[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27317-27319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11206]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0887; FRL-8871-2]
Ziram, Diquat Dibromide, and Chloropicrin; Order for Amendments
To Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted
by the Agency, of products containing ziram, diquat dibromide, and
chloropicrin, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation
order follows a December 1, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to
voluntarily amend to terminate uses of all these product registrations.
These are not the last products containing these pesticides registered
for use in the United States. In the December 1, 2010 notice, EPA
indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 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.
DATES: The amendments are effective May 11, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A contact person, with telephone
number and e-mail address, is listed in the following table. You may
also reach each contact person by mail at Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division, (7508P) Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001. For pesticide-specific information contact: The Chemical Review
Manager identified in the table below for the pesticide of interest.
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Chemical Review Manager,
Active ingredient telephone number, e-mail address
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Chloropicrin......................... Andrea Mojica, (703) 308-0122,
mojica.andrea@epa.gov.
Diquat dibromide..................... Eric Miederhoff, (703) 347-8028,
miederhoff.eric@epa.gov.
Ziram................................ Kelly Ballard, (703) 305-8126,
ballard.kelly@epa.gov.
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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. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult one of the
persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0887. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at
http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington,
VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
II. What Action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces the amendments to delete uses, as requested
by registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1
of this unit.
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Table 1--Ziram, Diquat Dibromide, and Chloropicrin Product Registration Amendments To Delete Uses
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EPA Registration No. Product name Chemical Uses to be deleted
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228-675............................ Nufarm Diquat SPC 2 L Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean.
Herbicide.
2749-530........................... Diquat Dibromide 37.3% Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean (seed
SL AG. crop only).
2749-531........................... Diquat Manufacturing Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean (seed
Concentrate. crop only).
5785-17............................ Chlor-O-Pic........... Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
8536-2............................. Chloropicrin 100 Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
Fumigant. potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
8622-43............................ Metapicrin............ Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
8853-4............................. HD-Pic Fumigant....... Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
8853-6............................. Pic Plus Fumigant..... Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
45728-12........................... Ziram Granuflo Ziram................. Blackberries.
Fungicide.
58266-2............................ Tri-Clor Fumigant..... Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
62531-2............................ ASHTA Gold............ Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
66330-47........................... TM-442................ Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
70506-173.......................... Ziram 76DF Fungicide.. Ziram................. Blackberries.
82542-15........................... Solear Diquat 2L Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean (seed
Desiccant. crop only).
82633-2............................ Sharda Diquat Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean (seed
Concentrate. crop only).
83529-13........................... Diquash Ag............ Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean (seed
crop only).
83979-2............................ Rowrunner Ag Herbicide Diquat Dibromide...... Sorghum and soybean.
85607-1............................ Reddick PIC C-100..... Chloropicrin.......... Mushroom casing soil,
potting soil, and small
area seed beds using
handheld fumigation
devices.
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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.
Table 2--Registrants of Amended Products
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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228............................... Nufarm Americas, Inc.,
150 Harvester Drive, Suite 200,
Burr Ridge, IL 60527.
2749.............................. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals
Corporation,
One Hollow Lane,
Lake Success, NY 11042-1215.
5785.............................. Chemtura Corporation,
1801 Highway 52 West,
P.O. Box 2200,
West Lafayette, IN 47906.
8536.............................. Soil Chemicals Corporation dba
Cardinal Professional Products,
P.O. Box 782,
8770 Highway 25,
Hollister, CA 95024-0782.
8622.............................. ICL-IP America, Inc.,
95 MacCorkle Avenue, SW.,
South Charleston, WV 25303.
8853.............................. Hendrix and Dail, Inc.,
P.O. Box 648,
Greenville, NC 27835-0648.
45728............................. Taminco, Inc.,
21320 Sweet Clover Place,
Ashburn, VA 20147.
58266............................. Shadow Mountain Products
Corporation,
8770 Highway 25,
P.O. Box 1327,
Hollister, CA 95024-1327.
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62531............................. ASHTA Chemicals Inc.,
3509 Middle Road,
P.O. Box 858,
Ashtabula, OH 44005-0858.
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.
82542............................. Source Dynamics,
10039 E. Troon North Drive,
Scottsdale, AZ 85262.
82633............................. Sharda Worldwide Exports Pvt. Ltd.,
Domnic Holm, 29th Road,
Bandra (West) Mumbai-400050.
83979............................. Rotam North America, Inc.,
1400 N.W. 107th Avenue Suite 310,
Miami, FL 33172.
85607............................. Reddick Fumigants of NC, LLC,
3002 W. Main Street,
Williamston, NC 27892.
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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 December 1, 2010 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary amendments to delete
uses of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
IV. Termination Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of ziram, diquat dibromide, and
chloropicrin 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 amended to terminate the affected
uses. The effective date of the terminations that are the subject of
this notice is May 11, 2011. 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 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 on December 1, 2010 (75 FR 74714) (FRL-8854-3). The comment
period closed on January 3, 2011.
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.
The registrants of the chloropicrin products listed in Table 1 of
Unit II were permitted to sell and distribute products under the
previously approved labeling until December 1, 2010, or a revised date
if product labels with the 2010 changes (i.e., Phase I) had not been
accepted in all states. The labels were not accepted in all states
until after December 1, 2010 and so registrants were permitted by EPA
to sell and distribute products under previously approved labeling
until December 31, 2010. After December 31, 2010, these registrants are
prohibited from selling or distributing the products under previously
approved labels that include the deleted uses identified in Table 1 of
Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for
proper disposal.
For the ziram and diquat dibromide products listed in Table 1 of
Unit II, once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to delete uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period
of 12 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the
order terminating certain uses, unless other restrictions have been
imposed. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products whose labels include the deleted uses
identified in Table 1 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 products whose labels include the deleted 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 deleted uses.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 2, 2011.
Richard P. Keigwin,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-11206 Filed 5-10-11; 8:45 am]
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