[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57076-57077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22748]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0202; FRL-9916-87]


Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); 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 the registrant and accepted by the 
Agency, of products containing pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB), pursuant 
to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 
This cancellation order follows a June 6, 2014 Federal Register Notice 
of Receipt of Requests from the registrant listed in Table 2 of Unit 
II. to voluntarily amend to terminate certain uses of these product 
registrations. These are not the last products containing this 
pesticide registered for use in the United States. In the June 6, 2014 
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 registrant withdrew its 
requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. 
Further, the registrant did not withdraw its 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 September 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Bloom, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; 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-2004-0202, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency

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Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton 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 information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces the amendments to terminate uses, as 
requested by the registrant, of products registered under FIFRA section 
3. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in 
Table 1 of this unit.

                          Table 1--PCNB Product Registration Amendments To Delete Uses
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         EPA registration No.                    Product name                         Uses deleted
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5481-197..............................  Technical Grade PCNB..........  African violet; azaleas; bedding plants;
                                                                         begonias; calendula; camellia;
                                                                         carnation; chrysanthemum; larkspur;
                                                                         ornamental flowering plants;
                                                                         poinsettia; roses; snapdragon; and
                                                                         sweet peas. Seed treatments on barley,
                                                                         beans, corn, cotton (acid-delinted,
                                                                         fuzzy, reginned, or mechanically-
                                                                         delinted seed), oats, peanuts, peas,
                                                                         rice, safflower, sorghum, soybeans,
                                                                         sugar beets, and wheat.
5481-8988.............................  Turfcide 10% Granular.........  Bedding plants, flowering plants,
                                                                         foliage plants, and bulb crops.
5481-8992.............................  Turfcide 4F...................  Bedding plants, flowering plants,
                                                                         foliage plants, azaleas, camellias,
                                                                         gladiolus (broadcast), and cut flowers.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address for the 
registrant of the products in Table 1. The company number corresponds 
to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products 
listed above in Table 1 of this unit.

               Table 2--Registrant of the Amended Products
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            EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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5481...................................  Amvac Chemical Corporation,
                                          4695 MacArthur Ct., Suite
                                          1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
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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 June 6, 2014 Federal Register notice announcing the 
Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary amendments to terminate 
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 uses of the PCNB 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 amendments that 
are the subject of this notice is September 24, 2014. 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 in the Federal Register of June 6, 2014 (79 FR 32730) (FRL-
9911-37). The comment period closed on July 7, 2014.

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 stocks provision for the products subject to this 
order is as follows.
    Upon publication of this order, the registrant is no longer 
permitted to sell or distribute the products listed in Table 1 of Unit 
II. of this Notice under the previously approved labeling (that is, 
labeling that includes the use sites for which the registrant has 
requested termination), except for export consistent with FIFRA section 
17 or for proper disposal. The registrant will be permitted to relabel 
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. to conform with the 
requested use deletions as long as the registrant has verified that the 
products have been formulated from Technical PCNB that complies with 
the certified limits as amended on November 23, 2011 and June 13, 2012, 
and the registrant retains records demonstrating such compliance.
    Use of existing stocks of products whose labels include the deleted 
uses is permitted until supplies are exhausted, provided that such use 
is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or 
that accompanied, those products.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.

    Dated: September 16, 2014.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-22748 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
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