[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75631-75632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30692]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0748; FRL-9373-6]
Halofenozide; Cancellation Order for All Pesticide Registrations
and Termination of All Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation and
termination of all uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and
accepted by the Agency, of products containing halofenozide, pursuant
to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
This cancellation order follows a September 26, 2012 Federal Register
Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of
Unit II. to voluntarily cancel and terminate all uses of these product
registrations. These are the last products containing this pesticide
registered for use in the United States. In the September 26, 2012
notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
cancellation and terminate all 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. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests.
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order
granting the requested cancellation and use termination. 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 December 21, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaitlin Keller, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8172; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; 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. 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-2012-0748, 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), EPA West 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 and termination of all uses,
as requested by registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section
3. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in
Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1--Halofenozide Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration No. Product name
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038167-0029............................ Mach 2 1.5G.
062719-0470............................ Halofenozide Technical
Insecticide.
062719-0471............................ Mach 2 2SC.
062719-0472............................ Mach 2 2.5% Granular Turf
Insecticide.
062719-0473............................ Mach 2 1.5G Specialty
Insecticide.
062719-0474............................ Mach 2 Plus Fertilizer 0.86%
A.I.
062719-0475............................ Mach 2 Plus Fertilizer 0.57%
A.I.
062719-0476............................ Mach 2 Manufacturing Use
Concentrate.
062719-0489............................ Mach 2 Plus Fertilizer (1.0%
A.I.).
062719-0490............................ Mach 2 Plus Fertilizer (1.33%
A.I.).
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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 above.
Table 2--Registrants of Canceled Products
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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38167........................ Helena Chemical Company, d/b/a Setre
Chemical Company, 225 Schilling
Boulevard, Suite 300, Collierville, TN
38017.
62719........................ Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville
Road 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-
1054.
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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 September 26, 2012 Federal Register notice
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary
cancellation and termination of all uses of products listed in Table 1
of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellation and termination of all uses of halofenozide 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 and all uses of halofenozide are terminated. The effective
date of the cancellations that are the subject of this notice is
December 21, 2012. 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 September 26, 2012 (77 FR 59190) (FRL-9362-9). The comment
period closed on October 26, 2012.
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 may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks
of products listed in Table 1 until December 23, 2013, which is 1 year
after publication of this cancellation order in the Federal Register.
Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export in accordance
with FIFRA section 17 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, halofenozide.
Dated: December 12, 2012.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-30692 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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