[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50194-50196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23452]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955; FRL-8438-6]


Rodenticides; Product Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation of 
registrations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by 
the Agency, of certain rodenticide products containing the pesticides 
bromadiolone, bromethalin, cholecalciferol, diphacinone (and its sodium 
salt), warfarin (and its sodium salt), and zinc phosphide, pursuant to 
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a December 24, 
2008 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from several 
registrants to voluntarily cancel certain bromadiolone, bromethalin, 
cholecalciferol, diphacinone (and its sodium salt), warfarin (and its 
sodium salt), and zinc phosphide product registrations. These are not 
the last bromadiolone, bromethalin, cholecalciferol, diphacinone (and 
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sodium salt), warfarin (and its sodium salt), and zinc phosphide 
products registered for use in the United States. In the December 24, 
2008 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order cancelling the 
products unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 
180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these 
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests within this 
period. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, 
the registrants 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 
bromadiolone, bromethalin, cholecalciferol, diphacinone (and its sodium 
salt), warfarin (and its sodium salt), and zinc phosphide 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 September 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rusty Wasem, Pesticide Re-evaluation 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
telephone number: 703-305-6979; fax number: 703-308-7070; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, 
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955. 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 end-use and manufacturing-use rodenticide 
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are 
listed by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

               Table 1.--Rodenticide Product Cancellations
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          EPA Registration Number                   Product Name
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                    Cholecalciferol (PC Code 202901)
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3240-28                                     Rampage Mouse Seed
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3240-42                                     Rampage Rat & Mouse Bait
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12455-57                                    Quintox Mouse Seed
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                      Bromadiolone (PC Code 112001)
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12455-68                                    Contrac Mouse Bait Station
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12455-103                                   Contrac Bait Trays
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12455-104                                   Contract Mouse Control Kit
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                      Bromethalin (PC Code 112802)
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12455-100                                   Fastrac Mouse Seed Place Pac
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47629-10                                    Bromethalin Manufacturing
                                             Concentrate
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                      Diphacinone (PC Code 067701)
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3487-26                                     Eagles-14 Diphacinone Rat
                                             Bait
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11885-12                                    Master Mix Blue Death-D Rat
                                             & Mouse Bait
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11885-15                                    Master Mix Blue Death-D Rat
                                             & Mouse Hide-A-Pack
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12455-67                                    Ditrac Mouse Bait Station
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                Diphacinone, Sodium Salt (PC Code 067705)
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3240-17                                     Motomco Water Soluble
                                             Diphacinone Rodenticide
                                             Concentrate Kills Rats &
                                             Mice
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                        Warfarin (PC Code 086002)
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3487-19                                     Eagles-7 Rat Bait
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5887-51                                     Black Leaf Warf Pellets
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5887-98                                     Black Leaf Warf Pellets
                                             Mouse Killer
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12455-15                                    Warfarin Rat and Mouse Bait
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62577-7                                     Echols Mouse & Rat Pellets
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72500-7                                     Kaput Mouse Blocks
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                 Warfarin, Sodium Salt (PC Code 086003)
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12455-22                                    Liqua-Tox Liquid Concentrate
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                     Zinc Phosphide (PC Code 088601)
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12455-59                                    ZP Rodent Bait Place Pac
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12455-85                                    Mole and Gopher Bait
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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 ascending 
order sequence by EPA company number.

         Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Rodenticide Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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3240                                        Motomco Ltd.
                                            3699 Kinsman Blvd.
                                            Madison, WI 53704
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3487                                        Bacon Products Corp.
                                            P.O. Box 22187
                                            Chattanooga, TN 37422
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5887                                        Value Gardens Supply LLC
                                            9100 W. Bloomington Fwy.
                                            Ste. 113
                                            Bloomington, MN 55431
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11185                                       ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc.
                                            P.O. Box C1
                                            Quincy, IL 62305
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12455                                       Bell Laboratories
                                            3699 Kinsman Blvd.
                                            Madison, WI 53704
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47629                                       Woodstream Corp.
                                            69 N. Locust St.
                                            P.O. Box 324
                                            Lititz, PA 17543
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62577                                       Kittrich Corporation
                                            4940 Top Line Dr.
                                            Dallas, TX 75247
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72500                                       Scimetrics Ltd. Corp.
                                            c/o Regwest Co. LLC
                                            30856 Rocky Rd.
                                            Greeley, CO 80631
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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 December 24, 2008 Federal Register notice (73 FR 
79104) (FRL-8394-5) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for 
voluntary cancellations of certain rodenticide products.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of rodenticide registrations identified in Table 1. 
Accordingly, the Agency orders that the rodenticide product 
registrations identified in Table 1 are hereby cancelled effective June 
4, 2011. Any distribution, sale, or use of the cancelled products 
inconsistent with 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 cancelled 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.
    The cancellation of products identified in Table 1 is effective 
June 4, 2011. The registrants of these products may continue to 
produce, sell and distribute the rodenticide products identified in 
Table 1 until the cancellation date of June 4, 2011. After June 4, 
2011, registrants may no longer distribute or sell new or existing 
stocks of products listed in Table 1. After June 4, 2011, persons other 
than the registrants may distribute, sell or use existing stocks of the 
products listed in Table 1 until such existing stocks are depleted.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: September 18, 2009.
 Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-23452 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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