[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11087-11089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05667]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091; FRL-9990-87]
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
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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 the 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 April 24, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091, 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. 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. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel certain pesticide product registrations. The affected
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in
Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of this requests, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the
affected registrations.
Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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100-1341............................ 100 Meridian 0.20G............ Thiamethoxam.
100-1346............................ 100 Meridian 0.14G............ Thiamethoxam.
100-1399............................ 100 Avicta Complete Corn 500.. Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil; Thiabendazole;
Abamectin & Thiamethoxam.
100-1426............................ 100 THX_MXM_FDL_TBZ FS........ Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil & Thiabendazole.
100-1449............................ 100 Adage Deluxe.............. Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil & Azoxystrobin.
100-1450............................ 100 Adage Premier............. Thiamethoxam; Metalaxyl-M;
Fludioxonil; Azoxystrobin &
Thiabendazole.
264-1125............................ 264 Emesto Quantum............ Clothianidin & Penflufen.
59639-164........................... 59639 V-10170 0.25 G GL Clothianidin.
Insecticide.
59639-176........................... 59639 Inovate Seed Protectant... Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
Ipconazole.
59639-187........................... 59639 Inovate Neutral Seed Clothianidin; Metalaxyl &
Protectant. Ipconazole.
59639-214........................... 59639 Aloft GC G Insecticide.... Bifenthrin & Clothianidin.
72155-95............................ 72155 Flower, Rose & Shrub Care Clothianidin & Imidacloprid.
III.
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed 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.
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Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellations
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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100.............................. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-
8300.
264.............................. Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
59639............................ Valent U.S.A., LLC, 1600 Riviera
Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA
94596-8025.
72155............................ Bayer Advanced, Business Unit of
Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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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 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 registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment
period.
Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation should submit the 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
action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation are granted, the
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
In any order issued in response to these requests 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 II.
For voluntary product cancellations, 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.
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products 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.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: March 13, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-05667 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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