[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83237-83238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27982]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517; FRL-9953-56]
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations
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 registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
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 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 May 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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 restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367;
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.
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 the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel 18 pesticide products registered under FIFRA
section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). These
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company
number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of this unit.
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw
their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register
canceling all of the affected registrations.
Table 1--Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient
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100-991.............................. 100 Clipper 50 WP............... Paclobutrazol.
100-992.............................. 100 Bonzi 50 WP................. Paclobutrazol.
432-1563............................. 432 Throttle XP Herbicide....... Sulfentrazone, Sulfometuron
& Chlorsulfuron.
66222-65............................. 66222 Apollo 42% Ovicide/Miticide. Clofentezine.
AR-130002............................ 241 Pursuit Herbicide........... Imazethapyr, ammonium salt.
CA-150005............................ 62719 Closer SC................... Sulfoxaflor.
FL-140008............................ 100 Revus Fungicide............. Mandipropamide Technical.
GA-080004............................ 100 Reward Landscape and Aquatic Diquat dibromide.
Herbicide.
ID-150005............................ 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
OR-050002............................ 264 Rovral 4 Flowable Fungicide. Iprodione.
OR-150005............................ 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
OR-150006............................ 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
OR-990010............................ 2935 Supreme Oil................. Mineral oil--includes
paraffin oil from 063503.
PA-150003............................ 100 Heritage Fungicide.......... Azoxystrobin.
TX-090010............................ 56228 Compound DRC-1339 Starlicide.
Concentrate-Feedlots.
WA-150009............................ 62719 Transform WG................ Sulfoxaflor.
WA-150010............................ 264 Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/ Spiromesifen.
Miticide.
WA-980023............................ 2935 Supreme Oil................. Mineral oil--includes
paraffin oil from 063503.
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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 this unit.
Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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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.
241...................... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-
3528.
264...................... Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W. Alexander
Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709.
432...................... Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T. W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
2935..................... Wilbur-Ellis Company, LLC, 2903 S. Cedar
Ave., Fresno, CA 93725.
56228.................... U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
62719.................... Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd.
308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
66222.................... Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A
Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
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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. FIFRA further provides that,
before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of
any such request in the Federal Register. EPA will provide a 180-day
comment period on the proposed requests. Thereafter, the EPA
Administrator may approve such a request.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation
should submit such 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
cancellation action. Because the Agency has identified no significant
potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon
cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA
anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks
of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation
Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants will be
prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in
Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17
(7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants
will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks
until such 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: October 18, 2016.
Delores J. Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-27982 Filed 11-18-16; 8:45 am]
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