[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21428-21432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08073]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060; FRL-10007-07]
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain
Uses
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 the registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide product
registrations and to amend certain product registrations to terminate
uses. EPA intends to 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 their requests. If
these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products
listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have
been cancelled and uses terminated 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 May 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060, 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
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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 products and amend product registrations to
terminate certain uses registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a)
or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). The affected products and the registrants
making the requests are identified in Tables 1-3 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 request, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal
Register canceling and amending the affected registrations.
Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Active
Registration No. Company No. Product name ingredients
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264-612.............. 264 Nortron E.C..... Ethofumesate.
264-615.............. 264 Nortron G.S..... Ethofumesate.
279-3564............. 279 Tackle Herbicide Glyphosate-
isopropylammon
ium &
Imazethapyr.
279-3570............. 279 Tackle II Glyphosate-
Herbicide. isopropylammon
ium &
Imazethapyr.
1258-1270............ 1258 Densil CA....... Chlorothalonil
& 1,3,5-
Triazine-2,4-
diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-170............. 2693 Fiberglass 1,3,5-Triazine-
Bottomkote with 2,4-diamine, N-
Biolux II-- cyclopropyl-N'-
Black. (1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
2693-181............. 2693 Tri-Lux III with Copper
Bio-Lux 5490 thiocyanate &
Blue. 1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-183............. 2693 Micron CSC Plus Cuprous oxide &
with Biolux 1,3,5-Triazine-
Shark White. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-189............. 2693 Tri-Lux Blue.... Copper
thiocyanate &
1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-199............. 2693 Trilux with Copper
Biolux Black. thiocyanate &
1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-202............. 2693 CSC Plus--Blue.. Cuprous oxide &
1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-204............. 2693 CSC Plus--Blue.. Cuprous oxide &
1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-208............. 2693 Fiberglass Cuprous oxide &
Bottomkote with 1,3,5-Triazine-
Biolux--Blue. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-209............. 2693 Fiberglass 1,3,5-Triazine-
Bottomkote Act 2,4-diamine, N-
with Biolux-- cyclopropyl-N'-
Blue. (1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
2693-213............. 2693 Super KL Plus 1,3,5-Triazine-
with Irgarol-- 2,4-diamine, N-
Blue. cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
2693-216............. 2693 Prop & Drive 1,3,5-Triazine-
Clear Aerosol. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-218............. 2693 Fiberglass 1,3,5-Triazine-
Bottomkote Act 2,4-diamine, N-
with Biolux II-- cyclopropyl-N'-
Black. (1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
2693-224............. 2693 Micron Extra 1,3,5-Triazine-
Blue. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
2693-227............. 2693 Act--Blue....... 1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
& Cuprous
oxide.
4170-100............. 4170 Oxyfect-G Hydrogen
Peroxide peroxide.
Disinfectant
Cleaner.
4170-101............. 4170 Oxyfect-H Hydrogen
Peroxide peroxide.
Disinfectant
Cleaner.
4822-510............. 4822 Vanish Drop-Ins. Trichloro-s-
triazinetrione
.
5185-401............. 5185 Bioguard Back-Up Alkyl* dimethyl
Algae Inhibitor. benzyl
ammonium
chloride *(61%
C12, 23% C14,
11% C16, 2.5%
C18 2.5% C10
and trace of
C8) & Alkyl*
dimethyl
benzyl
ammonium
chloride
*(95%C14,
3%C12, 2%C16).
6836-211............. 6836 Bromchlor G..... 2,4-
Imidazolidined
ione, 1-bromo-
3-chloro-5,5-
dimethyl- &
1,3-Dibromo-
5,5-
dimethylhydant
oin.
8730-49.............. 8730 Hercon Insectape Propoxur.
with Propoxur.
8730-77.............. 8730 Hercon Disrupt Verbenone.
Bio-Flake VBN.
10324-66............. 10324 Defend Pine oil; 1-
Quaternary Pine Decanaminium,
Oil. N,N-dimethyl-N-
octyl-,
chloride;
Alkyl*
dimethyl
benzyl
ammonium
chloride
*(50%C14,
40%C12,
10%C16); 1-
Octanaminium,
N,N-dimethyl-N-
octyl-,
chloride & 1-
Decanaminium,
N-decyl-N,N-
dimethyl-,
chloride.
39398-4.............. 39398 Sumithion Fenitrothion.
Technical.
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41750-1.............. 41750 Awlgrip Awlstar Cuprous oxide.
Antifouling
Gold Label
Bp501 Light
Blue.
41750-2.............. 41750 Awlgrip Awlstar Cuprous oxide.
Antifouling
Gold Label
BP401 Medium
Green.
60061-31............. 60061 Pettit Marine Cuprous oxide.
Paint Sea Mate
Antifouling
Bottom Paint.
60061-50............. 60061 Pettit Marine Cuprous oxide.
Paint Anti
Fouling
Trinidad 75 Red
1675.
60061-54............. 60061 Pettit Unepoxy Cuprous oxide.
Standard
Antifouling
Bottom Paint
1810 Black.
60061-58............. 60061 Pettit Unepoxy Cuprous oxide.
Antifouling
Atlantic
Formula.
63310-8.............. 63310 Rhizopon AA Indole-3-
Water Soluble butyric acid.
Tablets.
71368-45............. 71368 Blightban C9-1.. Pantoea
agglomerans
strain C9-1.
73771-2.............. 73771 Bloomtime Pantoea
Biological FD agglomerans
Biopesticide. strain E325;
NRRL B-21856.
89442-38............. 89442 Mep-6X Select... Mepiquat
chloride.
91234-176............ 91234 A275.01......... Cyazofamid.
92044-5.............. 92044 CAC Etoxazole Etoxazole.
Technical.
AR-190002............ 87978 Heligen......... Polyhedral
occlusion
bodies of
Helicoverpa
zea
Nucleopolyhedr
ovirus ABA-NPV-
U.
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Table 1A--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Active
Registration No. Company No. Product name ingredients
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432-893.............. 432 Ronstar 50 WSP Oxadiazon.
Herbicide.
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The registrant of the product listed in Table 1A, of Unit II, has
requested the effective date of December 31, 2020, for the
cancellation.
Table 1B--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Active
Registration No. Company No. Product name ingredients
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CA-040026............ 62719 Lorsban* 75WG... Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080009............ 62719 Lorsban Advanced Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080010............ 62719 Lorsban Advanced Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080011............ 62719 Lorsban Advanced Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080012............ 62719 Lorsban Advanced Chlorpyrifos.
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The registrant of the products listed in Table 1B, of Unit II, has
requested the effective date of December 31, 2019, for the
cancellations.
Table 2--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be terminated
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8764-1................. 8764 Freshgard 25..... o-Phenylphenol, Apples, cantaloupes, carrots,
sodium salt. cherries, cucumbers, nectarines,
peaches, peppers, pineapples,
plums, sweet potatoes &
tomatoes.
60063-7................ 60063 Echo 720......... Chlorothalonil... Dried peas.
84229-40............... 84229 Amtide Tebuconazole..... Wood treatment.
Tebuconazole
Technical
Fungicide.
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1, 1A, 1B 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 in Table 1, Table 1A, Table 1B and Table 2 of this unit.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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264..................... Bayer CropScience, LP., 800 N Lindbergh Blvd.,
St. Louis, MO 63167.
279..................... FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
432..................... Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
Bayer CropScience, LP., 5000 CentreGreen Way,
Suite 400, Cary, NC 27513.
1258.................... Arch Chemicals, Inc., 1200 Bluegrass Lakes
Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004.
2693.................... International Paint, LLC., 6001 Antoine Drive,
Houston, TX 77091.
4170.................... Betco Corp. Ltd, d/ba Betco Corporation, 400
Van Camp Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402.
4822.................... S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525 Howe Street,
Racine, WI 53403.
5185.................... Bio-Lab, Inc., P.O. Box 300002, Lawrenceville,
GA 30049-1002.
6836.................... Lonza, LLC., 412 Mount Kemble Avenue, Suite
200S, Morristown, NJ 07960.
8730.................... Aberdeen Road Company, D/B/A Hercon
Environmental, P.O. Box 435, Emigsville, PA
17318.
8764.................... John Bean Technologies Corporation, D/B/A JBT
Foodtech, 1660 Iowa Ave., Suite 100,
Riverside, CA 92507.
10324................... Mason Chemical Company, 9075 Centre Pointe
Dr., Suite 400, West Chester, OH 45069.
39398................... Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc., Agent Name:
Technology Sciences Group, Inc., 1150 18th
Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036.
41750................... International Paint, LLC., 6001 Antoine Drive,
Houston, TX 77091.
60061................... Kop-Coat, Inc., 36 Pine Street, Rockaway, NJ
07866.
60063................... Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., 2525 Meridian Pkwy.,
Suite 350, Durham, NC 27713.
62719................... Dow Agrosciences, LLC., 9330 Zionsville Rd.,
308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
63310................... Hortus USA Corp, P.O. Box 1956, Old Chelsea
Station, New York, NY 10113.
71368................... NuFarm, Inc., Agent Name: NuFarm Americas,
Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Suite 101,
Morrisville, NC 27560.
73771................... Verdesian Life Sciences U.S., LLC., Division
Name: D/B/A Verdesian Life Sciences, 1001
Winstead Drive, Suite 480, Cary, NC 27513.
84229................... Tide International, USA, Inc., Agent Name:
Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th
Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
87978................... Agbitech Pty Ltd., Agent Name: Forster &
Associates Consulting, LLC., P.O. Box 4097,
Greenville, DE 19807.
89442................... Prime Source, LLC., Agent Name: Wagner
Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640,
7217 Lancaster Pike, Suite A, Hockessin, DE
19707.
91234................... Atticus, LLC., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory
Consulting, Inc. 4110 136th Street Ct. NW,
Gig Harbor, WA 98332-9122.
92044................... CAC Chemical Americas, LLC., Agent Name: Pyxis
Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th St.
Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
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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.
2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II 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 or use termination 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 or termination
action, the effective date of cancellation or termination and all other
provisions of any earlier cancellation or termination 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 and amendments to
terminate uses 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 and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA
proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any
existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table
1B of Unit II.
A. For Product 10324-66
For product 10324-66, listed in Table 1 of Unit II, the registrant
has requested 18-months to sell existing stocks. The registrant will be
permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of the product for 18-
months after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be the
date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal Register.
Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the product, except for export consistent with FIFRA
section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
B. For Product 432-893
For product 432-893, listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant
has requested the cancellation date to be December 31, 2020; therefore,
the registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks
of the voluntarily canceled product for 1 year after the effective date
of the cancellation, which will be until December 31, 2021. Thereafter,
the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing the
product, except for
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export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper
disposal.
C. For Products CA-040026, CA-080009, CA-080010, CA-080011 & CA-080012
For products CA-040026, CA-080009, CA-080010, CA-080011 and CA-
080012, listed in Table 1B of Unit II, the registrant has requested the
cancellation date to be December 31, 2019; therefore, the registrant
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 until December 31, 2020. Thereafter, the
registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing these
products, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C.
136o) or for proper disposal.
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
all other 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.
Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to terminate uses, identified in Table 2 of Unit II,
registrants will be permitted to sell or distribute products under the
previously approved labeling for a period of 18-months after the date
of Federal Register publication of the cancellation order, 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: March 23, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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