[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21767-21769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8493]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0933; FRL-9342-2]


Imidacloprid, Methomyl, and Oxamyl; Cancellation Order for 
Amendments To Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for amendments to terminate 
uses, voluntarily requested by registrants and accepted by the Agency, 
of products containing imidacloprid, methomyl, and oxamyl, pursuant to 
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a January 11, 
2012 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the 
registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II to voluntarily amend certain 
imidacloprid pesticide registrations to terminate use on almonds, to 
voluntarily amend certain methomyl product registrations to delete use 
on grapes, and to voluntarily amend oxamyl product registrations to 
delete use on soybeans. These are not the last products containing 
imidacloprid, methomyl, or oxamyl registered for use in the United 
States. In the January 11, 2012 Notice, EPA indicated that it would 
issue an order implementing the amendments to terminate uses, unless 
the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment 
period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless 
the registrants withdrew their requests. 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 amendments to terminate uses. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation 
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, 
including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The amendments are effective April 11, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the appropriate Chemical 
Review Manager identified in the table below for the pesticide active 
ingredient of interest:

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         Pesticide active ingredient                Chemical review manager's name and contact information
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Imidacloprid................................  Rusty Wasem, (703) 305-6979, [email protected].
Methomyl....................................  Tom Myers, (703) 308-8589, [email protected].
Oxamyl......................................  Monica Wait, (703) 347-8019, [email protected].
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Alternatively, you can write to the appropriate Chemical Review 
Manager's attention at: Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.

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-2011-0933. 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 amendments to delete uses, as requested by 
registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These 
registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit.

           Table 1--Imidacloprid, Methomyl, and Oxamyl Product Registration Amendments To Delete Uses
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       EPA Registration No.               Product name           Active ingredient            Use deleted
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264-755..........................  Imidacloprid Technical....  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.

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264-756..........................  Merit 75% Concentrate       Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Insecticide.
264-1131.........................  Gaucho 600 Flowable         Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Concentrate.
66222-156........................  MANA Alias 4F.............  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
66222-228........................  Pasada 1.6 Flowable         Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Insecticide.
70506-122........................  UPI Imidacloprid Technical  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Insecticide.
70506-153........................  Imidacloprid 70 DF          Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Agricultural Insecticide.
70506-154........................  Fist 1.6 F Insecticide....  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
81598-5..........................  Rotam Imidacloprid          Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Technical.
82542-16.........................  Technical Imidacloprid....  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
82542-25.........................  Imidacloprid 2F             Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Insecticide.
82633-8..........................  Imidacloprid Technical....  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
83529-6..........................  Midash Forte Insecticide..  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
87290-14.........................  Willowood Imidacloprid 4SC  Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
83558-34.........................  Imidacloprid Technical      Imidacloprid.........  Almonds.
                                    Insecticide.
352-361..........................  DuPont Methomyl             Methomyl.............  Grapes.
                                    Composition.
352-366..........................  DuPont Methomyl Technical.  Methomyl.............  Grapes.
352-372..........................  Vydate L Insecticide/       Oxamyl...............  Soybeans.
                                    Nematicide.
352-400..........................  DuPont Oxamyl Technical 42  Oxamyl...............  Soybeans.
                                    Insecticide/Nematicide.
352-532..........................  Vydate C-LV Insecticide/    Oxamyl...............  Soybeans.
                                    Nematicide.
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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. The company corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration numbers of the products listed above.

                                    Table 2--Registrants of Amended Products
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                   EPA Company No.                                     Company name and address
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264.................................................  Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, PO Box 12014,
                                                       Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
352.................................................  E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., DuPont Crop
                                                       Protection, 1007 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898.
66222...............................................  Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of
                                                       Neuse Road, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27609.
70506...............................................  United Phosphorus, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center,
                                                       Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
81598...............................................  IPM Resources LLC, 4032 Crockers Lake Blvd., Suite 818,
                                                       Sarasota, FL 34238.
82542...............................................  Source Dynamics, Inc., 10039 E. Troon North Drive,
                                                       Scottsdale, AZ 85262.
82633...............................................  Sharda Worldwide Exports, 7460 Lancaster Pike, Suite 9,
                                                       Hockessin, DE 19707.
83529...............................................  Sharda USA LLC, 7460 Lancaster Pike, Suite 9, Hockessin,
                                                       DE 19707.
83558...............................................  Celsius Property B.V. Amsterday (NL), c/o Makhteshim Agan
                                                       of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite
                                                       300, Raleigh, NC 27609.
87290...............................................  Willowood, LLC, 1600 NW Garden Valley Blvd., Suite 130,
                                                       Roseburg, OR 97471.
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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 January 11, 2012 Federal Register Notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary amendments to delete 
uses of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

 IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
amendments to terminate use of imidacloprid on almonds, methomyl on 
grapes, and oxamyl on soybeans for the product registrations identified 
in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the 
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II are amended to 
terminate the affected uses. The effective date of the cancellations 
that are the subject of this notice is April 11, 2012. 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 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 EPA Administrator may approve 
such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for 
comment on January 11, 2012 (77 FR 1684) (FRL-9328-2). The comment 
period closed on February 10, 2012.

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 stock provisions for the products subject to this 
order are as follows.
    Once EPA has approved amended imidacloprid product labels 
reflecting the requested amendments to delete use on almonds, 
registrants are permitted to sell or distribute products listed in 
Table 1 of Unit II under the previously approved labeling until October 
11, 2013, a period of 18 months after publication of the cancellation 
order in this Federal Register, unless other

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restrictions have been imposed. Thereafter, imidacloprid registrants 
will be prohibited from selling or distributing the products whose 
labels include the deleted use identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except 
for export consistent with FIFRA section 17, or for proper disposal.
    For methomyl, now that EPA has approved amended product labels 
reflecting the requested amendments to delete use on grapes, the 
registrants are permitted to sell or distribute products under the 
previously approved labeling until June 8, 2012. Thereafter, 
registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the 
products whose labels include the deleted use identified in Table 1 of 
Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for 
proper disposal.
    For imidacloprid and methomyl, persons other than the registrants 
may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of products whose labels 
include the deleted uses until supplies are exhausted, provided that 
such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the 
previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the deleted uses.
    For the oxamyl voluntary amendment, use on soybeans was removed 
from all oxamyl product labels in 2006 following the Oxamyl 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision. Because the soybean use has not 
been included on oxamyl product labels since 2006, no existing stocks 
period is needed.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, almond, imidacloprid, grape, methomyl, 
soybean, oxamyl, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: March 30, 2012.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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