[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 145 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38012-38013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0513; FRL-8428-2]


Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
products containing the pesticide triclosan pursuant to section 6(f)(1) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as 
amended. This cancellation order follows a April 22,2009 Federal 
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the triclosan registrant to 
voluntarily cancel all their triclosan technical grade product 
registrations. These are not the last triclosan products registered for 
use in the United States. In the April 22, 2009 notice, EPA indicated 
that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations to 
terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within 
the 30-day comment period that would

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merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant 
withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did not receive 
any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw 
their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a 
cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the triclosan 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 July 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials 
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; fax number: (703) 305-5620; 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-2007-0513. 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, as requested by 
registrants, of certain manufacturing-use triclosan products registered 
under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by 
registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

                Table 1.--Triclosan Product Cancellations
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          EPA Registration Number                   Product Name
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70404-2                                     Irgasan DP300R
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70404-5                                     Irgaguard B1000
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by 
EPA company number.

          Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Triclosan Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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70404                                       Ciba Corporation
                                            4090 Premier Drive
                                            High Point, NC 27265
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments 
in response to the April 22, 2009 Federal Register notice (74 FR 18378; 
FRL-8410-6) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for 
voluntary cancellations of triclosan.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of triclosan registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit 
II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the triclosan product 
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby canceled. 
Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products 
identified in Table 1 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 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. Registrants may sell 
and distribute existing stocks for one year from the date of the 
cancellation request. The products may be sold, distributed, and used 
by people other than the registrant until existing stocks have been 
exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, and use complies with 
the EPA-approved label and labeling of the product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Triclosan, 
Antimicrobials.

    Dated: July 17, 2009.
 Joan Harrigan Farrelly
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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