[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32947-32949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14092]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0317; FRL-9928-01]


Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Terminate 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 terminate 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 terminate 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DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by July 10, 2015 for registrations 
for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day comment 
period, EPA expects to issue orders terminating these uses. The Agency 
will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than July 10, 
2015. Comments must be received on or before July 10, 2015, for those 
registrations where the 180-day comment period has been waived.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0317, 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. Written Withdrawal Request, ATTN: Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P).
     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: Mark Hartman, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-5440; 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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
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 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

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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 preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to terminate uses in certain pesticide products registered 
under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). 
These registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration 
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses terminated.

              Table 1--Requests for Amendments To Terminate Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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       EPA Registration No.              Product name        Active ingredient         Use to be terminated
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1021-2782.........................  Clothianidin           Clothianidin.........  Fruiting Vegetables Crop
                                     Technical.                                    Grouping (CG8) and Low-
                                                                                   Growing Berry except
                                                                                   Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
                                                                                   retain the existing
                                                                                   tolerances.
59639-150.........................  V-10170 2.13SC         Clothianidin.........  Fruiting Vegetables Crop
                                     Insecticide.                                  Grouping (CG8) and Low-
                                                                                   Growing Berry except
                                                                                   Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
                                                                                   retain the existing
                                                                                   tolerances.
59639-152.........................  Arena 50 WDG           Clothianidin.........  Fruiting Vegetables Crop
                                     Insecticide.                                  Grouping (CG8) and Low-
                                                                                   Growing Berry except
                                                                                   Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
                                                                                   retain the existing
                                                                                   tolerances.
59639-173.........................  Clothianidin           Clothianidin.........  Fruiting Vegetables Crop
                                     Technical                                     Grouping (CG8) and Low-
                                     Insecticide.                                  Growing Berry except
                                                                                   Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
                                                                                   retain the existing
                                                                                   tolerances.
90963-1...........................  Nipacide MX..........  Chloroxylenol........  As a preservative for paints,
                                                                                   plastics and plastic
                                                                                   coatings, thickeners &
                                                                                   adhesives/binders. As a
                                                                                   disinfectant, sanitizer,
                                                                                   deodorizer or antimicrobial
                                                                                   agent for application to
                                                                                   hard, non-porous surfaces in
                                                                                   residential, health-care,
                                                                                   institutional, food-
                                                                                   processing and industrial
                                                                                   facilities including animal
                                                                                   housing facilities,
                                                                                   veterinary clinics, farms,
                                                                                   livestock, swine and poultry
                                                                                   houses. As a biocide in oil
                                                                                   and gas exploration including
                                                                                   enhanced recovery systems,
                                                                                   flood water, fracturing
                                                                                   fluids and gels, injection
                                                                                   waters, pipelines, holding
                                                                                   pond water, disposal well
                                                                                   water, tubing, pressure
                                                                                   vessels and storage tanks. As
                                                                                   a biocide in industrial
                                                                                   process water systems.
90963-2...........................  Nipacide CMX.........  Chloroxylenol........  As a preservative for paints,
                                                                                   plastics and plastic
                                                                                   coatings, thickeners &
                                                                                   adhesives/binders. As a
                                                                                   disinfectant, sanitizer,
                                                                                   deodorizer or antimicrobial
                                                                                   agent for application to
                                                                                   hard, non-porous surfaces in
                                                                                   residential, health-care,
                                                                                   institutional, food-
                                                                                   processing and industrial
                                                                                   facilities including animal
                                                                                   housing facilities,
                                                                                   veterinary clinics, farms,
                                                                                   livestock, swine and poultry
                                                                                   houses. As a biocide in oil
                                                                                   and gas exploration including
                                                                                   enhanced recovery systems,
                                                                                   flood water, fracturing
                                                                                   fluids and gels, injection
                                                                                   waters, pipelines, holding
                                                                                   pond water, disposal well
                                                                                   water, tubing, pressure
                                                                                   vessels and storage tanks. As
                                                                                   a biocide in industrial
                                                                                   process water systems.
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    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of 
publication of this notice, EPA expects to issue orders terminating all 
of these uses. Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring the 
retention of a use should contact the applicable registrant directly 
during this 30-day period.
    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.

 Table 2--Registrants Requesting Amendments To Terminate Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations
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          EPA company number                Company name and address
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1021.................................  McLaughlin Gormley King Company,
                                        8810 Tenth Avenue North,
                                        Minneapolis, MN 55427-4319.
59639................................  Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600
                                        Riviera Avenue, Suite 200,
                                        Walnut Creek, CA 94596.
90963................................  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.,
                                        Agent Name: Lewis & Harrison,
                                        LLC, 122 C Street NW., Suite
                                        505, Washington, DC 20001.
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III. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) provides that a 
registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of 
its pesticide registrations be 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, the EPA Administrator may approve such a request.

IV. Procedures for withdrawal of request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use termination 
must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before July 10, 2015, for the 
requests that the registrants requested to waive the 180-day comment 
period. This written withdrawal of the request for use termination will 
apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in 
this notice. If the products have been subject to a previous use 
termination action, the effective date of termination and all other 
provisions of any earlier termination action are controlling.

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

    Dated: May 21, 2015.
Mark A. Hartman,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-14092 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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