[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72405-72408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29990]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017; FRL--9327-2]
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 section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel
certain pesticide registrations. 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 canceled 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 December 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Maia Tatinclaux.
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Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-1017. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or
email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maia Tatinclaux, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0123; email
address: tatinclaux.maia@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. If you have any questions regarding the
information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
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 submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel 28 pesticide products registered under FIFRA
section 3 or 24(c). These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of
this unit. The cancellation of the two tralomethrin products, EPA Reg.
Nos. 065092-00001 and 075015-00001 will be effective December 15, 2014
and are the last registered products containing this active ingredient.
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw
their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register
canceling all of the affected registrations.
Table 1--Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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EPA Reg. No. Product name Active ingredients
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000239-02626....................... Ortho Home Defense Hi-Power Brand MGK 264 Pyrethrins Permethrin.
Indoor Insect Fogger.
000499-00504....................... TC 235 Cold Fogger Concentrate....... MGK 264 Pyrethrins Piperonyl
butoxide 2, 4-Dodecadienoic acid,
3,7,11-trimethyl-, ethyl ester, (S-
(E,E))-.
000655-00308....................... Prentox Pyrethrum Extract ``25''..... Pyrethrins.
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000769-00948....................... Pratt Cygon 2-E Systemic Insecticide. Dimethoate.
002724-00338....................... Zoecon RF-275........................ MGK 264 Piperonyl butoxide
Pyrethrins S-Methoprene.
002724-00607....................... Farnam Pyrethrin Concentrate......... Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins.
002724-00706....................... Elite Flea and Tick Dip.............. MGK 264 Piperonyl butoxide
Pyrethrins.
002724-00707....................... Elite Extra-Strength Flea and Tick MGK 264 Piperonyl butoxide
Dip. Pyrethrins.
005887-00041....................... Black Leaf Tri-Basic Bordeaux Powder. Basic copper sulfate.
010807-00446....................... Purge II............................. Pyrethrins Piperonyl butoxide.
010807-00448....................... Country Vet Flea & Tick Fogger with MGK 264 Pyrethrins Pyriproxyfen
Growth Inhibitor. Permethrin.
013283-00025....................... Rainbow Flying & Crawling Bug Killer Bioallethrin.
II.
028293-00212....................... Unicorn Ear Miticide III............. Pyrethrins Piperonyl butoxide.
028293-00348....................... Unicorn Ear Miticide IV.............. Pyrethrins Piperonyl butoxide.
040849-00046....................... Enforcer Four Hour Fogger V.......... Phenothrin Tetramethrin.
056156-00001....................... X-100 Natural Seal Wood Preservative. 2-(Thiocyanomethylthio)
benzothiazole Methylene bis
(thiocyanate).
065092-00001....................... ZE LIN Chen Chalk.................... Tralomethrin.
074965-00002....................... Comet With Bleach Disinfectant Sodium dichloroisocyanurate
Cleanser. dihydrate.
075015-00001....................... Dead-Fast Insecticide Chalk.......... Tralomethrin.
080697-00009....................... Chlorpyrifos Technical............... Chlorpyrifos.
CA010009........................... Supracide 25W........................ Methidathion.
CO080005........................... Dicofol 4E........................... Dicofol.
FL760014........................... Cythion Insecticide The Premium Grade Malathion.
Malathion.
ID070002........................... Dicofol 4E........................... Dicofol.
ID990018........................... Kelthane MF Agricultural Miticide.... Dicofol.
ME960001........................... Imidan 2.5 EC........................ Phosmet.
SD040004........................... Princep Caliber 90................... Simazine.
UT070005........................... Dicofol 4E........................... Dicofol.
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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 this unit.
Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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EPA company no. Company name and address
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239.............................. The Scotts Company, P.O. Box 190,
Marysville, OH 43040.
499.............................. Whitmire Micro-Gen Research
Laboratories, Inc. Agent: BASF
CORP., 3568 Tree Court Industrial
Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63122-6682.
655.............................. Prentiss, Inc., Agent: Pyxis
Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110
136th St. NW., Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
769.............................. Value Gardens Supply LLC, P.O. Box
585, Saint Joseph, MO 64502.
2724............................. Wellmark International, 1501 E.
Woodfield Rd., Suite 200, West
Schaumburg, IL 60173.
5887............................. Value Gardens Supply, LLC, D/B/A
Garden Value Supply, P.O. Box 585,
Saint Joseph, MO 64502.
10807............................ Amrep, Inc., Agent: Lewis & Harrison
LLC, 122 C St. NW., Washington, DC
20001.
13283............................ Rainbow Technology Corporation,
Agent: RegWest Company LLC, 8203
West 20th St., Suite A, Greeley, CO
80634-4696.
28293............................ Phaeton Corporation Agent
Registrations By Design Inc., P.O.
Box 1019, Salem, VA 24153.
40849............................ ZEP Commercial Sales & Service,
Agent: Connie Welch and Associates,
4196 Merchant Plaza 344,
Lake Ridge, VA 22192.
56156............................ American Building Restoration
Products Inc., 9720 South 60th
Street, Franklin, WI 53132.
65092............................ Ze Lin Chen 137, Casuda Canyon Dr.
A, Monterey Park, CA 91754.
74965............................ Spic And Span D/B/A Prestige Brands
International, 90 North Broadway,
Irvington, NY 10533.
75015............................ Bernard I. Segal, 2406 Vallecitos, La
Jolla, CA 92037.
80697............................ Zhejian Tide Cropscience Co. LTD,
Agent: Tide International, USA,
Inc., 21 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618.
CA010009; ME960001............... Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma,
AZ 85366-8844.
CO080005; ID070002; UT070005..... Makhteshim-Agan of North America
Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Rd., Suite
300, Raleigh, NC 27069.
FL760014......................... Lee County Mosquito Control District,
P.O. Box 60005, Fort Myers, FL
33906.
ID990018......................... Dow Agrosciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville
Rd. 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-
1054.
SD040004......................... Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, D/B/A
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., P.O.
Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27149-
8300.
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III. 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. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request,
EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal
Register.
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Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA 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) 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 in Table 2 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 Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation
should submit such 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
cancellation action.
A. Registrations Listed in Table 1 of Unit II Except EPA Reg. Nos.
065092-00001 and 075015-00001
EPA anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute
existing stocks of these products for 1 year after publication of the
Cancellation Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants
will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides
identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export consistent with
FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants
will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks
until such 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.
B. EPA Registration Nos. 065092-00001 and 075015-00001
The cancellation of these products will be effective December 15,
2014. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or
distributing these two pesticide products, except for export consistent
with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than
registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks until such 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: November 10, 2011.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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