[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57571-57572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19816]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0340; FRL-8151-8]


Disulfoton; Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
certain products containing the pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to 
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This termination order follows a December 15, 
2004 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request (69 FR 75061) (FRL-
7689-8) from the disulfoton registrant to voluntarily terminate the 
following uses of their 15% granular formulation of disulfoton (Di-
Syston 15G): beans, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cotton, 
peanuts, peppers, radish grown for seed, and clover grown for seed. Di-
Syston 15G is not the last disulfoton product registered for use in the 
United States. The registrant will retain use of Di-Syston 15G on 
Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina and coffee trees in Puerto 
Rico, provided it is used with a closed system applicator. The 
registrant will retain the registration of Di-Syston 8E, the liquid 
emulsifiable concentrate, which must also be used with closed system 
applicators. In the December 15, 2004 notice, EPA indicated that it 
would issue an order implementing the amendments to terminate the 
subject uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within 
the 180 day comment period that would merit its further review of these 
requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their request within this 
period. The Agency received comments on the notice but none merited its 
further review of the requests. The registrant did not withdraw their 
request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation 
order granting the requested Voluntary Termination of Certain Uses. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the Di-Syston 15G products subject to 
this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms 
of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The use terminations are effective October 10, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Miederhoff, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8028; 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. 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-2004-0340. 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 Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., 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 Facility 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 an amendment to terminate uses, as requested 
by registrants, of certain end-use disulfoton products registered under 
section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by 
registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

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 Table 1.-- Disulfoton Product Reregistrations Affected by Amendment to
                             Terminate Uses
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          EPA Registration Number                   Product Name
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264-723                                     Di-Syston 15G
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by 
EPA company number.

   Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled and/or Amended Disulfton Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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264                                         Bayer CropSciences, 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, EPA received two comments on the 
December 15, 2004 Notice. One comment requested cancellation of the use 
of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina and 
coffee trees in Puerto Rico. However, the comment did not contest any 
specific aspect of the Agency's evaluation of these uses. A second 
comment protested the cancellation of Di-Syston 15G usage on winter 
wheat. However, the December 15, 2004 Notice did not list winter wheat 
among the uses for voluntary termination. The 2002 disulfoton RED 
stipulated that Di-Syston 15G wheat usage would be phased out by 2005. 
The Agency will evaluate this comment and publish the results in a 
separate Federal Register entry. For these reasons, the Agency does not 
believe that the comments submitted during the comment period merit 
further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary cancellation.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
use terminations of disulfoton registrations identified in Table 1. 
Accordingly, the Agency orders that the disulfoton product 
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II are hereby canceled and 
amended to terminate the affected uses. Any distribution, sale, or use 
of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 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.
    The Agency will allow the continued sale and/or use of 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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: September 26, 2007.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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