[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59019-59021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23392]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014; FRL-9400-7]


Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, 
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of 
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a February 22, 2013 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the February 22, 
2013 Federal Register notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an 
order implementing the cancellations, 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. The Agency received one comment on the 
February 22, 2013 Federal Register notice but it did not merit its 
further review of the request. Further, the registrants did not 
withdraw their request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice, 
a cancellation order, granting the requested cancellations. Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation 
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this 
cancellation order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective September 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8195; 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, 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.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional

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information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by 
registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3. These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 
of this unit.
    In addition, several product registrations were originally listed 
in the February 22, 2013 Federal Register notice, but are not included 
in Table 1 of this unit due to cancellations made final prior to the 
August 21, 2013 deadline.
    More specifically, pesticide products cancelled via company request 
on February 6, 2013, includes 061483-00011 and 061483-00012, while 
product OR-030037 was cancelled on July 31, 2013. Four other pesticide 
registrations (000655-00802, 074062-00002, CA-870038, and WA-070010) 
were cancelled due to non-payment of the 2013 pesticide maintenance fee 
(effective July 22, 2013).

                     Table 1--Product Cancellations
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    EPA Registration No.          Product name          Chemical name
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000241-00391................  Pendulum 3.3          Pendimethalin.
                               Herbicide.
000241-00403................  Pendimethalin         Pendimethalin.
                               Manufacturing
                               Concentrate
                               Herbicide.
000264-00807................  Calypso 70WG          Thiacloprid.
                               Insecticide.
009688-00198................  Chemsico Herbicide    Prometon, Diquat
                               Concentrate DP.       dibromide.
009688-00218................  Chemsico Herbicide    Prometon, Diquat
                               RTU DP.               dibromide.
053883-00135................  Esfenvalerate AG....  Esfenvalerate.
CA-060004...................  Gramoxone Inteon....  Paraquat dichloride.
CO-110002...................  Rozol Prarie Dog      Chlorophacinone.
                               Bait.
ID-980007...................  Agri-Mek 0.15 EC      Abamectin.
                               Miticide/
                               Insecticide.
IL-050001...................  Callisto............  Mesotrione.
LA-090006...................  Confirm 2F..........  Tebufenozide.
OR-040013...................  Agri-Mek 0.15 EC      Abamectin.
                               Miticide/
                               Insecticide.
OR-060006...................  Prowl H2O Herbicide.  Pendimethalin.
OR-060007...................  Prowl H2O Herbicide.  Pendimethalin.
TX-060017...................  Gramoxone Inteon....  Paraquat dichloride.
VA-060002...................  Gramoxone Inteon....  Paraquat dichloride.
WA-030007...................  Trinexapac Liquid...  Trinexapac-ethyl.
WA-080006...................  Provide 10SG........  Gibberellin A4 mixt.
                                                     with Gibberellin
                                                     A7.
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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. This number corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1 of this 
unit.

               Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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            EPA Company No.                  Company name and address
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241 (OR-060006, OR-060007).............  BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr.,
                                          P.O. Box 13528, Research
                                          Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
264....................................  Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W.
                                          Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12014,
                                          Research Triangle Park, NC
                                          27709.
9688...................................  Chemsico, P.O. Box 142642, St.
                                          Louis, MO 63114-0642.
53883..................................  Control Solutions, Inc.
                                         5903 Genoa-Red Bluff Rd.,
                                          Pasadena, TX 77057-1041.
CA-060004, ID-980007, IL-050001, OR-     Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC,
 040013, TX-060017, VA-060002, WA-        410 Swing Rd., P.O. Box 18300,
 030007.                                  Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
CO-110002..............................  Liphatech, Inc., 3600 W. Elm
                                          St., Milwaukee, WI 53209.
LA-090006..............................  Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330
                                          Zionsville Rd., 308/2E,
                                          Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
WA-080006..............................  Valent BioSciences Corporation,
                                          Environmental Science
                                          Division, 870 Technology Way,
                                          Libertyville, IL 60048-6316.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received one 
comment. The Agency does not believe that the comment submitted during 
the comment period merits further review or a denial of the request for 
voluntary cancellation.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
cancellations of the 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 canceled. The effective date of 
the cancellations that are the subject of this notice is September 25, 
2013. 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

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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 in the Federal Register issue of 
February 22, 2013 (78 FR 12313) (FRL-9378-7). The comment period closed 
on August 21, 2013.

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 existing stocks provisions for the products 
subject to this cancellation order are as follows.
    The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until September 25, 2014, 
which is 1 year after the publication of the cancellation order in the 
Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from 
selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except 
for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. 
Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until 
existing stocks are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, 
or use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling 
on, or that accompanied, the canceled products.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: September 18, 2013.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-23392 Filed 9-24-13; 8:45 am]
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