[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32947-32949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14092]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0317; FRL-9928-01]
Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Terminate Uses in
Certain Pesticide Registrations
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 request
for amendments by registrants to terminate uses in certain pesticide
registrations. FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product
may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be
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 request in the Federal Register.
DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by July 10, 2015 for registrations
for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day comment
period, EPA expects to issue orders terminating these uses. The Agency
will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than July 10,
2015. Comments must be received on or before July 10, 2015, for those
registrations where the 180-day comment period has been waived.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0317, 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. Written Withdrawal Request, ATTN: Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P).
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: Mark Hartman, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-5440; 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. Although this
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use
pesticides, 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
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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 the Agency of applications from
registrants to terminate uses in certain pesticide products registered
under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)).
These registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses terminated.
Table 1--Requests for Amendments To Terminate Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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EPA Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Use to be terminated
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1021-2782......................... Clothianidin Clothianidin......... Fruiting Vegetables Crop
Technical. Grouping (CG8) and Low-
Growing Berry except
Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
retain the existing
tolerances.
59639-150......................... V-10170 2.13SC Clothianidin......... Fruiting Vegetables Crop
Insecticide. Grouping (CG8) and Low-
Growing Berry except
Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
retain the existing
tolerances.
59639-152......................... Arena 50 WDG Clothianidin......... Fruiting Vegetables Crop
Insecticide. Grouping (CG8) and Low-
Growing Berry except
Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
retain the existing
tolerances.
59639-173......................... Clothianidin Clothianidin......... Fruiting Vegetables Crop
Technical Grouping (CG8) and Low-
Insecticide. Growing Berry except
Strawberry (CG13-07H) and
retain the existing
tolerances.
90963-1........................... Nipacide MX.......... Chloroxylenol........ As a preservative for paints,
plastics and plastic
coatings, thickeners &
adhesives/binders. As a
disinfectant, sanitizer,
deodorizer or antimicrobial
agent for application to
hard, non-porous surfaces in
residential, health-care,
institutional, food-
processing and industrial
facilities including animal
housing facilities,
veterinary clinics, farms,
livestock, swine and poultry
houses. As a biocide in oil
and gas exploration including
enhanced recovery systems,
flood water, fracturing
fluids and gels, injection
waters, pipelines, holding
pond water, disposal well
water, tubing, pressure
vessels and storage tanks. As
a biocide in industrial
process water systems.
90963-2........................... Nipacide CMX......... Chloroxylenol........ As a preservative for paints,
plastics and plastic
coatings, thickeners &
adhesives/binders. As a
disinfectant, sanitizer,
deodorizer or antimicrobial
agent for application to
hard, non-porous surfaces in
residential, health-care,
institutional, food-
processing and industrial
facilities including animal
housing facilities,
veterinary clinics, farms,
livestock, swine and poultry
houses. As a biocide in oil
and gas exploration including
enhanced recovery systems,
flood water, fracturing
fluids and gels, injection
waters, pipelines, holding
pond water, disposal well
water, tubing, pressure
vessels and storage tanks. As
a biocide in industrial
process water systems.
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Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of
publication of this notice, EPA expects to issue orders terminating all
of these uses. Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring the
retention of a use should contact the applicable registrant directly
during this 30-day period.
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.
Table 2--Registrants Requesting Amendments To Terminate Uses in Certain
Pesticide Registrations
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EPA company number Company name and address
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1021................................. McLaughlin Gormley King Company,
8810 Tenth Avenue North,
Minneapolis, MN 55427-4319.
59639................................ Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600
Riviera Avenue, Suite 200,
Walnut Creek, CA 94596.
90963................................ Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.,
Agent Name: Lewis & Harrison,
LLC, 122 C Street NW., Suite
505, Washington, DC 20001.
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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 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, the EPA Administrator may approve such a request.
IV. Procedures for withdrawal of request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use termination
must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before July 10, 2015, for the
requests that the registrants requested to waive the 180-day comment
period. This written withdrawal of the request for use termination will
apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in
this notice. If the products have been subject to a previous use
termination action, the effective date of termination and all other
provisions of any earlier termination action are controlling.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: May 21, 2015.
Mark A. Hartman,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-14092 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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