[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 164 (Friday, August 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48137-48139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18530]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0144; FRL-8315-02-OCSPP]


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 2 of Unit II, pursuant to the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This 
cancellation order follows a February 9, 2021 Federal Register Notice 
of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit 
II to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the February 
9, 2021 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 cancellations are effective August 27, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration 
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

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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-2020-0144, 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.
    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.

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 2 of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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100-1117................................             100  Touchdown Herbicide.......  Glyphosate.
100-1121................................             100  Touchdown Pro Herbicide...  Glyphosate.
100-1122................................             100  Touchdown Liquid            Glyphosate.
                                                           Concentrate.
100-1157................................             100  Touchdown CF Herbicide....  Glycine, N-
                                                                                       (phosphonomethyl)-,
                                                                                       diammonium salt.
100-1179................................             100  Touchdown Diquat Home and   Diquat dibromide &
                                                           Garden Concentrate.         Glyphosate.
100-1182................................             100  Touchdown Hitech Herbicide  Glycine, N-
                                                                                       (phosphonomethyl)-
                                                                                       potassium salt.
100-1212................................             100  Touchdown CT Herbicide....  Glycine, N-
                                                                                       (phosphonomethyl)-
                                                                                       potassium salt.
100-1362................................             100  Refuge Herbicide..........  Glycine, N-
                                                                                       (phosphonomethyl)-
                                                                                       potassium salt.
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    The registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, 
requested the effective date of the cancellations to be November 02, 
2020.

                                         Table 2--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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241-343.................................             241  Tri-4 HF Herbicide........  Trifluralin.
7969-88.................................            7969  Poast Plus Herbicide......  Sethoxydim.
7969-194................................            7969  Rezult Herbicide..........  Sethoxydim.
7969-277................................            7969  BAS 800 02/03 Powered by    Saflufenacil.
                                                           Kixor Herbicide.
7969-294................................            7969  Sethoxydim Manufacturer's   Sethoxydim.
                                                           Use Product.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products in Table 1 and Table 2 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 2 of this unit.

               Table 3--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.
7969..............................  BASF Corporation, Agricultural
                                     Products Division, 26 Davis Drive,
                                     P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle
                                     Park, NC 27709-3528.
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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 February 9, 2021 Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of 
products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 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 2 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders 
that the product registrations identified in Table 1 and Table 2 of 
Unit II are canceled. The effective date of the cancellations that are 
the subject of this notice is August 27, 2021. Any distribution, sale, 
or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 and 
Table 2 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

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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 February 9, 2021 (86 FR 8779) (FRL-10016-16). The 
comment period closed on August 9, 2021.

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.
    For products 100-1117, 100-1121, 100-1122, 100-1157, 100-1179, 100-
1182, 100-1212 and 100-1362 listed in Table 1 of Unit II, the 
registrant has requested the effective date of the cancellations to be 
November 02, 2020; therefore, the registrant will be permitted to sell 
and distribute existing stocks of this product until November 02, 2021. 
Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or 
distributing the product in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export 
consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper 
disposal.
    For all other voluntary product cancellations, listed in Table 2 of 
Unit II, the registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing 
stocks of products listed in Table 2 of Unit II until August 29, 2022, 
which is 1 year after the date of publication of the Cancellation Order 
in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited 
from selling or distributing products listed in Table 2, 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 and Table 2 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: August 20, 2021.
Catherine Aubee,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-18530 Filed 8-26-21; 8:45 am]
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