[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15571-15572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04495]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0075; FRL-11782-01-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 of unit II, pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a July 26, 2023, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrant listed in table 2 of unit II, to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the July 26, 2023, 
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 registrant 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 March 4, 2024.

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-2023-0075, 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 notice announces the cancellation, as requested by registrant, 
of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a). These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in table 1 
of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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10163-171...............................           10163  Imidan 1-E Insecticide....  Phosmet (059201/732-11-6)--
                                                                                       (11.7%).
10163-215...............................           10163  Imidan 2.5-EC.............  Phosmet (059201/732-11-6)--
                                                                                       (27.5%).
10163-313...............................           10163  Imidan 60 WDG.............  Phosmet (059201/732-11-6)--
                                                                                       (60%).
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products in table 1 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 of this 
unit.

               Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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          EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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10163.............................  Gowan Company, LLC, 370 S Main St.,
                                     Yuma, AZ 85366.
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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 July 26, 2023, Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of the 
products listed in table 1 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 of unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the 
product registrations identified in table 1 of unit II, are canceled. 
The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this 
notice is March 4, 2024. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing 
stocks of the products 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?

    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 canceled or amended to terminate one or 
more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on

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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 July 26, 2023 (88 FR 48248) (FRL-11149-01). The comment 
period closed on January 22, 2024.

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:
    The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of the products listed in table 1 of unit II, until March 5, 2025, 
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 products listed in table 1 of unit II, 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 products 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 products.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: February 28, 2024.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-04495 Filed 3-1-24; 8:45 am]
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