[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38081-38082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18255]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-340113; FRL 5728-2]
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DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn, the Agency will approve these use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 January 12, 1998.
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, telephone number and e-mail: Rm 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 six 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
January 12, 1998 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. Note: Registration number preceded by ** indicate a
30-day comment period.
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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004787-00027**......... Chlorpyrifos Technical Chlorpyrifos Pest Control Indoors (Indoor):
Indoor broadcast use; total
release foggers for indoor
residential and
nonresidential (except
greenhouse) use; coating
products intended for large
indoor surface areas such as
floors, walls, and ceilings
inside residential dwellings,
offices, schools, or health
institutions including, but
not limited to, houses,
apartments nursing homes and
patient rooms in hospitals.
Pets and Domestic Animals
(Indoor): Animal dips,
sprays, shampoos, dusts.
Aquatic Uses (Aquatic Food
Crop) (Aquatic Non- Food):
Any aquatic use, including
mosquito larvicide. Pest
Control Indoors or Outdoors
(Domestic Indoor or Outdoor):
Paint additives; application
in sewer manholes in
California
008764-00016........... Freshgard 5 Sodium o-phenylphenate Apples
009404-00002........... 50% Malathion Emulsifiable Malathion Inside dwellings, homes,
Concentrate dairies & food processing
plants, dogs & cats,
livestock (beef cattle,
goats, dairy animals, swine),
stored grain, field & garden
seeds & peanuts, peanut
storage bins, plums, prunes,
mushroom houses
011685-00021........... Ronox MCPA Low Volatile MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester Rice
Herbicide
011685-00015........... Technical MCPA IOE MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester Rice and peas
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019713-00217........... Drexel Malathion 5EC Malathion Greenhouse use (cucumbers,
endive, lettuce, radish,
tomatoes & watercress),
almonds, plums, prunes,
filberts, peanuts, safflower,
sorghum, soybeans,
sugarbeets, tobacco, stored
almonds, stored peanuts, non-
medicated cattle feed
concentrate blocks, bagged
citrus pulp, warehouses,
stored grains and field or
garden seeds, fly & mosquito
(in and around buildings
which house domestic animals,
around yards, homes & meat
and food processing plants),
mosquito larvae control,
livestock (hogs, sheep,
goats, horses, cattle,
poultry), domestic pets, in
and around the home, lawns,
fruit and vegetable dumps,
food handling establishments
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Note: Registration number preceded by ** indicate a 30-day comment 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 Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain
Pesticide Registrations
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Company
No. Company Name and Address
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004787.. Cheminova, Inc., Oak Hill Park, 1700 Route 23, Suite 210,
Wayne, NJ 07470.
008464.. FMC Corporation, Citrus Systems Division, 1540 Linden St.,
Riverside, CA 92507
009404.. Sunniland Corporation, P.O. Box 8100, Sanford, FL 32771.
011685.. Nufarm Americas, Inc., 1009-D West St., Martens Dr., St.
Joseph, MO 64506.
019713.. Drexel Chemical Co., P.O. Box 13327, 1700 Channel Ave.,
Memphis, TN 38113.
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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: June 23, 1997.
Linda A. Travers,
Director, Information Resources Services Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-18255 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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