[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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