[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39580-39581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17632]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517; FRL-9964-28]
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 November 21, 2016 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 November 21,
2016 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 did not receive any comments on the notice. 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 order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are applicable August 21, 2017.
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, 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-2016-0517, 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), 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 cancellations, as requested by
registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C.
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit. The following registration numbers that
were listed in the Federal Register of November 21, 2016 (81 FR 83237)
(FRL-9953-56) have already been cancelled in a previous Federal
Register notice: 66222-65, FL-140008, OR-990010 and WA-980023 on March
22, 2017 (82 FR 14718) (FRL-9958-51).
Table 1--Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient
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100-991................................... 100 Clipper 50 WP........... Paclobutrazol.
100-992................................... 100 Bonzi 50 WP............. Paclobutrazol.
432-1563.................................. 432 Throttle XP Herbicide... Sulfentrazone;
Sulfometuron; &
Chlorsulfuron.
AR-130002................................. 241 Pursuit Herbicide....... Imazethapyr, ammonium
salt.
CA-150005................................. 62719 Closer SC............... Sulfoxaflor.
GA-080004................................. 100 Reward Landscape and Diquat dibromide.
Aquatic Herbicide.
ID-150005................................. 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
OR-050002................................. 264 Rovral 4 Flowable Iprodione.
Fungicide.
OR-150005................................. 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
OR-150006................................. 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
PA-150003................................. 100 Heritage Fungicide...... Azoxystrobin.
TX-090010................................. 56228 Compound DRC-1339 Starlicide.
Concentrate-Feedlots.
WA-150009................................. 62719 Transform WG............ Sulfoxaflor.
WA-150010................................. 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
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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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100.............................. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410
Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
241.............................. BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive,
P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709-3528.
264.............................. Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box
12014,Research Triangle Park, NC
27709.
432.............................. Bayer Environmental Science,A
Division of Bayer CropScience, LP, 2
T.W. Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709.
56228............................ U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 149,
Riverdale, MD 20737.
62719............................ Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330
Zionsville Rd. 308/2E, Indianapolis,
IN 46268-1054.
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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 November 21, 2016 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(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 August 21, 2017. 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 (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 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
November 21, 2016. The comment period closed on May 22, 2017.
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 order are as follows.
The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks
of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II until August 21, 2018, 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, except for export
in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), 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.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: June 28, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-17632 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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