[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61667-61668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23038]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0291; FRL-7681-7]


Tributyltin Methacrylate and Bis(tributyltin) Oxide; Product 
Cancellation Order; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of March 17, 2004 
(OPP-2004-0012; FRL-7346-8), announcing the cancellation of 
registrations for all manufacturing-use tributyltin methacrylate 
products used to formulate antifouling paints and one end-use 
tributyltin methacrylate antifouling paint registration. The notice 
also announced EPA's approval of amendments to terminate the use of 
manufacturing-use product registrations containing bis(tributyltin) 
oxide for formulating antifouling paints. These actions comprise the 
cancellation or termination of all uses of tributyltin manufacturing-
use products for the formulation of antifouling paints. This notice 
announces amendments to the March 17, 2004 cancellation order to 
correct the effective date of the amendments to registrations announced 
in that notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Bloom, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; 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 identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0291. 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. 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, 
1801 S. Bell St., 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. Once in the system, select ``search,'' 
then key in the appropriate docket ID number.

II. What Does this Correction Do?

    The original cancellation orders for manufacturing-use products 
containing tributyltin methacrylate and labeled for use in formulating 
antifouling paints, and for the one end-use antifouling paint product 
containing tributyltin methacrylate, and for approval of the amendments 
to terminate the use of certain manufacturing-use products containing 
bis(tributyltin) oxide for formulating antifouling paints were 
published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2004; OPP-2004-0012; 
(FRL-7346-8). Today's notice corrects statements in Units II. and IV. 
of that cancellation order (on pages 12657 and 12658) to amend the 
effective date of cancellation consistent with the registrants' 
requests for use termination. The effective date of the use 
terminations cited in the March 17, 2004 notice was the date of 
publication of that notice (or March 17, 2004); the corrected effective 
date is April 15, 2004. The effective date of the registration 
cancellations where no use termination was requested remains as stated 
in the previous notice. The registrations affected by this correction 
and the effective date of the use terminations are listed in the table 
below.
    Registrations subject to amendments to terminate the use of 
manufacturing-use products containing bis(tributyltin) oxide for 
formulating antifouling paints.

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                                                       Effective Date of
      EPA Registration No.           Product Name      Use Terminations
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5204-1                            Biomet TBTO         April 15, 2004
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8898-17                           Eurotin TBTO        April 15, 2004
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    FR Doc. E4-557 published in the Federal Register of March 17, 2004, 
(69 FR 12655) (FRL-7346-8) is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 12657, in the first column, the second sentence 
immediately following Table 2, which now reads: ``The cancellations and 
amendments to terminate a use are effective upon the date of 
publication of this document.,'' is corrected to read, ``The 
cancellations are effective upon the date of publication of this 
document, and amendments to terminate a use are effective April 15, 
2004.''
    2. On page 12658, in Unit IV.2. Registrations amended to delete 
terminated uses (Table 2 in Unit II.), the first two sentences 
following the paragraph heading which now read: ``The effective date of 
the cancellation effectuating the use terminations is the date of 
publication of this document. As of the date of publication of this 
document, Atofina and Crompton may not sell, distribute, or use the 
products listed in Table 2 bearing labels allowing the use which is the 
subject of the use termination request.,'' are corrected to read: ``The 
effective date of the use terminations is April 15, 2004. As of April 
15, 2004, Atofina and Crompton may not sell, distribute, or use any 
product listed in Table 2 which bears a label allowing the use of the 
product for formulating antifouling paints.''

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


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    Dated: September 30, 2004.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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