[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 145 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38012-38013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18196]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0513; FRL-8428-2]
Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing the pesticide triclosan pursuant to section 6(f)(1)
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows a April 22,2009 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the triclosan registrant to
voluntarily cancel all their triclosan technical grade product
registrations. These are not the last triclosan products registered for
use in the United States. In the April 22, 2009 notice, EPA indicated
that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations to
terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
the 30-day comment period that would
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merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant
withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did not receive
any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw
their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a
cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the triclosan 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 July 30, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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; fax number: (703) 305-5620; e-
mail address: garvie.heather@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-2007-0513. 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 cancellation, as requested by
registrants, of certain manufacturing-use triclosan products registered
under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Triclosan Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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70404-2 Irgasan DP300R
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70404-5 Irgaguard B1000
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by
EPA company number.
Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Triclosan Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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70404 Ciba Corporation
4090 Premier Drive
High Point, NC 27265
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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 April 22, 2009 Federal Register notice (74 FR 18378;
FRL-8410-6) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for
voluntary cancellations of triclosan.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of triclosan registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit
II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the triclosan product
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby canceled.
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. Registrants may sell
and distribute existing stocks for one year from the date of the
cancellation request. The products may be sold, distributed, and used
by people other than the registrant until existing stocks have been
exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, and use complies with
the EPA-approved label and labeling of the product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Triclosan,
Antimicrobials.
Dated: July 17, 2009.
Joan Harrigan Farrelly
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-18196 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]
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