[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26083-26084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6617]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0048; FRL-8059-5]


Amitraz; Product Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
products containing the pesticide amitraz, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as 
amended. This cancellation order follows a March 17, 2004 Federal 
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the amitraz registrant to 
voluntarily cancel all uses of its Ovasyn Insecticide/Miticide and 
Mitac W Insecticide product registrations. These are not the last 
amitraz products registered for use in the United States, but are the 
last amitraz products for the use sites of cotton and pears. In the 
March 17, 2004 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order 
implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive 
comments within the 30 day comment period that would merit its further 
review of these requests, or unless the registrant withdrew its 
requests within this period. The Agency received no comments regarding 
the cancellation of Ovasyn Insecticide/Miticide and Mitac W 
Insecticide. Further, the registrant did not withdraw its requests. 
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order 
granting the requested cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of 
the amitraz 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 May 3, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amaris Johnson, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-9542; 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

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listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    1. Docket. i. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket identification number (ID) EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0048. Publicly 
available docket materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov.
    ii. 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 (7502P), but will otherwise remain the same. The 
OPP Regulatory Public Docket telephone number ((703) 305-5805) and 
hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays) will remain the same after the move.
    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/.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by the 
registrant, of amitraz products Ovasyn Insecticide/Miticide and Mitac W 
Insecticide, registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations 
are listed in sequence by registration number in the following Table 1:

                 Table 1.--Amitraz Product Cancellations
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           EPA Registration No.                     Product Name
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264-625                                     Ovasyn Insecticide/Miticide
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264-636                                     Mitac W Insecticide
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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.

           Table 2.--Registrant of Cancelled Amitraz Products
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              EPA Company No.                 Company Name and Address
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264                                         Bayer CropScience
                                            2 T.W. Alexander Drive
                                            Research Triangle Park, NC
                                             27709
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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 March 17, 2004 Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations and 
amendments to terminate uses of amitraz.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of amitraz registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit 
II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the amitraz product 
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II are hereby canceled. 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 arecurrently 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.
    The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute 
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 
months after the approval of the cancellation, unless other 
restrictions have been imposed, as in special review actions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: April 20, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

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