[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54454-54456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14354]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0075; FRL-11521-01-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 an August 31, 2023, Federal Register Notice of Receipt

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of Requests from the registrants listed in table 2 of unit II, to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the August 31, 2023, 
notice EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within 
the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these 
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. EPA 
received one anonymous comment on this notice that was supportive of 
EPA cancelling these registrations, which EPA acknowledges. 
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. This notice also announces that EPA has previously approved 
the requests for voluntary cancellation of several registrations 
included in the August 31, 2023, notice listed in table 3 of unit II. 
EPA sent a separate letter approving these requests for voluntary 
cancellation to Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC on October 3, 2023. The 
disposition of existing stocks for these products is governed by the 
provisions in EPA's October 3, 2023, letter approving the voluntary 
cancellation of these products rather than unit VI.

DATES: The cancellations are effective July 1, 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 
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 of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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        Registration No.           Company No.          Product name                 Active ingredients
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100-1305.......................             100  Cruiser Maxx Cereals.....  Difenoconazole (128847/119446-68-3)--
                                                                             (3.36%), Metalaxyl-M (113502/70630-
                                                                             17-0)--(.56%), Thiamethoxam (060109/
                                                                             153719-23-4)--(2.8%).
264-998........................             264  Four Way Peanut Seed       Captan (081301/133-06-2)--(49%),
                                                  Treatment Fungicide.       Metalaxyl (113501/57837-19-1)--
                                                                             (.8%), Thiophanate-methyl (102001/
                                                                             23564-05-8)--(13.6%),
                                                                             Trifloxystrobin (129112/141517-21-
                                                                             7)--(2%).
56228-33.......................           56228  Mesurol 75% Wettable       Methiocarb (100501/2032-65-7)--
                                                  Powder Aversive            (75%).
                                                  Conditioning Egg
                                                  Treatment.
AR-130004......................           69969  Avipel (Dry) Corn Seed     Anthraquinone (122701/84-65-1)--
                                                  Treatment.                 (50%).
OR-160005......................           61842  Linex 4L Herbicide.......  Linuron (035506/330-55-2)--(40.6%).
TN-090006......................             264  Gaucho XT Flowable.......  Imidacloprid (129099/138261-41-3)--
                                                                             (12.7%), Metalaxyl (113501/57837-19-
                                                                             1)--(.82%), Tebuconazole (128997/
                                                                             107534-96-3)--(.62%).
WA-030035......................           62719  Stinger..................  Clopyralid, monoethanolamine salt
                                                                             (117401/57754-85-5)--(40.9%).
WA-120008......................           62719  Entrust SC...............  Spinosad (110003/131929-60-7)--
                                                                             (22.5%).
WA-970033......................           62719  Stinger..................  Clopyralid, monoethanolamine salt
                                                                             (117401/57754-85-5)--(40.9%).
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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 & table 3 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 3 of this unit.

               Table 2--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.
264.............................  Bayer CropScience, LP, Agent Name:
                                   Bayer CropScience, LLC, 801
                                   Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900,
                                   Washington, DC 20004.
56228...........................  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal
                                   and Plant Health Inspection Service,
                                   4700 River Road, Unit 149, Riverdale,
                                   MD 20737.
61842...........................  Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Agent Name:
                                   Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc.,
                                   4110 136th Street, Ct. NW, Gig
                                   Harbor, WA 98332.
62719...........................  Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330
                                   Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN
                                   46268.
69969...........................  Arkion Life Sciences, LLC, Agent Name:
                                   Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc.,
                                   P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707.
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    This notice also announces that EPA has cancelled, as requested by 
the registrant, the FIFRA section 3 registrations of the products 
listed in table 3 of this unit by a separate letter to Syngenta Crop 
Protection, LLC. This letter was issued by the Agency on October 3, 
2023, and is available for each of the cancelled products below on the 
Pesticide Product and Label System (PPLS) at https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/pesticides/f?p=PPLS:1.

                   Table 3--Prior Product Cancellation of Products Containing Cyantraniliprole
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        Registration No.           Company No.          Product name                 Active ingredients
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100-1422.......................             100  A16901B Ornamental         Cyantraniliprole (090098/736994-63-
                                                  Insecticide.               1)--(20%), Thiamethoxam (060109/
                                                                             153719-23-4)--(20%).
100-1544.......................             100  HGW86 T&O Insect Control.  Cyantraniliprole (090098/736994-63-
                                                                             1)--(18.66%).
100-1552.......................             100  Mainspring...............  Cyantraniliprole (090098/736994-63-
                                                                             1)--(18.66%).
100-1574.......................             100  Mainspring Flora GH......  Cyantraniliprole (090098/736994-63-
                                                                             1)--(10%), Pymetrozine (101103/
                                                                             123312-89-0)--(30%).
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    EPA received one anonymous comment on this notice that was 
supportive of EPA cancelling these registrations, which EPA 
acknowledges. For these reasons, the Agency does not believe that the 
comments submitted during the comment period merit further review or a 
denial of the requests for voluntary cancellation.

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 July 1, 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 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 August 
31, 2023 (88 FR 60207) (FRL-11150-01-OCSPP). The comment period closed 
on October 02, 2023.

VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
that 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 registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of products listed in table 1 of unit II, until July 1, 2025, which is 
1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal 
Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or 
distributing products 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 registrants 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.
    The disposition of existing stocks for the products listed in table 
3 of unit II, is governed by the provisions in EPA's October 3, 2023, 
letter approving the voluntary cancellation of these products.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: June 11, 2024.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-14354 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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