[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68897-68901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30271]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0305; FRL-7327-7]


Diazinon; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel 
Certain Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

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Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel the 
registrations for all of their outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
products containing diazinon [O,O-diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-
pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate]. EPA intends to grant these requests by 
issuing a cancellation order at the close of the comment period for 
this announcement, unless the Agency receives substantive comments 
within the comment period that would merit its further review of these 
requests. It is EPA's intent that the cancellation of the outdoor non-
agricultural end-use products will be effective on December 31, 2004. 
The Agency requests public comment on these voluntary cancellation 
requests, and is providing a 180-day comment period.

DATES: Comments on the requested registration cancellations must be 
submitted to the address provided below and identified by docket 
identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0305. Comments must be received on 
or before June 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0076; 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. 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 information in this notice, consult the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket ID number OPP-2003-0305. The official public docket 
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any 
public comments received, and other information related to this action. 
Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not 
include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. EPA also established two 
dockets containing documents in support of the diazinon IRED. They are 
dockets OPP-34225 and OPP-2002-0251. The official public docket is the 
collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the 
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 
Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This 
docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 
305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be 
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly 
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in 
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket ID number.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to cancel 75 pesticide products registered under section 3 
of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in ascending sequence by 
registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

A. Background Information

    Diazinon is an organophosphorous insecticide and is one of the most 
widely used insecticides in the U.S. It is used for outdoor non-
agricultural, as well as agricultural, pest control.
    Under a December 5, 2000, memorandum of agreement (MOA), the 
technical registrants of diazinon agreed to certain provisions 
regarding outdoor non-agricultural end-use products. All companies 
holding registrations for diazinon outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
products submitted letters to the Agency agreeing to the following 
changes in the conditions of their registrations according to the MOA:
    1. Stop manufacturing all diazinon outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
products no later than June 30, 2003.
    2. Stop shipment of all diazinon outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
products no later than August 31, 2003.
    3. Voluntarily cancel all diazinon outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
product registrations by December 31, 2004.
    4.Adhere to certain existing stocks provisions, which are explained 
in Unit IV.
    The Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document summarizes 
the findings of EPA's reregistration process for individual chemical 
cases, and reflects the Agency's decision on risk assessment and risk 
management for uses of the individual pesticides. EPA has issued an 
Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) document assessing 
the risks from exposure to diazinon.

B. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation

    Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any 
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to 
terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA 
requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, 
EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for 
voluntary cancellation. In addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA 
requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for 
voluntary termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the 
request, unless: (1) The registrants request a waiver of the comment 
period, or (2) the Administrator determines that the continued use of 
the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the 
environment.EPA will apply a 180-day comment period to this notice.

Table 1.-- Diazinon Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation
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            Registration number                     Product name
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16-118                                      Dragon Granular Lawn Insect
                                             Control
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16-119                                      Dragon 5% Diazinon Granules
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16-157                                      Dragon 25% Diazinon Spray
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16-166                                      Dragon Diazinon Water-Based
                                             Concentrate
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192-161                                     Dexol Diazinon 5% Granules
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228-162                                     Riverdale Lawn Insect Killer
                                             Plus Fertilizer
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228-177                                     Riverdale 5% Diazinon Insect
                                             Killer Granules
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239-2364                                    Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray
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239-2375                                    Ortho Diazinon Granules
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239-2479                                    Ortho Diazinon Soil and Turf
                                             Insect Control
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239-2503                                    Ortho Diazinon Granular Fire
                                             Ant Killer
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239-2619                                    Hi-Power Ant, Roach, and
                                             Spider Spray Formula II
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239-2630                                    Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray
                                             Ready-to-Use
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239-2643                                    Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray
                                             2
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239-2671                                    Ortho Diazinon Dust
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538[dash]92                                 Lawn Insect Control Plus
                                             Fertilizer
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538[dash]187                                Scotts Lawn Insect Control
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538-204                                     Western Lawn Insect Control
                                             Plus Fertilizer
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538-254                                     Fertilizer Plus Diazinon
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538-258                                     Fertilizer and Diazinon
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572-292                                     5% Diazinon Granular Lawn
                                             Insecticide
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572-305                                     Rockland Diazinon Spray
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655-556                                     Prentox Diazinon 5G
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829-249                                     Diazinon Insecticide 25%
                                             Spray Concentrate
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829-264                                     SA-50 Brand 5% Diazinon
                                             Granules
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869-139                                     Green Light Diazinon 5
                                             Granules
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869-231                                     Green Light Diazinon
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961-358                                     Lebanon Lawn and Garden
                                             Insecticide with Diazinon
                                             5G
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961-393(old reg. no. 8660-11)               Sta-Green Lawn Insect
                                             Control and Fertilizer
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1386-648                                    5% Diazinon Insect Killer
                                             Granules
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3546-27                                     Shoofly Hornet Jet-bomb
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7401-216                                    Ferti-lome Diazinon Insect
                                             Spray
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7401-222                                    Ferti-lome Special Diazinon
                                             Insect Killer Granules
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7401-441                                    Ferti-lome Diazinon Water
                                             Base Concentrate
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8378-12                                     Lawn Insect Control Plus
                                             Fertilizer
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8378-32                                     Shaw's 5% Diazinon Insect
                                             Granules
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8780-51                                     Turf Line Diazinon 5G Lawn
                                             Insect Control
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8780-56                                     Turf Line Arthroban Triple
                                             Action 4
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8845-92                                     Spectracide Lawn and Garden
                                             Insect Control
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8845-95                                     Spectracide 6000 Lawn and
                                             Garden Insect Control
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8845-101                                    Spectracide Fire Ant Killer
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9198-45                                     The Andersons Turf Food with
                                             3.33% Diazinon
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9198-62                                     The Andersons Lawn and
                                             Garden Insecticide 5%
                                             Diazinon
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9688-89                                     Chemsico Diazinon 2G
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10404-14                                    Lesco Diazinon 3.33% +
                                             Fertilizer
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10404-23                                    Lesco Diazinon 5G
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19713-263                                   Drexel Diazinon 5G
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19713-264                                   Drexel Diazinon 2G
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19713-317                                   Bug Spray
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28293-199                                   Unicorn Diazinon 5G Granules
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28293-230                                   Unicorn 25 EC Diazinon
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32802-5                                     All Season Diazinon 5G
                                             Insecticide
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33955-556                                   Acme Diazinon 25%
                                             Emulsifiable Concentrate
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33955-557                                   Acme Diazinon 5G Lawn and
                                             Garden Insect Control
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34704-57                                    Clean Crop Diazinon 5 Lawn
                                             and Garden
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34911-13                                    Hi-Yield 5% Diazinon Insect
                                             Killer Granules
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34911-23                                    Hi-Yield Imported Fire Ant
                                             Control Granules
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40849-30                                    Enforcer Ant Kill Granules
                                             II
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42057-90                                    Diazinon Liquid (Diazinon
                                             25% Emulsifiable)
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42057-107                                   Morgro 5% Diazinon Granular
                                             Lawn and Garden Insect
                                             Control
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51036-69                                    Diazinon 2G Lawn and
                                             Perimeter Granules
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51036-97                                    Diazinon 5G Homeowner
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53883-45                                    Martins Diazinon 25 E Lawn
                                             and Garden Insect Control
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53883-46                                    Martin's Diazinon Granular
                                             Lawn Insect Control
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53883-51                                    Martins 5% Diazinon Granules
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53883-54                                    Martin's Fire Ant Killer
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53883-80 (old reg. no. 37915-6)             Professional Pest Control
                                             Formula DC-500
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56819-13 (old reg. no. 8780-54)             Turf Diazinon Lawn Insect
                                             Control Plus Fertilizer
                                             2
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56819-14 (old reg. no. 8780-55)             Turf Diazinon Lawn Insect
                                             Control Plus Fertilizer
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59144-2                                     5% Diazinon Granules
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59144-28                                    Diazinon Lawn and Garden
                                             Insecticide
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61282-25                                    Diazinon Lawn and Garden WBC
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62366-2                                     Bug Stuff
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67572-1                                     CP Diazinon Lawn and Garden
                                             WB Ready-to-Use
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75082-2 (old reg. no. 34822-6)              Di-All Paint Insecticide
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all

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registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in ascending 
sequence by EPA company number:

         Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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            EPA Company number                Company name and address
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16                                          Dragon Chemical Corporation,
                                             7033 Walrond Drive, NW,
                                             P.O. Box 7311, Roanoke, VA
                                             24019
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 192                                        Value Gardens Supply, LLC,
                                             P.O. Box 585, St. Joseph,
                                             MO 64502
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228                                         Nufarm Americas Inc., 1333
                                             Burr Ridge Parkway, Suite
                                             125A, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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239                                         The Ortho Business Group,
                                             P.O. Box 190, Marysville,
                                             OH 43040
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538                                         The Scotts Company, 14111
                                             Scottslawn Road,
                                             Marysville, OH 43041
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572                                         Rockland Corporation, 686
                                             Passaic Avenue, P.O. Box
                                             809, West Caldwell, NJ
                                             07007
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655                                         Prentiss Inc., CB 2000,
                                             Floral Park, New York, NY
                                             11001
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829                                         Southern Agricultural
                                             Insecticides, Inc., P.O.
                                             Box 218, Palmetto, FL 34220
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869                                         Green Light Company, P.O.
                                             Box 17985, San Antonio, TX
                                             78217
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961                                         Lebanon Seaboard
                                             Corporation, 1600 East
                                             Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
                                             PA 17042
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1386                                        Universal Cooperatives Inc.,
                                             1300 Corporate Center
                                             Curve, Eagan, MN 55121
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3546                                        Lynwood Labs Inc., 945 Great
                                             Plain Avenue, Needham, MA
                                             02192
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7401                                        Voluntary Purchasing Group
                                             Inc., 1806 Auburn Drive,
                                             Carrollton, TX 75007
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8378                                        Knox Fertilizer Company
                                             Inc., West Culver Road,
                                             P.O. Box 248, Knox, IN
                                             46534
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8780                                        Progressive Lawn Research,
                                             Inc., 1225 Lehigh Station
                                             Road, P.O. Box 400,
                                             Henrietta, NY 14467
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8845                                        Spectrum Group, P.O. Box
                                             142642, St. Louis, MO 63114
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9198                                        The Andersons Lawn
                                             Fertilizer Division, Inc.,
                                             P.O. Box 119, Maumee, OH
                                             43537
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9688                                        Chemsico, P.O. Box 142642,
                                             St. Louis, MO 63114
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10404                                       Lesco Inc., 15885 Sprague
                                             Road, Strongsville, OH
                                             44136
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19713                                       Drexel Chemical Company,
                                             1700 Channel Avenue, P.O.
                                             Box 13327, Memphis, TN
                                             38113
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28293                                       Unicorn Laboratories, 12385
                                             Automobile Boulevard,
                                             Clearwater, FL 33762
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32802                                       Howard Johnson's Enterprises
                                             Inc., 700 West Virginia
                                             Street, Suite 222,
                                             Milwaukee, WI 53204
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33955                                       PBI/Gordon Corporation, P.O.
                                             Box 014090, Kansas City, MO
                                             64101
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34704                                       Platte Chemical Company,
                                             Inc., P.O. Box 667,
                                             Greeley, CO 80632
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34911                                       Hi-Yield Chemical Company,
                                             1806 Auburn Drive,
                                             Carrollton, TX 75007
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40849                                       Enforcer Products, 1310
                                             Seaboard Industrial
                                             Boulevard, NW Atlanta,
                                             GA30318
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42057                                       Morgro Chemical Company, 145
                                             West Central Avenue, Salt
                                             Lake City, UT 84107
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51036                                       Micro-Flo Company LLC, P.O.
                                             Box 772099, Memphis, TN
                                             38117
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53883                                       Control Solutions, Inc.,
                                             5903 Genoa-Red Bluff,
                                             Pasadena, TX 77507
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56819                                       Progressive Lawn Research
                                             Inc. C/O High Point Mills
                                             Road, P.O. Box 400,
                                             Henrietta, NY 14467
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59144                                       Gro Tec Inc., 30856 Rocky
                                             Road, Greeley, CO 80631
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61282                                       Hacco, Inc., P.O. Box 7190,
                                             Madison, WI 53707
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62366                                       The Valspar Corporation,
                                             30856 Rocky Road, Greeley,
                                             CO 80631
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67572                                       Contract Packaging Inc.,
                                             10115 Highway 142, North
                                             Covington, GA 30014
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75082                                       Supreme Chemicals of
                                             Georgia, Inc., 1535 Oak
                                             Industrial Lane, Suite B,
                                             Cummings, GA 30041
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III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    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 canceled. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, 
EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal 
Register. After complying with the requirements in 6(f)(1), the 
Administrator may approve such a request.

IV. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    The Agency intends to issue a cancellation order following 
consideration of all comments received during the comment period, 
unless the comments warrant further review of this request. Any 
cancellation order issued in response to this request will have an 
effective date of December 31, 2004.
    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
cancellation action. As noted above, the companies listed in Table 2 in 
Unit II., have agreed to stop shipment of all diazinon outdoor non-
agricultural end-use products no later than August 31, 2003. In 
accordance with the MOA, all companies holding

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registrations for outdoor non-agricultural end-use diazinon products 
agreed to the following existing stocks provisions:
    1. Sale and distribution of these outdoor non-agricultural end-use 
products containing diazinon will not be permitted after December 31, 
2004. Except for purposes of product recovery pursuant to the 2000 MOA, 
shipping such stocks for export consistent with the requirements of 
FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal in accordance with applicable law.
    2. Use of existing stocks may continue until stocks are exhausted. 
Any such use must be in accordance with the label.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: November 18, 2003.
 Betty Shackleford,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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