[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23962-23963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09485]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0141; FRL-10023-39]


Notice of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Uses for Dicloran (DCNA)

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 dicloran (DCNA) 
registrations. EPA intends to 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 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 June 4, 2021.
    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites 
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before 
June 4, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0141, 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.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with 
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Fothergill, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8299; 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.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2016-0141, is available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 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. Due to the public health concerns related to 
COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to 
visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote

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customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These 
registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration 
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency 
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further 
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal 
Register canceling the affected registrations.

                      Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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         EPA registration No.               Product name            Active ingredient        Delete from label
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10163-189............................  Botran 75-W Fungicide.  Dicloran..................  Geraniums and
                                                                                            hydrangeas.
10163-195............................  Botran Technical......  Dicloran..................  Geraniums and
                                                                                            hydrangeas.
10163-226............................  Botran 5F Fungicide...  Dicloran..................  Geraniums and
                                                                                            hydrangeas.
10163-329............................  Botran P 5F Fungicide.  Dicloran..................  Geraniums and
                                                                                            hydrangeas.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in 
sequence by EPA company number.

         Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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          EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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10163..............................  Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma,
                                      AZ 85366-5569.
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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 delete 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 listed in Table 2 of Unit II 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 Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must 
submit the withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT using the methods in ADDRESSES. 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 
cancellation action.
    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 all voluntary product cancellations, listed in Table 1 of Unit 
II, the 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 the 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: April 28, 2021.
Mary Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-09485 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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