[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24687-24690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6302]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0162; FRL-8059-2]


Napropamide and MCPA; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Amend to 
Terminate Uses of Napropamide and MCPA Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is 
issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to amend 
napropamide and MCPA registrations to terminate certain uses. The 
requests would terminate MCPA use on rice and grain sorghum as well as 
terminate napropamide uses on pistachio, walnut, grapefruit, lemon, 
nectarine, orange, tangerine, tangelo, apricot, cherry, peach, plum, 
prune, apple, pear, fig, avocado, pomegranate, artichoke, and olive. 
The requests would not terminate the last napropamide or MCPA products 
registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these 
requests 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 the requests, or unless 
the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon 
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of 
products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, 
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the 
final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2006.

ADDRESSES:  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0162, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St., 
Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal 
hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information. The Docket telephone number is (703) 
305-5805.
     Important Note: OPP will be moving to a new location the 
first week of May 2006. As a result, from Friday, April 28 to Friday, 
May 5, 2006, the OPP Regulatory Public Docket will NOT be accepting any 
deliveries at the Crystal Mall 2 address and this facility 
will be closed to the public. Beginning on May 8, 2006, the OPP 
Regulatory Public Docket will reopen at 8:30 a.m. and deliveries will 
be accepted in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. The mail code for the mailing 
address will change to

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(7502P), but will otherwise remain the same. The OPP Regulatory Public 
Docket telephone number and hours of operation will remain the same 
after the move.
     Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2004-0162. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made 
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA 
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in 
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot 
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your 
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, 
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
     Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket 
index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are 
available in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, 
if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at 
the location identified under ``Delivery'' and ``Important Note.'' The 
hours of operation for this docket facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket 
telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For napropamide: Demson Fuller, 
Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8062, fax 
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For MCPA: Kelly Sherman, Special Review and Reregistration Division 
(7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 305-8401; fax: (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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

     1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI). In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
     ii. Follow directions. The agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Amend Registrations to 
Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request dated September 
30, 2005 from registrant United Phosphorus, Inc., to terminate certain 
uses of the following napropamide products: 70506-31, 70506-33, 70506-
34, 70506-35, 70506-36, 70506-37, 70506-38, 70506-39, 70506-63, and 
70506-64. Napropamide is an herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds 
and grasses on various fruit and vegetable crops. Specifically, United 
Phosphorus, Inc. requests use deletions of pistachio, walnut, 
grapefruit, lemon, nectarine, orange, tangerine, tangelo, apricot, 
cherry, peach, plum, prune, apple, pear, fig, avocado, pomegranate, 
artichoke, and olive. These use deletions will not terminate the last 
pesticide product registered for these uses in the United States. For 
additional information, refer to http://www.regulations.gov with the 
napropamide legacy docket number: OPP-2004-0162; (69 FR 52261, August 
25, 2004) (FRL-7370-9).
    This notice also announces receipt by EPA of requests dated August 
30, 2004, August 31, 2004, and March 10, 2006 from the MCPA Task Force 
Three on behalf of registrants Nufarm Limited, Nufarm UK Limited, 
Nufarm BV, Nufarm Platte Pty Ltd., A.H. Marks &Co. Ltd., and Dow 
Agrosciences LLC to terminate certain uses of the following MCPA 
products: 11685-13, 11685-14, 11685-22, 15440-7, 35935-8, 35935-9, 
62719-60, 67591-2, 70596-1, 11685-15, 11685-24, 15440-9, and 62719-64. 
MCPA is an herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds on various grains 
and grasses. Specifically, the MCPA Task Force Three requests 
termination of MCPA use on rice and grain sorghum.

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These use deletions will not terminate the last pesticide product 
registered in the United States for these uses. For additional 
information, refer to www.regulations.gov with the MCPA legacy docket 
number: OPP-2004-0156; (69 FR 35017, June 23, 2004) (FRL-7365-6).

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from several 
registrants to delete certain uses of napropamide and MCPA product 
registrations. The affected registrations and the registrants making 
the requests are identified in Tables 1-3 of this unit.
    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 or use termination. In addition, section 
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period 
on a request for voluntary cancellation or 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 continued use of the pesticide 
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The napropamide and MCPA registrants have requested that EPA waive 
the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on 
the proposed requests.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by a registrant within 30 days of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, or the Agency 
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further 
review of this request, an order will be issued amending the affected 
registrations.

                 Table 1.--Napropamide Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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           Registration No.                  Product name                Company                 Use Sites
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70506-31                               Devrinol 4-F Selective   United Phosphorus, Inc.  Pistachio, walnut,
                                        Herbicide Flowable                                grapefruit, lemon,
                                                                                          nectarine, orange,
                                                                                          tangerine, tangelo,
                                                                                          apricot, cherry,
                                                                                          peach, plum, prune,
                                                                                          apple, pear, fig,
                                                                                          avocado, pomegranate,
                                                                                          artichoke, and olive
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70506-33                               Devrinol 2-G Ornamental  Do.                      Do.
                                        Selective Herbicide
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70506-34                               Devrinol 10-G Selective  Do.                      Do.
                                        Herbicide
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70506-35                               Devrinol Technical       Do.                      Do.
                                        Selective Herbicide
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70506-36                               Devrinol 50 DF           Do.                      Do.
                                        Selective Herbicide
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70506-37                               Devrinol 4-F Ornamental  Do.                      Do.
                                        Selective Herbicide
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70506-38                               Devrinol 50-DF           Do.                      Do.
                                        Ornamental Herbicide
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70506-39                               Devrinol Lawn and        Do.                      Do.
                                        Ornamental Selective
                                        Herbicide
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                    Table 2.--MCPA Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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           Registration No.                  Product name                Company                Use Sites
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11685-13                               MCPA Technical Acid      Nufarm UK Limited        Rice and grain sorghum
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11685-14                               MCPA Technical Acid      Do.                      Do.
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11685-22                               U-46 MCPA Acid           Do.                      Do.
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11685-15                               Technical MCPA IOE       Do.                      Do.
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11685-24                               Riverdale Technical      Do.                      Do.
                                        MCPA IOE
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15440-7                                Technical MCPA Acid      A.H. Marks &Co. Limited  Do.
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15440-9                                Technical 2-Ethylhexyl   A.H. Marks &Co. Limited  Do.
                                        Ester of MCPA
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35935-8                                MCPA Technical Acid      Nufarm Limited           Do.
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62719-64                               MCPA 2-Ethylhexyl Ester  Dow Agrosciences LLC     Do.
                                        Technical
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62719-60                               MCPA Acid Technical      Dow Agrosciences LLC     Do.
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               Table 2.--MCPA Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment--Continued
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           Registration No.                  Product name                Company                Use Sites
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67591-2                                MCPA Acid                Nufarm Platte Pty Ltd    Do.
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70596-1                                MCPA (Technical Grade)   Nufarm BV                Do.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.

  Table 3.--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation or Amendments
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             EPA Company No.                  Company name and address
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70506                                      United Phosphorus Inc.
                                           423 Riverview Plaza
                                           Trenton, NJ 08611
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11685                                      Nufarm UK Limited
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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15440                                      A.H. Marks &Co. Limited
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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35935                                      Nufarm Limited
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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62719                                      Dow Agrosciences LLC
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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70596                                      Nufarm BV
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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67591                                      Nufarm Platte Pty Ltd
                                           PMB 239, 7474 Creedmoor Road
                                           Raleigh, NC 27613
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IV. 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.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for 
Reregistration of Napropamide or MCPA

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must 
submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before May 26, 2006. This 
written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to 
the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If 
the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the 
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier 
cancellation action are controlling.

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.
    If the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination is 
granted as discussed above, the Agency intends to issue a cancellation 
order that will allow persons other than the registrant to continue to 
sell and/or use existing stocks of cancelled 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 cancelled 
product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of existing 
stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved labeling. 
If, as the Agency currently intends, the final cancellation order 
contains the existing stocks provision just described, the order will 
be sent only to the affected registrants of the cancelled products. If 
the Agency determines that the final cancellation order should contain 
existing stocks provisions different than the ones just described, the 
Agency will publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: April 19, 2006.
 Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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