[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58540-58546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24782]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-60057; FRL-6589-4]


Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Notices of Intent to Suspend.

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SUMMARY: This Notice, pursuant to section 6(f)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et 
seq., announces that EPA has issued Notices of Intent to Suspend 
pursuant to sections 3(c)(2)(B) and 4 of FIFRA. The Notices were issued 
following issuance of Section 4 Reregistration Requirements Notices by 
the Agency and the failure of registrants subject to the Section 4 
Reregistration Requirements Notices to take appropriate steps to secure 
the data required to be submitted to the Agency. This Notice includes 
the text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend, absent specific chemical, 
product, or factual information. Table A of this Notice further 
identifies the registrants to whom the Notices of Intent to Suspend 
were issued, the date each Notice of Intent to Suspend was issued, the 
active ingredient(s) involved, and the EPA registration numbers and 
names of the registered product(s) which are affected by the Notices of 
Intent to Suspend. Moreover, Table B of this Notice identifies the 
basis upon which the Notices of Intent to Suspend were issued. Finally, 
matters pertaining to the timing of requests for hearing are specified 
in the Notices of Intent to Suspend and are governed by the deadlines 
specified in section 3(c)(2)(B). As required by section 6(f)(2), the 
Notices of Intent to Suspend were sent by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, to each affected registrant at its address of 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Day, Office of Compliance 
(2225A), Agriculture and Ecosystem Division, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-
4133.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use 
pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. Text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend

    The text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend, absent specific 
chemical, product, or factual information, follows:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Washington, DC 20460
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
SUBJECT: Suspension of Registration of Pesticide Product(s) 
Containing Aliphatic Alcohols, C1-C5, Benomyl, Bromacil, and Ortho-
Benzyl-Para-Chlorophenol for Failure to Comply with the Section 4 
Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice

Dear Sir/Madam:
    This letter gives you notice that the pesticide product 
registrations listed in Attachment I will be suspended 30 days from 
your receipt of this letter unless you take steps within that time to 
prevent this Notice from automatically becoming a final and effective 
order of suspension. The Agency's authority for suspending the 
registrations of your products is sections 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Upon becoming a 
final and effective order of suspension, any violation of the order 
will be an unlawful act under section 12(a)(2)(J) of FIFRA.
    You are receiving this Notice of Intent to Suspend because you have 
failed to comply with the terms of the Phase 5 Reregistration 
Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice imposed pursuant to section 
4(g)(2)(b) and section (3)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    The specific basis for issuance of this Notice is stated in the 
Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to this Notice. The affected 
products and the requirements which you failed to satisfy are listed 
and described in the following three attachments:
    Attachment I Suspension Report--Product List
    Attachment II Suspension Report--Requirement List
    Attachment III Suspension Report--Explanatory Appendix
    The suspension of the registration of each product listed in 
Attachment I will become final unless at least one of the following 
actions is completed.
    1. You may avoid suspension under this Notice if you or another 
person adversely affected by this Notice properly request a hearing 
within 30 days of your receipt of this Notice. If you request a 
hearing, it will be conducted in accordance with the requirements of 
section 6(d) of FIFRA and the Agency's procedural regulations in 40 CFR 
part 164.
    Section 3(c)(2)(B), however, provides that the only allowable 
issues which may be addressed at the hearing are whether you have 
failed to take the actions which are the bases of this Notice and 
whether the Agency's decision regarding the disposition of existing 
stocks is consistent with FIFRA. Therefore, no substantive allegation 
or legal argument concerning other issues, including but not limited to 
the Agency's original decision to require the submission of data or 
other information, the need for or utility of any of the required data 
or other information or deadlines imposed, and the risks and benefits 
associated with continued registration of the affected product, may be 
considered in the proceeding. The Administrative Law Judge shall by 
order dismiss any objections which have no bearing on the allowable 
issues which may be considered in the proceeding.
    Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of FIFRA provides that any hearing must be 
held and a determination issued within 75 days after receipt of a 
hearing request. This 75-day period may not be extended unless all 
parties in the proceeding stipulate to such an extension. If a hearing 
is properly requested, the Agency will issue a final order at the 
conclusion of the hearing governing the suspension of your products.
    A request for a hearing pursuant to this Notice must (1) include 
specific objections which pertain to the allowable issues which may be 
heard at the hearing, (2) identify the registrations for which a 
hearing is requested, and (3) set forth all necessary supporting facts 
pertaining to any of the objections which you have identified in your 
request for a hearing. If a hearing is requested by any person other 
than the registrant, that person must also state

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specifically why he asserts that he would be adversely affected by the 
suspension action described in this Notice. Three copies of the request 
must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk, 1900, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
and an additional copy should be sent to the signatory listed below. 
The request must be received by the Hearing Clerk by the 30th day from 
your receipt of this Notice in order to be legally effective. The 30-
day time limit is established by FIFRA and cannot be extended for any 
reason. Failure to meet the 30-day time limit will result in automatic 
suspension of your registration(s) by operation of law and, under such 
circumstances, the suspension of the registration for your affected 
product(s) will be final and effective at the close of business 30 days 
after your receipt of this Notice and will not be subject to further 
administrative review.
    The Agency's Rules of Practice at 40 CFR 164.7 forbid anyone who 
may take part in deciding this case, at any stage of the proceeding, 
from discussing the merits of the proceeding ex parte with any party or 
with any person who has been connected with the preparation or 
presentation of the proceeding as an advocate or in any investigative 
or expert capacity, or with any of their representatives. Accordingly, 
the following EPA offices, and the staffs thereof, are designated as 
judicial staff to perform the judicial function of EPA in any 
administrative hearings on this Notice of Intent to Suspend: The Office 
of the Administrative Law Judges, the Office of the Judicial Officer, 
the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, and the members of the 
staff in the immediate offices of the Administrator and Deputy 
Administrator. None of the persons designated as the judicial staff 
shall have any ex parte communication with trial staff or any other 
interested person not employed by EPA on the merits of any of the 
issues involved in this proceeding, without fully complying with the 
applicable regulations.
    2. You may also avoid suspension if, within 30 days of your receipt 
of this Notice, the Agency determines that you have taken appropriate 
steps to comply with the Section 4 Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility 
Document Data Call-In Notice requirements. In order to avoid suspension 
under this option, you must satisfactorily comply with Attachment II, 
Requirement List, for each product by submitting all required 
supporting data/information described in Attachment II and in the 
Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to the following address 
(preferably by certified mail):
Office of Compliance (2225A), Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    For you to avoid automatic suspension under this Notice, the Agency 
must also determine within the applicable 30-day period that you have 
satisfied the requirements that are the bases of this Notice and so 
notify you in writing. You should submit the necessary data/information 
as quickly as possible for there to be any chance the Agency will be 
able to make the necessary determination in time to avoid suspension of 
your product(s).
    The suspension of the registration(s) of your company's product(s) 
pursuant to this Notice will be rescinded when the Agency determines 
you have complied fully with the requirements which were the bases of 
this Notice. Such compliance may only be achieved by submission of the 
data/information described in the attachments to the signatory below.
    Your product will remain suspended, however, until the Agency 
determines you are in compliance with the requirements which are the 
bases of this Notice and so informs you in writing.
    After the suspension becomes final and effective, the registrant 
subject to this Notice, including all supplemental registrants of 
product(s) listed in Attachment I, may not legally distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.
    Persons other than the registrant subject to this Notice, as 
defined in the preceding sentence, may continue to distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.
    Nothing in this Notice authorizes any person to distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I in any manner which would 
have been unlawful prior to the suspension.
    If the registrations of your products listed in Attachment I are 
currently suspended as a result of failure to comply with another 
Section 4 Data Requirements Notice or Section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In 
Notice, this Notice, when it becomes a final and effective order of 
suspension, will be in addition to any existing suspension, i.e., all 
requirements which are the bases of the suspension must be satisfied 
before the registration will be reinstated.
    You are reminded that it is your responsibility as the basic 
registrant to notify all supplementary registered distributors of your 
basic registered product that this suspension action also applies to 
their supplementary registered products and that you may be held liable 
for violations committed by your distributors. If you have any 
questions about the requirements and procedures set forth in this 
suspension notice or in the subject Section 4 Data Requirements Notice, 
please contact Francisca Liem at (202) 564-2365.
    Sincerely yours,
    Director, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, Office of Compliance
    Attachments:
    Attachment I--Product List
    Attachment II--Requirement List
    Attachment III--Explanatory Appendix

III. Registrants Receiving and Affected by Notices of Intent to 
Suspend; Date of Issuance; Active Ingredient and Products Affected

    The following is a list of products for which a letter of 
notification has been sent:

                                            Table A-List of Products
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                                     EPA Registration
        Registrant Affected               Number         Active Ingredient       Name of Product     Date Issued
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Breen Laboratories                        00028300003  Aliphatic Alcohols,    Solu Styril Germicide       3/1/99
                                                        C1-C5                  Solution
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Haag Laboratories Inc.                    00231100004  Ortho-Benzyl-Para-     Gld Germicidal Liquid       3/6/00
                                                        Chlorophenol           Detergent
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Hi-Yield Chemical Company                 03491100027  Benomyl                Hi-Yield Benomyl           4/15/98
                                                                               Systemic Fungicide
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KC Laboratories                           06316300001  Ortho-Benzyl-Para-     Phenosol                    3/6/00
                                                        Chlorophenol
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                                          06316300002  Ortho-Benzyl-Para-     Microcide                   3/6/00
                                                        Chlorophenol
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Russall Products Co. Inc.                 03489200004  Bromacil               Russall Weed Killer         3/6/00
                                                                               #1
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Voluntary Purchasing Group, Inc.          00740100225  Benomyl                Ferti Lome Systemic        4/15/98
                                                                               Fungicide With
                                                                               Benomyl
                                          00740100407                         American Brand             4/15/98
                                                                               Benomyl Systemic
                                                                               Fungicide
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IV. Basis for Issuance of Notice of Intent; Requirement List

    The following companies failed to submit the following required 
data or information:

                                          Table B-List of Requirements
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                                                                                                       Original
           Registrant Affected                  Active Ingredient             Requirement Name         Due-Date
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Breen Laboratories                         Aliphatic Alcohols, C1-C5    90-Day Response                  6/22/98
                                                                        Chemical Identity                6/22/98
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-1)
                                                                        Beginning Material and           6/22/98
                                                                         Manufacturing Process
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(a))
                                                                        Preliminary Analysis of          6/22/98
                                                                         Product Samples (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-1)
                                                                        Certification of Ingredient      6/22/98
                                                                         Limits (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-2)
                                                                        Analytical Method to Verify      6/22/98
                                                                         Certified Limits
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         62-3)
                                                                        pH (Guideline Reference No:      6/22/98
                                                                         63-12)
                                                                        Oxidizing/Reducing Action        6/22/98
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-14)
                                                                        Viscosity (Guideline             6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 63-18)
                                                                        Color (Guideline Reference       6/22/98
                                                                         No: 63-2)
                                                                        Corrosion Characteristics        6/22/98
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-20)
                                                                        Physical State (Guideline        6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 63-3)
                                                                        Density, Bulk Density, or        6/22/98
                                                                         Specific Gravity
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-7)
                                                                        Odor (Guideline Reference        6/22/98
                                                                         No: 63-4)
                                                                        Discussion of Impurities         6/22/98
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(b))
                                                                        Flammability (Guideline          6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 63-15)
                                                                        Explodability (Guideline         6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 63-16)
                                                                        Storage Stability                6/22/98
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-17)
                                                                        Miscibility (Guideline           6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 63-19)
                                                                        Dielectric Breakdown             6/22/98
                                                                         Voltage (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 63-21)
                                                                        Products for Use on Hard         6/22/98
                                                                         Surfaces (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-2)
                                                                        Products Requiring               6/22/98
                                                                         Confirmatory Data
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         91-3)
                                                                        Products for Use on Fabrics      6/22/98
                                                                         and Textiles (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-4)
                                                                        Air Sanitizers (Guideline        6/22/98
                                                                         Reference No: 91-5)
                                                                        Products for Control of          6/22/98
                                                                         Microbial Pests (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-7)
                                                                        Products for Treating Water      6/22/98
                                                                         Systems (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-8)
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Haag Laboratories Inc.                     Ortho-Benzyl-Para-           Chemical Identity                7/13/97
                                            Chlorophenol                 (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-1)
                                                                        Beginning Material and           7/13/97
                                                                         Manufacturing Process
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(a)).
                                                                        Discussion of Impurities         7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(b))
                                                                        Preliminary Analysis of          7/13/97
                                                                         Product Samples (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-1)
                                                                        Certification of Ingredient      7/13/97
                                                                         Limits (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-2)
                                                                        Analytical Method to Verify      7/13/97
                                                                         Certified Limits
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         62-3)
                                                                        pH (Guideline Reference No:      7/13/97
                                                                         63-12)

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                                                                        Stability (Guideline             7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-13)
                                                                        Flammability (Guideline          7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-15)
                                                                        Storage Stability                7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-17)
                                                                        Viscosity (Guideline             7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-18)
                                                                        Color (Guideline Reference       7/13/97
                                                                         No: 63-2)
                                                                        Corrosion Characteristics        7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-20)
                                                                        Physical State (Guideline        7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-3)
                                                                        Odor (Guideline Reference        7/13/97
                                                                         No: 63-4)
                                                                        Density, Bulk Density, or        7/13/97
                                                                         Specific Gravity
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-7)
                                                                        Acute Oral Toxicity--Rat         7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-1)
                                                                        Acute Dermal Toxicity--          7/13/97
                                                                         Rabbit/Rat (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-2)
                                                                        Acute Inhalation Toxicity--      7/13/97
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 81-3)
                                                                        Primary Eye Irritation--         7/13/97
                                                                         Rabbit (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-4)
                                                                        Primary Dermal Irritation        7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-5)
                                                                        Dermal Sensitization             7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-6)
                                                                        Confidential Statement of        7/13/97
                                                                         Formula (CSF) Form
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Hi-Yield Chemical Company                  Benomyl                      Dislodgeable Foliar              6/16/94
                                                                         Residue: Crop (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 132-1)
                                                                        Dermal Passive Dosimetry         6/16/94
                                                                         Exposure (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 133-3)
                                                                        Worker Reentry Exposure          6/16/94
                                                                         (WRE); Crop-Grapes; Site-
                                                                         CA (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 133-3)
                                                                        Inhalation Passive               6/16/94
                                                                         Dosimetry Exposure
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         133-4)
                                                                        Inhalation Exposure: Mixer/      6/16/94
                                                                         Loader/Applicator
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         232)
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KC Laboratories                            Benomyl                      Chemical Identity                7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-1)
                                                                        Beginning Material and           7/13/97
                                                                         Manufacturing Process
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(a))
                                                                        Discussion of Impurities         7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(b))
                                                                        Preliminary Analysis of          7/13/97
                                                                         Product Samples (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-1)
                                                                        Certification of Ingredient      7/13/97
                                                                         Limits (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-2)
                                                                        Analytical Method to Verify      7/13/97
                                                                         Certified Limits
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         62-3)
                                                                        Color (Guideline Reference       7/13/97
                                                                         No: 63-2)
                                                                        Physical State (Guideline        7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-3)
                                                                        Odor (Guideline Reference        7/13/97
                                                                         No: 63-4)
                                                                        Density, Bulk Density, or        7/13/97
                                                                         Specific Gravity
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-7)
                                                                        pH (Guideline Reference No:      7/13/97
                                                                         63-12)
                                                                        Stability (Guideline             7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-13)
                                                                        Oxidizing/Reducing Action        7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-14)
                                                                        Flammability (Guideline          7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-15)
                                                                        Explodability (Guideline         7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-16)
                                                                        Storage Stability                7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-17)
                                                                        Viscosity (Guideline             7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-18)
                                                                        Miscibility (Guideline           7/13/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-19)
                                                                        Corrosion Characteristics        7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-20)
                                                                        Dielectric Breakdown             7/13/97
                                                                         Voltage (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 63-21)
                                                                        Acute Oral Toxicity--Rat         7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-1)
                                                                        Acute Dermal Toxicity--          7/13/97
                                                                         Rabbit/Rat (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-2)
                                                                        Acute Inhalation Toxicity--      7/13/97
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 81-3)
                                                                        Primary Eye Irritation--         7/13/97
                                                                         Rabbit (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-4)
                                                                        Primary Dermal Irritation        7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-5)
                                                                        Dermal Sensitization             7/13/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-6)
                                                                        Products for Use on Hard         7/13/97
                                                                         Surfaces (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-2)
                                                                        Products for Control of          7/13/97
                                                                         Microbial Pests (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 91-7)
                                                                        Confidential Statement of        7/13/97
                                                                         Formula (CSF) Form
                                                                        8-Month Response                 7/13/97
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Russall Products Co. Inc.                  Bromacil                     Chemical Identity                 9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-1)
                                                                        Beginning Material and            9/9/97
                                                                         Manufacturing Process
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(a))

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                                                                        Discussion of Impurities          9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         61-2(b))
                                                                        Preliminary Analysis of           9/9/97
                                                                         Product Samples (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-1)
                                                                        Certification of Ingredient       9/9/97
                                                                         Limits (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 62-2)
                                                                        Analytical Method to Verify       9/9/97
                                                                         Certified Limits
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         62-3)
                                                                        Physical State (Guideline         9/9/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-3)
                                                                        Density, Bulk Density, or         9/9/97
                                                                         Specific Gravity
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-7)
                                                                        Oxidizing/Reducing Action         9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-14)
                                                                        Flammability (Guideline           9/9/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-15)
                                                                        Explodability (Guideline          9/9/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-16)
                                                                        Storage Stability                 9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-17)
                                                                        Miscibility (Guideline            9/9/97
                                                                         Reference No: 63-19)
                                                                        Corrosion Characteristics         9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         63-20)
                                                                        Dielectric Breakdown              9/9/97
                                                                         Voltage (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 63-21)
                                                                        Acute Oral Toxicity--Rat          9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-1)
                                                                        Acute Dermal Toxicity--           9/9/97
                                                                         Rabbit/Rat (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-2)
                                                                        Acute Inhalation Toxicity--       9/9/97
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 81-3)
                                                                        Primary Eye Irritation--          9/9/97
                                                                         Rabbit (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 81-4)
                                                                        Primary Dermal Irritation         9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-5)
                                                                        Dermal Sensitization              9/9/97
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         81-6)
                                                                        Confidential Statement of         9/9/97
                                                                         Formula (CSF) Form
                                                                        90-Day Response                   9/9/97
                                                                        8-Month Response                  9/9/97
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Voluntary Purchasing Group, Inc.           Benomyl                      Dislodgeable Foliar              6/16/94
                                                                         Residue: Crop (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 132-1)
                                                                        Dermal Passive Dosimetry         6/16/94
                                                                         Exposure (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 133-3)
                                                                        Worker Reentry Exposure          6/16/94
                                                                         (WRE); Crop-Grapes; Site-
                                                                         CA (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 133-3)
                                                                        Inhalation Passive               6/16/94
                                                                         Dosimetry Exposure
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         133-4)
                                                                        Dermal Exposure: Mixer/          6/16/94
                                                                         Loader/Applicator
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         231)
                                                                        Inhalation Exposure: Mixer/      6/16/94
                                                                         Loader/Applicator
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         232)
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V. Attachment III Suspension Report--Explanatory Appendix

    A discussion of the basis for the Notices of Intent to Suspend 
follows:

A. Aliphatic Alcohols, C1-C5

    On August 17, 1995, the Agency issued an Aliphatic Alcohols 
Reregistration Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice imposed 
pursuant to section 4(g)(2)(b) and (3)(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA which required 
registrants of products containing aliphatic alcohols to develop and 
submit certain data. These data/information were determined to be 
necessary to satisfy reregistration data requirements of section 4(g). 
Failure to comply with the requirements of a Phase 5 Reregistration 
Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice is a basis for suspension 
under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    The Aliphatic Alcohols Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility Document 
Data Call-In Notice, dated August 17, 1995, required each affected 
registrant to submit data/information to the Agency to address each of 
the data requirements. Those data/information were required to be 
received by the Agency within 8 months of the registrant's receipt of 
the Notice. While you have submitted some of the required data, the 90-
day response as well as the product chemistry and efficacy studies have 
not been submitted to date. By a June 11, 1998 letter, the Agency gave 
Breen Laboratories 10 days from Breen's receipt of the letter to submit 
the outstanding data or the Agency might begin the registration 
suspension process. Because you have not responded to that letter or 
numerous phone calls to submit adequate information and the 90-day 
response listed in Attachment I, the Agency is issuing this Notice of 
Intent to Suspend.

B. Benomyl

    On June 16, 1992, EPA issued a Data Call-In Notice the under 
authority of FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) which required registrants of 
products containing benomyl used as an active ingredient to develop and 
submit data. These data/information were determined to be necessary to 
maintain the continued registration of affected products. Failure to 
comply with the requirements of a Data Call-In Notice is a basis for 
suspension under section (3)(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    The Benomyl Data Call-In Notice dated June 16, 1992, required each 
affected registrant to submit materials relating to the election of the 
options to address each of the data requirements. That submission was 
required to be received by the Agency within 90 days of the 
registrant's receipt of the Notice. On July 1, 1992, the Agency 
received your response in which you claimed a Generic Data Exemption 
(GDE).
    On May 24, 1995, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, submitted a 
request to amend their benomyl registrations to delete uses on turf and 
lawn grasses. The Agency approved this

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request and published a notice to this effect in the September 13, 1995 
Federal Register. These use deletions became effective on December 12, 
1995. DuPont's current benomyl registrations and labels do not include 
any uses of benomyl on turf and lawn grasses. Since the basic 
manufacturer of benomyl, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, has 
deleted from their benomyl registrations all uses on turf and lawn 
grasses, the responsibility for generating the necessary data to 
support these uses shifted to remaining end-use registrants.
    On December 2, 1996, you were sent and received a letter in 
reference to your GDE which you sought in your response to the Benomyl 
Data Call-In issued in 1992. In this letter you were informed that the 
basic registrant, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, was no longer supporting the 
use of benomyl on turf and lawn grasses and had deleted all turf and 
lawn grass uses from its registrations and labels. Pursuant to FIFRA 
section 3(c)(2)(B), your GDE for your affected products was revoked. 
The letter also gave you some options, including submitting data 
specified in the Data Call-In. The letter required you to inform the 
Agency of your election of one of these options within 30 days of your 
reciept of the Agency's letter. You received the Agency's December 2, 
1996 letter on December 9, 1996, as evidenced by a return receipt green 
card. The Agency has not received from you the required election of 
options, nor the required data or amendments to delete the affected 
uses from your registrations and labels.
    Because the Agency has not received a response from you, as a 
benomyl end-use registrant, to undertake the required testing, or any 
other appropriate response, the Agency is initiating this Notice of 
Intent to Suspend the benomyl registrations described in Attachment II. 
This action is required under FIFRA in these circumstances.

C. Bromacil

    The Bromacil Registration Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice 
for bromacil was issued May 22, 1997. The 90-day responses were due on 
September 9, 1997, and the 8-month responses were due on January 17, 
1998. An Agency letter dated October 23, 1997, was mailed to Russall 
Products Company requiring within 20 days of receipt of the letter 
submission of the overdue 90-day response for Russall's bromacil 
product registration. The letter was received on October 28, 1997, as 
evidenced by the U.S. Postal Service return receipt. The Agency has not 
received a 90-day response either from Russall. Likewise, an Agency 
letter dated February 10, 1998, was mailed certified mail return 
receipt requested to Russall stating that both the 90-day and 8-month 
responses were overdue. The letter required Russall to submit the 90-
day and 8-month responses within 20 days of reciept of the letter. 
Russall received the February 10, 1998 letter on February 18, 1998, as 
evidenced by a U.S. Postal Service return receipt. The Agency has not 
received any 8-month responses.
    On October 5, 1998, Karen Jones, of EPA's Special Review and 
Reregistration Division/Product Reregistration Branch, spoke with 
Martin Derise, the contact person for Russall Products Company, 
regarding Russall's overdue 90-day and 8-month responses to the 
Bromacil Data Call-In. During this phone conversation, Mr. Derise 
informed Ms. Jones that Dr. J.B. Ruck & Associates is the consultant 
handling the reregistration of their bromacil product. On several 
occasions during the last year, Dr. Ruck indicated Russall Products 
plans to voluntarily cancel the bromacil product. The Agency has not 
received the voluntary cancellation.
    On October 19, 1999, the Agency sent another letter to Dr. Ruck (a 
courtesy copy of the letter was also sent to Mr. Derise via certified 
mail) requesting that the voluntary cancellation or the 90-day and 8 
month responses be submitted within 20 days of receipt of the letter. 
In the same letter, the Agency also notified Russall Products Company 
that failure to submit a response would result in a Notice of Intent to 
Suspend for Russall's Bromacil product registration. Dr. Ruck received 
the October 19, 1999 letter on October 22, 1999, and Mr. Derise 
received the letter on October 22, 1999.
    To date, the Agency has not received either the voluntary 
cancellation or the 90-day or 8-month responses. Based on the 1997 
Bromacil Data Call-In, Russall Products Company is not in compliance; 
therefore, the Agency is issuing this Notice of Intent to Suspend.

D. Ortho-Benzyl-Para-Chlorophenol

Haag Laboratories, Inc.
    On November 15, 1996, EPA issued the Phase 5 Registration 
Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice imposed pursuant to sections 
4(g)(2)(B) and 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA which required the registrants of 
products containing 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol used as the active 
ingredient to develop and submit certain data. These data/information 
were determined to be necessary to satisfy reregistration data 
requirements of section 4(g). Failure to comply with the requirements 
of a Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice is 
a basis for suspension under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    The 2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol Phase 5 Registration Eligibility 
Document Data Call-In Notice dated November 15, 1996, required each 
affected registrant to submit data/information to the Agency to address 
each of the data requirements. Those data/information were required to 
be received by the Agency within 8 months of the registrant's receipt 
of the Notice. You received the Data Call-In Notice on November 18, 
1996, as evidenced by the U.S. Postal Service return receipt.
    The Agency received on February 25, 1997, your 90-day response to 
the 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol RED for the product, EPA registration 
Number 2311-4. The response which included the ``Requirements Status 
and Registrant's Response'' form dated February 18, 1997, indicated 
Haag Laboratories, Inc.'s commitment to generate and submit data by the 
specified due dates, for all product chemistry, acute toxicity, and 
efficacy data requirements with the exception of certain waivers which 
were requested for Product Chemistry Guidelines 63-14, Oxidizing or 
Reducing Action; 63-16, Explodability; 63-19, Miscibility; and 63-21, 
Dialectric Breakdown Voltage. The Agency approved the product chemistry 
waiver requests and so informed you.
    In a facsimile dated March 20, 1997, Haag Laboratories, Inc. 
submitted a cover letter citing MRID 265974 and Northview Laboratories, 
Inc.'s ``Report of Analysis,'' in support of the efficacy data 
requirement for Guideline 91-2, AOAC Tuberculocidal Activity study.
    The 8-month response to the 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol RED was due to 
the Agency on July 13, 1997. No additional data have been provided to 
date to address other product-specific data requirements. In an Agency 
letter dated April 26, 1999, Haag Laboratories, Inc. was given 30 days 
to submit the required responses and required data. You received that 
letter on April 29, 1999. The Agency has not received the remaining 
required product-specific data (8-month responses).
    Since Haag Laboratories, Inc. has not provided the required 8-month 
responses, including the data required to meet those requirements 
listed in Attachment II within the required time, the Agency is issuing 
this Notice of Intent to Suspend.

Ortho-Benzyl-Para-Chlorophenol

KC Laboratories
    On November 15, 1996, EPA issued the Phase 5 Registration 
Eligibility Document Data Call-In-Notice imposed

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pursuant to sections 4(g)(2)(B) and 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA which required 
the registrants of the products containing 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol used 
as the active ingredient to develop and submit certain data. These 
data/information were determined to be necessary to satisfy 
reregistration data requirements of section 4(g). Failure to comply 
with the requirements of a Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility Document 
Data Call-In-Notice is a basis for suspension under section 3(c)(2)(B) 
of FIFRA. You received this notice on November 18, 1996, as evidenced 
by the U.S. Postal Service return receipt.
    The Agency received on February 21, 1997, the 90-day response to 
the 2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol Data Call-In for EPA Registration Number 
63163-1. The response which included the ``Requirements Status and 
Registrant's Response'' form dated February 12, 1997, indicated KC 
Laboratories' commitment to generate and submit all product chemistry, 
acute toxicity and efficacy data required by the 2-benzyl-4-
chlorophenol, RED, Product Specific Data Call-In Notice by dates 
required by the Notice.
    The 8-month response including all the required data set forth in 
the 2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol Data Call-In was required to be submitted 
to the Agency by July 13, 1997. In an Agency letter dated April 27, 
1999, KC Laboratories was given 30 days from its receipt of the letter 
to submit the 8-month response and required data. KC Laboratories 
received this letter on May 3, 1999, as evidenced by the U.S. Postal 
Service return receipt. To date, the Agency has not received the 
product specific data (8-month response).
    To date October 1, 1999, the Agency has not received the required 
8-month response. Based on the 1996 2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol Data Call-
In, KC Laboratories is not in compliance; therefore, the Agency is 
issuing this Notice of Intent to Suspend.

VI. Conclusions

    EPA has issued Notices of Intent to Suspend on the dates indicated. 
Any further information regarding these Notices may be obtained from 
the contact person noted above.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: September 18, 2000.
Richard Colbert,
Director, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, Office of Compliance.
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