[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46985-46986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21795]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0316; FRL-9967-71]
Tetrachlorvinphos; Notice of Receipt of Request 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 a
request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel their registrations of
certain products containing the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP). The
request would not terminate the last TCVP products registered for use
in the United States. EPA intends to grant this request 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 request, or unless the registrant withdraws its
request. If this request is granted, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration
has 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 November 9, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0316, 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.
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: Khue Nguyen, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-347-0248; 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. Background on the Receipt of Request To Cancel
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from the
registrant Bayer Healthcare, LLC to cancel certain TCVP product
registrations. TCVP is an organophosphate insecticide registered for
use on livestock and livestock premises and as pet collars and pet
dust/powders in residential settings. In a letter dated July 7, 2017,
Bayer Healthcare, LLC requested EPA to cancel certain pesticide product
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, Bayer
stated that the pesticide product registrations identified in Table 1
were TCVP pet collar products that were never commercialized. Bayer
noted that since the products identified in Table 1 were not in the
channels of trade, no existing stocks provision is required for these
products. The registrant's request will not terminate the last TCVP
products registered in the United States.
III. What action is the agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant
to cancel certain TCVP product registrations. The affected products and
the registrant making the request are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of
this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines
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that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this
request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the affected
registrations.
Table 1--TCVP Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Product name Company
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11556-164.......................... Americare Rabon Flea & Bayer Healthcare, LLC.
Tick Collar for Dogs.
11556-165.......................... Americare Rabon Flea & Bayer Healthcare, LLC.
Tick Collar for Cats.
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit. This
number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of
the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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11556................................ Bayer Healthcare, LLC., P.O. Box
390, Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-
0390.
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IV. 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 TCVP registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-day
comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period
on the proposed requests.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation or use deletion should submit the withdrawal in writing to
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the
products(s) have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier
cancellation action are controlling.
VI. 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 request for voluntary cancellation is granted, the
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
In any order issued in response to this request for cancellation of
product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following provisions
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in
Table 1 of Unit III.
For this voluntary cancellation request, the registrant indicates
that the products listed in Table 1 of Unit III are not in the channels
of trade because they were never commercialized. Therefore, no existing
stocks provision is needed. The cancellation will be effective on the
date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal Register.
Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except
for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for
proper disposal.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: September 19, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-21795 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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