[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10196-10200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5326]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34225G; FRL-6826-2]


Diazinon Products Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's cancellation order for the product 
and use cancellations as requested by companies (hereinafter 
collectively referred to as the ``end-use products registrants'') that 
hold the registrations of pesticide end-use products containing the 
active ingredient diazinon and accepted by EPA, pursuant to section 
6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA). This order follows up a January 4, 2002 notice of receipt from 
the end-use products registrants, of requests for cancellations and or 
amendments of their diazinon product registrations to terminate all 
indoor uses, certain agricultural uses and certain outdoor non-
agricultural uses. In the January 4, 2002 notice, EPA indicated that it 
would issue an order granting the voluntary product and use 
registration cancellations unless the

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Agency received any substantive comment within the comment period that 
would merit its further review of these requests. The Agency did not 
receive any comments. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a 
cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation 
order is only permitted in accordance with the terms of the existing 
stocks provisions of this cancellation order.

DATES: The cancellations are effective March 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hebert, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-6249; fax number: 703-
308-7042; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. You may be 
potentially affected by this action if you manufacture, sell, 
distribute, or use diazinon products. The Congressional Review Act, 5 
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply because this action is 
not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). Since other entities may 
also be interested, 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.

B. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this 
Document and Other Related Documents?

    1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this 
document, and certain other related documents that might be available 
electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. 
To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and 
Regulations'' and then look up the entry for this document under the 
``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly 
to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To 
access information about the risk assessment for diazinon, go to the 
Home Page for the Office of Pesticide Programs or go directly to http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/diazinon.htm.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for 
this action under docket control number OPP-34225. The official record 
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any 
public comments received during an applicable comment period, and other 
information related to this action, including any information claimed 
as Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official record 
includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as 
well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The 
public version of the official record does not include any information 
claimed as CBI. The public version of the official record, which 
includes printed, paper versions of any electronic comments submitted 
during an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the 
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. Receipt of Requests to Cancel and Amend Registrations to Delete 
Uses

A. Background

    Certain registrants requested in letters dated July, August, 
September, and October 2001, that their diazinon registrations be 
amended to delete all indoor uses, certain agricultural uses, and any 
other uses that the registrants do not wish to maintain. The requests 
also included deletions of outdoor non-agricultural uses from the 
labeling of certain end-use products so that such products would be 
labeled for agricultural uses only. Similarly, other diazinon end-use 
registrants requested voluntary cancellation of their diazinon end-use 
product registrations with indoor use and/or certain outdoor non-
agricultural uses, and any other uses that the registrants do not wish 
to maintain. EPA announced its receipt of these above-mentioned 
cancellation requests in the Federal Register of January 4, 2002 (67 FR 
587) (FRL-6812-6).
    These requested cancellations and amendments are consistent with 
the requests in December 2000 by the manufacturers of diazinon 
technical products, and EPA's approval of such requests, to terminate 
all indoor uses and certain agricultural uses from their diazinon 
product registrations because of EPA's concern with the potential 
exposure risk, especially to children. The indoor uses and agricultural 
uses subject to cancellation are identified in List 1 below:
List 1--Uses Requested for Termination
    Indoor uses: Pet collars, or inside any structure or vehicle, 
vessel, or aircraft or any enclosed area, and/or on any contents 
therein (except mushroom houses), including but not limited to food/
feed handling establishments, greenhouses, schools, residences, 
commercial buildings, museums, sports facilities, stores, warehouses 
and hospitals.
    Agricultural uses: Alfalfa, bananas*, Bermuda grass, dried beans, 
dried peas, celery*, red chicory (radicchio), citrus, clover, coffee, 
cotton, cowpeas, cucumbers*, dandelions, forestry (ground squirrel/
rodent burrow dust stations for public health use)*, kiwi, lespedeza, 
parsley*, parsnips*, pastures, peppers*, potatoes (Irish and sweet)*, 
sheep, sorghum, squash (winter and summer)*, rangeland, Swiss chard*, 
tobacco, and turnips (roots and tops)*. (The Agency does not intend to 
disapprove or cancel any 24(c) Special Local Need registrations issued 
for the uses designated with an asterisk).
    In today's Cancellation Order, EPA is approving the registrants' 
requested cancellations and amendments of their diazinon end-use 
products registrations to terminate all uses identified in List 1.

B. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation of End-Use Products

    The end-use product registrants for which cancellation was 
requested are identified in the following Table 1.

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      Table 1.--End-Use Product Registration Cancellation Requests
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                                    Registration
            Company                    Number              Product
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Bonide Products, Inc.            4-191              Bonide Lawn and
                                 4-204............   Garden Insect
                                 4-209............   Control with
                                 4-272............   Diazinon 25% EC
                                 4-284............  Bonide Ant Dust with
                                 4-359............   Diazinon
                                 4-411............  Bonide Diazinon 2 1/
                                 4-416............   2 G
                                 4-417............  Bonide Diazinon Soil
                                                     Insect Granules
                                                    Bonide Garden Soil
                                                     Insecticide
                                                     Diazinon 5% G
                                                    Bonide Diazinon 4E
                                                     Insecticide
                                                    Bonide Diazinon
                                                     Insect Control
                                                     Ready-To-Use
                                                    Bonide Lawn and
                                                     Garden Spray with
                                                     Diazinon
                                                    Bonide Ant and Soil
                                                     Insect Granules
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The Scotts Company               239-2350           Ortho Fruit and
                                 239-2602.........   Vegetable Insect
                                 239-2659.........   Control
                                 239-2660.........  Ortho Home Pest
                                                     Insect Killer
                                                     Formula II
                                                    Ortho Diazinon Reacy
                                                     Spray Insect Killer
                                                    Ortho Diazinon
                                                     Lock'n Spray Insect
                                                     Killer
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Value Garden Supply, LLC         769-509            Diazinon 4-E
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Southern Agricultural            829-261            SA-50 Brand Diazinon
 Insecticides, Inc.                                  4E Insecticide
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Agriliance                       1381-151           Imperial 5% Diazinon
                                 1381-164.........   Granular Insect
                                                     Control
                                                    Agrox DL Plus
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Voluntary Purchasing Groups,     7401-86            Ferti-lome
 Inc.                            7401-96..........   Worm Spray
                                 7401-99..........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-102.........   Lawn Insect Killer
                                 7401-103.........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-104.........   Special Cricket
                                 7401-105.........   Spray
                                 7401-110.........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-214.........   Bagworm Spray
                                 7401-223.........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-236.........   Diazinon Chinch Bug
                                 7401-262.........   Spray
                                 7401-277.........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-278.........   Vegetable Spray
                                 7401-295.........  Ferti-lome
                                 7401-442.........   Aphid Spray
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Liquid Rose Spray
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Improved Rose Dust
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     White Grub Spray
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     White Grub Killer
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Lawn Food
                                                     Containing Diazinon
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Wasp and Hornet
                                                     Killer
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Ant and Roach Spray
                                                    Ferti-lome
                                                     Garden Dust
                                                    Hi-Yield Diazinon 4E
                                                     Insect Spray
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Gowan Company                    10163-68           Prokil Diazinon 4EC
                                 10163-103........  Gowan Diazinon 50WP
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Lesco                            10404-11           Diazinon 500
                                                     Insecticide
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Platte Chemical Co.              34707-229          Clean Drop Diazinon
                                 34704-288........   4E
                                                    Clean Drop Diazinon
                                                     Seed Protectant
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Hi-Yield Chemical Company        34911-3            Hi-Yield
                                 34911-14.........   Diazinon Insect
                                 34911-15.........   Spray
                                 34911-22.........  Hi-Yield
                                 34911-24.........   Diazinon Dust
                                                    Hi-Yield
                                                     Ready-to-Use
                                                     Professional Kill-A-
                                                     Bug
                                                    Hi-Yield
                                                     General Purpose
                                                     Garden Dust
                                                    Hi-Yield
                                                     Imported Fire Ant
                                                     Killer
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Control Solutions Inc.           53883-47           Martin's Diazinon
                                                     Household Insect
                                                     Spray Ready to Use
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    EPA did not receive any substantive comments that would merit 
further review expressing a need of diazinon products for indoor use. 
Accordingly, the Agency is issuing an order in this notice canceling 
the registrations identified in Table 1, as requested by the end-use 
products registrants.

C. Requests for Voluntary Amendments of End-Use Product 
Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses

    Pursuant to section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, many end-use products 
registrants submitted requests to amend a number of their diazinon end-
use product registrations to terminate the uses identified in List 1 of 
this notice or any other uses as specified for each product in the 
September 13, 2001 Diazinon 6(f) Notice and reiterated in Table 2 
below. EPA did not receive any comments expressing a need for any of 
the canceled uses. The registrations for which amendments to terminate 
specific uses were requested are identified in the following Table 2:

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        Table 2.--End-Use Product Registration Amendment Requests
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                                    Registration      Product Name: Use
            Company                    Number             Deletions
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Value Garden Supply, LLC         192-161            Dexol Diazinon 5%
                                                     Granules: Celery
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Riverdale                        228-177            Riverdale 5%
                                                     Diazinon Insect
                                                     Killer Granules:
                                                     Celery
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The Scotts Company               239-2364           Ortho Diazinon
                                 239-2619.........   Insect Spray:
                                 239-2643.........   Almonds
                                                    Ortho Hi-Power Ant,
                                                     Roach, and Spider
                                                     Spray Formula II:
                                                     Indoor Uses
                                                    Diazinon Insect
                                                     Spray 2: Almonds
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Value Garden Supply, LLC         769-689            SMCP Diazinon AG500:
                                                     Lawn Pest Control,
                                                     Nuisance Pests in
                                                     Outside Areas, and
                                                     Barrier Strips
                                 769-841            Miller Diazinon AG
                                                     Insecticide: Field
                                                     and Forage Uses,
                                                     Mushroom Houses,
                                                     Olives, Figs,
                                                     Filberts and
                                                     Pineapples
                                 769-954            AllPro Diazinon 50
                                                     WP Insecticide:
                                                     Lawn Uses, Nuisance
                                                     Pests, and
                                                     Grassland Pests
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Voluntary Purchasing Groups,     7401-213           Hi-Yield
 Inc.                                                Diazinon AG500
                                                     Insecticide:
                                                     Almonds, celery,
                                                     cucumbers, parsley,
                                                     parsnips, peppers,
                                                     potatoes (Irish),
                                                     squash (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips,
                                                     grassland insects,
                                                     and lawn pest
                                                     control
                                 7401-216           Ferti-lome
                                                     Diazinon Insect
                                                     Spray: Almonds
                                 7401-441           Ferti-lome
                                                     Diazinon Water Base
                                                     Concentrate:
                                                     Almonds
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Gowan Company                    10163-100          Diazinon 4E: Beans,
                                                     cucumbers, parsley,
                                                     parsnips, peas,
                                                     peppers, potatoes,
                                                     squash (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips,
                                                     indoor ornamentals,
                                                     lawn pest control,
                                                     and nuisance pests
                                 10163-104          Diazinon 14G: Beans,
                                                     celery, cucumbers,
                                                     parsley, peas,
                                                     peppers, potatoes,
                                                     squash (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips, and
                                                     indoor ornamentals
                                 10163-116          Diazinon 5G: Beans,
                                                     celery, cucumbers,
                                                     parsley, peas,
                                                     peppers, potatoes,
                                                     squash (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips,
                                                     indoor ornamentals,
                                                     and lawn pest
                                                     control
                                 10163-163          Diazinon 50-WSB:
                                                     Beans, cucumbers,
                                                     parsley, parsnips,
                                                     peas, peppers,
                                                     potatoes, squash
                                                     (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips,
                                                     grassland insects,
                                                     livestock Insects,
                                                     fly control in
                                                     livestock
                                                     structures, and
                                                     indoor ornamentals
                                 10163-241          Diazinon 5F: Beans,
                                                     cucumbers, parsley,
                                                     parsnips, peas,
                                                     peppers, potatoes,
                                                     squash (summer and
                                                     winter), sweet
                                                     potatoes, swiss
                                                     chard, turnips,
                                                     grassland insects,
                                                     lawn pest control,
                                                     nuisance pests, and
                                                     indoor ornamentals
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Hi-Yield Chemical Co.            34911-13           Hi-Yield 5% Diazinon
                                                     Insect Killer
                                                     Granules: Celery
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Control Solutions Inc.           53883-45           Martin's Diazinon
                                 53883-51.........   25E Lawn and Garden
                                                     Insect Control:
                                                     Almonds and Walnuts
                                                    Martin's 5% Diazinon
                                                     Granules: Celery
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III. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA hereby approves the 
requested cancellations of diazinon product and use registrations 
identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this Notice. Accordingly, the Agency 
orders that the diazinon end-use product registrations identified in 
Table 1 are hereby canceled. The Agency also orders that all of the 
uses identified in List 1 and all other uses (including specific 
outdoor non-agricultural uses) identified for deletion in Table 2 are 
hereby canceled from the end-use product registrations identified in 
Table 2. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the 
products identified in Tables 1 and 2 in a manner inconsistent with the 
terms of this Order or the Existing Stock Provisions in Unit IV. of 
this Notice will be considered a violation of section 12(a)(2)(K) of 
FIFRA and/or section 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.

IV. Existing Stocks Provisions

    For purposes of this Order, the term ``existing stocks'' is 
defined, pursuant to EPA's existing stocks policy published in the 
Federal Register of June 26, 1991 (56 FR 29362), as those stocks of a 
registered pesticide product 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 or amendment. The existing 
stocks provisions of this Cancellation Order are as follows:
    EPA intends that the cancellation order includes the following 
existing stocks provisions:
    1. Distribution or sale of products bearing instructions for use on 
agricultural crops. The distribution or sale of existing stocks by the 
registrant of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 that bears 
instructions for use on the agricultural crops identified in List 1 
will not be lawful under FIFRA 1 year after the effective date of the 
cancellation order, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks for 
export consistent with section 17 of FIFRA or for proper disposal. 
Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or distribute 
the existing stocks of any product listed in Table 2 that bears 
instructions for any of the agricultural uses identified in List 1 
after the effective date of the cancellation order.
    2. Distribution or sale of products bearing instructions for use on 
outdoor non-agricultural sites. The distribution or sale of existing 
stocks by the registrant of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 that 
bears instructions for use on outdoor non-agricultural sites will not 
be lawful under FIFRA 1 year after the effective date of the 
cancellation order, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks for 
export consistent with section 17 of FIFRA or for proper disposal.

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Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or distribute 
the existing stocks of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 that bears 
instructions for use on outdoor non-agricultural sites after the 
effective date of the cancellation order.
    3. Distribution or sale of products bearing instructions for use on 
indoor sites. The distribution or sale of existing stocks by the 
registrant of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 that bears 
instructions for use at or on any indoor sites (except mushroom 
houses), shall not be lawful under FIFRA as of the effective date of 
the cancellation order, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks 
for export consistent with section 17 of FIFRA, or for proper disposal.
    4. Retail and other distribution or sale of existing stock of 
products for indoor use. The distribution or sale of existing stocks by 
any person other than the registrants of products listed in Table 1 or 
2 bearing instructions for any indoor uses except mushroom houses will 
not be lawful under FIFRA after December 31, 2002, except for the 
purposes of shipping stocks for export consistent with section 17 of 
FIFRA or for proper disposal.
    5. Use of existing stocks. EPA intends to permit the use of 
existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 or 2 until such stocks 
are exhausted, provided such use is in accordance with the existing 
labeling of that product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: February 22, 2002.
  Lois A. Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Registration Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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