[Federal Register: July 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 134)]
[Notices]
[Page 34337-34339]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123; FRL-8424-2]
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); Amendments to Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted
by the Agency, of certain products containing the pesticide PCNB,
pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This order follows a March 30,
2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the PCNB
registrants to amend voluntarily certain of their PCNB product
registrations. Specifically, the registrants requested to amend their
registrations to terminate the following uses of PCNB: Golf course
roughs; residential sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants
and gardens around homes and apartments; grounds around day care
facilities; school yards; parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds;
and athletic fields (except professional and college fields). In the
March 30, 2009 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order
implementing the amendments 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
registrants withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did
not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did
not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this
notice an order granting the requested amendments to terminate certain
uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the PCNB products subject to
this order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this
order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective July 15, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Bloom, Special Review and
Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-
mail address: bloom.jill@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-2009-0123. 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 (Amvac Chemical Corporation and Chemtura
Corporation), of certain of their end-use and manufacturing-use PCNB
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are
listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.
Since the registrants submitted their initial 6(f)(1) requests to amend
their registrations to terminate uses, Chemtura requested the transfer
of most of its PCNB registrations to Amvac, including all of those PCNB
registrations for which Chemtura had requested amendment. The transfer
was approved on April 23, 2009. Therefore, Amvac will be responsible
for amending all of the following registrations in accordance with this
order. Former and current EPA registration numbers are shown for all
affected products.
Table 1.--PCNB Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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Product Name (names of
EPA Registration Number Product type transferred products
Current EPA Registration Number prior to transfer (manufacturing-use or may be expected to
end-use product) change)
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5481-8981 400-399 End-use Terraclor 75W Wettable
Powder
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5481-8983 400-401 Manufacturing-use Terraclor Technical
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5481-8984 400-402 End-use Terraclor 10% Granular,
Revere 10% Granular
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5481-8985 400-403 End-use Greenback Lawn
Fungicide
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5481-8986 400-404 End-use Turfcide Emulsifiable
Fungicide
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5481-8988 400-407 End-use Turfcide 10% Granular
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5481-8990 400-414 Manufacturing-use Terraclor 90% Dust
Concentrate
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5481-8991 400-453 End-use Terraclor Flowable
Fungicide
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5481-8992 400-454 End-use Turfcide 4F, Turfcide
400, Terraclor 400,
Revere 4000
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5481-8994 400-457 End-use Turfcide 15G
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5481-8995 400-458 End-use Terraclor 15G
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5481-8996 400-459 Manufacturing-use Terrazan PCNB Technical
99%
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5481-8997 400-460 End-use Terrazan 24%
Emulsifiable
Concentrate
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5481-8998 400-479 End-use Turfcide WDG
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5481-8999 400-504 Manufacturing-use Terraclor Tech 96
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5481-197 N/A Manufacturing-use Technical Grade PCNB
95%
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5481-211 N/A End-use PCNB 10% Granules Soil
Fungicide
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5481-214 N/A End-use PCNB Soil and Turf
Liquid Drench
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5481-279 N/A End-use PCNB 75% Wettable
Powder
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5481-419 N/A End-use PCNB 75W Turf and
Ornamental Soil
Fungicide
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5481-438 N/A Manufacturing-use PCNB
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5481-441 N/A End-use PCNB 75 DG
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5481-443 N/A End-use PCNB 2 Flowable Turf
and Ornamental Soil
Fungicide
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5481-444 N/A End-use PCNB 10 G Turf and
Ornamental Soil
Fungicide
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5481-450 N/A End-use PCNB 20% WDG Soil
Fungicide
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5481-453 N/A End-use PCNB 75 WSP
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5481-457 N/A End-use Turfpro WSP Turf and
Ornamental Soil
Fungicide
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5481-464 N/A End-use Par-Flo 6F
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5481-465 N/A End-use Par-Flo
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5481-471 N/A End-use Win-Flo 6F
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5481-472 N/A End-use Win-Flo
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrant of Amended PNCB Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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5481 Amvac Chemical Corporation,
4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1250, Newport Beach, CA
92660
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments
in response to the March 30, 2009 Federal Register notice (FRL-8405-9)
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary
amendments to terminate certain uses of PCNB.
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IV. Order Terminating Certain PCNB Uses
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of the PCNB registrations identified in
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the PCNB
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby
amended to terminate the following uses: Golf course roughs;
residential sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and
gardens around homes and apartments; grounds around day care
facilities; school yards; parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds;
and athletic fields (except professional and college fields). 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.
Amvac Corporation will be permitted to sell or distribute existing
stocks of the manufacturing-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit
II., with labels that are not revised per the requested amendments for
termination of uses (i.e., ``previously approved labeling''), until 6
months after the effective date of this order. Persons other than Amvac
Corporation may continue to use existing stocks of the manufacturing-
use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit II., with previously
approved labeling, for formulation into end-use products until 18
months after the effective date of this order, provided such use is
consistent with the previously approved labeling for that product.
Amvac Corporation will be permitted to sell or distribute existing
stocks of the end-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit II., with
previously approved labeling, until 18 months after the effective date
of this order. Persons other than Amvac Corporation may sell or
distribute existing stocks of the end-use products referenced in Table
1 of Unit II., with previously approved labeling, until 18 months after
the effective date of this order. Users will be allowed to use existing
stocks of the affected PCNB end-use products with previously approved
labeling until such stocks are exhausted, provided such use is in a
manner consistent with the previously approved labeling for that
product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: July 2, 2009.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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