[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4063-4066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02385]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0014; FRL-9987-92]
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 17,
2018 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
17, 2018 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 30-day comment
period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless
the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any
comments on the notice. 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.
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DATES: The cancellations and amendments are effective February 14,
2019.
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: green.christopher@epa.gov.
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-2018-0014, 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 ingredients
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100-974.............................. 100 Platinum Ridomil Gold....... Thiamethoxam & Metalaxyl-M.
100-1149............................. 100 CGA-329351 138 ES........... Metalaxyl-M.
100-1184............................. 100 Cruiser XL Insecticide and Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil &
Fungicide Prepack. Thiamethoxam.
100-1208............................. 100 Cruiser Extreme............. Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil &
Thiamethoxam.
100-1284............................. 100 Dynasty Extreme............. Myclobutanil; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil &
Azoxystrobin.
100-1335............................. 100 Difenoconazole/Mefenoxam FS. Difenoconazole & Metalaxyl-
M.
100-1413............................. 100 Ariel....................... Metalaxyl-M.
352-754.............................. 352 Dupont Imazapyr 75XP Imazapyr.
Herbicide.
432-1578............................. 432 Lineage Clearstand.......... Metsulfuron & Imazapyr.
499-373.............................. 499 Whitmire PT 289 Orthense.... Acephate.
1381-226............................. 1381 Imidacloprid 60% WSP ORN Imidacloprid.
Insecticide.
2217-759............................. 2217 Embark 2-S Plant Growth Mefluidide, diethanolamine
Regulator. salt.
2217-766............................. 2217 Embark 2-L Plant Growth N-(2,4-Dimethyl-5-
Regulator. (((trifluoromethyl)sulfony
l)amino)phenyl)
acetamide, potassium salt.
2217-767............................. 2217 Mefluidide 2-S Concentrate.. Mefluidide, diethanolamine
salt.
2217-768............................. 2217 Embark E-Z-TU-USE Plant Mefluidide, diethanolamine
Grown Regulator. salt.
2217-802............................. 2217 EH 1135 PGR................. Imazethapyr, ammonium salt;
Imazapyr & Mefluidide,
diethanolamine salt.
55146-81............................. 55146 Flouronil Fungicide......... Chlorothalonil & Metalaxyl-
M.
65331-6.............................. 65331 Amitraz Technical........... Amitraz.
66222-135............................ 66222 Thidiazuron 50 WSB.......... Thidiazuron.
66330-24............................. 66330 Captan 4 Flowable........... Captan.
66330-26............................. 66330 Captan 50 WP................ Captan.
66330-27............................. 66330 Captan Garden Spray......... Captan.
66330-209............................ 66330 Captan 80W.................. Captan.
66330-235............................ 66330 Captan 4 Flowable........... Captan.
66330-238............................ 66330 Captan 4 Flowable Seed Captan.
Protectant.
66330-239............................ 66330 Captec 4L Captan Flowable Captan.
Fungicide.
66330-242............................ 66330 Mepiquat Chloride Liquid Mepiquat chloride.
Concentrate.
66330-243............................ 66330 Mepichlor Pill.............. Mepiquat chloride.
66330-280............................ 66330 Mepplus Concentrate......... Mepiquat chloride &
Bacillus cereus strain
BP01.
66330-285............................ 66330 Mepplus Pill................ Mepiquat chloride &
Bacillus cereus strain
BP01.
66330-346............................ 66330 Pix Concentrate Plant Mepiquat chloride.
Regulator.
66330-348............................ 66330 MC-6........................ Mepiquat chloride.
66330-393............................ 66330 ARY 0494-006................ Bacillus cereus strain BP01
& Mepiquat chloride.
CO-080004............................ 400 Enhance..................... Captan & Carboxin.
CO-090006............................ 5481 Orthene Turf, Tree & Acephate.
Ornamental WSP.
FL-050004............................ 70506 Surflan as Specialty Oryzalin.
Herbicide.
ME-160002............................ 71512 Omega 500F.................. Fluazinam.
OR-040033............................ 10163 Onager 1E................... Hexythiazox.
OR-120018............................ 59639 Valor Herbicide............. Flumioxazin.
WA-040021............................ 228 Riverdale Aquaneat Aquatic Glyphosate-
Herbicide. isopropylammonium.
WI-130001............................ 100 Dual Magnum Herbicide....... S-Metolachlor.
WY-070002............................ 56228 DRC-1339 Concentrate Staging Starlicide.
Label.
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Table 2--Product Registration Amendments To Terminate Uses
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Uses to be
Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients terminated
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11678-55...................... 11678 Magnate Technical... Imazalil............ Seed treatment uses.
43813-4....................... 43813 Fungaflor 75 SP..... Imazalil sulphate... Seed treatment uses.
66222-1....................... 66222 Captan 50-WP........ Captan.............. Turf.
66330-209..................... 66330 Captan 80W.......... Captan.............. Turf.
66330-234..................... 66330 Captan 50 Wettable Captan.............. Turf.
Powder.
66330-239..................... 66330 Captec 4L Captan Captan.............. Turf.
Flowable Fungicide.
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products in Tables 1 and 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 above.
Table 3--Registrants of Cancelled and Amended Products
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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.
228..................... Nufarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center
Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
352..................... E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Attn:
Manager, US Registration, DuPont Crop
Protection, Chestnut Run Plaza (CRP 720/2E5),
974 Centre Rd., Wilmington, DE 19805.
400..................... MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc. C/O
Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401
Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
432..................... Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T. W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
499..................... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
1381.................... Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 64589, St.
Paul, MN 55164-0589.
2217.................... PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 West 12th Street, P.O.
Box 014090, Kansas City, MO 64101-0090.
5481.................... AMVAC Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur
Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-
1706.
10163................... Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366.
11678................... ADAMA Makhteshim LTD., Agent Name: Makhteshim-
Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A ADAMA 3120
Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC
27604.
43813................... Janssen PMP, A Division of Janssen
Pharmaceutica NV 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd.,
Titusville, NJ 08560-0200.
55146................... Nufarm Americas, Inc., AGT Division, 4020
Aerial Center Pkwy., Suite 101, Morrisville,
NC 27560.
56228................... U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
59639................... Valent U.S.A. LLC, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite
200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025.
65331................... Merial, Inc., 3239 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA
30096.
66222................... Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A
Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
66330................... Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401
Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
70506................... United Phosphorus, Inc. 630 Freedom Business
Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
71512................... ISK Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road,
Suite A, Concord, OH 44077.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments
in response to the October 17, 2018 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations and
amendments to terminate uses of products listed in Tables 1 and 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 February 14, 2019. 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 17, 2018 (83 FR 52444) (FRL-9983-91). The comment period closed
on November 16, 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.
For voluntary cancellations, the registrants may continue to sell
and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 until
February 14, 2020, which is 1 year after publication
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of this cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the
registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed
in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export in accordance 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, registrants are permitted to sell or
distribute products listed in Table 2 of Unit II under the previously
approved labeling until August 14, 2020, a period of 18 months after
publication of the cancellation order in this Federal Register, 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: December 18, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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