[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11551-11553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5833]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0162; FRL-8403-6]


Carbofuran; Product Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation of some 
registrations and termination of certain uses, voluntarily requested by 
the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the 
pesticide carbofuran, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 
cancellation order follows a December 19, 2008 (73 FR 77690; FRL-8389-
4) Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the carbofuran 
registrant to voluntarily cancel some registrations and terminate uses 
of certain end-use products containing the pesticide carbofuran. These 
are not the last carbofuran products registered for use in the United 
States. In the December 19, 2008 notice, EPA indicated that it would 
issue an order implementing the cancellations and 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 registrant withdrew their request within this 
period. The Agency received two anonymous comments on the notice, but 
neither merited further review of the requests. Further, the registrant 
did not withdraw their request, but submitted a letter clarifying the 
product registrations that they intended to cancel. Accordingly, EPA 
hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the 
requested cancellations and use terminations. Any distribution, sale, 
or use of the carbofuran 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 March 18, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jude Andreasen, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9342; 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-2005-0162 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 cancellation and use terminations, as 
requested by registrants, of certain end-use carbofuran products 
registered under sections 3 and 24c of FIFRA. This order terminates 
flowable carbofuran use in or on alfalfa, cotton, ornamentals, popcorn, 
small grains (wheat, oats, and barley), soybeans, sugarcane, sweet 
corn, and tobacco. This order terminates carbofuran products registered 
under FIFRA section 24 Special Local Need Labels for use in or on corn 
(field), CRP acres, cucumbers, grapes, melons, ornamentals (container 
and field production), peppers (including Chiles and bell), sorghum, 
squash, sugar beets, sugarcane (soil applied), tobacco, and small 
grains (wheat, oats and barley). The order also terminates, subject to 
a 2-year phase-out period, the use of flowable carbofuran as a post-
plant application to artichokes. The order terminates use of granular 
carbofuran on bananas, coffee, cucumbers, melons, and squash.These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 
1A, 1B, and 1C of this unit.

        Table 1A--Carbofuran Amendments to Terminate Certain Uses
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        Registration No.              Product Name          Company
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279-2876                          Furadan 4F          FMC Corporation
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279-3310                          Furadan LFR         FMC Corporation
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279-2712                          Furadan 10G         FMC Corporation
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279-3023                          Furadan 15G         FMC Corporation
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                Table 1B--Carbofuran Product Cancellation
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        Registration No.             Product Name           Company
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279-2922                          Furadan 5G          FMC Corporation
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   Table 1C--Carbofuran Special Local Need (SLN) Product Cancellations
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             Registration No.                          Company
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Registration No.                            Company
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AL880003                                    FMC Corporation
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AL940002                                    FMC Corporation
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AR810051                                    FMC Corporation
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AR810052                                    FMC Corporation
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AZ910001                                    FMC Corporation
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CA830058                                    FMC Corporation
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CA940005                                    FMC Corporation
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CA980011                                    FMC Corporation
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CA980012                                    FMC Corporation
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CO920002                                    FMC Corporation
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DE830004                                    FMC Corporation
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DE930001                                    FMC Corporation
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IA930001                                    FMC Corporation
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ID060004                                    FMC Corporation
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ID920002                                    FMC Corporation
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IL040002                                    FMC Corporation
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IL980003                                    FMC Corporation
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IN830001                                    FMC Corporation
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IN930001                                    FMC Corporation
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KS880001                                    FMC Corporation
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KS880002                                    FMC Corporation
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LA000009                                    FMC Corporation
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LA050001                                    FMC Corporation
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LA990007                                    FMC Corporation
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MD810008                                    FMC Corporation
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MI820025                                    FMC Corporation
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MI930001                                    FMC Corporation
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MO790006                                    FMC Corporation
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MO810024                                    FMC Corporation
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MO860003                                    FMC Corporation
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MO930002                                    FMC Corporation
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MS820020                                    FMC Corporation
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MT860007                                    FMC Corporation
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NC800003                                    FMC Corporation
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NE880003                                    FMC Corporation
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NE920006                                    FMC Corporation
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NE920009                                    FMC Corporation
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NE950001                                    FMC Corporation
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NJ980004                                    FMC Corporation
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NM060001                                    FMC Corporation
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NM060002                                    FMC Corporation
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NM780015                                    FMC Corporation
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NM980002                                    FMC Corporation
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OH930001                                    FMC Corporation
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OK810012                                    FMC Corporation
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OK930009                                    FMC Corporation
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OR060016                                    FMC Corporation
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OR830016                                    FMC Corporation
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OR830036                                    FMC Corporation
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OR920014                                    FMC Corporation
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PA840005                                    FMC Corporation
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PA940001                                    FMC Corporation
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PR850001                                    FMC Corporation
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PR960003                                    FMC Corporation
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SC790026                                    FMC Corporation
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SC940005                                    FMC Corporation
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SD900013                                    FMC Corporation
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TX030002                                    FMC Corporation
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TX060012                                    FMC Corporation
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TX060013                                    FMC Corporation
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TX810006                                    FMC Corporation
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TX930008                                    FMC Corporation
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TX930011                                    FMC Corporation
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VA780006                                    FMC Corporation
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VA790014                                    FMC Corporation
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VA930001                                    FMC Corporation
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WY030002                                    FMC Corporation
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WY900003                                    FMC Corporation
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the product listed in Tables 1A, 1B, and 1C of this 
unit.

    Table 2--Registrant of Cancelled and Amended Carbofuran Products
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              EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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279                                          FMC Corporation
                                            Agricultural Products Group
                                            1735 Market St.
                                            Philadelphia, PA 19103
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    Two anonymous comments opposed the registration of any toxic 
chemicals. The carbofuran registrant commented that the December 19, 
2008 Federal Register notice mistakenly included several Special Local 
Need (SLN) carbofuran registrations that the registrant did not intend 
to voluntarily cancel. Consequently, EPA has removed the following SLN 
registrations from the list of those being voluntarily cancelled: 
CA860037, CO920001, ID060003, ID910007, OR060017, OR910006, WA860012, 
and WA910006. Accordingly, the Agency does not believe that the 
comments submitted during the comment period merit further changes to 
the requested cancellations, or a denial of the requests for voluntary 
cancellation and use termination.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations and use deletions of carbofuran registrations identified 
in Tables 1A, 1B, and 1C of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders 
that the carbofuran product registrations identified in Tables 1A, 1B, 
and 1C of Unit II. are hereby canceled and terminated. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products 
identified in Tables 1A, 1B, and 1C 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

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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.
    For the products identified or referenced in Tables 1A, 1B, and 1C 
of Unit II. the registrant will be allowed to sell and distribute the 
subject products through the effective date of this cancellation order, 
March 18, 2009. In addition, existing stocks of carbofuran products may 
be sold or used until they are depleted, or until the effective date 
for the revocation of the associated tolerances.
    Consistent with EPA's prior determinations, the Agency continues to 
intend to allow use on artichokes through December 31, 2010. No 
comments were received on whether there are sufficient stocks of 
product to allow for this use, and the Agency therefore concludes that 
no additional carbofuran production will be needed to address this 
use.The existing stocks provision included in a Federal Register notice 
published December 10, 2008, (73 FR 75105; FRL-8393-7) regarding 
several carbofuran products is superseded by the existing stocks 
provisions in this cancellation order.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: February 6, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-5833 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]
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