[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23708-23712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11631]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0837; FRL-8414-2]


Malathion; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel or 
To Amend 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 cancel 
or amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products 
containing the pesticide malathion. The requests would terminate the 
malathion uses listed with their respective products in Table 2. The 
requests would not terminate the last malathion 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 June 19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0837, 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-
2007-0837. 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: 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. 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/or Amend 
Registrations to Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the 
registrants listed in Table 3 to cancel 12 and amend to terminate uses 
of 26 malathion product registrations. Malathion is a non-systemic, 
broad spectrum organophosphate pesticide with numerous commercial, 
agricultural and residential uses, as well as several wide area 
applications including use as a public health adulticide, as an 
abatement treatment for fruit fly, and in the Boll Weevil Eradication 
Program. Registrants requested EPA to cancel affected product 
registrations or to amend to terminate uses of pesticide product 
registrations identified in this notice in Tables 1 and 2, 
respectively. These requests will not terminate the last malathion 
products registered in the United States.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
to cancel or amend to terminate uses of malathion product 
registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the 
requests are identified in Tables 1, 2, and 3 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.
    The malathion 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 a 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--Malathion Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
                              Cancellation
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       Registration Number           Product Name           Company
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228-68                            Riverdale           Nufarm Americas,
                                   Malathion 5         Inc.
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228-93                            Riverdale Bin       Nufarm Americas,
                                   Spray               Inc.
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228-244                           Riverdale 50%       Nufarm Americas,
                                   Malathion EC        Inc.
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228-252                           Riverdale 4%        Nufarm Americas,
                                   Malathion Dust      Inc.
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228-274                           Riverdale ULV       Nufarm Americas,
                                   Malathion           Inc.
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655-794                           Prentox Malathion   Prentiss, Inc.
                                   57% EC
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5905-7                            Fyfanon 5 LB        Helena Chemical
                                   Emulsion            Company
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5905-443                          Helena Malathion 8  Helena Chemical
                                   Insecticide         Company
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34704-3                           Malathion 55        Loveland Products
                                   Insecticide         Inc.
                                   Premium Grade
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34704-18                          Malathion ULV       Loveland Products
                                   Concentrate         Inc.
                                   Insecticide
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34704-119                         Clean Crop          Loveland Products
                                   Malathion 8EC       Inc.
                                   Insecticide
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34704-721                         Niagara Malathion   Loveland Products
                                   5 Dust              Inc.
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                  Table 2--Malathion Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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         Registration Number                 Product Name               Company               Terminate Use
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192-96                                 Dexol Malathion Insect   Value Garden Supply      Residential lawns
                                        Control                                           (broadcast)
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239-739                                Ortho Malathion 50       The Scotts Company LLC   Residential lawns
                                        Insect Spray                                      (broadcast)
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655-310                                Malathion 95% Technical  Prentiss, Inc.           Greenhouse food crops,
                                        Premium                                           Commercial/
                                                                                          Institutional/
                                                                                          Industrial premises/
                                                                                          equipment (outdoor),
                                                                                          sewer systems
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655-598                                Prentox Malathion 50%    Prentiss, Inc.           Commercial/
                                        Emulsifiable                                      Institutional/
                                        Insecticide                                       Industrial premises/
                                                                                          equipment (outdoor)
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655-777                                Prentox 5 LB Malathion   Prentiss, Inc.           Greenhouse food crops,
                                        Spray                                             Commercial/
                                                                                          Institutional/
                                                                                          Industrial premises/
                                                                                          equipment (outdoor),
                                                                                          lentils, manure piles,
                                                                                          residential lawns
                                                                                          (broadcast)
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769-736                                SMCP Malathion Mole      Value Garden Supply      Residential lawns
                                        Cricket Bait                                      (broadcast), golf
                                        Insecticide                                       course turf
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769-620                                AllPro Malathion 57%     Value Garden Supply      Lentils, greenhouse
                                        Premium Grade                                     uses, sewage systems,
                                                                                          fly control for
                                                                                          outdoor building
                                                                                          surfaces
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769-621                                SMCP Malathion EM-5      Value Garden Supply      Residential lawns
                                                                                          (broadcast)
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769-644                                SMCP MV Fog Solution     Value Garden Supply      Animal premise uses for
                                                                                          dairy and livestock
                                                                                          barns, stables and
                                                                                          pens, food processing
                                                                                          plants, outdoor use as
                                                                                          a crack and crevice
                                                                                          treatment around
                                                                                          dairies and stables
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769-844                                Pratt Malathion Spray    Value Garden Supply      Residential lawns
                                                                                          (broadcast)
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769-961                                Pratt Malathion 80       Value Garden Supply      Dairy cattle (lactating
                                                                                          and nonlactating),
                                                                                          poultry houses, cowpea
                                                                                          forage and hay,
                                                                                          cranberry, plum
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5905-250                               Fyfanon 8 LB Emulsion    Helena Chemical Company  Lentils, cowpea
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9779-5                                 Malathion 5              WinField Solutions       Lentils
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10088-56                               Malathion 57%            Athea Laboratories,      Ornamental lawns and
                                                                 Inc.                     turf
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10163-21                               Prokil Malathion 8       Gowan                    Lentils, greenhouse
                                                                                          uses
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10163-152                              Malathion Technical      Gowan                    Greenhouse food use
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19713-217                              Drexel Malathion 5EC     Drexel Chemical Company  Lentils
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19713-402                              Drexel Malathion         Drexel Chemical Company  Greenhouse food crops,
                                        Technical                                         uses around commercial
                                                                                          and industrial
                                                                                          buildings, sewage
                                                                                          systems
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34704-108                              Clean Crop Malathion 57  Loveland Products, Inc.  Lentil
                                        EC
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34704-474                              Cythion 8 Aquamul        Loveland Products, Inc.  Lentil
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47000-107                              Prozap Malathion         Chem-Tech Ltd.           Lentil, residential
                                                                                          lawns (broadcast)
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48273-26                               Marman Malathion ULV     Nufarm                   Lentils, greenhouse
                                                                                          food uses
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59144-1                                Malathion 50% Insect     Gro Tec, Inc.            Greenhouse uses
                                        Spray
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66330-220                              Malathion 5 EC           Arysta LifeScience       Lentils, Greenhouse
                                                                                          uses
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66330-228                              Malathion Technical      Arysta LifeScience       Greenhouse uses
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66330-248                              Malathion 8 EC           Arysta LifeScience       Greenhouse uses,
                                                                                          lentils, Around the
                                                                                          outside of buildings
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this 
unit.

Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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239                                         The Scotts Company LLC
                                            14111 Scottslawn Road
                                            Marysville, OH 43041
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655                                         Prentiss Incorporated
                                            509 Tower Valley Drive
                                            Hillsboro, MO 63050
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769, 192                                    Value Garden Supply
                                            9100 W. Bloomington Freeway,
                                             Suite 113
                                            Bloomington, MN 55431
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5905                                        Helena Chemical Company
                                            7664 Moore Road
                                            Memphis, TN 38120
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9779                                        WinField Solutions
                                            PO Box 64589
                                             MS 5705
                                            St. Paul, MN 55164-0589
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10088                                       Athea Laboratories, Inc.
                                            PO Box 240014
                                            Milwaukee, WI 53224
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10163                                       Gowan
                                            PO Box 5569
                                            Yuma, AZ 85366-5569
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19713                                       Drexel Chemical Company
                                            1700 Channel Avenue
                                            PO Box 13327
                                            Memphis, TN 38113-0327
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34704                                       Loveland Products, Inc.
                                            7251 W 4th Street
                                            PO Box 1286
                                            Greeley, CO 80632-1286
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47000                                       Chem-Tech, Ltd.
                                            4515 Fleur Dr. 303
                                            Des Moines, IA 50321
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48273, 228                                  Nufarm Americas, Inc.
                                            150 Harvester Drive, Suite
                                             200
                                            Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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59144                                       RegWest on behalf of Gro
                                             Tec, Inc.
                                            30856 Rocky Road
                                            Greeley, CO 80631-9375
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66330                                       Arysta Life
                                            Science North America
                                            15401 Weston Parkway, Suite
                                             150
                                            Cary, NC 27513
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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 Malathion

    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 June 19, 2009. 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

    The effective date of cancellation will be the date of the 
cancellation order. The order effecting these requested cancellations 
will generally permit a registrant to sell or distribute existing 
stocks for 1 year after the date the cancellation request was received. 
This policy is in accordance with the Agency's statement of policy as 
prescribed the Federal Register of June 26, 1991 (56 FR 29362) (FRL-
3846-4). Exceptions to this general rule will be made if a product 
poses a risk concern, or is in noncompliance with reregistration 
requirements, or is subject to a data call-in. In all cases, product-
specific disposition dates will be given in the cancellation orders.
    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. Unless the provisions of an earlier order apply, 
existing stocks already in the hands of dealers or users can be 
distributed, sold, or used legally until they are exhausted, provided 
that such further sale and use comply with the

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EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product. Exception to 
these general rules will be made in specific cases when more stringent 
restrictions on sale, distribution, or use of the products or their 
ingredients have already been imposed, as in a special review action, 
or where the Agency has identified significant potential risk concerns 
associated with a particular chemical.
    If the requests for voluntary cancellation and use termination are 
granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the 
Federal Register 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. The Agency will publish the cancellation order in the Federal 
Register.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
 Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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