[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53434-53436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21713]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0651; FRL-9999-71]
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 and Table 1A of Unit II., pursuant to
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This
cancellation order follows a March 5, 2019 Federal Register Notice
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of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit
II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the March 5,
2019 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. Further, the
registrants did not withdraw their requests. 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 effective date of the cancellation listed in Table 1 of Unit
II. is December 31, 2018, and the registrant may continue to sell and
distribute existing stocks of this product until December 31, 2019. The
effective date of the cancellations listed in Table 1A of Unit II. is
October 7, 2019, and the registrant may continue to sell and distribute
existing stocks of these products until October 7, 2020.
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-2018-0651, 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 cancellation, 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 and Table 1A of this unit.
Table 1--Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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432-1477................................ 432 Prostar 70 WDG Fungicide.. Flutolanil.
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The registrant of the request in Table 1, requests to cancel the
registration on December 31, 2018.
Table 1A--Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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87290-16................................ 87290 Willowood Fomesafen 2 SL.. Sodium salt of fomesafen.
ME050001................................ 62719 Stinger................... Clopyralid,
monoethanolamine salt.
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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 and Table 1A 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
and Table 1A of this unit.
Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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432............................... Bayer Environmental Science, A
Division of Bayer CropScience, LP,
5000 CentreGreen Way, Suite 400,
Cary, NC 27513.
62719............................. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330
Zionsville Rd., 308/2E,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
87290............................. Willowood, LLC, Wagner Regulatory
Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640,
Hockessin, DE 19707-0640.
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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 March 5, 2019 Federal Register notice announcing the
Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of the
products listed in Table 1 and Table 1A 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 and Table 1A of Unit II.
Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product
registrations identified in Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit II. are
canceled. The effective date of these cancellations is specified in the
DATES section. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the
products identified in Table 1 and Table 1A 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 March
5, 2019 (84 FR 7899) (FRL-9988-75). The comment period closed on
September 3, 2019.
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 registrant of 432-1477, listed in Table 1, requested the
cancellation to be effective on December 31, 2018, therefore, the
registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of these
products until December 31, 2019, which is 1 year after the effective
date of the cancellation. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from
selling or distributing the product listed in Table 1, except for
export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper
disposal.
For all other voluntary cancellations listed in Table 1A, the
registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of
products listed in Table 1A of Unit II. until 1 year after the
publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register, the date
is specified in the DATES section. Thereafter, the registrants are
prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1A,
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 the products listed in Table 1 and Table 1A 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: September 16, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-21713 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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