[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11087-11089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05667]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091; FRL-9990-87]


Notice of Receipt of Requests 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 requests 
by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. 
EPA intends to

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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 the products listed in this 
notice will be permitted after the registrations have 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 April 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091, 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.
    Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
     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: 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. 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. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
to cancel certain pesticide 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 requests, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the 
affected registrations.

                      Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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          Registration No.              Company No.          Product name               Active ingredients
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100-1341............................             100  Meridian 0.20G............  Thiamethoxam.
100-1346............................             100  Meridian 0.14G............  Thiamethoxam.
100-1399............................             100  Avicta Complete Corn 500..  Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                   Fludioxonil; Thiabendazole;
                                                                                   Abamectin & Thiamethoxam.
100-1426............................             100  THX_MXM_FDL_TBZ FS........  Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                   Fludioxonil & Thiabendazole.
100-1449............................             100  Adage Deluxe..............  Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                   Fludioxonil & Azoxystrobin.
100-1450............................             100  Adage Premier.............  Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                   Fludioxonil; Azoxystrobin &
                                                                                   Thiabendazole.
264-1125............................             264  Emesto Quantum............  Clothianidin & Penflufen.
59639-164...........................           59639  V-10170 0.25 G GL           Clothianidin.
                                                       Insecticide.
59639-176...........................           59639  Inovate Seed Protectant...  Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
                                                                                   Ipconazole.
59639-187...........................           59639  Inovate Neutral Seed        Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
                                                       Protectant.                 Ipconazole.
59639-214...........................           59639  Aloft GC G Insecticide....  Bifenthrin & Clothianidin.
72155-95............................           72155  Flower, Rose & Shrub Care   Clothianidin & Imidacloprid.
                                                       III.
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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.

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         Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellations
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         EPA Company No.                  Company name and address
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100..............................  Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O.
                                    Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-
                                    8300.
264..............................  Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
                                    Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
                                    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
59639............................  Valent U.S.A., LLC, 1600 Riviera
                                    Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA
                                    94596-8025.
72155............................  Bayer Advanced, Business Unit of
                                    Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
                                    Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
                                    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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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 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 registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment 
period.
    Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the 
proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

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

V. 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 cancellation are granted, the 
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal 
Register.
    In any order issued in response to these requests 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 II.
    For voluntary product cancellations, registrants will be permitted 
to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products 
for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be 
the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal 
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or 
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for 
export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper 
disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of canceled products 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 
canceled products.

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

    Dated: March 13, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-05667 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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