dogs & Cats #3                                                                           
                                                                                                                
028293-00102....  Unicorn Flea & Tick Powder I   Methoxychlor                  Pet bedding use                  
                                                                                                                
034704-00738....  Casoron G-4 Herbicide          Dichlobenil                   Nectarines, peaches, plums,      
                                                                                prunes                          
                                                                                                                
067760-00002....  Cheminova Malathion-           Methoxychlor                  Mosquito control uses            
                   Methoxychlor Spray                                                                           
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    The following Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record 
for all registrants of the products in Table 1, in sequence by EPA 
company number.

 Table 2. -- Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations                        
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 Company                                                                
   No.                       Company Name and Address                   
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000299..  C.J. Martin Co., 606 West Main St., Nacogdoches, TX 75961.    
                                                                        
000432..  Agrevo Environmental Health, 95 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, 
           NJ 07645.                                                    
                                                                        
000572..  Rockland Corp., P.O. Box 809, West Caldwell, NJ 07006.        
                                                                        
000655..  Prentiss Incorporated, C.B. 2000 21 Vernon St., Floral Park,  
           NY 11001.                                                    
                                                                        
000769..  SureCo, Inc., 10012 N. Dale Mabry, Suite 221, Tampa, FL 33618.
                                                                        
000869..  Green Light Co., P.O. Box 17985, San Antonio, TX 78217.       
                                                                        
002217..  PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 W. 12th St., P.O. Box 4090, Kansas     
           City, MO 64101.                                              
                                                                        
003125..  Bayer Corp., P.O. Box 4913, 8400 Hawthorn Rd., Kansas City, MO
           64120.                                                       
                                                                        
003772..  Earl May Seed & Nursery Co., 208 N. Elm Street, Shenandoah, IA
           51603.                                                       
                                                                        
005440..  Cardinal Chemical Co., 1233 E. Beamer St., Suite G, Woodland, 
           CA 95776.                                                    
                                                                        
006458..  Foreign Domestic Chemical Corp., 95 Chestnut Ridge Road,      
           Montvale, NJ 07645.                                          
                                                                        
007501..  Gustafson, Inc., P.O. Box 660065, Dallas, TX 75266.           
                                                                        
008590..  Agway Inc., Agriculture Group, P.O. Box 4741, Syracuse, NY    
           13221.                                                       
                                                                        
011540..  Micro-Gen Equipment Corp., 10700 Sentinel Dr., San Antonio, TX
           78217.                                                       
                                                                        
 
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011715..  Speer Products, P.O. Box 18993, Memphis, TN 38181.            
                                                                        
019713..  Drexel Chemical Co., 1700 Channel Ave., P.O. Box 13327.       
           Memphis, TN 38113.                                           
                                                                        
028293..  Unicorn Laboratories, 13535 Feather Sound Drive, Suite 400,   
           Clearwater, FL 34622.                                        
                                                                        
034704..  Platte Chemical Co., 419 18th Street, P.O. Box 667, Greeley,  
           CO 80632.                                                    
                                                                        
067760..  Cheminova, Inc., Oak Hill Park, 1700 Route 23, Suite 210,     
           Wayne, NJ 07470.                                             
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III. Existing Stocks Provisions

    The Agency has authorized registrants to sell or distribute product 
under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 months after 
approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have been imposed, 
as in special review actions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product 
registrations.

Dated: February 1, 1996.

Frank Sanders,
Director, Program Management and Support Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-4027 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]

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