[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43244-43246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21168]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-340101; FRL 5390-1]


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DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn, the Agency will approve these use 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 November 19, 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 No. 2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5761.

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

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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 17 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 
November 19, 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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000070-00227........  Rigo's Best Dipel Dust        Bacillus thuringiensis       Tobacco, safflower, sugar      
                                                     subsp. kurstaki              beets, cotton                 
                                                                                                                
000100-00473........  Evik 80W Herbicide            Ametryn                      Sweet corn                     
                                                                                                                
000228-00105........  Methoxychlor Emulsifiable     Methoxychlor                 Beaches, cranberries, grain    
                       Concentrate                                                storage bins, public parks,   
                                                                                  standing water, overlarge land
                                                                                  areas, aerial applications    
                                                                                                                
000239-02421........  ORTHO Outdoor Insect Fogger   2-Hydroxyethyl Octyl         Picnic areas                   
                                                     sulfide; Resmethrin                                        
                                                                                                                
000499-00450........  ULD BP-300 Insecticide        N-Octyl bicycloheptene       Mushroom houses, mushroom      
                                                     dicarboximide; Piperonyl     production                    
                                                     butoxide; Pyrethrins                                       
                                                                                                                
000499-00452........   ULD BP-100 Insecticide       N-Octyl bicycloheptene       Mushroom houses, mushroom      
                                                     dicarboximide; Piperonyl     production                    
                                                     butoxide; Pyrethrins                                       
                                                                                                                
000499-00453........  ULD BP-50 Insecticide         Piperonyl butoxide;          Mushroom houses, mushroom      
                                                     Pyrethrins                   production                    
                                                                                                                
000499-00458........  ULD BP-5025 Insecticide       Piperonyl butoxide;          Mushroom houses, mushroom      
                                                     production Pyrethrins                                      
                                                                                                                
002217-00383........  Sevin Dust 5%                 Carbaryl                     Use on pets                    
                                                                                                                
002217-00572........  Gordon's Sevin Dust - A       Carbaryl                     Use on pets                    
                       Multipurpose Insecticide                                                                 
                                                                                                                
003125-00404........  DYLOX Technical Insecticide   Trichlorfon                  Livestock use                  
                                                                                                                
005440-00117........  Cardinal Food Plant           Piperonyl butoxide           Mushroom production &          
                       Concentrated Foggin                                        processing                    
                       Insecticide                                                                              
                                                                                                                
008660-00068........  Ferbam Fungicide              Ferbam                       Apricot, blueberries, currant, 
                                                                                  dates, gooseberries, plums    
                                                                                  prunes, quince                
                                                                                                                
034704-00157........  Sevin 10 Dust                 Carbaryl                     Pet uses                       
                                                                                                                
034704-00525........  5% Sevin Insect Dust          Carbaryl                     Pet uses                       
                                                                                                                
033955-00462........  Acme Sevic 5% Dura Dust       Carbaryl                     Pet uses                       
                                                                                                                
051036-00129........  Malathion Tech                Malathion                    Ornamental lawns and turf,     
                                                                                  outdoor domestic dwellings,   
                                                                                  wide area and general outdoor 
                                                                                  treatment for flying insects, 
                                                                                  around commercial and         
                                                                                  industrial buildings, around  
                                                                                  agricultural buildings        
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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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000070..  Wilbur-Ellis Co., P.O. Box 16458, Fresno, CA 93755.           
                                                                        
000100..  Ciba Geigy Corporation, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419. 
                                                                        
000228..  Riverdale Chemical Co., 425 West 194th Street, Glenwood, IL   
           60425.                                                       
                                                                        
000239..  The SOLARIS Group of Monsanto Co., P.O. Box 5006, San Ramon,  
           CA 94583.                                                    
                                                                        
000499..  Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories Inc., 3568 Tree Ct   
           Industrial Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63122.                       
                                                                        
002217..  PBI/Gordon Corp. c/o James Armbruster, P.O. Box 014090, Kansas
           City, MO 64101.                                              
                                                                        
003125..  Bayer Corporation, P.O. Box 4913, 8400 Hawthorn Rd., Kansas   
           City, MO 64120.                                              
                                                                        

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005440..  Cardinal Chemical Co., 1233 E. Beamer Street, Suite G,        
           Woodland, CA 95776.                                          
                                                                        
008660..  Pursell Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 450, Sylacauga, AL 35150.  
                                                                        
033955..  PBI/Gordon Corp. c/o James Armbruster, P.O. Box 014090, Kansas
           City, MO 64101.                                              
                                                                        
034704..  Platte Chemnical Co., P.O. Box 667, Greeley, CO 80632.        
                                                                        
051036..  Micro Flo Co., P.O. Box 5948, Lakeland, FL 33807.             
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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: August 1, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-21168 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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