[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18543-18544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06459]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10431-01-OCSPP]


Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces EPA's order for the cancellation, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
the product listed in Table 1 of Unit II, pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a May 6, 2022, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Request from the registrant listed in Table 2 of Unit II, to 
voluntarily cancel this product registration. In the May 6, 2022, 
notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
cancellation, unless the Agency received substantive comments within 
the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of the 
request, or unless the registrant withdrew their request. The Agency 
received a comment on the May document, but none merited its further 
review of the request. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their 
request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this document a cancellation 
order granting the requested cancellation. Any distribution, sale, or 
use of the product 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 applicable March 29, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration 
Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2707; 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-2022-0223, is available at https://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 (202) 566-1744. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This document announces the cancellation, as requested by the 
registrant, of a product registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 
136a). This registration is listed in sequence by registration number 
in Table 1 of this unit.

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                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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432-1623................................             432  Storcide II Grain, Bin and  Chlorpyrifos-methyl 21.6%
                                                           Warehouse Insecticide.      & Deltamethrin 3.7%.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the product in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by 
EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration number of the product listed in Table 1 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,
                                     700 Chesterfield Parkway West,
                                     Chesterfield, MO 63017.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    One anonymous comment was received agreeing with the cancellation 
of the pesticide product in this document. For this reason, the Agency 
does not believe that the comment submitted during the comment period 
merits further review or a denial of the request for voluntary 
cancellation.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby 
approves the requested cancellation of the registration identified in 
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the 
product registration identified in Table 1 of Unit II, is canceled. The 
applicable date of the cancellation that is the subject of this 
document is March 29, 2023. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing 
stocks of the product identified in Table 1 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?

    FIFRA section 6(f)(1) (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 May 6, 
2022, (87 FR 27145) (FRL-9724-01). The comment period closed on 
November 2, 2022.

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 product 
subject to this order is as follows.
    The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of product listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until March 29, 2024, which is 
1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal 
Register. 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. 
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use existing 
stocks of product listed in Table 1 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 product.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Daniel Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-06459 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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