[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26754-26756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10694]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017; FRL-9909-95]


Iprodione, Pendimethalin, and Permethrin; Notice of Receipt of 
Requests To Voluntarily Cancel and Amend Registrations To Terminate 
Certain Uses

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 requests 
by the registrants to voluntarily amend their Iprodione, Pendimethalin, 
and Permethrin product registrations to delete one or more uses. The 
requests would delete Iprodione use on rice, Pendimethalin use on 
alfalfa, corn, garlic, onions, peanuts, sorghum, sugarcane and 
sunflower, and Permethrin use on dogs. The requests would not terminate 
the last Iprodione, Pendimethalin, or Permethrin products registered 
for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these requests at 
the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency 
receives substantive comments within the comment period that would 
merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants 
withdraw its requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, 
distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be 
permitted after the use has been deleted only if such sale, 
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the 
final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 9, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     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 commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that

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you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then 
identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific 
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version 
of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the 
comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be 
submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Background on the Receipt of Requests To Cancel and/or Amend 
Registrations To Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
FMC Agricultural Products, Drexel Chemical Company and Farnam 
Companies, Inc. to delete certain uses of Iprodione, Pendimethalin, and 
Permethrin product registrations. In letters dated April 3, 2014, 
February 6, 2014 and November 19, 2013, FMC Agricultural Products, 
Drexel Chemical Company and Farnam, respectively, requested EPA to 
delete certain uses of pesticide product registrations identified in 
Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, FMC Agricultural Products Group 
voluntarily requested the deletion of Iprodione use on rice from 
several registrations listed in Table 1 of Unit II. The registrant also 
requested a 30-day comment period, and waived the 180-day comment 
period. Drexel Chemical Company voluntarily requested the deletion of 
Pendimethalin use on alfalfa, corn (field, pop, sweet), garlic, onions 
(dry bulb, green, welsh), peanuts, sorghum (grain), sugarcane and 
sunflower from the Drexel Pendimethalin Technical registration. The 
registrant requested a 30-day comment period, and waived the 180-day 
comment period. Farnam Companies, Inc. voluntarily requested the 
deletion of use on dogs from the Permethrin Farnam Purge Insecticide 
registration. The registrant waived any comment period associated with 
their request for voluntary use deletion. The requests would not 
terminate the last Iprodione, Pendimethalin, or Permethrin products 
registered in the United States, or the last Iprodione, Pendimethalin, 
or Permethrin pesticide products registered in the United States for 
these uses.

III. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
to delete certain uses of Iprodione, Pendimethalin, or Permethrin 
product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making 
the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency 
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further 
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order amending the 
affected registrations.

   Table 1--Iprodione, Pendimethalin, and Permethrin Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment
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           Registration No.                  Product name               Company             Uses to be deleted
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000270-00279.........................  Farnam Purge Pesticide.  Farnam Companies, Inc..  Use on dogs.
000279-09562.........................  Iprodione Technical....  FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                                                 Products Group.
000279-09564.........................  Rovral[supreg] brand 4   FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                        Flowable Fungicide.      Products Group.
000279-09565.........................  Rovral[supreg] R         FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                        Flowable Fungicide.      Products Group.
000279-09566.........................  Rovral[supreg] brand WG  FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                        Fungicide.               Products Group.
000279-09567.........................  Rovral[supreg] 50 SP     FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                        Fungicide.               Products Group.
000279-09569.........................  Rovral[supreg] brand     FMC Corp. Agricultural   Use on rice.
                                        75WG Fungicide.          Products Group.
019713-00600.........................  Drexel Pendimethalin     Drexel Chemical Company  Use on alfalfa, corn
                                        Technical.                                        (field, pop, sweet),
                                                                                          garlic, onions (dry
                                                                                          bulb, green, welsh),
                                                                                          peanuts, sorghum
                                                                                          (grain), sugarcane and
                                                                                          sunflower.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed 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 Requesting Voluntary Amendments
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            EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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270....................................  Farnam Companies, Inc., 301
                                          West Osborn Rd., Phoenix, AZ
                                          85013.
279....................................  FMC Corp. Agricultural Products
                                          Group, 1735 Market St., RM
                                          1978, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

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19713..................................  Drexel Chemical Company, P.O.
                                          Box 13327, Memphis, TN 38113-
                                          0327.
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IV. 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.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a 
request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public 
comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use 
termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) requires that EPA 
provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary 
cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before 
granting the request, unless:
    1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
    2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the 
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The Iprodione, Pendimethalin, and Permethrin registrants have 
requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA 
will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion 
should submit the withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products(s) have been subject to a 
previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and 
all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are 
controlling.

VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
action. If the requests for voluntary amendments to delete uses are 
granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the 
Federal Register.
    In any order issued in response to these requests for amendments to 
delete uses, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the 
treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1 of 
Unit III.
    Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested 
amendments to delete uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or 
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period 
of 18 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the 
cancellation order, unless other restrictions have been imposed. 
Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing 
the products whose labels include the deleted uses identified in Table 
1 of Unit III., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or 
for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant 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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: May 2, 2014.
Michael Goodis,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-10694 Filed 5-8-14; 8:45 am]
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