[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8233-8234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03378]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0092; FRL-12543-02-OCSPP]
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
(From May 30, 2025, Notice)
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 registrant 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 May 30, 2025, 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 May 30, 2025,
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
registrant 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 February 20, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Regulatory &
Information Services Division, Office of Mission Critical Operations,
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-2024-0092, is available at http://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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10163-189........................ 10163 Botran 75-W Fungicide...... Dicloran (031301/99-30-9)--
(75%).
10163-226........................ 10163 Botran 5F Fungicide........ Dicloran (031301/99-30-9)--
(46.7%).
10163-329........................ 10163 Botran P 5F Fungicide...... Dicloran (031301/99-30-9)--
(46.7%).
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The registrants of the products identified in Table 1 of this unit
have requested 18-months to sell existing stocks of those products.
Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant 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 four
comments on broader questions and concerns related to pesticide usage
in response to the May 30, 2025, Federal Register notice announcing the
Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of the
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. This action is based on requests
from the registrant to voluntarily cancel these product registrations,
and as such, those comments are outside of the scope of this action.
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
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notice is February 20, 2026. 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 May
30, 2025, (90 FR 23051) (FRL-12543-01-OCSPP). The comment period closed
on November 26, 2025.
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.
For, the products listed in Table 1, the registrants have requested
18-months to sell existing stocks of those products. The registrants
may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of the products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until August 20, 2027, a period of 18
months after publication of the cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, the registrants are 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 17, 2026.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2026-03378 Filed 2-19-26; 8:45 am]
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