[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76191-76194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27024]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10469-01-OCSPP]


Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel 
Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate/
Amend Certain Uses

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 the registrants to voluntarily cancel certain

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product registrations containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos and to 
amend their chlorpyrifos registrations to terminate one or more uses. 
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, or the 
registrants withdraw their 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 or the uses 
terminated 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 January 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov. Additional instructions on visiting the 
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is 
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 202-566-0700; 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 
https://www.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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from 
registrants to cancel certain pesticide product registrations and 
terminate certain uses of product registrations. These affected 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 
and Table 2 of this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes the names and 
addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in Table 
1 and Table 2 of this Unit, in sequence by EPA company number. This 
company number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration 
numbers of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this Unit.
    Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments 
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw 
their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register 
canceling all of the registrations and terminating uses as requested.

               Table 1--Chlorpyrifos Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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                                  Company
       Registration No.             No.           Product name                    Active ingredients
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62719-34......................       62719  Lorsban 15G.............  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-79......................       62719  LOCK-ON.................  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-220.....................       62719  Lorsban-4E..............  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-221.....................       62719  Lorsban 50W in Water      Chlorpyrifos.
                                             Soluble Packets.
62719-254.....................       62719  Dursban 4E-N............  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-301.....................       62719  Lorsban 75WG............  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-353.....................       62719  Dursban F Insecticidal    Chlorpyrifos.
                                             Chemical.
62719-355.....................       62719  Dursban R Insecticidal    Chlorpyrifos.
                                             Chemical.
62719-575.....................       62719  Cobalt..................  Chlorpyrifos
                                                                      gamma-Cyhalothrin.
62719-591.....................       62719  Lorsban advanced........  Chlorpyrifos.
62719-615.....................       62719  Cobalt advanced.........  Chlorpyrifos.
1381-243......................        1381  Tundra Supreme..........  Chlorpyrifos Bifenthrin.
83222-34......................       83222  CPF 15G.................  Chlorpyrifos.
83222-20......................       83222  CPF 4E..................  Chlorpyrifos.
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          Table 2--Chlorpyrifos Registrations With Pending Requests for Termination of Specific Use(s)
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                                   Company
        Registration No.             No.            Product name                  Uses to be terminated
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11678-58.......................       11678  Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos       Food uses: Agricultural Crops
                                              Insecticide.               [Terrestrial Food Crop, Greenhouse Food
                                                                         Crop]: Alfalfa; apple; asparagus;
                                                                         banana; beet (sugar, garden/table,
                                                                         including crops grown for seed);
                                                                         blueberry; Brassica (cole) leafy
                                                                         vegetables (bok choy, broccoli,
                                                                         broccoli raab, Brussels sprouts,
                                                                         cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage,
                                                                         collards, kale, kohlrabi); caneberries;
                                                                         cherimoya; cherries (sour, sweet);
                                                                         citrus fruits, corn (field corn, sweet
                                                                         corn (including corn grown for seed));
                                                                         cotton; cranberry; cucumber; date;
                                                                         feijoa; fig; grape; kiwifruit; leek;
                                                                         legume vegetables (succulent or dried),
                                                                         mint; nectarine; onion (dry bulb);
                                                                         peach; peanut; pear; pepper; plum;
                                                                         prune; pumpkin; radish (including crops
                                                                         grown for seed); rutabaga; sapote; seed
                                                                         and pod vegetables; sorghum (milo);
                                                                         strawberry; sugarcane; sunflower; sweet
                                                                         potato; tree nuts, turnip; wheat; seed
                                                                         treatment.
                                                                        Commercial Livestock Housing: Cattle ear
                                                                         tags, poultry houses, turkey barns,
                                                                         swine barns, and dairy barns.
                                                                        Tobacco.
66222-19.......................       66222  Chlorpyrifos 4E AG.......  Food uses: Alfalfa, apple tree trunk,
                                                                         asparagus, cherries, citrus fruits
                                                                         (calmondin, chironja, citrus citron,
                                                                         citrus hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat,
                                                                         lemons, limes, mandarin, tangerine,
                                                                         oranges, pummelo, Satsuma mandarin,
                                                                         tangelo, tangor, and other citrus
                                                                         fruit), cranberries, figs, grapes;
                                                                         legume vegetables including adzuki
                                                                         bean, asparagus bean, bean, blackeyed
                                                                         pea, broad bean (dry and succulent),
                                                                         catjang, chickpea, Chinese longbean,
                                                                         cowpea, crowder pea, dwarf pea, edible
                                                                         pod pea, English pea, fava bean, field
                                                                         bean, field pea, garbanzo bean, garden
                                                                         pea, grain lupin, green pea, guar,
                                                                         hyacinth bean, jackbean, kidney bean,
                                                                         lablab bean, lentil, lima bean, moth
                                                                         bean, mung bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon
                                                                         pea, pinto bean, rice bean, runner
                                                                         bean, snap bean snow pea, southern pea,
                                                                         sugar snap pea, sweet lupin, sword
                                                                         bean, tepary bean, urd bean, wax bean,
                                                                         white lupin, white sweet lupin,
                                                                         yardlong bean; mint (peppermint and
                                                                         spearmint), plums, prunes, nectarines,
                                                                         peaches, almonds, onions, peanuts,
                                                                         pears, sorghum, soybeans, strawberries,
                                                                         sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet
                                                                         potatoes, tree fruits, tree nuts,
                                                                         almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts;
                                                                         almond, pecan, walnut orchard floors;
                                                                         vegetables, Brassica (cole) leafy
                                                                         vegetable (bok choy), cauliflower,
                                                                         broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
                                                                         Chinese cabbage, collards, kale,
                                                                         kohlrabi, turnips, radishes, rutabagas,
                                                                         wheat, cotton; seed treatment.
                                                                        Tobacco.
66222-233......................       66222  Vulcan...................  Food uses: Alfalfa, apple, citrus
                                                                         fruits: calamondin, chironja, citrus
                                                                         citron, citrus hybrids, grapefruit,
                                                                         kumquat, lemons, limes, mandarin
                                                                         (tangerine), oranges, pummelo, Satsuma
                                                                         mandarin, tangelo, tangor, citrus
                                                                         orchard floors, corn (field and sweet)
                                                                         (including corn grown for seed),
                                                                         cotton, cranberries, figs, grapes;
                                                                         legume vegetables, including adzuki
                                                                         bean, asparagus bean, bean, blackeyed
                                                                         pea, broad bean (dry and succulent),
                                                                         catjang, chickpea, Chinese longbean,
                                                                         cowpea, crowder pea, dwarf pea, edible
                                                                         pod pea, English pea, fava bean, field
                                                                         bean, field pea, garbanzo bean, garden
                                                                         pea, grain lupin, green pea, guar,
                                                                         hyacinth bean, jackbean, kidney bean,
                                                                         lablab bean, lentil, lima bean, moth
                                                                         bean, mung bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon
                                                                         pea, pinto bean, rice bean, runner
                                                                         bean, snap bean, snow pea, southern
                                                                         pea, sugar snap pea, sweet lupin, sword
                                                                         bean, tepary bean, urd bean, wax bean,
                                                                         white lupin, white sweet lupin,
                                                                         yardlong bean; mint (peppermint and
                                                                         spearmint), nectarines, peaches,
                                                                         almonds, onions (dry bulb), peanuts,
                                                                         pears, sorghum, soybeans, strawberries,
                                                                         sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet
                                                                         potatoes, tree fruits and nuts: almond,
                                                                         cherry, nectarine, peach, pear, plum,
                                                                         prune, walnut, filberts; almond, pecan,
                                                                         and walnut orchard floors; vegetables:
                                                                         cauliflower, broccoli, broccoli raab,
                                                                         Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese
                                                                         cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi,
                                                                         rutabaga, turnips, radish, wheat; seed
                                                                         treatment.
                                                                        Tobacco.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation or Termination of
                                  Uses
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      EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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11678......................  ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite
                              100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
66222......................  ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite
                              100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
62719......................  Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330 Zionsville
                              Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
1381.......................  Winfield Solutions, LLC, 1080 County Rd., F
                              West, MS5705, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN
                              55164.
83222......................  Winfield Solutions, LLC, 1080 County Rd., F
                              West, MS5705, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN
                              55164.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking these actions?

    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 cancelled or amended to terminate one or 
more registered 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 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 cancellation 
should submit such 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 
cancellation action.
    If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to 
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish a final 
cancellation order in the Federal Register. In any order issued in 
response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations 
and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the 
following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the 
products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
    EPA proposes prohibiting all use of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos 
products identified in Tables 1 and 2 for food uses. Because all 
chlorpyrifos tolerances expired on February 28, 2022, use of 
chlorpyrifos in or on food will result in adulterated food, which 
cannot be delivered into interstate commerce. Such use would be 
inconsistent with the purposes of FIFRA. EPA is proposing to allow use 
of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and 
2 for non-food uses identified on the existing labels, as long as such 
use is consistent with the label. All other use of existing stocks of 
chlorpyrifos products would be prohibited.
    Moreover, EPA proposes prohibiting all sale and distribution of 
existing stocks of the chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and 
2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 
U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal, in accordance with state 
regulations. In addition, EPA is working with Corteva and Adama to 
develop plans for the return of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos to the 
registrants. Corteva and Adama are developing plans for the return of 
existing stocks of chlorpyrifos to the registrants. Subject to EPA 
approval, the terms and conditions of these plans will be implemented 
through the Cancellation Orders governing the distribution of these 
products under those return programs. If EPA and Corteva and Adama can 
come to agreement on those plans, EPA intends to include in the final 
cancellation order terms allowing for distribution consistent with 
those return programs.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: December 8, 2022.
Mary Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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