[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49184-49189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19171]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0525; FRL-8379-4]
Carbaryl; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or
to Terminate Uses of Certain 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 various registrants to voluntarily
amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products
containing carbaryl, or to eliminate certain application methods for
carbaryl products. The requests would terminate carbaryl use in or on
wheat, millet, cotton, and fresh/succulent shelled beans and peas (crop
subgroup 6B); preplant drench or dip treatments of seedlings or seed
pieces; use on poultry or in or on poultry premises/dwellings; all use
on pets (dogs, cats and other pets) except for flea collars, use on pet
premises, use in or on pet sleeping quarters; and all indoor
applications. These requests would also terminate the use of dust
formulations in or on agricultural crops, application of granular
formulations to leafy vegetables (except Brassica), ultra-low volume
(ULV) applications for adult mosquito control, and all applications by
backpack sprayers. Last, the requests
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would terminate broadcast application of liquid formulations of
carbaryl to residential lawns. The requests would not terminate the
last carbaryl products 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 these requests, 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 September 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0525, 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), U.S. 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
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility'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 Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0525. 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 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
available at http://www.regulations.gov. 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Scheltema, Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-2201; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; 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. 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 Cancel and to Amend
Registrations to Terminate Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from several
registrants, listed in Table 2 of Unit III. to amend several carbaryl
product registrations to terminate certain uses and eliminate certain
application methods. Carbaryl is a broad-spectrum insecticide used on a
variety of food and feed crops, ornamentals, turf, pasture, and
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rangeland. In letters dated from July 22 to August 4, 2008, registrants
of carbaryl products requested EPA to amend the product registrations
identified in Table 1 of this notice to terminate certain uses and
eliminate certain application methods. Specifically, these registrants
are no longer supporting carbaryl use in or on wheat, millet, cotton,
and fresh/succulent shelled beans and peas (crop subgroup 6B); preplant
drench or dip treatments of seedlings or seed pieces; use on poultry or
in or on poultry premises/dwellings; all use on pets (dogs, cats and
other pets) except for flea collars, use on pet premises, use in or on
pet sleeping quarters; and all indoor applications. Registrants are no
longer supporting the use of dust formulations in or on agricultural
crops, application of granular formulations to leafy vegetables (except
Brassica), ultra-low volume (ULV) applications for adult mosquito
control, and all applications by backpack sprayers. Last, Bayer
CropScience is requesting termination of the broadcast application of
liquid carbaryl products to residential lawns. (This use has previously
been removed from all technical and manufacturing use product labels.)
The complete lists of affected registrations and registrants are
identified in Tables 1 and 2, respectively. EPA's action on these
requests will not terminate the last carbaryl 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 various
registrants to amend certain carbaryl product registrations to
terminate various uses. The affected products, uses, and the
registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 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.
All of the carbaryl registrants listed in Table 2 have requested
that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day
comment period on the proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 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.--Carbaryl Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
Amendments
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Uses Being
Terminated and/or
Registration Number Product Name Application Methods
Being Eliminated
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239-1349 Ortho Sevin 5 Dust Poultry and poultry
premises; domestic
pets and premises
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239-2181 Ortho Sevin Garden Domestic pets and
Dust premises;
succulent/fresh
beans and peas
(subgroup 6B)
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239-2514 Get-A-Bug Snail, Succulent/fresh
Slug and Insect beans and peas
Killer (subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica
vegetables)
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239-2628 Ortho Sevin Liquid Succulent/fresh
Brand Carbaryl beans and peas
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
Formula II poultry and
poultry premises
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264-315 Sevin[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
85 Sprayable succulent shelled
Carbaryl (subgroup 6B);
Insecticide millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-316 SEVIN[reg] 80 Pea and bean,
Solupak succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-328 Sevin Brand 80% Agricultural uses
Dust Base
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264-333 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
XLR PLUS Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-334 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
RP2 Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
outdoor pet
sleeping quarters;
liquid broadcast
use for
residential lawns
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264-335 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
RP4 Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters; liquid
broadcast use for
residential lawns
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264-349 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
4F Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-429 SEVIN[reg] brand Leafy vegetables
Granular Carbaryl (except Brassica)
Insecticide
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264-526 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
80 WSP Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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432-885 SEVIN[reg] Brand Leafy vegetables
Granular Carbaryl (except Brassica)
Insecticide
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432-982 SEVIN[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
97.5% Insecticide succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
preplant root dip/
drench treatment
for nursery stock,
vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage plants
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432-1211 AES Carbaryl Pea and bean,
Insecticide succulent shelled
Spray, RTU (subgroup 6B)
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432-1212 SEVIN[reg] Grub Leafy vegetables
Killer Granules (except Brassica);
pea and bean,
succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1213 SEVIN[reg] Leafy vegetables
Granules Ant, (except Brassica);
Flea, Tick, and pea and bean,
Grub Killer succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1226 SEVIN 40WSP Preplant root dip/
Carbaryl drench for nursery
Insecticide stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters; liquid
broadcast use on
residential lawns
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432-1227 SEVIN SL Carbaryl Outdoor pet
Insecticide sleeping quarters;
liquid broadcast
use on residential
lawns
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432-1237 BES Garden Dust Pea and bean,
10% succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1238 AES Carbaryl Pea and bean,
Insecticide succulent shelled
Spray; RTU (subgroup 6B)
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432-1239 BES Garden Dust 5% Bean succulent
shelled
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432-1244 AES SEVIN[reg] Leafy vegetables
Granules Ant, (except Brassica)
Flea, Tick, and
Grub Killer (1%
Sevin)
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829-128 SA-50 Brand Sevin Direct application
5% Dust to domestic pets
or dwellings;
Succulent/fresh
peas and beans
(subgroup 6B); all
agricultural uses
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829-285 Cutworm and Succulent/fresh
Cricket Bait peas and beans
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica
vegetables)
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2935-366 Wilbur-Ellis Sevin Wheat; peas and
5 Bait beans, succulent
or fresh (subgroup
6B); leafy
vegetables (except
Brassica
vegetables)
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7401-38 Ferti-Lome Liquid Pea and bean,
Sevin Home Garden succulent (fresh)
Spray shelled (subgroup
6B)
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7401-69 Ferti-Lome Garden Pea and bean,
Dust succulent (fresh)
shelled (subgroup
6B); direct
applications to
domestic pets or
pet premises
(indoor or
outdoor)
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7401-166 Hi-Yield 10% Pea and bean,
Carbaryl Garden succulent (fresh)
Dust shelled (subgroup
6B); domestic pets
or pet premises
(indoor or
outdoor)
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8119-5 Corry's Slug, Leafy vegetables
Snail and Insect (except Brassica)
Killer
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71096-15 Bonide Snail, Succulent/fresh
Slug, and Sowbug peas and beans
Bait (subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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9198-146 The Andersons 8.0% Peas and beans,
Granular Carbaryl succulent or fresh
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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11656-21 Coastox Carbaryl Peas and beans,
Cutworm Bait succulent or fresh
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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9198-223 The Andersons Peas and beans,
Insect Killer succulent or fresh
Granules with (subgroup 6B);
2.0% Carbaryl leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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19713-49 Drexel Carbaryl 4L Succulent beans and
peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
wheat; millet; dip
or drench
treatment to
nursery stock or
transplants, etc;
indoor uses; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-50 Drexel Carbaryl Succulent beans and
80S peas; preplant
root dip for sweet
potato; wheat;
millet; poultry or
poultry premises;
seedling dip/
drench for nursery
stock; pet
premises; pet
sleeping quarters;
ULV mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-53 Drexel Carbaryl All agricultural
10D uses; succulent
beans and peas
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19713-75 Drexel Carbaryl Succulent beans and
Technical peas; proso millet
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19713-89 Carbaryl 2L Succulent beans and
peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
indoor
applications; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-212 Carbaryl 10D Dust for
agricultural use;
cotton; succulent
beans; poultry;
dogs; cats
(household pets)
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19713-213 Carbaryl 5D All agricultural
uses; succulent
beans and peas
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19713-244 Carbaryl 80 Dust Succulent peas and
Base beans, (subgroup
6B); wheat;
millet; poultry;
dogs and pets; all
indoor uses
(domestic
dwellings,
residential and
commercial,
barns);
formulation into
products for dip
or drench
treatments
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19713-363 Carbaryl 85 Succulent beans and
Sprayable peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
root dip or drench
treatments; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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82200-1 Turf and Garden Leafy vegetables
Seven % Granular (except Brassica)
Carbaryl
Insecticide
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or
Amendments
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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239 The Ortho Business Group,
c/o The Scotts Company LLC
P.O. Box 190
Marysville, Ohio 43040
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264 Bayer CropScience
PO Box 12014
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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432 Bayer Environmental Science
2 TW Alexander Drive,
PO Box 12014
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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829 Southern Agricultural
Insecticides, Inc.
P.O. Box 218
Palmetto, Florida 34220
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2935 Wilbur Ellis Company
P.O. Box 1286
Fresno, California 93715
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7401 Voluntary Purchasing Groups,
Inc.
P.O. Box 460, 230 FM 87
Bonham, Texas 75418
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8119 Matson, LLC
c/o Registrations by Design,
Inc.
118 1/2 East Main Street,
Ste. 1
Salem, Virginia 24153-3805
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9198 The Andersons Lawn
Fertilizer Division, Inc.
P.O. Box 119
Maumee, Ohio 43537
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11656 Western Farm Service
2787 W. Bullard Suite 105
Fresno, CA 93711
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19713 Drexel Chemical Company
1700 Channel Avenue
Post Office Box 13327
Memphis, TN 38113-0327
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71096 Or-Cal, Inc.
17220 Westview Road
Oswego, Oregon 97034
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82200 Viachem, LLC
9701 Fields Road, No. 2400
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
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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 Carbaryl
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 September 19, 2008. 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.
In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation
of product registrations and for amendments to terminate uses, the
Agency proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment
of any existing stocks of the products indentified or referenced in
Tables 1 and 2 in Unit III. Provided that these stocks bear labels
previously approved by EPA, registrants may sell and distribute
existing stocks of the affected products for 18 months from the
effective date of the Agency's termination order, with the exception of
Scotts Ortho Business Group, who may sell and distribute existing
stocks of EPA Registration Number 239-2514 in Table 2 of Unit III. for
24 months from the effective date of the Agency's termination order.
If the request for voluntary cancellation and/or use termination is
granted as discussed in this unit, 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 canceled 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 canceled product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of
existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved
labeling. EPA intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register after the end of the 30-day comment period for this Notice.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Carbaryl,
SEVIN[reg].
Dated: August 12, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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