[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22841-22843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10447]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091; FRL-9993-24]
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, pursuant to the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
This cancellation order follows a March 25, 2019 Federal Register
Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of
Unit II, to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the
March 25, 2019 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order
implementing the cancellations, 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 received two 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. 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 are effective May 20, 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: [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,
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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-2019-0091, 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 cancellation, 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 Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1--Product Cancellations
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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
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 Table 1 of this
unit.
Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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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, A 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. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
The Agency received two anonymous public comments on the notice,
but didn't merit its further review of the requests. For this reason,
the Agency does not believe that the comments submitted during the
comment period merit further review or a denial of the requests for
voluntary cancellation.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby
approves the requested cancellations of the registrations identified in
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II, are canceled.
The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this
notice is May 20, 2019. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing
stocks of the products identified in Table 1 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 March
25, 2019 (84 FR 11087) (FRL-9990-87). The comment period closed on
April 24, 2019.
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
cancellation action.
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The existing stocks provisions for the products subject to this order
are as follows.
The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks
of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until May 20, 2020, which is
1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or
distributing products listed in Table 1, except for export in
accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until
existing 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: May 8, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-10447 Filed 5-17-19; 8:45 am]
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