[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1682-1684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-212]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0996; FRL-9331-3]


Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos 
Registration Review Final Decisions; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's final 
registration review decisions for the pesticides butylate, case no. 
0071; fenoxycarb, case no. 7401; sodium tetrathiocarbonate, case no. 
7009; and temephos, case no. 0006. Registration review is EPA's 
periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each 
pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, 
that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without 
causing unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the 
environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each 
pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other 
knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide specific information, 
contact: The chemical review manager identified in the Table of Unit 
II. for the pesticide of interest.
    For general information on the registration review program, 
contact: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone

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number: (703) 305-5026; fax number: (703) 308-8090; email 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, farm worker, 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 pesticide specific contact 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-2011-0996. 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. Background

A. What action is the agency taking?

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this notice announces the 
availability of EPA's final registration review decisions for butylate, 
case no. 0071; fenoxycarb, case no. 7401; sodium tetrathiocarbonate, 
case no. 7009; and temephos, case no. 0006. Butylate is a thiocarbamate 
soil-incorporated herbicide and was registered for use on field corn, 
pop corn, and sweet corn. The last butylate pesticide product 
registered for use in the United States was cancelled on March 23, 
2011. Fenoxycarb is an O-ethyl carbamate derivative insecticide used to 
control fire ants and big-headed ants on turf, home lawns, agricultural 
areas, non-agricultural areas, horse farms, and ornamental nursery 
stock, among other areas. Fenoxycarb is also used to control a variety 
of insects in greenhouses in a total release fogger product. Sodium 
tetrathiocarbonate is a soil fumigant used for the management of 
nematodes and phytophthora root rot, oak root fungus, and phylloxera. 
It was registered for use on grapes, citrus, almonds, peaches, prunes, 
and plums only in the states of Arizona, California, Oregon, and 
Washington. Temephos is a non-systemic organophosphate insecticide 
which is applied to standing water, shallow ponds, lakes, woodland 
pools, tidal waters, marshes, swamps, waters high in organic content, 
highly polluted water, catch basins (and similar areas where mosquitoes 
may breed), stream margins, and intertidal zones of sandy beaches. 
Target pests include aquatic larvae of mosquitoes, midges, gnats, 
punkies, and sandflies.

          Table--Registration Review Cases With Final Decisions
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                                                       Chemical review
  Registration review case     Pesticide docket ID   manager, telephone
        name and no.                   no.           No., email address
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Butylate Case Number 0071...  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0882  Steven Snyderman,
                                                     (703) 347-0249,
                                                     [email protected].
Fenoxycarb Case Number 7401.  EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0111  Tom Myers, (703) 308-
                                                     8589,
                                                     [email protected].
Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate     EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1084  Tom Myers, (703) 308-
 Case Number 7009.                                   8589,
                                                     [email protected].
Temephos Case Number 0006...  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0444  Tom Myers, (703) 308-
                                                     8589,
                                                     [email protected].
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    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a registration review decision is the 
Agency's determination whether a pesticide meets, or does not meet, the 
standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA has considered butylate, 
fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos in light of the 
FIFRA standard for registration. The butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium 
tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos Final Decision documents in the 
dockets describe the Agency's rationale for issuing registration review 
final decisions for these pesticides.
    In addition to the final registration review decision document, the 
registration review dockets listed in the Table of Unit II. for 
butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos also 
include other relevant documents related to the registration review of 
these cases. The proposed registration review decision documents were 
posted to the respective dockets and the public was invited to submit 
any comments or new information. During the 60-day comment period, no 
public comments were received for butylate, fenoxycarb, and sodium 
tetrathiocarbonate. Comments were received for temephos, from the 
American Mosquito Control Association, Lee County Mosquito Control 
District, the IR-4 Project, and Value Garden Supply. The comments 
emphasized the benefits of temephos as it is used in public health for 
mosquito control. The Agency recognizes the role of temephos in 
mosquito control and has agreed to a 4-year phase-out of the product 
registrations to accommodate the public health need and allow 
registrants time to develop replacement products. The current temephos 
products will not be cancelled until December 30, 2015. Also, Value 
Garden Supply requested to rescind their voluntary cancellation. In 
response to Value Garden Supply's request to rescind their voluntary 
cancellation request, the Agency has been in discussions with the 
registrant about the specific scientific data required to support their 
temephos product registrations affected by the Cancellation Order. If 
the required temephos data are submitted by the registrant, reviewed, 
and found acceptable by the Agency prior to December 30, 2015, the 
Agency may amend the Cancellation Order for the affected product 
registrations. Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review 
case dockets for butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and 
temephos will remain open until all actions required in these final 
decisions have been completed.
    Background on the registration review program is provided at: 
http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/

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registration--review. Links to earlier documents related to the 
registration review of these pesticide are provided at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/butylate/, http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/fenoxycarb/, http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/sodium_tetrathiocarbonate/, 
and http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/temephos/.

B. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 155, subpart C, provide 
authority for this action.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Registration review, Pesticides and 
pests, Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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