[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32949-32950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14220]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0577; FRL-9928-03]
Diclofop-methyl; Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation,
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing the pesticide listed in Table 1 of Unit II.,
pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a February 11, 2015 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the registrants listed in
Table 1 to voluntarily cancel all these product registrations. These
are the last products containing these pesticides registered for use in
the United States. In the February 11, 2015 Notice, EPA indicated that
it would issue an order implementing the cancellation, 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 request within this period. The Agency did
not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did
not withdraw their request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this
notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. 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 January 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8115; 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-2014-0577, 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), West William Jefferson Clinton 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.,
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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, as requested by
registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C.
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1--Diclofop-Methyl Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration number Product name
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264-641................................... Hoelon 3EC Herbicide.
264-642................................... Hoelon Technical.
432-1231.................................. Illoxan 3EC Herbicide.
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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.
Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled and/or Amended Products
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EPA Company number Company name and address
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264....................................... Bayer CropScience.
432....................................... Bayer Environmental Science.
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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 February 11, 2015 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the request for voluntary cancellation of
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby
approves the requested cancellations of diclofop-methyl registrations
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that
the product registrations identified in Table 1 are hereby canceled.
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 considered 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.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
EPA's existing stocks policy published in the Federal Register of
June 26, 1991 (56 FR 29362) (FRL-3846-4) provides that: ``If a
registrant requests to voluntarily cancel a registration where the
Agency has identified no particular risk concerns, the registrant has
complied with all applicable conditions of reregistration, conditional
registration, and data call ins, and the registration is not subject to
a Registration Standard, Label Improvement Program, or reregistration
decision, the Agency will generally permit a registrant to sell or
distribute existing stocks for 1-year after the cancellation request
was received. Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed
to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such stocks are
exhausted.''
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
cancellation action. The effective date of this cancellation is January
1, 2018. The cancellation order that is the subject of this notice
includes the following existing stock provisions:
The registrant may sell and distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until January 1, 2018. Persons other than
the registrant may sell and distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until exhausted. Use of the products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. may continue until existing stocks are
exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the canceled
products.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: May 20, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-14220 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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