[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51796-51797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17126]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0183; FRL-7731-8]


Thiram; Amendment to Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendment to 
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by 
the Agency, of products containing the pesticide thiram, pursuant to 
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an April 27, 
2005 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the thiram 
registrant to voluntarily amend to terminate uses of thiram in or on 
apples. These are not the last thiram products registered for use in 
the United States. In the April 27, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it 
would issue an order implementing the amendment to terminate uses, 
unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day 
comment period that would merit its further review of this request, or 
unless the registrant withdrew their request within this period. The 
Agency did not receive any comments on the Notice. Further, the 
registrant did not withdraw their request. Accordingly, EPA hereby 
issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested 
amendment to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the 
thiram products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in 
accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks 
provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective August 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Doty, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0122; fax 
number: (703) 308-8041; 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, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, 
or use of pesticides. Since others also may 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 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-2004-0183. 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 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 the amendment to terminate use, as requested 
by registrants, of certain end-use and/or manufacturing-use thiram 
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are 
listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

   Table 1-- Thiram Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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           EPA Registration No.                     Product Name
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45728-1                                     Thiram Technical
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit.

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                    Table 2-- Amended Thiram Products
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              EPA Company No.                 Company Name and Address
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45728                                       Taminco, Inc.
                                            1950 Lake Park Drive
                                            Smyrna, GA 30080
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments 
in response to the April 27, 2005  Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the request for voluntary amendment to 
terminate uses of thiram.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
amendment to terminate uses of thiram registrations identified in Table 
1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the thiram product 
registrations identified in Table 1 are hereby amended to terminate the 
affected uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the 
products identified in Table 1 of Unit II. in a manner inconsistent 
with any of the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth 
below in Unit VI. will be considered a violation of FIFRA.

V. 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 or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further 
provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice 
of receipt of any such request in the  Federal Register. Thereafter, 
following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such 
a request.

VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
cancellation action. The cancellation order issued in this Notice 
includes the following existing stocks provisions.
    Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell and/or use 
existing stocks of amended products until such stocks are exhausted, 
provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously 
approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the amended product. This 
order specifically prohibits any use of existing stocks that is not 
consistent with such previously approved labeling.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: August 18, 2005.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-17126 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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