[Federal Register: May 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 96)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0722; FRL-8412[dash]8]
Amendments to Terminate Certain Pesticide Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to
terminate certain uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and
accepted by the Agency, of certain pesticide products, pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an October 8,
2008, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from registrants
to voluntarily amend their registrations of
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certain pesticide products (73 FR 58958; FRL-8385-2). In the October 8,
2008, Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing
the cancellation and amendments to terminate certain 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 except for comments pertaining
to aldicarb. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a
cancellation order granting the requested amendments to terminate
certain pesticide product uses except for the uses of aldicarb on
coffee, pecans, and tobacco. The product cancellation order for the
chloroneb product, Demosan 65W (EPA Reg. No. 073782-00002), which was
included in the October 8, 2008 notice will be included in a separate
Federal Register notice. Any distribution, sale, or use of the 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 May 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Olson, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8067; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: olson.eric@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-2008-0722. 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 the amendments to terminate uses, as
requested by registrants, of certain products registered under section
3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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Registration Number Product Name Active Ingredient Delete from Use
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000264-00330 Temik Brand 15G Aldicarb Alfalfa grown for seed;
Aldicarb Pesticide Ornamentals;
Sugarcane; Sorghum
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000264-00426 Temik Brand 15g Aldicarb Alfalfa grown for seed;
Aldicarb Pesticide For Ornamentals;
Sale And Use In Calif. Sugarcane; Sorghum
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000264-00729 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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000264-00741 Monitor Technical Methamidophos Cotton
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000264-00744 Monitor 60% Concentrate Methamidophos Cotton
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000264-01020 Monitor 4 Spray Methamidophos Cotton
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000264 AR-81-0044 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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000264 AR-87-0007 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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000264 CA-79-0188 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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000264 MS-81-0014 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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000264 MS-81-0055 Monitor 4 Methamidophos Cotton
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010330-00016 Ethylene Oxide 10% and ETO Basil
Carbon Dioxide
Sterilizing Gas
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010330-00018 20% Ethylene Oxide and ETO Basil
80% Carbon Dioxide
Sterilizing Gas
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010330-00021 8.5% Ethylene Oxide and ETO Basil
Carbon Dioxide
Sterilizing Gas
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036736-00002 Ethylene Oxide 100% ETO Basil
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036736-00003 Sterilizing Gas 3 ETO Basil
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036736-00004 Sterilizing Gas 4 ETO Basil
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036736-00005 Sterilizing Gas 5 ETO Basil
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036736-00006 Sterilizing Gas 6 ETO Basil
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036736-00007 Sterilizing Gas 8 ETO Basil
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036736-00008 Ethylene Oxide - MUP ETO Basil
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045728-00001 Thiram Technical Thiram Parks; Athletic Fields;
Commercial Areas; Sod;
Homeowner turf;
Homeowner fungicide
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045728-00021 Thiram 75WP Fruit, Thiram Parks; Athletic Fields;
Vegetable and Turf Commercial Areas; Sod;
Fungicide Homeowner turf;
Homeowner fungicide
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400-434 Thiram 480 DP Thiram Parks; Athletic Fields;
Commercial Areas; Sod;
Homeowner turf;
Homeowner fungicide
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062719-00391 Kerb 50-W Selective Pronamide All residential uses
Herbicide
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062719-00397 Kerb 50-W Herbicide in Pronamide All residential uses
WSP
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062719-00578 Kerb 3.3 SC Pronamide All residential uses
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067470-00006 Ethylene Oxide ETO Basil
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067470-00007 Ethylene Oxide 100 R ETO Basil
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrants of Amended Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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000264 Bayer Crop Science LP,
2 T.W., Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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010330 Praxair, Inc.,
39 Old Ridgebury Road,
Danbury CT, 06810-5113
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036736 Balchem Corporation,
PO Box 600,
New Hampton, NY 10958
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400 Chemtura Corporation,
199 Benson Road,
Middlebury CT, 06749
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045728 Taminco Inc.,
21320 Sweet Clover Place,
Ashburn, VA 20147
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062719 Dow Agrosciences LLLC,
9330 Zionsville Rd 308/2e,
Indianapolis, IN 462681054
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067470 Honeywell - Specialty
Chemicals NIC- 4,
101 Columbia Road,
Morristown, NJ 07962-1139
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
On November 3, 2008, Bayer CropScience submitted a withdrawal of
its request to voluntarily cancel the
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registration of TEMIK 15G for use on coffee, pecans and tobacco. EPA
received no comments pertaining to the other registrations in this
notice in response to the October 8, 2008, Federal Register notice
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary
cancellation and amendments to terminate certain uses.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of registrations identified in Table 1 of
Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the product registrations
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby amended to terminate the
affected uses except for methamidophos products which will become
effective September 30, 2009. 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.
A. Methamidophos.
On April 7, 2002, EPA signed the Interim Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (IRED) for methamidophos. That IRED specified risk
mitigation measures including: ``Implement a 5-year phase out of the
use on cotton.''
In accordance with the IRED, Bayer CropScience has submitted a
request to voluntarily terminate all cotton uses of the methamidophos
products listed above in Table 2 effective September 30, 2009.
Provisions for the sale, disposition, and use of existing stocks of
methamidophos products include the following: All sale or distribution
by the registrant of existing stocks labeled for use on cotton is
prohibited after September 30, 2009, unless that sale or distribution
is solely for the purpose of facilitating disposal or export of the
product. Existing stocks labeled for use on cotton may be sold and
distributed by persons other than the registrant until July 31, 2010.
Existing stocks labeled for use on cotton may be used until September
30, 2010, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved label
and labeling of the product.
B. Other Chemicals Addressed in this Order.
The cancellation order will allow persons other than the registrant
to continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of canceled products
until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent
with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the canceled product. This order specifically prohibits
any use of existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously
approved labeling.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 7, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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