[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102138-102140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29753]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093; FRL-12320-01-OCSPP]
Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations and/or Amend Registrations To Terminate 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 their registrations of certain
product registrations and/or to amend their product 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 of the requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw its 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 and/or uses have
been 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 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
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restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting and
visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets
generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel certain and/or terminate certain uses of product
registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the
requests are identified in Tables 1-3 of this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of these requests, EPA intends to issue an order canceling and/
or amending the affected registrations.
Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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279-3455......................... 279 Marvel Herbicide........... Fluthiacet-methyl (108803/117337-
19-6)--(1.2%), Fomesafen
(123803/72178-02-0)--(30.08%)
279-3568......................... 279 Dawn Herbicide............. Sodium salt of fomesafen (123802/
108731-70-0)--(22.8%)
279-3569......................... 279 Rhythm Herbicide........... Sodium salt of fomesafen (123802/
108731-70-0)--(22.1%)
2749-642......................... 2749 Dicrotophos Technical...... Dicrotophos (035201/141-66-2)--
(85%)
2749-643......................... 2749 Dicromax XP Insecticide.... Bifenthrin (128825/82657-04-3)--
(10.8%), Dicrotophos (035201/
141-66-2)--(43.1%)
7401-38.......................... 7401 Ferti-Lome Liquid Carbaryl Carbaryl (056801/63-25-2)--
Home Garden Spray. (23.7%)
7401-69.......................... 7401 Ferti Lome Garden Dust..... Carbaryl (056801/63-25-2)--(5%)
7401-166......................... 7401 Hi-Yield 10% Carbaryl Carbaryl (056801/63-25-2)--(10%)
Garden Dust.
9386-34.......................... 9386 AMA-204.................... Terbuthylazine (080814/5915-41-
3)--(4%)
9386-42.......................... 9386 AMA-2500G.................. Glutaraldehyde (043901/111-30-
8)--(25%)
9386-43.......................... 9386 AMA-1500G.................. Glutaraldehyde (043901/111-30-
8)--(15%)
9386-46.......................... 9386 AMA-480WB.................. 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one
(098901/2634-33-5)--(19%)
9386-47.......................... 9386 AMA-80S.................... 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one
(098901/2634-33-5)--(19%)
33427-35......................... 33427 Dicrotophos Technical...... Dicrotophos (035201/141-66-2)--
(85%)
47000-113........................ 47000 Roberts Dust'M............. Gardona (cis-isomer) (083702/
22248-79-9)--(3%)
47000-122........................ 47000 RL-2-Rabon Livestock Dust.. Gardona (cis-isomer) (083702/
22248-79-9)--(3%)
47000-125........................ 47000 Crown All Purpose Livestock Gardona (cis-isomer) (083702/
and Poultry Dust with 22248-79-9)--(3%)
Rabon.
FL-080008........................ 62719 G-120 NF Naturalyte Fruit Spinosad (110003/131929-60-7)--
Fly Bait. (.02%)
MN-230002........................ 87865 Spin-Aid Herbicide......... Phenmedipham (098701/13684-63-
4)--(15.9%)
NC-090001........................ 62719 Lorsban Advanced........... Chlorpyrifos (059101/2921-88-2)--
(40.2%)
NC-090004........................ 62719 Lorsban Advanced........... Chlorpyrifos (059101/2921-88-2)--
(40.2%)
NC-180002........................ 5481 Parazone 3SL Herbicide..... Paraquat dichloride (061601/1910-
42-5)--(43.8%)
ND-230001........................ 87865 Spin-Aid Herbicide......... Phenmedipham (098701/13684-63-
4)--(15.9%)
NY-120006........................ 67690 SP 1908 Aquatic Herbicide.. Fluridone (112900/59756-60-4)--
(6.3%)
NY-120017........................ 67690 Sonar SRP.................. Fluridone (112900/59756-60-4)--
(5%)
NY-130001........................ 67690 Sonar X.................... Fluridone (112900/59756-60-4)--
(5%)
TX-040027........................ 62719 Lock-On.................... Chlorpyrifos (059101/2921-88-2)--
(22.9%)
TX-080018........................ 62719 Starane Ultra.............. Fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester
(128968/81406-37-3)--(45.52%)
TX-180004........................ 62719 Lorsban Advanced........... Chlorpyrifos (059101/2921-88-2)--
(40.2%)
TX-220002........................ 100 Gramoxone[supreg] SL 2.0... Paraquat dichloride (061601/1910-
42-5)--(30.1%)
WY-180001........................ 5481 Parazone 3SL Herbicide..... Paraquat dichloride (061601/1910-
42-5)--(43.8%)
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Table 2--Product Registration with Pending Request for Amendment
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Uses to be
Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient terminated
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8383-3....................... 8383 Sporicidin Phenol (064001/108- Fogging Use
Disinfectant 95-2)--(1.56%),
Solution. Sodium phenate
(064002/139-02-6)--
(.06%).
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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 number corresponds to the
first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in
Table 1 and Table 2 of this unit.
Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or
Amendments.
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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.
279....................................... FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA
19104.
2749...................................... Aceto Life Sciences, L.L.C.,
D/B/A Actylis, Agent Name:
Product & Regulatory
Associates, LLC, 8595
Collier Blvd., Suite 107-
51, Naples, FL 34114.
5481...................................... AMVAC Chemical Corporation,
4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1200, Newport Beach, CA
92660-1706.
7401...................................... Voluntary Purchasing Groups,
Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis
Regulatory Consulting,
Inc., 535 Dock Street,
Suite 211, Tacoma, WA
98402.
8383...................................... Contec, Inc., 525 Locust
Grove, Spartanburg, SC
29303.
9386...................................... Kemira Water Solutions,
Inc., Agent Name: Ramboll,
4245 North Fairfax Drive,
Suite 700, Arlington, VA
22203.
33427..................................... Aceto US, L.L.C., D/B/A/
Actylis, Agent Name:
Product & Regulatory
Associates, LLC, 8595
Collier Blvd., Suite 107-
51, Naples, FL 34114.
47000..................................... Chem-Tech, Ltd., 620 Lesher
Place, Lansing, MI 48912.
62719..................................... Corteva Agriscience, LLC,
9330 Zionsville Road,
Indianapolis, IN 46268.
67690..................................... SePRO Corporation, 11550 N.
Meridian Street, Suite 600,
Carmel, IN 46032.
87865..................................... Belchim Crop Protection US
Corporation, 225 Wilmington
West Chester Pike, Suite
200, Chadds Ford, PA 19317.
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III. 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.
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 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 Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation or use termination should submit the 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
action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation and/or amendments to
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish the
cancellation order in the Federal Register.
In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation
of product registrations and/or 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.
For voluntary product cancellations, registrants will be permitted
to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products
for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be
the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for
export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper
disposal.
Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to terminate uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period
of 18 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the
cancellation order, unless other restrictions have been imposed.
Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing
the products whose labels include the terminated uses identified in
Table 2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17
or for proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products and/or products whose labels
include the terminated uses until supplies 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 and/or terminated uses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Daniel Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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