[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46985-46986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0316; FRL-9967-71]


Tetrachlorvinphos; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily 
Cancel 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 a 
request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel their registrations of 
certain products containing the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP). The 
request would not terminate the last TCVP products registered for use 
in the United States. EPA intends to grant this request 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 request, or unless the registrant withdraws its 
request. If this request is granted, any sale, distribution, or use of 
products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration 
has been cancelled 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 November 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0316, 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: Khue Nguyen, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-347-0248; 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 
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 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. Background on the Receipt of Request To Cancel

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from the 
registrant Bayer Healthcare, LLC to cancel certain TCVP product 
registrations. TCVP is an organophosphate insecticide registered for 
use on livestock and livestock premises and as pet collars and pet 
dust/powders in residential settings. In a letter dated July 7, 2017, 
Bayer Healthcare, LLC requested EPA to cancel certain pesticide product 
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, Bayer 
stated that the pesticide product registrations identified in Table 1 
were TCVP pet collar products that were never commercialized. Bayer 
noted that since the products identified in Table 1 were not in the 
channels of trade, no existing stocks provision is required for these 
products. The registrant's request will not terminate the last TCVP 
products registered in the United States.

III. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant 
to cancel certain TCVP product registrations. The affected products and 
the registrant making the request are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of 
this unit.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency 
determines

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that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this 
request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the affected 
registrations.

                   Table 1--TCVP Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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          Registration No.                 Product name                             Company
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11556-164..........................  Americare Rabon Flea &    Bayer Healthcare, LLC.
                                      Tick Collar for Dogs.
11556-165..........................  Americare Rabon Flea &    Bayer Healthcare, LLC.
                                      Tick Collar for Cats.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit. This 
number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of 
the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.

          Table 2--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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           EPA Company No.                  Company name and address
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11556................................  Bayer Healthcare, LLC., P.O. Box
                                        390, Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-
                                        0390.
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IV. 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.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) 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) 
(7 U.S.C. 136d(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 TCVP registrant has 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 product 
cancellation or 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 request for voluntary cancellation is granted, the 
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal 
Register.
    In any order issued in response to this request for cancellation of 
product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following provisions 
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in 
Table 1 of Unit III.
    For this voluntary cancellation request, the registrant indicates 
that the products listed in Table 1 of Unit III are not in the channels 
of trade because they were never commercialized. Therefore, no existing 
stocks provision is needed. The cancellation will be effective on the 
date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal Register. 
Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or 
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except 
for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for 
proper disposal.

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

    Dated: September 19, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-21795 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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