[Federal Register: December 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 239)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0098; FRL-8107-1]
Ethyl Parathion; Product Cancellation Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the Drexel Chemical Company and accepted by
the Agency, of products containing the pesticide ethyl parathion,
pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows
April 27, 2005 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the
ethyl parathion registrant to voluntarily cancel all their ethyl
parathion product registrations. These are the last ethyl parathion
products registered for use in the United States. In the April 27, 2005
Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, 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 requests within this period. The Agency did
not receive any comments on the Notice. Further, the registrant did not
withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice
a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the ethyl parathion 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 December 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Parsons, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5776; fax
number: (703) 305-8005; e-mail address: parsons.laura@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-OPPT-2005-0098. 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
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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. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by
registrants, of all end-use and manufacturing-use ethyl parathion
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are
listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Ethyl Parathion Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration No. Product Name
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19713-322 Drexel Seis-TRES 6-3
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19713-323 Drexel Parathion 8
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19713-324 IDA Seis-Tres 6-3
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19713-325 Drexel Parathion 4 EC
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrant of Cancelled Ethyl Parathion Products
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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19713 Drexel Chemical Company
1700 Channel Avenue
P.O. Box 13327
Memphis, TN 38113-0327
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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 April 27, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 21761; FRL-
7709-8) notice announcing the Agency's receipt of the request for
voluntary cancellations.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of ethyl parathion registrations identified in Table 1 of
Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the ethyl parathion
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 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 Administrator may approve such
a request.
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. The cancellation order issued in this Notice
includes the following existing stocks provisions. Because no product
has been produced, sold or distributed for several years, the
prohibition on sales, distribution and use of existing stocks is
effective immediately.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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