[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5002-5003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2494]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-66235; FRL 5583-1]


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 section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel 
certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by August 4, 1997, orders will be 
issued cancelling all of these registrations.

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; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, provides that a pesticide 
registrant may, at any time, request that any of its pesticide 
registrations be cancelled. The Act further provides that EPA must 
publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register 
before acting on the request.

II. Intent to Cancel

    This Notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests to cancel 
some four pesticide products registered under section 3 or 24(c) of 
FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration 
number (or company number and 24(c) number) in the following Table 1.


    Table 1. -- Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation    
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  Registration No.         Product Name              Chemical Name      
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006248-00003.......  Black Magic Rat Killer   2-Pivalyl-1,3-indandione  
                                                                        
010163-00176.......  Prokil Parathion 25      O,O-Diethyl O-p-          
                      WSB.                     nitrophenyl              
                                               phosphorothioate         
                                                                        
034704 MT-91-0002..  Tenax                    O-Ethyl S-phenyl          
                                               ethylphosphonodithioate  
                                              O,O-Diethyl S-            
                                               ((ethylthio)methyl)      
                                               phosphorodithioate       
                                                                        
059198-20001.......  Sodium Hypochlorite      Sodium hypochlorite       
                      12.5%                                             
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    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 180 days of 
publication of this notice, orders will be issued cancelling all of 
these registrations. Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring 
the retention of a registration should contact the applicable 
registrant directly during this 180-day period. 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 Voluntary Cancellation       
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   EPA                                                                  
 Company                     Company Name and Address                   
   No.                                                                  
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006248..  Black Magic Inc., 217 Space Park Dr., Nashville, TN 37211.    
                                                                        
010163..  Gowan Co., Box 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366.                          
                                                                        
034704..  Platte Chemical Co., Inc., c/o William M. Mahlburg, Box 667,  
           Greeley, CO 80632.                                           
                                                                        
059198..  Viking Chemical Co., Box 1595, Rockford, IL 61110.            
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III. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must 
submit such withdrawal in writing to James A. Hollins, at the address 
given above, postmarked before August 4, 1997. This written withdrawal 
of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable 
6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the product(s) have been 
subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of 
cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation 
action are controlling. The withdrawal request must also include a 
commitment to pay any reregistration fees due, and to fulfill any 
applicable unsatisfied data requirements.

IV. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    The effective date of cancellation will be the date of the 
cancellation order. The orders effecting these requested cancellations 
will generally permit a registrant to sell or distribute existing 
stocks for 1 year after the date the cancellation request was received. 
This policy is in accordance with the Agency's statement of policy as 
prescribed in Federal Register (56 FR 29362) June 26, 1991; [FRL 3846-
4]. Exceptions to this general rule will be made if a product poses a 
risk concern, or is in noncompliance with reregistration requirements, 
or is subject to a data call-in. In all cases, product-specific 
disposition dates will be given in the cancellation orders.
    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
cancellation action. Unless the provisions of an earlier order apply, 
existing stocks already in the hands of dealers or users can be 
distributed, sold or used legally until they are exhausted, provided 
that such further sale and use comply with the EPA-approved label and 
labeling of the affected product(s). Exceptions to these general rules 
will be made in specific cases when more stringent restrictions on 
sale, distribution, or use of the products or their ingredients have 
already been imposed, as in Special Review actions, or where the Agency 
has identified significant potential risk concerns associated with a 
particular chemical.

    Dated: January 10, 1997.

Oscar Morales,
Acting Director, Program Management and Support Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-2494 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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