[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32948-32950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8658]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494; FRL-8071-1]


Rotenone; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Amend Rotenone 
Pesticide Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses

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 rotenone registrants to voluntarily 
amend their registrations to terminate certain uses. The requests would 
terminate all rotenone uses on livestock, residential and home owner 
use, domestic pet uses, and all other uses except for piscicide (fish 
kill) uses. 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 approval 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 July 7, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494, 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 (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 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.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0494. 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 Web site 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 either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP 
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation 
of 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: Katie Hall, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0166; fax 
number: (703) 308-7070; 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 
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).

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    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 requests dated March 7, 
2006; March 17, 2006; and April 5, 2006 from the registrants Prentiss 
Incorporated, Foreign Domestic Chemicals Corporation, and Tifa 
International LLC, respectively, to terminate uses of the following 
rotenone products: 655-3, 655-69, 655-421, 655-422, 655-691, 655-795, 
655-803, 655-804, 655-805, 655-806, 655-807, 655-808, 6458-1, 6458-5, 
6458-6, 82397-1, 82397-2, 82397-3, 82397-4, and 82397-5. Rotenone is an 
insecticide/miticide/piscicide used to control flying and crawling 
insects and invasive fish. Specifically, the rotenone registrants 
request termination of rotenone uses including formulations for 
livestock use, agriculture use, residential and home owner uses, 
domestic pet uses, and all other uses except for piscicide uses. 
Foreign Domestic Chemicals Corporation conditioned their request upon 
the allowance for existing stocks until March 11, 2008. Upon approval 
of these requests, there will still be piscicide uses of rotenone 
allowed in the U.S.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
to delete certain uses of rotenone product registrations. The affected 
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in 
Table 1 and 2 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 180-day comment period, 
or
    2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide 
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The rotenone 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 the registrant within 30 days of 
publication of this notice, or if 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.--Rotenone Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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           Registration No.                  Product name                Company                Use Sites
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655-3                                  Prentox Cube Powder....  Prentiss Incorporated..  The registrants have
                                                                                          requested voluntary
                                                                                          cancellation of the
                                                                                          livestock use,
                                                                                          agriculture use,
                                                                                          residential and home
                                                                                          owner uses, domestic
                                                                                          pet uses, and all
                                                                                          other uses EXCEPT for
                                                                                          piscicide uses
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655-69                                 Prentox Cube Resins....  Do.....................  Do.
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655-421                                Prentox Synpren-Fish     Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant.
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655-422                                Prentox Prenfish         Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant.
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655-691                                Prentox Rotenone Fish    Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant Powder.
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655-795                                Prentox Prenfish Grass   Do.....................  Do.
                                        Carp Management Bait.
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655-803                                Prentox Common Carp      Do.....................  Do.
                                        Management Bait.
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655-804                                Nusyn-Noxfish Fish       Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant.
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655-805                                Noxfish Fish Toxicant    Do.....................  Do.
                                        Liquid-Emulsifiable.
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655-806                                Cube Powder Fish         Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant.
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655-807                                Powdered Cube Root.....  Do.....................  Do.
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655-808                                Brittle Extract of Cube  Do.....................  Do.
                                        Root.
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6458-1                                 Cube Root Powder.......  Foreign Domestic         Do.
                                                                 Chemicals Corp..
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6458-5                                 Rotenone Resin for       Do.....................  Do.
                                        Manufacturing Use Only.
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6458-6                                 Cube Powder............  Do.....................  Do.
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82397-1                                Chem Fish Regular......  Tifa International,      Do.
                                                                 LLC..
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82397-2                                Chem Fish Synergized...  Do.....................  Do.
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82397-3                                Powdered Cube Root.....  Do.....................  Do.
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82397-4                                Chem-Sect Brand          Do.....................  Do.
                                        Rotenone Resins.
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82397-5                                Cube Powder Fish         Do.....................  Do.
                                        Toxicant.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.

               Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments
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              EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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655                                         Prentiss Incorporated C.B.
                                             2000 Floral Park, NY 11001
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6458                                        Foreign Domestic Chemicals
                                             Corp.3 Post Road Oakland,
                                             NJ 07436
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82397                                       Tifa International, LLC.50
                                             Division Avenue Millington,
                                             NJ 07946
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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 Rotenone

    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 July 7, 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(s) 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.
    In any order issued in response to these requests for amendments to 
terminate uses of rotenone, EPA proposes to include the following 
provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products 
identified or referenced in Table 1:
    For Prentiss Incorporated products 655-3, 655-69, 655-421, 655-422, 
655-691, 655-795, 655-803, 655-804, 655-805, 655-806, 655-807, 655-808 
and for Tifa International LLC products 82397-1, 82397-2, 82397-3, 
82397-4, 82397-5, there will be no existing stocks provision for 
product in the hands of technical registrants as of the date of the 
final cancellation order.
    For Foreign Domestic Chemical Corporation products 6458-1, 6458-5, 
and 6458-6, existing stocks may be distributed or sold by the 
registrant under the previously approved labeling until March 11, 2008.
    If the request for 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: May 25, 2006.
 Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-8658 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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