[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 217 (Thursday, November 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58278-58279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26701]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8795-1]
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order to terminate uses,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing the pesticide sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate,
pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a
July 1, 2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from a
sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate registrant to voluntarily amend to
terminate uses of their sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate preservation of
cotton fabric, preservation of wood veneer, and preservation of
alginate pastes product registrations. These are not the last sodium
dimethyldithiocarbamate products registered for use in the United
States. In the July 1, 2009 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue
an order implementing the amendment 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
registrant withdrew its request within this period. The Agency did not
receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not
withdraw its request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a
cancellation order granting the requested amendment to terminate uses.
Any distribution, sale, or use of the sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate
products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in
accordance
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with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellation is effective November 12, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-7279; 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 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-2009-0321. 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 termination of use, as requested by the
registrant, of materials-preservation manufacturing-use sodium
dimethyldithiocarbamate product registered under section 3 of FIFRA.
The registered product and the uses that are terminated and removed
from the label are listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Sodium Dimethyldithio- carbamate Product Registration
Amendments to Terminate Uses
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EPA Registration Number Product Name Delete from Label
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1965-8 Vancide 51 Preservation of
cotton fabric,
preservation of
wood veneer, and
preservation of
alginate pastes
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the product in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrants of Amended Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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1965 R.T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc.
30 Winfield Street
Norwalk, CT 06856-5150
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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 July 1, 2009 Federal Register notice (74 FR 31428)
(FRL-8417-2) announcing the Agency's receipt of the request for
amendment to terminate uses of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendment to terminate uses of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency
orders that the sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate product registration
identified in Table 1 of Unit II is hereby amended to terminate the
affected uses. 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 order. The cancellation order issued in this notice
includes the following existing stocks provisions.
The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18
months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have
been imposed, as in special review actions.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Antimicrobials,
dimethyldithiocarbamate salts, Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate.
Dated: October 22, 2009.
Betty Shackleford,
Acting Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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