[Federal Register: July 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 128)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061; FRL-8076-4]
Azinphos-methyl; Amending Existing Stocks Provisions of
Distribution for Cranberry Growers
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks
provision as written in the cancellation order published in theFederal
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow distribution and sale for use on cranberries for the 2006
season, as contemplated by the March 29, 2006, cancellation order. The
stop use date for these end-use products is still September 30, 2006,
as provided in the March 29 order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax
number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.
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. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (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.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the order to amend the existing stocks
provision as written in the cancellation order published in the Federal
Register on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) to allow the
distribution and sale of end-use products containing the pesticide
azinphos-methyl, for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006. This
will allow sale for use on cranberries for the 2006 season, as EPA
intended. The stop use date for these end-use products is still
September 30, 2006, as published in the cancellation order on March 29,
2006.
Table 1. -- Azinphos-methyl End-Use Products Bearing Instructions for
Use on Cranberries
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Registration No. Product name Company
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264-733 Guthion Solupak Bayer Cropscience
50% Wettable
Powder
Insecticide
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10163-78 Gowan Azinphos-M Gowan Company
10163-138....................... 50 WSB
10163-139....................... Gowan Azinphos-M
10163-180....................... 35 WP.
Gowan Azinphos-M
35 WSB.
Gowan Azinphos 50
PVA.
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11678-53 Cotnion-Methyl Makhteshim
66222-11........................ Azinphos-methyl Chemical Works
50W.
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51036-164 Azinphos-methyl Microflo Company
50W
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Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record for the
registrants that requested use terminations for their products, in
sequence by EPA company number.
Table 2. -- Registrants of Amended Azinphos-methyl Products
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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264 Bayer CropScience 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27709
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10163 Gowan Company, P.O. Box
5569, Yuma, Arizona 85366-
5569
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11678 Makhteshim Chemical Works,
66222..................................... 4515 Falls of Neuse Road,
Suite 300, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27609
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51036 Micro-Flo Corporation, LLC
530 Oak Court Drive,
Memphis, Tennessee 38117
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B. 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.
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FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must
publish for public comment a notice of receipt of any such request in
the Federal Register.
III. Amendment to Existing Stocks Order
The cancellation order published in the Federal Register on March
29, 2006 (71 FR 15731) (FRL-7771-4) is hereby amended to allow the
distribution and sale of existing stocks of the end-use products listed
in Table 1, in Unit II.A. for use on cranberries until August 15, 2006.
All other provisions of the March 29, 2006, order otherwise remain in
effect.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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