[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65493-65496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18757]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0258; FRL-8100-1]
Triadimefon; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel
or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Triadimefon 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 voluntarily
cancel and amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain
products containing the pesticide triadimefon. The requests would
terminate triadimefon use in or on apples, pears, grapes, raspberries,
and residential turf. The requests would not terminate the last
triadimefon product 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 this request, 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 7, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0258, 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-
2005-0258. 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 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),
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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: John W. Pates, Jr., Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8195; 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).
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 from the
registrants Bayer CropScience, Bayer Environmental Science, and Bayer
Advanced to cancel and amend to terminate uses of the triadimefon
products listed in Tables 1 and 2. Triadimefon is a broad spectrum
fungicide used for the systemic control of rust and mildew on various
fruits and pineapple. In addition, it is used to control various fungal
diseases on non-food use sites such as golf course and sod farm turf,
pine seedlings, Christmas trees, and ornamentals. In a letter dated
July 31, 2006, Bayer CropScience, Bayer Environmental Science, and
Bayer Advanced requested EPA to voluntarily cancel and amend their
registrations to terminate use(s) of certain products containing the
pesticide triadimefon identified in this notice Tables 1 and 2.
Specifically, the registrant has agreed to voluntarily cancel all use
on apples, pears, grapes, and raspberries (commercial and residential)
as well as use on residential turf. The registrant's request for these
use deletions will not terminate the last triadimefon products
registered in the United States, or the last pesticide products
registered in the United States for these uses.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel and/or amend to terminate uses of triadimefon product
registrations. The affected products 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 triadimefon registrants have declined to waive the 180-day
comment period. EPA will provide a 180-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 180 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 canceling or amending the affected registrations.
Table 1.--Triadimefon Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Product name Company
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264-757 Summit S Flowable Fungicide Bayer CropScience
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Table 2.--Triadimefon Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration No. Product name Company
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264-736 Bayleton Technical Fungicide Bayer CropScience
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264-737 Bayleton 50% Wettable Powder Fungicide Bayer CropScience
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264-757 Summit S Flowable Fungicide Bayer CropScience
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432-1293 Bayleton 25 WP Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1295 Bayleton 1% Granular Turf Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1296 Bayleton 0.5% Granular Turf Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1297 Bayleton 009 EC Turf and Ornamental Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1300 Bayleton 216 Concentrate Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1309 Bayleton 25% Turf and Ornamental Fungicide in WSP Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1316 Bayleton 25 WP Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1317 Bayleton 25 Nursery and Greenhouse Fungicide in WSP Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1336 Bayleton 1% Turf and Sod Production Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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432-1360 Bayleton 50 Turf and Ornamental Fungicide in WSP Bayer Environmental Science
and Bayleton 50 WP Fungicide
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432-1367 Bayleton 50 WDG Fungicide and Bayleton 50 WDG Bayer Environmental Science
Nursery and Greenhouse Fungicide
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432-1445 Bayleton FLO Turf and Ornamental Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science
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72155-46 Bayleton 1% Granular Bayer Advanced
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72155-47 Bayleton Granular Bayer Advanced
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72155-48 Bayleton Liquid Concentration Bayer Advanced
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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 and/or
Amendments
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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264 Bayer CropScience2 T.W.
Alexander DriveP.O. Box
12014Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709
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432 Bayer Environmental Science2
T.W. Alexander DriveP.O. Box
12014Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709
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72155 Bayer Advanced 2 T.W.
Alexander DriveP.O. Box
12014Research Triangle Park,
NC 27709
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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 Triadimefon
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 7, 2007. 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 and 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
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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: October 27, 2006.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-18757 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]
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