[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32948-32950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8658]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494; FRL-8071-1]
Rotenone; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Amend Rotenone
Pesticide Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses
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 rotenone registrants to voluntarily
amend their registrations to terminate certain uses. The requests would
terminate all rotenone uses on livestock, residential and home owner
use, domestic pet uses, and all other uses except for piscicide (fish
kill) uses. 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 within this period. Upon approval of these requests, any
sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be
permitted 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 July 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494, 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.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket'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 telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0494. 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 e-
mail. The Federal 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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail 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.
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
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 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 telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Hall, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0166; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail 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. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, 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 e-mail. 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).
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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. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests dated March 7,
2006; March 17, 2006; and April 5, 2006 from the registrants Prentiss
Incorporated, Foreign Domestic Chemicals Corporation, and Tifa
International LLC, respectively, to terminate uses of the following
rotenone products: 655-3, 655-69, 655-421, 655-422, 655-691, 655-795,
655-803, 655-804, 655-805, 655-806, 655-807, 655-808, 6458-1, 6458-5,
6458-6, 82397-1, 82397-2, 82397-3, 82397-4, and 82397-5. Rotenone is an
insecticide/miticide/piscicide used to control flying and crawling
insects and invasive fish. Specifically, the rotenone registrants
request termination of rotenone uses including formulations for
livestock use, agriculture use, residential and home owner uses,
domestic pet uses, and all other uses except for piscicide uses.
Foreign Domestic Chemicals Corporation conditioned their request upon
the allowance for existing stocks until March 11, 2008. Upon approval
of these requests, there will still be piscicide uses of rotenone
allowed in the U.S.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to delete certain uses of rotenone product registrations. The affected
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in
Table 1 and 2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more pesticide uses. 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, section
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA 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 180-day comment period,
or
2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The rotenone registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day
comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of
publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are
substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an
order will be issued amending the affected registrations.
Table 1.--Rotenone Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration No. Product name Company Use Sites
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655-3 Prentox Cube Powder.... Prentiss Incorporated.. The registrants have
requested voluntary
cancellation of the
livestock use,
agriculture use,
residential and home
owner uses, domestic
pet uses, and all
other uses EXCEPT for
piscicide uses
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655-69 Prentox Cube Resins.... Do..................... Do.
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655-421 Prentox Synpren-Fish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant.
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655-422 Prentox Prenfish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant.
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655-691 Prentox Rotenone Fish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant Powder.
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655-795 Prentox Prenfish Grass Do..................... Do.
Carp Management Bait.
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655-803 Prentox Common Carp Do..................... Do.
Management Bait.
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655-804 Nusyn-Noxfish Fish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant.
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655-805 Noxfish Fish Toxicant Do..................... Do.
Liquid-Emulsifiable.
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655-806 Cube Powder Fish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant.
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655-807 Powdered Cube Root..... Do..................... Do.
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655-808 Brittle Extract of Cube Do..................... Do.
Root.
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6458-1 Cube Root Powder....... Foreign Domestic Do.
Chemicals Corp..
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6458-5 Rotenone Resin for Do..................... Do.
Manufacturing Use Only.
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6458-6 Cube Powder............ Do..................... Do.
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82397-1 Chem Fish Regular...... Tifa International, Do.
LLC..
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82397-2 Chem Fish Synergized... Do..................... Do.
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82397-3 Powdered Cube Root..... Do..................... Do.
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82397-4 Chem-Sect Brand Do..................... Do.
Rotenone Resins.
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82397-5 Cube Powder Fish Do..................... Do.
Toxicant.
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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655 Prentiss Incorporated C.B.
2000 Floral Park, NY 11001
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6458 Foreign Domestic Chemicals
Corp.3 Post Road Oakland,
NJ 07436
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82397 Tifa International, LLC.50
Division Avenue Millington,
NJ 07946
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IV. 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 Administrator may approve such
a request.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for
Reregistration of Rotenone
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must
submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before July 7, 2006. This
written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to
the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If
the products(s) have been subject to a previous cancellation action,
the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any
earlier cancellation action are controlling.
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
cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to these requests for amendments to
terminate uses of rotenone, EPA proposes to include the following
provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products
identified or referenced in Table 1:
For Prentiss Incorporated products 655-3, 655-69, 655-421, 655-422,
655-691, 655-795, 655-803, 655-804, 655-805, 655-806, 655-807, 655-808
and for Tifa International LLC products 82397-1, 82397-2, 82397-3,
82397-4, 82397-5, there will be no existing stocks provision for
product in the hands of technical registrants as of the date of the
final cancellation order.
For Foreign Domestic Chemical Corporation products 6458-1, 6458-5,
and 6458-6, existing stocks may be distributed or sold by the
registrant under the previously approved labeling until March 11, 2008.
If the request for use termination is granted as discussed above,
the Agency intends to issue a cancellation order that will allow
persons other than the registrant to continue to sell and/or use
existing stocks of cancelled products until such stocks are exhausted,
provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously
approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled product. The
order will specifically prohibit any use of existing stocks that is not
consistent with such previously approved labeling. If, as the Agency
currently intends, the final cancellation order contains the existing
stocks provision just described, the order will be sent only to the
affected registrants of the cancelled products. If the Agency
determines that the final cancellation order should contain existing
stocks provisions different than the ones just described, the Agency
will publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 25, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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