[Federal Register: August 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 162)]
[Notices]
[Page 49196-49198]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0536; FRL-8377-5]
Metam Sodium, Metam Potassium and Chloropicrin; Notice of Receipt
of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in 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 request for amendments by registrants to delete
uses in certain pesticide registrations. 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 amended to delete
one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the
request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the
Federal Register.
DATES: The deletions are effective February 17, 2009, unless the Agency
receives a written withdrawal request on or before February 17, 2009.
The Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarked no later than
February 17, 2009.
Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before
February 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket
identification (ID) and chemical name for the pesticide of interest, as
shown in the table below, by one of the following methods:
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
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For metam sodium, metam potassium and
MITC, (EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0125) contact Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; e-mail address:
garvie.heather@epa.gov.
For chloropicrin, (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0350) contact Andrea Carone,
Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0122; e-mail
address: carone.andrea@epa.gov.
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. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0125 for metam sodium, metam potassium
and MITC; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0350 for chloropicrin. 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
Facility 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 receipt by the Agency of applications from
registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These
registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted:
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Table 1.--Registrations with Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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EPA Registration No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete from Label
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1448-361 Busan 1236 Metam sodium Organic sludge
fumigation
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1448-371 Busan 1020L Metam sodium Leather and hide
processing
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1448-93 Busan 1016 Metam sodium Cane and beet sugar
mills
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1448-52 Busan 40 Metam potassium Water-based drilling,
completion and packer
fluids;
leather and hide
processing (this use
deletion is not
inclusive of the
tanning drum leather
use); preservation
of protective colloids,
emulsion resins and
water-thinned
paints; cutting fluids
(metalworking fluids)
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1448-47 Busan 52 Metam potassium Water-based drilling,
completion and packer
fluids;
leather and hide
processing (this use
deletion is
not inclusive of the
tanning drum leather
use);
preservation of
protective colloids,
emulsion resins and
water-
thinned paints; cutting
fluids (metalworking
fluids)
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1448-74 PNMDC Metam potassium Leather and hide
processing (this use
deletion is not
inclusive of the
tanning drum leather
use); preservation of
protective colloids,
emulsion resins and
water-thinned paints;
cutting fluids
(metalworking fluids);
cane and beet sugar
mills; petroleum
secondary recovery
operations; once-
through
cooling water
applications
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1448-53 Busan 881 Metam Potassium Cane and beet sugar
mills; petroleum
secondary recovery
operations; once-
through cooling water
applications
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1448-382 NABE-M Metam potassium Cane and beet sugar
mills; petroleum
secondary
recovery operations;
once-through cooling
water
applications
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8536-2 Chloropicrin 100 Chloropicrin Treatment of wood,
Fumigant timbers, poles, piles,
and glue-laminated
beams; fumigation of
enclosed
spaces
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58266-2 Tri-Clor Fumigant Chloropicrin Treatment of wood,
timbers, poles, piles,
and
glue-laminated beams;
fumigation of enclosed
spaces
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66330-47 NUTRAPIC Chloropicrin Fumigation of enclosed
spaces
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5785-17 Chloro-O-Pic Chloropicrin Fumigation of enclosed
spaces
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Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before February
17, 2009 to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment. This
180-day period will also permit interested members of the public to
intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the
deletion.
Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in
sequence by EPA company number.
Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain
Pesticide Registrations
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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1448 Buckman Laboratories
1256 North McLean Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38108-1241
Tel: 901-278-0330
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8536 Soil Chemicals Corporation
8770 Highway 25
P.O. Box 782
Hollister, CA 95024-0782
Tel: 831-637-1992
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58266 Shadow Mountain Products
Corporation
8770 Highway 25
P.O. Box 1327
Hollister, CA 95024-1327
Tel: 831-637-0195
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66330 Arysta Lifescience North
America Corporation
15401 Weston Parkway, Suite
150
Cary, North Carolina 27513
Tel: 919-678-2194
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5785 Great Lakes Chemical a
Chemtura Co.
P.O. Box 2200
West Lafayette, Indiana
47996-2200
Tel: 765-497-6391
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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 amended to delete one or more uses. The 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.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must
submit the withdrawal in writing to Heather Garvie (for metam sodium,
metam potassium and MITC) or Andrea Carone (for chloropicrin) using the
methods in ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider written withdrawal
requests postmarked no later than February 17, 2009.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18
months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have
been imposed, as in special review actions.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: August 13, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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