[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69090-69092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31002]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0901; FRL-8804-6]
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.
DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by June 28, 2010, orders will be
issued canceling these registrations. The Agency will consider
withdrawal requests postmarked no later than June 28, 2010. Comments
must be received on or before June 28, 2010 for these registrations.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified
by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0901, 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. Written Withdrawal Request,
Attention : Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P).
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-
2009-0901. 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 regulations.gov website 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
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: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; 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. 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. 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 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
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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 applications from
registrants to cancel 19 pesticide products registered under section 3
or 24(c) of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of
this unit:
Table 1.--Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name
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002382-00054 Otomite-Pesticidal Piperonyl
Butoxide,
Pyrethrins
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002382-00092 Pet-Guard Gel Piperonyl
Forte Butoxide,
Butoxypolypropyle
ne glycol
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002382-00126 Duocide L.A. Permethrin, MGK
264, Pyrethrins
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002382-00158 Knockout Flea & Permethrin,
Tick Carpet Spray Piperonyl
1 butoxide,
Pyripoxyfen
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002915-00065 Industrial Insect Pyrethrins, MGK
Spray 111 264, Piperonyl
butoxide
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030573-00002 Pyrellin E.C. Pyrethrins,
Rotenone, Cube
Resins other than
rotenone
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042697-00034 Safer Brand Entire Pyrethrins,
Insect Killer Potassium laurate
Concentrate
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067517-00004 Insecticide Mist Pyrethrins,
Piperonyl
butoxide,
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067517-00012 Dairy Spray Pyrethrins,
Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00041 Rose & Flower Pyrethrins,
Spray Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00042 Tomato & Vegetable Pyrethrins,
Spray Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00043 Fly-A-Rest Aq Pyrethrins,
Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00045 Hard Hitter Permethrin
Aerosol
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067517-00049 Dog & Cat Spray Or Pyrethrins,
Dip Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00051 Flea And Tick Pyrethrins,
Spray Permethrin
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067517-00056 Flea And Insect Pyrethrins,
Carpet Dust Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00057 Cat And Dog Pyrethrins,
Pyrethrin Powder Piperonyl
butoxide
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067517-00061 Permethrin 10% Permethrin
W.B. Multi-
Purpose
Concentrate
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067517-00080 Permethrin 10% Oil Permethrin
Base Concentrate
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Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 180 days of
publication of this notice, orders will be issued canceling all of
these registrations. Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring
the retention of a registration should contact the applicable
registrant directly during this 180-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 Voluntary Cancellation
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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002382 Virbac AH, Inc.
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3800
Dallas, TX 75202
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002915 The Fuller Brush Company
One Fuller Way
Great Bend, KS 67530
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030573 Wright Webb Corp.
P.O. Box 1572
Fort Myers, FL 33902
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042697 Safer, Inc.
69 North Locust St.
P.O. Box 327
Lititz, PA 17543
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067517 PM Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 162059
Fort Worth, TX 76161
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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. Thereafter, the Administrator may approve such a request.
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IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
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 on or before June 28, 2010.
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 have been subject to a previous cancellation action,
the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any
earlier cancellation action are controlling. The withdrawal request
must also include a commitment to pay any reregistration fees due, and
to fulfill any applicable unsatisfied data requirements.
V. 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. EPA's existing stocks policy (56 FR 29362)
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.''
Upon cancellation of the pesticides identified in Table 1, EPA
anticipates allowing sale, distribution and use as described above.
Exception to this general policy will be made in specific cases when
more stringent restrictions on sale, distribution, or use of the
products or their ingredients have already been imposed, as in a
special review action, or where the Agency has identified significant
potential risk concerns associated with a particular chemical.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 16, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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