[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68260-68262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32974]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-340105; FRL 5577-9]
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DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn, the Agency will approve these use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 June 25, 1997.
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, CM#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 26 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
June 25, 1997 to discuss withdrawal of the applications for amendment.
This 180-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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000100-00461**......... D-Z-N Diazinon AG500 Diazinon Pineapple, trefoil
000100-00524**......... D-Z-N Diazinon MG 87% Diazinon Lawns (all granular products
with greater than 5% active
ingredient), olives, peanuts,
pecans, rangegrass, pasture
grasses, soybeans, sugarcane,
walnuts (all States except
CA, OR WA), wheat
001448-00107........... Metam Concentrate Metam-sodium Control of roots and fungi in
sewer systems
001812-00257........... Direx 4L Diuron Bermudagrass
001812-00362........... Direx 80DF Diuron Bermudagrass
002217-00077........... LV400 2,4-D Weed Killer Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester)
002217-00314........... 20% Granular 2,4-D Low Acetic acid, (2,4- Aquatic uses
Volatile dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester)
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002217-00354........... Lawn Weed Killer Granules Acetic acid, (2,4- Aquatic uses
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester)
002217-00413........... 600LV 2,4-D Weed Killer Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-. 2-
ethylhexyl ester)
002217-00468........... LV6 2,4-D Weed Killer Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00648........... Gordon's Brushkiller 801 Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00651........... Trimec 800 Herbicide Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00706........... Best 4 Servis Brand 2,4-D Acetic acid, (2,4- Rice, sugarcane, aquatic uses
Isooctyl Ester Technical dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00758........... Trimec 937 Herbicide Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00774........... EH 1068 Trimec Ester Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00775........... EH 1073 Trimec Ester Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
002217-00804........... Technical 2,4-D Low Acetic acid, (2,4- Rice, sugarcane, aquatic uses
Volatile Ester dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
003125-00236........... NEMACUR 15% Granular Fenamiphos Citrus uses
034704-00006........... Clean Crop LV-6 Ester Weed Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
Killer dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
034704-00124........... Clean Crop Low Vol 4 Ester Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
Weed Killer dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
034704-00125........... Clean Crop Low Vol 6 Ester Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
Weed Killer dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
034704-00607........... Clean Crop Low Volatile 2D- Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
2DP Herbicide dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
062719-00008........... Esteron 6E Acetic acid, (2,4- Drainage ditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
062719-00009........... Weed Killer 4D Acetic acid, (2,4- Sugarcane, drainageditchbanks
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2-
ethylhexyl ester
068119-00002........... WILFARM 2,4-D LV4 Acetic acid, (2,4- Aquatic weed
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2- control,sugarcane, drainage
ethylhexyl ester ditchbanks, aquatic
applications
068119-00003........... WILFARM 2,4-D LV6 Acetic acid, (2,4- Aquatic weed control,
dichlorophenoxy)-, 2- sugarcane, drainage
ethylhexyl ester) ditchbanks, aquatic
applications
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** - Additional deleted uses announced in Federal Register (61 FR 50294), September 25, 1996
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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000100.. Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ciba Crop Protection, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419.
001448.. Buckman Laboratories, 1256 North McLean Blvd., Memphis, TN
38108.
001812.. Griffin Corporation, P.O. Box 1847, Valdosta, GA 31603.
002217.. PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 W. 12th Street, P.O. Box 4090, Kansas
City, MO 64101.
003125.. Bayer Corporation, Agriculture Div., 8400 Hawthorn Rd., P.O.
Box 4913, Kansas City, MO 64120.
034704.. Platte Chemical Co., 419 18th Street, P.O. Box 667, Greeley,
CO 80632.
062719.. DowElanco, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
068119.. Wilfarm L.L.C., 5401 N. Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO 64118.
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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: December 18, 1996.
Linda A. Travers,
Acting Director, Program Management and Support Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-32974 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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