[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70942-70943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28230]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0682; FRL-9402-6]


Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in 
Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request 
for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide 
registrations. FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product 
may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be 
amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before 
acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any 
request in the Federal Register.

DATES: The deletions are effective December 27, 2013, unless the Agency 
receives a written withdrawal request on or before December 27, 2013. 
The Agency will consider a written withdrawal request postmarked no 
later than December 27, 2013.
    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites 
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before 
December 27, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0682, by one of the 
following methods:
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division, (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 
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. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use 
pesticides, 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 ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2013-0682, is available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPP Docket in the 
Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), located in EPA 
West, 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 information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These 
registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration 
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted:

               Table 1--Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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     EPA registration No.            Product name               Active ingredient            Delete from label
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100-1347......................  Concert II............  Chlorothalonil & Propiconazole..  Use on Dichondra Turf.
352-835.......................  Velista...............  Penthiopyrad....................  Use on Ornamental
                                                                                           Plants.
1021-0791.....................  Pyrocide Aerosol Mix    MGK 264, Piperonyl butoxide &     General Outdoor Use.
                                 6451.                   Pyrethrins (No Inert Use).
1021-1545.....................  Evercide Intermediate   MGK 264, Pyrethrins (No Inert     Outdoor Use.
                                 2417.                   Use) & Permethrin.
1021-1550.....................  Evercide Intermediate   Bioallethrin, MGK 264 &           General Outdoor Use.
                                 2416.                   Permethrin.
1021-1632.....................  Multicide Concentrate   MGK 264, Piperonyl butoxide,      General Outdoor Use.
                                 2593.                   Phenothrin & Prallethrin.
1021-1789.....................  Evercide Concentrate    MGK 264, Prallethrin &            General Outdoor Use.
                                 2801.                   Permethrin.
1021-1810.....................  Pyrocide Falcon 7452..  Pyriproxyfen, Esfenvalerate, MGK  General Outdoor Use.
                                                         264, Piperonyl butoxide &
                                                         Pyrethrins (No Inert Use).
53883-201.....................  IMI 75 Insecticide in   Imidacloprid....................  Turf and Ornamental
                                 Water Soluble Packets.                                    Use.
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    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites 
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before 
December 27, 2013, because the registrants requested a waiver of the 
180-day comment period, to discuss withdrawal of the application for 
amendment. This 30-day period will also permit interested members of 
the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval 
of the deletion.
    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in 
sequence by EPA company number.

  Table 2--Registrants Requesting Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations
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          EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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100...............................  Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410
                                     Swing Rd., P.O. Box 18300,
                                     Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.

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352...............................  E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
                                     (S300/419), Manager, Registration &
                                     Regulatory Affairs, 1007 Market
                                     St., Wilmington, DE 19898-0001.
1021..............................  McLaughlin Gormley King Company,
                                     8810 Tenth Ave. North, Minneapolis,
                                     MN 55427-4319.
53883.............................  Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa-
                                     Red Bluff Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507-
                                     1041.
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III. 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 amended to delete one or more uses. The 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, the EPA 
Administrator may approve such a request.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must 
submit the withdrawal in writing to Christopher Green using the methods 
in ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider written withdrawal requests 
postmarked no later than December 27, 2013.

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute a 
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 
months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have 
been imposed, as in special review actions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: September 27, 2013.
Michael Hardy,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-28230 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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