[Federal Register: December 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 239)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0202; FRL-8103-4]
Lindane; Cancellation Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's issuance of final orders
cancelling the registrations of all pesticide products containing the
pesticide lindane. The cancellation orders followed the August 23, 2006
Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests (71 FR 49445) (FRL-8089-
1) from the lindane registrants to voluntarily cancel their lindane
product registrations and announcing the commencement of a public
comment period as required by section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In the August 23,
2006 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing
the cancellations 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 registrant(s)
withdrew their request(s) within this period. The Agency did not
receive any comments that required further review of the cancellation
requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests.
Accordingly, EPA sent final cancellation orders to the registrants
granting the requested cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of
the lindane products subject to these cancellation orders is permitted
only in accordance with the terms of the existing stocks provisions in
the cancellation orders and described in Unit VI.
DATES: Cancellation of manufacturing-use product registrations was
effective on October 4, 2006, and the last date of use will be July 1,
2007. Cancellation of end-use product registrations will be effective
on July 1, 2007, and the last date of use will be October 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark T. Howard, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8172; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: howard.markt@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.
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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-2002-0202. 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 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 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 of registrations of all
lindane products. These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number in Table 1 of this unit, along with the effective
date of the cancellation and last date of use.
Table 1.--Lindane Product Cancellations
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Effective Date of
Registration No. Product name Company Cancellation Last Date of Use
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400-490 Gustafson Flowable Chemtura USA Corp. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
Lindane 40%
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400-532 Sorghum Guard Chemtura USA Corp. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
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400-538 Gustafson Lindane Chemtura USA Corp. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
30C Flowable
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400-539 Gustafson Captan Chemtura USA Corp. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
Lindane 12.5-25
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400-540 Gustafson Vitavax- Chemtura USA Corp. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
Thiram-Lindane
Flowable
Fungicide
Insecticide
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554-140 DB-Green L AGSCO Inc. July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
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554-144 Lindane ST-40 AGSCO Inc July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
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19713-61 Lindane Technical Drexel Chemical October 4, 2006 July 1, 2007
Co.
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19713-191 Lindane Technical Drexel Chemical October 4, 2006 July 1, 2007
Co.
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19713-387 Lindane Flowable Drexel Chemical July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
Co.
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19713-401 Lindane 30% Drexel Chemical July 1, 2007 October 1, 2009
Co.
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82378-1 Lindane Technical JLM International October 4, 2006 July 1, 2007
Inc.
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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 Lindane Products
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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400 Chemtura USA Corporation
199 Benson Road
Middlebury, Connecticut
06749
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540 AGSCO Inc.
PO Box 13458
Grand Forks, North Dakota
58208-3458
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19713 Drexel Chemical Co.
1700 Channel Avenue, PO Box
13327
Memphis, Tennessee 38113-
0327
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82378 JLM International Inc.
8675 Hidden River Parkway
Tampa, Florida 33637
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
The Agency received one comment from a children's advocacy group in
favor of the cancellation.
IV. Summary of Cancellation Orders
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A), EPA granted the cancellation
requests for the registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II.
Accordingly, the Agency ordered the cancellation of the manufacturing-
use product registrations effective October 4, 2006. EPA ordered the
cancellation of end-use product registrations effective July 1, 2007.
Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products
identified in Table 1 in Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of
the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI.
and in the cancellation orders sent to the registrants will be
considered a violation of FIFRA. Copies of the cancellation orders are
in the docket.
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.
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VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Cancellation of manufacturing-use product registrations was
effective on October 4, 2006. Cancellation of end-use product
registrations will be effective on July 1, 2007. 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. It
would be a violation of FIFRA to distribute or sell any stocks
currently in the United States which have been produced, packaged,
labeled, or released for shipment after the effective dates of
cancellation listed in this document.
Existing stocks of the canceled products may be legally distributed
or sold until the last date on which the product can be used, as
specified in the cancellation orders, provided that use of existing
stocks is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling
on, or that accompanies, the modified product. For manufacturing-use
products, the Agency has established in the canellation orders July 1,
2007, as the last day on which exisiting stocks of these products can
be used. For end-use products, the Agency expects that existing stocks
will be exhausted by October 1, 2009, and, as such, has established in
the cancellation orders October 1, 2009, as the last day on which
existing stocks of these products can be used.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Lindane, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-21101 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
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