[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38148-38149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10452]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061; FRL-8076-4]


Azinphos-methyl; Amending Existing Stocks Provisions of 
Distribution for Cranberry Growers

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks 
provision as written in the cancellation order published in theFederal 
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the 
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide 
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This 
will allow distribution and sale for use on cranberries for the 2006 
season, as contemplated by the March 29, 2006, cancellation order. The 
stop use date for these end-use products is still September 30, 2006, 
as provided in the March 29 order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; 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 a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (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.
    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. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks 
provision as written in the cancellation order published in the Federal 
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the 
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide 
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This 
will allow sale for use on cranberries for the 2006 season, as EPA 
intended. The stop use date for these end-use products is still 
September 30, 2006, as published in the cancellation order on March 29, 
2006.

  Table 1. -- Azinphos-methyl End-Use Products Bearing Instructions for
                           Use on Cranberries
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        Registration No.             Product name           Company
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264-733                           Guthion Solupak     Bayer Cropscience
                                   50% Wettable
                                   Powder
                                   Insecticide
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10163-78                          Gowan Azinphos-M    Gowan Company
10163-138.......................   50 WSB
10163-139.......................  Gowan Azinphos-M
10163-180.......................   35 WP.
                                  Gowan Azinphos-M
                                   35 WSB.
                                  Gowan Azinphos 50
                                   PVA.
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11678-53                          Cotnion-Methyl      Makhteshim
66222-11........................  Azinphos-methyl      Chemical Works
                                   50W.
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51036-164                         Azinphos-methyl     Microflo Company
                                   50W
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    Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record for the 
registrants that requested use terminations for their products, in 
sequence by EPA company number.

       Table 2. -- Registrants of Amended Azinphos-methyl 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, North
                                             Carolina 27709
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10163                                       Gowan Company, P.O. Box
                                             5569, Yuma, Arizona 85366-
                                             5569
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11678                                       Makhteshim Chemical Works,
66222.....................................   4515 Falls of Neuse Road,
                                             Suite 300, Raleigh, North
                                             Carolina 27609
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51036                                       Micro-Flo Corporation, LLC
                                             530 Oak Court Drive,
                                             Memphis, Tennessee 38117
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B. 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.

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FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must 
publish for public comment a notice of receipt of any such request in 
the Federal Register.

III. Amendment to Existing Stocks Order

    The cancellation order published in the Federal Register on March 
29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) is hereby amended to allow the 
distribution and sale of existing stocks of the end-use products listed 
in Table 1, in Unit II.A. for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. 
All other provisions of the March 29, 2006, order otherwise remain in 
effect.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.

    Dated: June 28, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-10452 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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