[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19967-19968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8631]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778; FRL-8822-2]


Maneb; Cancellation Order for a Certain Pesticide Registration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
a product containing maneb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 
cancellation order follows a March 4, 2010, Federal Register Notice of 
Receipt of Request from the registrant listed in Table 2 in Unit II. of 
this document, to voluntarily cancel this product registration. This is 
the last product containing this pesticide registered for use in the 
United States. In the March 4, 2010 Notice, EPA indicated that it would 
issue an order implementing the cancellation, unless the Agency 
received substantive comments within the 30 day comment period that 
would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the 
registrant withdrew their request. The Agency did not receive any 
comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their 
request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation 
order granting the requested cancellation. Any distribution, sale, or 
use of the product subject to this cancellation order is permitted only 
in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing 
stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellation is effective April 16, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; fax number: (703) 308-8090; 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-2009-0778. 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 cancellation, as requested by registrant,

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of a product registered under section 3 of FIFRA. This registration is 
listed in Table 1 of this unit.

                  Table 1.--Maneb Product Cancellations
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          EPA Registration Number                   Product Name
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000352-00655                                DuPont (TM) Manex
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the product in Table 1.

                Table 2.--Registrant of Cancelled Product
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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000352                                      Dupont Crop Protection
                                            Stine-Haskell Research
                                             Center
                                            P.O. Box 30
                                            Newark, DE 19714-0030
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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 March 4, 2010, Federal Register notice (75 FR 9896; 
FRL-8813-5) announcing the Agency's receipt of request for voluntary 
cancellation of the product listed in Table 1.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellation of the maneb registration identified in Table 1. 
Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registration 
identified in Table 1 is canceled. The effective date of the 
cancellation that is the subject of this notice is April 16, 2010. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the product identified 
in Table 1 in a manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for 
Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be 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. The notice of receipt for this action was published for 
comment on March 4, 2010. The comment period closed on April 5, 2010.

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 
action. The existing stocks provision for the product subject to this 
order is as follows:
    1. The registrant may continue to sell or distribute existing 
stocks of the maneb end-use product identified in Table 1 until such 
stocks are exhausted.
    2. Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or 
distribute existing stocks of maneb products identified in Table 1 with 
previously approved labeling until such stocks are exhausted.
    3. Persons other than the registrant may use the maneb end use 
products identified in Table 1 until exhausted. Any use of existing 
stocks must be in a manner consistent with the previously approved 
labeling for that product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: April 9, 2010.
 Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 2010-8631 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
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