[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 245 (Friday, December 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77690-77693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30249]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0162; FRL-8389-4]
Carbofuran; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Cancel
Carbofuran 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 a request dated September 29, 2008 by the
registrant to voluntarily cancel some registrations and amend other
registrations to terminate uses of certain end-use products containing
the pesticide carbofuran. The request would terminate flowable
carbofuran use in or on alfalfa, cotton, ornamentals, popcorn, small
grains (wheat, oats and barley) soybeans, sugarcane, sweet corn, and
tobacco. The request would also terminate all carbofuran products
registered under FIFRA section 24 Special Local Need Labels for use in
or on corn (field), CRP acres, cucumbers, grapes, melons, ornamentals
(container and field production), peppers (including Chiles and bell),
sorghum, squash, sugar beets, sugarcane (soil applied), tobacco, and
small grains (wheat, oats, and barley). The request would also
terminate, subject to a two-year phase-out period, the use of flowable
carbofuran as a post-plant application to artichokes. The request
proposes to cancel the use of granular carbofuran on bananas, coffee,
cucumbers, melons, and squash. The request would not terminate the last
carbofuran products registered for use in the US.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0162 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.
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-
2005-0162. 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: Jude Andreasen, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9342; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; 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, 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. 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 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.
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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. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Cancel Registrations
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a written request dated
September 29, 2008 from FMC Corporation, the sole registrant of
carbofuran, to cancel carbofuran product registrations on certain uses.
Carbofuran is an N-methyl carbamate insecticide. The affected products
and uses are provided in Table 1. This request will result in the
termination of the use of flowable and granular carbofuran products on
certain crops in the United States. The request would also terminate
all carbofuran products registered under FIFRA section 24 Special Local
Need Labels for use in or on corn (field), CRP acres, cucumbers,
grapes, melons, ornamentals (container and field production), peppers
(including Chiles and bell), sorghum, squash, sugar beets, sugarcane
(soil applied), tobacco, and small grains (wheat, oats, and barley).
The request would also terminate, subject to a two-year phase-out
period, the use of flowable carbofuran as a post-plant application to
artichokes. The request proposes to cancel the use of granular
carbofuran on bananas, coffee, cucumbers, melons, and squash. The
request would not terminate the last carbofuran products registered for
use in the US. The request does not affect the use of granular
carbofuran (products 279-3023 and 279-2712) on pumpkin. This request
does not affect the existing volume limitations (2,500 pounds active
ingredient per year) for granular product manufacture. EPA intends to
grant this request for cancellation at the close of the comment period
for this announcement unless the Agency receives a request within the
comment period to transfer the registration to a new registrant or
unless the registrant withdraws their request within this period. Upon
acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products
listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the
final order. Any carbofuran uses not affected by this voluntary
cancellation request, and any uses for which the requested cancellation
do not become final, will remain subject to cancellation through the
process that the Agency initiated in a draft Notice of Intent to Cancel
(NOIC) carbofuran, January 8, 2008, which can be accessed in the public
docket at www.regulations.gov, docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0162. The
basis for the draft NOIC was that pesticide products containing
carbofuran, when used in accordance with widespread and commonly
recognized practice, generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on
humans and the environment. EPA further determined that none of the
available alternatives to cancellation of all registered uses could
reduce the potential risks to acceptable levels.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from FMC
Corporation to cancel certain uses of flowable and granular carbofuran.
The affected products and the registrants making the request are
identified in Table 1 and Table 2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA
requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation,
EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for
voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period
on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor
agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
FMC Corporation, a carbofuran registrant, has requested that EPA
waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment
period on the proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of
publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are
substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an
order will be issued canceling the affected registrations.
Table 1a.--Carbofuran Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
Cancellation of Certain Uses
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Registration Number Product Name Company
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279-2876 Furadan 4F FMC Corporation
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279-3310 Furadan LFR FMC Corporation
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279-2712 Furadan 10G FMC Corporation
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279-3023 Furadan 15G FMC Corporation
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Table 1b.--Carbofuran Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
Cancellation of All Uses of Carbofuran
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Registration Number Product Name Company
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279-2922 Furadan 5G FMC Corporation
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Table 1c.--Carbofuran Special Local Need (SLN) Product Registrations
with Pending Requests for Cancellation of All Uses of Carbofuran
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Registration Number Company
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AL880003 FMC Corporation
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AL940002 FMC Corporation
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AR810051 FMC Corporation
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AR810052 FMC Corporation
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AZ910001 FMC Corporation
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CA830058 FMC Corporation
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CA860037 FMC Corporation
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CA940005 FMC Corporation
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CA980011 FMC Corporation
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CA980012 FMC Corporation
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CO920001 FMC Corporation
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CO920002 FMC Corporation
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DE830004 FMC Corporation
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DE930001 FMC Corporation
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IA930001 FMC Corporation
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ID060003 FMC Corporation
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ID060004 FMC Corporation
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ID910007 FMC Corporation
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ID920002 FMC Corporation
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IL040002 FMC Corporation
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IL980003 FMC Corporation
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IN830001 FMC Corporation
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IN930001 FMC Corporation
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KS880001 FMC Corporation
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KS880002 FMC Corporation
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LA000009 FMC Corporation
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LA050001 FMC Corporation
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LA990007 FMC Corporation
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MD810008 FMC Corporation
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MI820025 FMC Corporation
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MI930001 FMC Corporation
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MO790006 FMC Corporation
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MO810024 FMC Corporation
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MO860003 FMC Corporation
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MO930002 FMC Corporation
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MS820020 FMC Corporation
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MT860007 FMC Corporation
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NC800003 FMC Corporation
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NE880003 FMC Corporation
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NE920006 FMC Corporation
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NE920009 FMC Corporation
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NE950001 FMC Corporation
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NJ980004 FMC Corporation
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NM060001 FMC Corporation
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NM060002 FMC Corporation
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NM780015 FMC Corporation
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NM980002 FMC Corporation
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OH930001 FMC Corporation
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OK810012 FMC Corporation
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OK930009 FMC Corporation
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OR060016 FMC Corporation
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OR060017 FMC Corporation
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OR830016 FMC Corporation
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OR830036 FMC Corporation
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OR910006 FMC Corporation
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OR920014 FMC Corporation
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PA840005 FMC Corporation
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PA940001 FMC Corporation
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PR850001 FMC Corporation
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PR960003 FMC Corporation
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SC790026 FMC Corporation
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SC940005 FMC Corporation
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SD900013 FMC Corporation
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TX030002 FMC Corporation
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TX060012 FMC Corporation
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TX060013 FMC Corporation
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TX810006 FMC Corporation
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TX930008 FMC Corporation
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TX930011 FMC Corporation
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VA780006 FMC Corporation
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VA790014 FMC Corporation
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VA930001 FMC Corporation
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WA860012 FMC Corporation
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WA910006 FMC Corporation
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WY030002 FMC Corporation
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WY900003 FMC Corporation
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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279 FMC Corporation
Agricultural Products Group
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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IV. 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.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for
Reregistration of Carbofuran
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 before January 20, 2009. 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(s)
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have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date
of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation
action are controlling.
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.
In any order issued in response to this request for cancellation of
product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following provisions
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products identified or
referenced in Table 1. The registrant will be allowed to sell and
distribute the subject products through the effective date of this
cancellation order. In addition, existing stocks of carbofuran products
may be sold or used until they are depleted, or until tolerances are
revoked.
The Agency intends to allow use on artichokes through December 31,
2010. The Agency is soliciting comment on whether there are sufficient
stocks of product to allow for this use, or whether additional
carbofuran production will be needed to address this use.
An existing stocks provision was included in a Federal Register
notice published December 10, 2008 regarding a number of pesticide
products, including several carbofuran products. The existing stocks
provision in that notice will be superseded by the existing stocks
provision in the cancellation order for today's notice.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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