[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5584-5585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2147]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0206; FRL-8806-6]
Fipronil; Product Cancellation Order and Amendment to Terminate
Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's cancellation order and amendment
to terminate uses of products containing the pesticide fipronil,
pursuant to section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows
the November 15, 2009 expirations of conditional registrations and in
one case expiration of a use. These are not the last fipronil products
registered for use in the United States. Any distribution, sale, or use
of the fipronil products subject to this cancellation order is
permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including
any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The expirations occurred on November 15, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Gebken, Registration Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 305-6701; fax number: (703) 305-6920; 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?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0206. 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.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the expiration of certain corn-in-furrow and
turfgrass end-use fipronil products registered under section 3 of
FIFRA. This notice also announces the amendment to terminate uses of
all corn-in-furrow end-use fipronil products registered under section 3
of FIFRA, and this notice serves as a cancellation order to provide for
existing stocks of affected products. These registrations are listed in
sequence by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Table 1.--Fipronil Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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7969-206 Regent 1.5G
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7969-208 Regent 80WG
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7969-212 H&G 61748 / ``Over n
Out''432-1451 BES 1000
Insecticide
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Table 2.--Fipronil Product Registration Amendment to Terminate Uses
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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7969-207 Regent 4SC
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit, in
sequence by EPA company number.
Table 3.--Registrants of Cancelled and/or Amended Fipronil Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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432 Bayer Environmental Science2
T. W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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7969 BASF Corporation P.O. Box
1352826 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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III. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 3, EPA hereby announces the expirations,
of fipronil registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II and
expiration of the corn-in-furrow use for the registration in Table 2 of
Unit II. The Agency considers the expiration of a time limited
registration to be a cancellation under section 3 of FIFRA, for
purposes of section 6(a)(1) of FIFRA. Any distribution, sale, or use of
existing stocks of the cancelled products or terminated uses identified
in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II in a manner inconsistent with any of the
Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit IV will
be considered a violation of FIFRA.
IV. 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.
1. The registrant may continue to sell or distribute existing
stocks of fipronil products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II
with previously approved labeling until May 15, 2011.
2. Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or
distribute existing stocks of fipronil products identified in Tables 1
and 2 of Unit II with previously approved labeling until such stocks
are exhausted.
3. Persons other than the registrant may use existing stocks of
fipronil products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II until
existing stocks are exhausted. Any use of existing stocks must be in a
manner consistent with the previously approved labeling for that
product.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Cancellation order.
Dated: January 19, 2010.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-2147 Filed 2-2-10; 8:45 a.m.]
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