[Federal Register: May 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 96)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0837; FRL-8414-2]
Malathion; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel or
To Amend To Terminate Uses of 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 requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel
or amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products
containing the pesticide malathion. The requests would terminate the
malathion uses listed with their respective products in Table 2. The
requests would not terminate the last malathion products registered for
use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these requests at the
close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency
receives substantive comments within the comment period that would
merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw their requests within this period. Upon acceptance of these
requests, 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.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 19, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0837, 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-
2007-0837. 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: Eric Miederhoff, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8028; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: miederhoff.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.
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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.
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 and/or Amend
Registrations to Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the
registrants listed in Table 3 to cancel 12 and amend to terminate uses
of 26 malathion product registrations. Malathion is a non-systemic,
broad spectrum organophosphate pesticide with numerous commercial,
agricultural and residential uses, as well as several wide area
applications including use as a public health adulticide, as an
abatement treatment for fruit fly, and in the Boll Weevil Eradication
Program. Registrants requested EPA to cancel affected product
registrations or to amend to terminate uses of pesticide product
registrations identified in this notice in Tables 1 and 2,
respectively. These requests will not terminate the last malathion
products registered in the United States.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel or amend to terminate uses of malathion product
registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the
requests are identified in Tables 1, 2, and 3 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.
The malathion registrants have 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 a 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 or amending the affected registrations.
Table 1--Malathion Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
Cancellation
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Registration Number Product Name Company
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228-68 Riverdale Nufarm Americas,
Malathion 5 Inc.
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228-93 Riverdale Bin Nufarm Americas,
Spray Inc.
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228-244 Riverdale 50% Nufarm Americas,
Malathion EC Inc.
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228-252 Riverdale 4% Nufarm Americas,
Malathion Dust Inc.
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228-274 Riverdale ULV Nufarm Americas,
Malathion Inc.
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655-794 Prentox Malathion Prentiss, Inc.
57% EC
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5905-7 Fyfanon 5 LB Helena Chemical
Emulsion Company
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5905-443 Helena Malathion 8 Helena Chemical
Insecticide Company
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34704-3 Malathion 55 Loveland Products
Insecticide Inc.
Premium Grade
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34704-18 Malathion ULV Loveland Products
Concentrate Inc.
Insecticide
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34704-119 Clean Crop Loveland Products
Malathion 8EC Inc.
Insecticide
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34704-721 Niagara Malathion Loveland Products
5 Dust Inc.
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Table 2--Malathion Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration Number Product Name Company Terminate Use
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192-96 Dexol Malathion Insect Value Garden Supply Residential lawns
Control (broadcast)
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239-739 Ortho Malathion 50 The Scotts Company LLC Residential lawns
Insect Spray (broadcast)
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655-310 Malathion 95% Technical Prentiss, Inc. Greenhouse food crops,
Premium Commercial/
Institutional/
Industrial premises/
equipment (outdoor),
sewer systems
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655-598 Prentox Malathion 50% Prentiss, Inc. Commercial/
Emulsifiable Institutional/
Insecticide Industrial premises/
equipment (outdoor)
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655-777 Prentox 5 LB Malathion Prentiss, Inc. Greenhouse food crops,
Spray Commercial/
Institutional/
Industrial premises/
equipment (outdoor),
lentils, manure piles,
residential lawns
(broadcast)
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769-736 SMCP Malathion Mole Value Garden Supply Residential lawns
Cricket Bait (broadcast), golf
Insecticide course turf
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769-620 AllPro Malathion 57% Value Garden Supply Lentils, greenhouse
Premium Grade uses, sewage systems,
fly control for
outdoor building
surfaces
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769-621 SMCP Malathion EM-5 Value Garden Supply Residential lawns
(broadcast)
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769-644 SMCP MV Fog Solution Value Garden Supply Animal premise uses for
dairy and livestock
barns, stables and
pens, food processing
plants, outdoor use as
a crack and crevice
treatment around
dairies and stables
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769-844 Pratt Malathion Spray Value Garden Supply Residential lawns
(broadcast)
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769-961 Pratt Malathion 80 Value Garden Supply Dairy cattle (lactating
and nonlactating),
poultry houses, cowpea
forage and hay,
cranberry, plum
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5905-250 Fyfanon 8 LB Emulsion Helena Chemical Company Lentils, cowpea
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9779-5 Malathion 5 WinField Solutions Lentils
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10088-56 Malathion 57% Athea Laboratories, Ornamental lawns and
Inc. turf
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10163-21 Prokil Malathion 8 Gowan Lentils, greenhouse
uses
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10163-152 Malathion Technical Gowan Greenhouse food use
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19713-217 Drexel Malathion 5EC Drexel Chemical Company Lentils
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19713-402 Drexel Malathion Drexel Chemical Company Greenhouse food crops,
Technical uses around commercial
and industrial
buildings, sewage
systems
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34704-108 Clean Crop Malathion 57 Loveland Products, Inc. Lentil
EC
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34704-474 Cythion 8 Aquamul Loveland Products, Inc. Lentil
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47000-107 Prozap Malathion Chem-Tech Ltd. Lentil, residential
lawns (broadcast)
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48273-26 Marman Malathion ULV Nufarm Lentils, greenhouse
food uses
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59144-1 Malathion 50% Insect Gro Tec, Inc. Greenhouse uses
Spray
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66330-220 Malathion 5 EC Arysta LifeScience Lentils, Greenhouse
uses
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66330-228 Malathion Technical Arysta LifeScience Greenhouse uses
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66330-248 Malathion 8 EC Arysta LifeScience Greenhouse uses,
lentils, Around the
outside of buildings
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this
unit.
Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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239 The Scotts Company LLC
14111 Scottslawn Road
Marysville, OH 43041
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655 Prentiss Incorporated
509 Tower Valley Drive
Hillsboro, MO 63050
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769, 192 Value Garden Supply
9100 W. Bloomington Freeway,
Suite 113
Bloomington, MN 55431
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5905 Helena Chemical Company
7664 Moore Road
Memphis, TN 38120
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9779 WinField Solutions
PO Box 64589
MS 5705
St. Paul, MN 55164-0589
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10088 Athea Laboratories, Inc.
PO Box 240014
Milwaukee, WI 53224
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10163 Gowan
PO Box 5569
Yuma, AZ 85366-5569
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19713 Drexel Chemical Company
1700 Channel Avenue
PO Box 13327
Memphis, TN 38113-0327
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34704 Loveland Products, Inc.
7251 W 4th Street
PO Box 1286
Greeley, CO 80632-1286
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47000 Chem-Tech, Ltd.
4515 Fleur Dr. 303
Des Moines, IA 50321
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48273, 228 Nufarm Americas, Inc.
150 Harvester Drive, Suite
200
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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59144 RegWest on behalf of Gro
Tec, Inc.
30856 Rocky Road
Greeley, CO 80631-9375
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66330 Arysta Life
Science North America
15401 Weston Parkway, Suite
150
Cary, NC 27513
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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 Malathion
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 June 19, 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 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
The effective date of cancellation will be the date of the
cancellation order. The order effecting these requested cancellations
will generally permit a registrant to sell or distribute existing
stocks for 1 year after the date the cancellation request was received.
This policy is in accordance with the Agency's statement of policy as
prescribed the Federal Register of June 26, 1991 (56 FR 29362) (FRL-
3846-4). Exceptions to this general rule will be made if a product
poses a risk concern, or is in noncompliance with reregistration
requirements, or is subject to a data call-in. In all cases, product-
specific disposition dates will be given in the cancellation orders.
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. Unless the provisions of an earlier order apply,
existing stocks already in the hands of dealers or users can be
distributed, sold, or used legally until they are exhausted, provided
that such further sale and use comply with the
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EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product. Exception to
these general rules will be made in specific cases when more stringent
restrictions on sale, distribution, or use of the products or their
ingredients have already been imposed, as in a special review action,
or where the Agency has identified significant potential risk concerns
associated with a particular chemical.
If the requests for voluntary cancellation and use termination are
granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the
Federal Register that 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. The order will specifically prohibit any use of
existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved
labeling. The Agency will publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
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.
[FR Doc. E9-11631 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]
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