[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 59 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14122-14125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7043]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123; FRL-8405-9]


Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); Notice of Receipt of Requests to 
Amend Registrations 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 the registrants to voluntarily amend 
their registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing 
the pesticide pentachloronitrobenzene, or PCNB. The requests would 
terminate PCNB use on golf course roughs (i.e., use on golf courses 
will be limited to tees, greens, and fairways); residential sites 
including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and gardens around homes 
and apartments; grounds around day care facilities; school yards; parks 
(except industrial parks); playgrounds; and athletic fields (except 
professional and college fields). The requests would not terminate the 
last PCNB 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.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123, 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), 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-
2009-0123. 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: Jill Bloom, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; 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. 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 Amend Registrations to 
Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the 
registrants, Amvac Chemical Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, to 
amend 31 PCNB product registrations to terminate certain uses. PCNB is 
a fungicide used to control diseases of turf, ornamentals, cole crops, 
potatoes, cotton, and other agricultural and horticultural crops. In 
letters dated February 10, 2009, Amvac and Chemtura each requested that 
EPA amend the pesticide product registrations identified in this notice 
to terminate certain uses. Specifically, Amvac and Chemtura requested 
the termination of the uses of PCNB on golf course roughs; residential 
sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and gardens around 
homes and apartments; grounds around day care facilities; school yards; 
parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds; and athletic fields 
(except professional and college fields). The registrants' requests 
will not terminate the last PCNB products registered in the United 
States for these uses. The Amvac and Chemtura products include 
manufacturing-use products from which

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other U.S.-registered PCNB products are formulated; after the relevant 
existing stocks provisions have expired, end-use products formulated 
from those manufacturing-use products must bear labeling consistent 
with the revised labeling on the Amvac and Chemtura products.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the 
registrants to amend certain PCNB product registrations to terminate 
the uses detailed in Unit II. The affected products 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 for minor 
uses, or
    2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide 
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The PCNB registrants 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 amending the affected registrations.

                    Table 1.--PCNB Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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         Registration Number                 Product Name             Product Type               Company
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400-399                                Terraclor 75W Wettable   End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Powder
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400-401                                Terraclor Technical      Manufacturing-use        Chemtura Corporation
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400-402                                Terraclor 10% Granular,  End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Revere 10% Granular
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400-403                                Greenback Lawn           End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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400-404                                Turfcide Emulsifiable    End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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400-407                                Turfcide 10% Granular    End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
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400-414                                Terraclor 90% Dust       Manufacturing-use        Chemtura Corporation
                                        Concentrate
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400-453                                Terraclor Flowable       End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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400-454                                Turfcide 4F, Turfcide    End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        400, Terraclor 400,
                                        Revere 4,000
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400-457                                Turfcide 15G             End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
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400-458                                Terraclor 15G            End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
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400-459                                Terrazan PCNB Technical  Manufacturing-use        Chemtura Corporation
                                        99%
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400-460                                Terrazan 24%             End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
                                        Emulsifiable
                                        Concentrate
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400-479                                Turfcide WDG             End-use                  Chemtura Corporation
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400-504                                Terraclor Tech 96        Manufacturing-use        Chemtura Corporation
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5481-197                               Technical Grade PCNB     Manufacturing-use        Amvac Chemical
                                        95%                                               Corporation
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5481-211                               PCNB 10% Granules Soil   End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Fungicide                                         Corporation
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5481-214                               PCNB Soil & Turf Liquid  End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Drench                                            Corporation
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5481-279                               PCNB 75% Wettable        End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Powder                                            Corporation
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5481-419                               PCNB 75W Turf and        End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Ornamental Soil                                   Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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5481-438                               80% PCNB                 Manufacturing-use        Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-441                               PCNB 75 DG               End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-443                               PCNB 2 Flowable Turf &   End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Ornamental Soil                                   Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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5481-444                               PCNB 10 G Turf &         End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Ornamental Soil                                   Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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5481-450                               PCNB 20% WDG Soil        End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Fungicide                                         Corporation
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5481-453                               PCNB 75 WSP              End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-457                               Turfpro WSP Turf &       End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                        Ornamental Soil                                   Corporation
                                        Fungicide
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5481-464                               Par-Flo 6F               End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-465                               Par-Flo                  End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-471                               Win-Flo 6F               End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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5481-472                               Win-Flo                  End-use                  Amvac Chemical
                                                                                          Corporation
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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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400                                         Chemtura Chemical
                                             Corporation, 1995 Benson
                                             Road, Middlebury, CT 06749
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5481                                        Amvac Chemical Corporation,
                                             4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
                                             1250, Newport Beach, CA
                                             92660
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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

    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 April 29, 2009. This 
written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to 
the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) requests 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 amendments to 
terminate uses, the Agency proposes to include the following provisions 
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products identified or 
referenced in Table 1 in Unit III.
    Amvac Corporation and Chemtura Chemical Corporation will be 
permitted to sell or distribute existing stocks of the manufacturing-
use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with labels that are 
not revised per their request as described in Unit III. (i.e., 
``previously approved labeling''), until 6 months after the effective 
date of cancellation. Persons other than Amvac Corporation or Chemtura 
Chemical Corporation may continue to use existing stocks of the 
manufacturing-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with 
previously approved labeling, for formulation into end-use products 
until 18 months after the effective date of cancellation.
    Amvac Corporation and Chemtura Chemical Corporation will be 
permitted to sell or distribute existing stocks of the end-use products 
referenced in Table 1 of Unit III. with previously approved labeling, 
until 18 months after the effective date of cancellation. Users will be 
allowed to use existing stocks of the affected PCNB end-use products 
with previously approved labeling until such stocks are exhausted, 
provided such use is in a manner consistent with the previously 
approved labeling for that product.
    If the requests for use termination are granted, the Agency intends 
to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: March 18, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-7043 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]
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