[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40588-40589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19312]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0540; FRL-8427-5]
Bromonitrostyrene; Product Cancellation Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation of
products containing the pesticide bromonitrostyrene, pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an August 27,
2008 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the
bromonitrostyrene registrants to voluntarily cancel all their
bromonitrostyrene product registrations. These are the last
bromonitrostyrene products registered for sale or distribution in the
United States. In the August 27, 2008 Notice, EPA indicated that it
would issue an order accepting the requests for voluntary cancellation
and implementing the cancellations, 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 a
cancellation order accepting the requested cancellations and cancelling
the affected registrations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the
bromonitrostyrene 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 August 12, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ShaRon Carlisle, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-6427; fax number: (703) 308-8481; 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
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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-2007-0540. 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 of all end-use and
manufacturing-use bromonitrostyrene products registered under section 3
of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Bromonitrostyrene Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Product Name
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464-683 Giv-Gard BNS 25% AF
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464-684 Bioban BNS 25% BA Industrial
Preservative
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464-686 Canguard 777 Industrial
Preservative
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74655-5 Spectrum RX-41
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74655-8 Spectrum RX -45
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74655-13 Spectrum RX -52
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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 Bromonitrostyrene Products
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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464 The Dow Chemical Company
1500 E. Lake Cook Road
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
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74655 Hercules Incorporated Paper
Technology and Ventures
7910 Baymeadows Way
Jacksonville, FL 32256
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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 August 27, 2008 Federal Register notice (73
FR 50614; FRL 8378-4) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests
for voluntary cancellation of all Bromonitrostyrene products.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of Bromonitrostyrene registrations identified in Table 1
of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the Bromonitrostyrene
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby
cancelled. 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Bromonitrostyrene,
Antimicrobials.
Dated: July 20, 2009.
Joan Harrigan Farrelly,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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