[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25453-25454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11755]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0467; FRL-9976-98]
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
and Amendments To Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and
amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants
and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 and Table
2 of Unit II, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows an October 3,
2017 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the
registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel and
amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the October
3, 2017 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing
the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency
received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that
would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the
registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received 5 anonymous
public comments on the notice but none merited its further review of
the requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests.
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order
granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses.
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 and amendments are applicable June 1, 2018.
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. 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-2017-0467, 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 (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces the cancellations and amendments to terminate
uses, 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 Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Table 1--Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient
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53883-370............................. 53883 Quali-Pro Oxadiazon 50 WSB. Oxadiazon.
CA-130009............................. 91606 Aspergillus Flavus AF36.... Aspergillus flavus strain
AF36.
WY-080010............................. 8033 Assail 70WP Insecticide.... Acetamiprid.
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Table 2--Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be terminated
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2724-404...................... 2724 Zoecon RF-322 MGK 264; Piperonyl Use on horses.
Ovicidal Pump butoxide;
Spray. Pyrethrins; & S-
Methoprene.
49620-2....................... 49620 EKA SC-R........... Sodium chlorate... Defoliants/desiccants
applied to:
Agricultural drainage
systems, beans (dried
type), corn, cotton,
fallow land, flax,
guar, peas (Southern),
peppers (chili type),
potatoes, rice,
safflower, sorghum,
soybeans, sunflowers,
wheat; and as an
herbicide applied to
nonagricultural
settings (commercial,
industrial, and
residential).
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49620-6....................... 49620 EKA SC-R Aqueous... Sodium chlorate... Defoliants/desiccants
applied to:
Agricultural drainage
systems, beans (dried
type), corn, cotton,
fallow land, flax,
guar, peas (Southern),
peppers (chili type),
potatoes, rice,
safflower, sorghum,
soybeans, sunflowers,
wheat; and as an
herbicide applied to
nonagricultural
settings (commercial,
industrial, and
residential).
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products 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 of Cancelled and Amended Products
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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2724.................................. Wellmark International, 1501 E.
Woodfield Road, Suite 200 West,
Schaumburg, IL 60173.
8033.................................. Nippon Soda Co., Ltd., Agent
Name: Nisso America, Inc., 88
Pine Street, 14th Floor, New
York, NY 10005.
49620................................. Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance
Chemicals, Inc., Agent Name:
Keller and Heckman, LLP, 1001 G
Street NW, Suite 500 West,
Washington, DC 20001.
53883................................. Control Solutions, Inc., 5903
Genoa Red Bluff Road, Pasadena,
TX 77507.
91606................................. California Cattlemen's
Association Feeder Council,
1221 H Street, Sacramento, CA
95814.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period provided EPA received 5 anonymous
public comments. The Agency does not believe that the comments
submitted during the comment period merits further review or the denial
of the requests for the voluntary cancellations of products listed in
Table 1 of Unit II or the requests for the amendments to terminate uses
in Table 2 of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA hereby
approves the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses
of the registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations
identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II are canceled and amended to
terminate the affected uses. The effective date of the cancellations
that are subject of this notice is June 1, 2018. Any distribution,
sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Tables 1
and 2 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
October 3, 2017 (82 FR 46050) (FRL-9966-87). The comment period closed
on April 2, 2018.
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
action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this
order is as follows.
A. For Product 53883-370
The registrant has requested to the Agency via letter to distribute
existing stocks for an 18-month period for products 53883-370.
For all other voluntary product cancellations identified in Table 1
of Unit II, 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.
Now that EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to terminate uses for the products listed in Table 2 of Unit
II, registrants are permitted to sell or distribute the products listed
in Table 2 of Unit II, under the previously approved labeling until
December 2, 2019, 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 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 terminated uses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: May 3, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-11755 Filed 5-31-18; 8:45 am]
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