[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32596-32604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16054]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191; FRL-8422-6]
Organic Arsenicals; 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
and/or amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products
containing the pesticide organic arsenicals. The organic arsenicals
include the pesticides monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), disodium
methanearsonate (DSMA), calcium acid methanearsonate (CAMA), and
cacodylic acid and its sodium salt. The requests would terminate the
following uses of MSMA: Residential; forestry; non-bearing fruit and
nuts; citrus, bearing and non-bearing; bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass
grown for seed; drainage ditch banks; railroad, pipeline, and utility
rights of way; fence rows; storage yards; and similar non-crop areas.
In addition, the requests terminate all uses of MSMA in Florida except
for use on cotton grown in Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Gadsden,
Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee,
Walton, and Washington counties. The requests would not terminate the
last MSMA products registered for use in the United States. These
requests for voluntary cancellation and amendment of MSMA containing
products are the result of an agreement in principle signed by the EPA
and the technical registrants of the organic arsenicals on January 16
and February 5, 2009. As part of the agreement, the registrants have
requested voluntary cancellation of all products containing DSMA, CAMA,
and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt. The requests would terminate
the last DSMA, CAMA, and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt products
registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these
requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement
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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 August 7, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191, 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-
2009-0191. 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: Tom Myers, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; 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/or Amend
Registrations to Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel or amend organic arsenical product registrations. The organic
arsenicals are herbicides registered for application to cotton, bearing
and non-bearing fruit and nut trees, commercial turf, golf courses,
athletic fields, parks and residential lawns among other sites. In
letters received by the Agency, the registrants have requested EPA to
cancel affected product registrations and/or to amend to terminate uses
of pesticide product registrations identified in this notice in Tables
1 and 2. Specifically, the registrants have requested voluntary
cancellation of all products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and
its
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sodium salt. In addition, the registrants have requested that certain
uses of MSMA be terminated in accordance with the agreement in
principle. The requests would terminate the following uses of MSMA:
Residential; forestry; non-bearing fruit and nuts; citrus, bearing and
non-bearing; bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass grown for seed; drainage
ditch banks; railroad, pipeline, and utility rights of way; fence rows;
storage yards; and similar non-crop areas. In addition, the requests
terminate all uses of MSMA in Florida except for use on cotton grown in
Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson,
Jefferson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Walton, and Washington
counties. The requests would not terminate the last MSMA products
registered for use in the United States. The requests would terminate
the last DSMA, CAMA, and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt products
registered for use in the United States.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel or amend to terminate uses of organic arsenicals
product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making
the requests are identified in Tables 1-3 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 organic arsenical 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 canceling or amending the affected registrations.
Table 1.--Organic Arsenical Product Registrations with Pending Requests
for Cancellation
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Registration Number Product Name Chemical Name
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239-2510 Ortho Crabgrass CAMA
Killer Formula II
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239-2572 Ortho Crabgrass CAMA
Killer Spray
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538-10 Scotts Summer DSMA
Crabgrass Control
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538-169 Scotts Spot Grass Cacodylic acid
and Weed Control
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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538-178 Scotts Post MSMA
Emergent
Crabgrass Control
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769-635 SMCP MSMA 70W MSMA
Liquid MSMA Plus
Surfactant
------------------------------------------------------------------------
769-636 SMCP MSMA 70 MSMA
Liquid
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769-637 SMCP MSMA 6.66 MSMA
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769-664 X-CEL Veg Kil Cacodylic acid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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769-705 SMCP MSMA HC 8 MSMA
Liquid High
Concentrate
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769-916 Science Grass and Cacodylic acid
Weed Top-Killer
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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769-975 Liquid Edger Cacodylic acid
Herbicide
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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869-175 Green Light Liquid Cacodylic acid
Edger
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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869-243 Green Light MSMA MSMA
Crabgrass Killer
2
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2217-229 Selective DSMA
Crabgrass Killer
Contains DSMA
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2217-434 Crabgrass Killer DSMA
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2217-512 Nutgrass Killer MSMA
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2217-513 Crabgrass Killer MSMA
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2217-630 Gordon's Crabgrass MSMA
and Nutgrass
Killer
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2217-808 EH 795 Residential MSMA
Herbicide
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2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
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Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
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2217-815 EH 1335 Herbicide MSMA
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2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
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Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
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2217-830 EH 1378 Herbicide MSMA
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2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
-------------------
Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5481-67 Alco Ho No Mo Cacodylic acid
Liquid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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5481-227 DSMA Liquid Plus DSMA
Surfactant
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5481-228 MSMA 40 Plus MSMA
Surfactant
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5481-229 MSMA 60 Plus MSMA
Surfactant
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5481-230 MSMA 66 MSMA
Concentrate
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5481-231 MSMA 80 MSMA
Concentrate
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5887-172 Improved Crabgrass MSMA
Killer
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5905-67 MSMA Arsonate MSMA
Liquid
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5905 GA-82-0011 MSMA Arsonate MSMA
Liquid
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7401-23 Ferti-Lome MSMA
Crabgrass and
Dallis Grass
Killer
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7401-246 Hi-Yield Super MSMA
Decimate+Surfacta
nt
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7401-366 Ferti-Lome MSMA
Improved Bermuda
Grass Killer
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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8660-48 Crabgrass Killer DSMA
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8660-63 Clean-Up Herbicide Cacodylic acid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
8660-120 Vertagreen MSM
Crabgrass &Weed
Killer
------------------------------------------------------------------------
8660-121 Greenup Nutgrass MSMA
&Chickweed Killer
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9779-86 Riverside 612 MSMA
Herbicide
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9779-96 Riverside 120 MSMA
Herbicide
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9779-128 DSMA Herbicide DSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9779-155 Riverside 145 MSMA
Herbicide
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9779-170 Riverside MSMA 4 MSMA
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9779-174 Riverside DSMA DSMA
Liquid Plus
Surfactant
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9779-317 Prometryne+MSMA MSMA
-------------------
Prometryn
------------------------------------------------------------------------
10088-74 Lawn and Turf Weed MSMA
Control
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-45 Drexel DSMA Liquid DSMA
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19713-113 Drexel DSMA 81P DSMA
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19713-117 Drexel Kack Cacodylic acid
Herbicide
-------------------
Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-141 Drexel Ezy-Pickin Cacodylic acid
Cotton Defoliant
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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19713-153 Kack Plus MSMA MSMA
Herbicide
-------------------
Cacodylic acid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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19713-162 MSMA 6 Tree Killer MSMA
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19713-276 IDA, INC. DSMA DSMA
Slurry
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19713-311 Pearson's Easy- Cacodylic acid
Edger and Cleaner
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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19713-530 Drexel DSMA 81 Dry DSMA
Powder
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19713-532 DSMA Slurry DSMA
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19713-533 Super Dal-E-Rad CAMA
Calar
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-534 APC Holdings DSMA DSMA
Liquid
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-535 APC Holdings DSMA DSMA
Liquid 4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
28293-234 Unicorn Liquid Cacodylic acid
Edger
-------------------
Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
28293-361 Unicorn Weed Edger Cacodylic acid
-------------------
Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
33955-510 Acme Weed Killer Cacodylic acid
Nonselective
Herbicide for
General Weed
Control
-------------------
Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
33955-553 Acme Ready-To Use Cacodylic acid
Weed & Grass
Killer
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
42519-4 Cacodylate 3.25 Cacodylic acid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
42519-8 Sodium Cacodylate Cacodylic acid
Solution
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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42519-10 Leaf-All Cacodylic acid
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
46515-1 Liquid Fence & Cacodylic acid
Grass Edger
-------------------
Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
46515-12 Super K-Gro Ready- CAMA
to-Use Crabgrass
Killer
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59144-20 Liquid Edger Ready- Cacodylic acid
to-Use
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Cacodylic acid,
sodium salt
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61483-19 DSMA Liquid DSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-20 Super Arsonate MSMA
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61483-25 Ansar 529 HC MSMA
Herbicide
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61483-40 DSMA 4 DSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
72155-1 Herbicide 3D RTU MSMA
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2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
-------------------
Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
72155-3 Lawn Herbicide TN MSMA
Concentrate
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2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
-------------------
Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
72155-5 Lawn Herbicide 3D MSMA
Concentrate
-------------------
2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)]
-------------------
Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
72155-6 Lawn Herbicide 3D- MSMA
40 Concentrate
-------------------
2,4-D
dimethylamine
salt
-------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-
methoxy-, compd
with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)]
-------------------
Propanoic acid 2-
(4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Table 2.--Organic Arsenical Product Registrations with Pending Requests
for Amendment
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Registration Number Product Name Chemical name
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2217-709 Quadmec Turf MSMA
Herbicide
--------------------
2,4-D dimethylamine
salt
--------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-methoxy-
, compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
--------------------
Propanoic acid 2-(4-
chloro-2-
ethylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2217-797 EH 1143 Herbicide MSMA
--------------------
MCPA, dimethylamine
salt
--------------------
Benzoic acid, 3,6-
dichloro-2-methoxy-
, compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
--------------------
Propanoic acid 2-(4-
chloro-2-
ethylphenoxy)-,
(R) compd with N-
methylmetharamine
(1:1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5905-66 MSMA Plus MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5905-162 Helena Brand MSMA MSMA
High Concentrate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5905-164 MSMA Plus HC MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9779-133 Riverside 912 MSMA
Herbicide
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-40 Drexar 530 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-41 Drexel MSMA 6.6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-42 MSMA 6 Plus MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-151 Drexel MSMA 8 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-267 IDA, Inc. MSMA 4 MSMA
Plus
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-269 IDA, Inc. MSMA 6.6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-278 IDA, Inc. MSMA 6 MSMA
Plus
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-528 Diumate MSMA
--------------------
Diuron
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-529 Drexel MSMA 600 MSMA
Herbicide
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-531 Drexel MSMA 660 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713-550 Drexel MSMA 120 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
42519-1 Target 6.6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
42519-3 Target 6 Plus MSMA
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42750-28 Weed Hoe 120 MSMA
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42750-29 Weed Hoe 108 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-13 Daconate MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-14 Daconate 6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-15 Bueno-6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-17 Daconate Super MSMA
Brand
------------------------------------------------------------------------
61483-18 Bueno MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
62719-339 MSMA 6.6 MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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62719-340 MSMA Plus S MSMA
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62719-343 MSMA 51% MSMA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 No. Company Name and Address
------------------------------------------------------------------------
239 The Scotts Co., d/b/a/ The
Ortho Group, PO Box 190,
Marysville, OH 43040
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538 The Scotts Co., 14111
Scottslawn Rd, Marysville,
OH 43041
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769 Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/
b/a/ Value Garden Supply,
PO Box 585, Saint Joseph,
MO 64502
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869 Valent GI Corp., c/o Valent
USA Corp., Agent For: Green
Light Co., 1600 Riviera
Ave. Suite 200, Walnut
Creek, CA 94596
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2217 PBI/Gordon Corp., PO Box
014090, Kansas City, MO
64101-0090
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5481 Amvac Chemical Corp., d/b/a/
Amvac, 4695 Macarthur Ct.,
Suite 1250, Newport Beach,
CA 92660-1706
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5887 Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/
b/a/ Value Garden Supply,
PO Box 585, Saint Joseph,
MO 64502]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5905 Helena Chenical Co., 7664
Moore Rd., Memphis, TN
38120
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7401 Mandava Associates, LLC,
Agent for: Voluntary
Purchasing Groups, Inc., N.
Dallas Pkwy., Suite 200,
Plano, TX 75024
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8660 United Industries Corp., d/b/
a Sylorr Plant Corp., PO
Box 142642, St. Louis, MO
63114-0642
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9779 Winfield Solutions, LLC, PO
Box 64589, St. Paul, MN
55164-0589
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10088 Athea Laboratories Inc., PO
Box 240014, Milwaukee, WI
53224
------------------------------------------------------------------------
19713 Drexel Chemical Co., PO Box
13327, Memphis, TN 38113-
0327
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28293 Phaeton Corp., d/b/a/
Unicorn Laboratories, PO
Box 290, Madison, GA 30650
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33955 PBI/Gordon Corp., PO Box
014090, Kansas City, MO
64101-0090
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42519 Luxemborg-Pamol, Inc., 5100
Poplar Ave. Suite 2700,
Memphis, TN 38137
------------------------------------------------------------------------
42750 Albaugh Inc., 1525 NE 36th
Street, Ankeny, IA 50021
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46515 Celex, Division of United
Industries Corp., PO Box
142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-
0642
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59144 RegWest Company, LLC, Agent
for: Gro Tec, Inc., 30856
Rocky Rd. Greely, CO 80631-
9375
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61483 KMG-Bernuth, Inc., 9555 W.
Sam Houston Pkwy South,
Suite 600, Houston, TX
77099
------------------------------------------------------------------------
62719 Dow Agrosciences LLC, 9330
Zionsville Rd 308/2e,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
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72155 Bayer Advanced, PO Box
12014, 2 TW Alexander Dr.,
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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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 Organic Arsenicals
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 August 7, 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(s) 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, EPA proposes to include the
following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the
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products identified or referenced in Table 1 in Unit III.
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 2 in Unit III.
The registrants have requested voluntary cancellation of the
arsenic registrations identified in Table 1 and voluntary amendment to
terminate certain uses of the arsenic registrations identified in Table
2. Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA intends to grant the requests
for voluntary cancellation and amendment.
As outlined in the organic arsenicals Agreement in Principle the
following existing stocks dates are being proposed. EPA encourages
stakeholders to submit comments on these existing stocks timeframes.
Comments will be evaluated and the final existing stocks timeframes
will be incorporated into the cancellation order which will be
published in the Federal Register.
After December 31, 2009, registrants would be prohibited from
selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA
labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and
highway rights-of-way. Also, after December 31, 2009, registrants would
be prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products
containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.
After June 30, 2010, persons other than registrants would be
prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products
containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf
courses, and highway rights-of-way, and products containing DSMA, CAMA,
and/or cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.
After December 31, 2010, use of products containing MSMA labeled
for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway
rights-of-way and products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and
its sodium salt would be prohibited.
After December 31, 2012, registrants would be prohibited from
selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA
labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way.
After June 30, 2013, persons other than registrants would be
prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products
containing MSMA labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway
rights-of-way.
After December 31, 2013, use of products containing MSMA labeled
for all uses, except cotton, would be prohibited.
If the request for voluntary cancellation and use termination is
granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the
Federal Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: June 30, 2009.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-16054 Filed 7-7-09; 8:45 am]
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