[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6962-6963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2174]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0340; FRL-8350-1]


Disulfoton; Amendment to and Clarification of Order to Amend 
Registration to Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's amendment to and clarification of 
the order for the termination of uses, voluntarily requested by the 
registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the 
pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 
amendment and clarification follows an October 10, 2007 Federal 
Register Notice of Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses (72 
FR 57571) of disulfoton (Di-Syston 15G) for multiple uses. The October 
10, 2007 order and the December 15, 2004, Notice of Receipt of Request 
(69 FR 75061) that preceded the order were unclear as to whether the 
use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees was terminated, 
except for use in the State of North Carolina. In addition, the 
registrant had withdrawn its request to terminate use of Di-Syston 15G 
on Christmas trees outside of North Carolina during the time allowed 
and EPA issued the order without having processed that withdrawal. 
Accordingly, EPA hereby is amending the order to clarify that use of 
disulfoton on Fraser fir Christmas trees is allowed nationwide.

DATES: This amendment is effective February 6, 2008.

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.

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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 the amendment and clarification of the 
October 10, 2007 order to amend registrations to terminate uses of 
certain end-use disulfoton products registered under section 3 of 
FIFRA. The registration number is listed in Table 1 of this unit.

                  Table 1.--Disulfoton Product Affected
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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 name and address of record for 
the registrant of the product in Table 1 of this unit.

           Table 2.--Registrant of Amended Disulfoton Product
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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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    On December 15, 2004, EPA published a Notice of Receipt of Request 
to Voluntarily Terminate Certain Uses (69 FR 75061). That notice 
contained the statement: ``The registrant will retain use of Di-Syston 
15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina...'' On January 21, 
2005, during the allowed timeframe set out in the December 15, 2004 
notice, EPA received a withdrawal request from the registrant that 
replaced an exclusion from termination for Christmas trees in North 
Carolina with an exclusion from termination for Christmas trees 
nationwide. EPA did not make note of this withdrawal in its October 10, 
2007 order and instead reiterated the statement``The registrant will 
retain use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North 
Carolina'' without mention of how Christmas trees outside of North 
Carolina would be affected. Today's action is intended to clarify that 
no use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees has been 
terminated.

III. Amended Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby amends the October 10, 
2007 order to clarify that EPA did not terminate use on Fraser fir 
Christmas trees outside of North Carolina of disulfoton registrations 
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders 
that the use of disulfoton products whose registration is identified in 
Table I of Unit II for use on Fraser fir Christmas trees is allowed 
nationwide.

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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: January 24, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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