[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74904-74905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20988]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0098; FRL-8107-1]


Ethyl Parathion; 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 Drexel Chemical Company and accepted by 
the Agency, of products containing the pesticide ethyl parathion, 
pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows 
April 27, 2005 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the 
ethyl parathion registrant to voluntarily cancel all their ethyl 
parathion product registrations. These are the last ethyl parathion 
products registered for use in the United States. In the April 27, 2005 
Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency 
received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that 
would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the 
registrants withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did 
not receive any comments on the Notice. Further, the registrant did not 
withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice 
a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the ethyl parathion 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 December 13, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Parsons, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5776; fax 
number: (703) 305-8005; 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-OPPT-2005-0098. 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

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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. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by 
registrants, of all end-use and manufacturing-use ethyl parathion 
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are 
listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

             Table 1.--Ethyl Parathion Product Cancellations
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           EPA Registration No.                     Product Name
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19713-322                                   Drexel Seis-TRES 6-3
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19713-323                                   Drexel Parathion 8
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19713-324                                   IDA Seis-Tres 6-3
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19713-325                                   Drexel Parathion 4 EC
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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 of this unit.

       Table 2.--Registrant of Cancelled Ethyl Parathion Products
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              EPA Company No.                 Company Name and Address
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19713                                       Drexel Chemical Company
                                            1700 Channel Avenue
                                            P.O. Box 13327
                                            Memphis, TN 38113-0327
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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 April 27, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 21761; FRL-
7709-8) notice announcing the Agency's receipt of the request for 
voluntary cancellations.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of ethyl parathion registrations identified in Table 1 of 
Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the ethyl parathion 
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 
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 are currently 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. Because no product 
has been produced, sold or distributed for several years, the 
prohibition on sales, distribution and use of existing stocks is 
effective immediately.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 4, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-20988 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
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