[Federal Register: March 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 51)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0525; FRL-8398-4]
Carbaryl; Amending Product Registrations to Terminate Uses and
Eliminate Certain Application Methods
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to
terminate uses and eliminate certain application methods, voluntarily
requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products
containing the pesticide carbaryl, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This order follows two Federal Register Notices of Receipt of
Requests dated August 20, 2008 and October 15, 2008, respectively, from
the carbaryl registrants to voluntarily terminate certain uses of and
eliminate certain application methods for their carbaryl product
registrations. These are not the last carbaryl products registered for
use in the United States. In the August 20 and October 15, 2008
Notices, 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 received five comments on the
notice but none merited further review of the requests. Further, the
registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby
issues in this notice an order granting the requested amendments to
terminate uses and eliminate certain application methods. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the carbaryl products subject to this
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order,
including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The termination of uses and elimination of application methods
for carbaryl products specified in this notice are effective April 17,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Scheltema, Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-2201; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: scheltema.christina@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-2008-0525. 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 amendment to terminate uses and eliminate
certain application methods for carbaryl products, as requested by
registrants, of certain end-use and/or manufacturing-use carbaryl
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are
listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this
unit.
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Table 1--Carbaryl Product Registrations Amended to Terminate Uses or
Eliminate Certain Application Methods
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Uses Being
Terminated and/or
EPA Registration Number Product Name Application Methods
Being Eliminated
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239-1349 Ortho Sevin[reg] 5 Poultry and poultry
Dust premises; domestic
pets and premises
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239-2181 Ortho Sevin[reg] Domestic Pets and
Garden Dust Premises;
succulent/fresh
beans and peas
(subgroup 6B)
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239-2514 Get-A-Bug Snail, Succulent/fresh
Slug and Insect beans and peas
Killer (subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica
vegetables)
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239-2628 Ortho Sevin[reg] Succulent/fresh
Liquid Brand beans and peas
Carbaryl (subgroup 6B);
Insecticide poultry and
Formula II poultry premises
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264-315 Sevin[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
85 Sprayable succulent shelled
Carbaryl (subgroup 6B);
Insecticide millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
dip drench for
nursery stock,
vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-316 SEVIN[reg] 80 Pea and bean,
Solupak succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
dip/drench for
nursery stock,
vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control ; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-328 Sevin[reg] Brand Agricultural uses
80%Dust Base
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264-333 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
XLR PLUS Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
dip/drench for
nursery stock,
vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-334 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
RP2 Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
outdoor pet
sleeping quarters;
liquid broadcast
use for
residential lawns
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264-335 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
RP4 Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters; liquid
broadcast use for
residential lawns
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264-349 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
4F Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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264-429 SEVIN[reg] brand Leafy vegetables
Granular Carbaryl (except Brassica)
Insecticide
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264-526 SEVIN[reg] brand Pea and bean,
80 WSP Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
preplant root dip/
drench for nursery
stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; ULV
application for
adult mosquito
control; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters
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432-885 SEVIN[reg] Brand Leafy vegetables
Granular Carbaryl (except Brassica)
Insecticide
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432-982 SEVIN[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
97.5% Insecticide succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
preplant root dip/
drench treatment
for nursery stock,
vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage plants
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432-1211 AES Carbaryl Pea and bean,
Insecticide succulent shelled
Spray, RTU (subgroup 6B)
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432-1212 SEVIN[reg] Grub Leafy vegetables
Killer Granules (except Brassica);
pea and bean,
succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1213 SEVIN[reg] Leafy vegetables
Granules Ant, (except Brassica);
Flea, Tick, and pea and bean,
Grub Killer succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1226 SEVIN[reg] 40WSP Preplant root dip/
Carbaryl drench for nursery
Insecticide stock, vegetable
transplants,
bedding plants,
and foliage
plants; outdoor
pet sleeping
quarters; liquid
broadcast use on
residential lawns
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432-1227 SEVIN[reg] SL Outdoor pet
Carbaryl sleeping quarters;
Insecticide liquid broadcast
use on residential
lawns
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432-1237 BES Garden Dust Pea and bean,
10% succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B)
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432-1238 AES Carbaryl Pea and bean,
Insecticide Spray- succulent shelled
RTU (subgroup 6B)
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432-1239 BES Garden Dust 5% Bean succulent
shelled
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432-1244 AES SEVIN[reg] Leafy vegetables
Granules Ant, (except Brassica)
Flea, Tick, and
Grub Killer (1%
Sevin)
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769-574 Suregard Brand Pea and bean,
Sevin[reg] 80S succulent shelled
Carbaryl (subgroup 6B);
Insecticide preplant root dip
(sweet potato);
wheat
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769-728 Sevin[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide 5% (subgroup 6B);
Turf Insecticide leafy vegetables
Granules (except Brassica)
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769-971 Sevin[reg] Brand Pea and bean,
80% DB succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
preplant root dip
(sweet potato);
use of dust
formulations in/on
agricultural
crops; wheat
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769-972 Security Brand 50% Pea and bean,
Sevin[reg] succulent shelled
Wettable (subgroup 6B)
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769-976 Sevin[reg] Brand Leafy vegetables
Carbaryl (except Brassica)
Insecticide 2%
Granular
Insecticide
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829-128 SA-50 Brand Direct application
Sevin[reg] 5% to domestic pets
Dust or dwellings;
Succulent/fresh
peas and beans
(subgroup 6B); all
agricultural uses
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829-285 Cutworm and Succulent/fresh
Cricket Bait peas and beans
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica
vegetables)
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2935-366 Wilbur-Ellis Wheat; peas and
Sevin[reg] 5 Bait beans, succulent
or fresh (subgroup
6B); leafy
vegetables (except
Brassica
vegetables)
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5887-43 Black Leaf Pea and bean,
Sevin[reg] Brand succulent shelled
Carbaryl (subgroup 6B);
Insecticide direct
applications to
domestic animals
(dogs and cats)
and their
dwellings/premises
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5905-251 Helena Sevimol 4 Pea and bean,
Carbaryl succulent shelled
Insecticide (subgroup 6B)
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7401-38 Ferti-Lome Liquid Pea and bean,
Sevin[reg] Home succulent (fresh)
Garden Spray shelled (subgroup
6B)
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7401-69 Ferti-Lome Garden Pea and bean,
Dust succulent (fresh)
shelled (subgroup
6B); direct
applications to
domestic pets or
pet premises
(indoor or
outdoor)
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7401-166 Hi-Yield 10% Pea and bean,
Carbaryl Garden succulent (fresh)
Dust shelled (subgroup
6B); domestic pets
or pet premises
(indoor or
outdoor)
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8119-5 Corry's Slug, Leafy vegetables
Snail and Insect (except Brassica)
Killer
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9198-146 The Andersons 8.0% Peas and beans,
Granular Carbaryl succulent or fresh
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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9198-223 The Andersons Peas and beans,
Insect Killer succulent or fresh
Granules with (subgroup 6B);
2.0% Carbaryl leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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11656-21 Coastox Carbaryl Pea and bean,
Cutworm Bait succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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19713-49 Drexel Carbaryl 4L Succulent beans and
peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
wheat; millet; dip
or drench
treatment to
nursery stock or
transplants, etc;
indoor uses; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-50 Drexel Carbaryl Succulent beans and
80S peas; preplant
root dip for sweet
potato; wheat;
millet; poultry or
poultry premises;
seedling dip/
drench for nursery
stock; pet
premises; pet
sleeping quarters;
ULV mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-53 Drexel Carbaryl All agricultural
10D uses; succulent
beans and peas
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19713-75 Drexel Carbaryl Succulent beans and
Technical peas; proso millet
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19713-89 Carbaryl 2L Succulent beans and
peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
indoor
applications; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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19713-212 Carbaryl 10D Dust for
agricultural use;
cotton; succulent
beans; poultry;
dogs; cats
(household pets)
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19713-213 Carbaryl 5D All agricultural
uses; succulent
beans and peas
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19713-244 Carbaryl 80 Dust Succulent peas and
Base beans, (subgroup
6B); wheat;
millet; poultry;
dogs and pets; all
indoor uses
(domestic
dwellings,
residential and
commercial,
barns);
formulation into
products for dip
or drench
treatments
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19713-363 Carbaryl 85 Succulent beans and
Sprayable peas; preplant dip
for sweet potato;
root dip or drench
treatments; ULV
mosquito
adulticide; all
applications using
backpack sprayers
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34704-289 10% Sevin[reg] Pea and bean,
Granules succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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34704-447 Carbaryl 4L Pea and bean,
succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
millet; wheat;
preplant root dip
for sweet potato;
seedling dips or
drenches; all
indoor
applications
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71096-15 Bonide Snail, Slug Pea and bean,
and Sowbug Bait succulent shelled
(subgroup 6B);
leafy vegetables
(except Brassica)
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82200-1 Turf and Garden Leafy vegetables
Seven[reg]% (except Brassica)
Granular Carbaryl
Insecticide
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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 And/or Amended [Carbaryl Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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239 The Ortho Business Group,
c/o The Scotts Company LLC
P.O. Box 190
Marysville, Ohio 43040
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264 Bayer CropScience
PO Box 12014
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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432 Bayer Environmental Science
2 TW Alexander Drive,
PO Box 12014
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
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769 Value Gardens Supply
9100 W. Bloomington Freeway,
Suite 113
Bloomington, MN 55431
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829 Southern Agricultural
Insecticides, Inc.
P.O. Box 218
Palmetto, Florida 34220
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2935 Wilbur Ellis Company
P.O. Box 1286
Fresno, California 93715
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5887 Value Gardens Supply
9100 W. Bloomington Freeway,
Suite 113
Bloomington, MN 55431
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5905 Helena Chemical Company
225 Schilling Boulevard,
Ste. 300
Collierville, Tenneesee
38017
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7401 Voluntary Purchasing Groups,
Inc.
P.O. Box 460,
230 FM 87
Bonham, Texas 75418
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8119 Matson, LLC
c/o Registrations by Design,
Inc.
118 1/2 East Main Street,
Ste. 1
Salem, Virginia 24153-3805
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9198 The Andersons Lawn
Fertilizer Division, Inc.
P.O. Box 119
Maumee, Ohio 43537
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11656 Western Farm Service, Inc.
2787 W. Bullard, Suite 105
Fresno, California 93711
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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 (80634)
PO Box 1286
Greely, CO 80632-1286
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71096 Or-Cal, Inc.
17220 Westview Road
Oswego, Oregon 97034
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82200 Viachem, LLC
9701 Fields Road, No. 2400
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
EPA received four public comments on the August 20, 2008 6(f)
Notice (73 FR 49184) and one comment on the October 15 6(f) Notice (73
FR 61121), from Jan Meneley of AgBio Inc., Dr. Steven Booth of Willapa
Bay/Grays Harbor Oyster Grower Association, C. Weeber, a private
citizen, and from two anonymous private citizens. The comment from C.
Weeber requested that EPA evaluate carbaryl use on pine trees in
residential areas, which is not one of the uses being deleted, and is
therefore not relevant to this action. The comment from Steven Booth
focused on the importance of a special local need registration of
carbaryl for control of burrowing shrimp in oyster beds in Willapa Bay,
WA, which is also not one of the registrations being amended, and is
therefore not relevant to this action. The comments received from
private citizens requested cancellation of all carbaryl uses, including
use to control Mountain Pine Beetle in Colorado, and further testing of
carbaryl. These commenters do not, however, object to the deletion of
uses or elimination of application methods that are the subject of this
order. Nor do these commenters provide information that would lead the
Agency to further review or deny the requests. Accordingly, the Agency
does not believe that the comments submitted during the comment period
merit further review or a denial of the requests for amendments to
terminate uses of and eliminate certain application methods for
carbaryl products.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of and eliminate certain application
methods for carbaryl registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II.
Accordingly, the Agency orders that the carbaryl product registrations
identified in Tables 1 of Unit II. are hereby amended to terminate the
affected uses and application methods. 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 or termination action. The existing stocks provisions of
this order terminating uses and eliminating certain application methods
are as follows and are effective immediately.
Provided that these stocks bear labels previously approved by EPA,
registrants may sell and distribute existing stocks of the affected
products for 18 months from the effective date of this order, with the
exception of Scotts Ortho Business Group and Matson LLC, who may sell
and distribute existing stocks of EPA Registration Numbers 239-2514 and
8119-5, respectively, in Table 1 of Unit II. for 24 months from the
effective date of this order. Thereafter the distribution and sale of
existing stocks by registrants of any of the products listed in Table 1
that bear the terminated uses or application methods will not be lawful
under FIFRA, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks for export
consistent with section 17 of FIFRA or for proper disposal. This order
allows 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. This
order specifically prohibits any use of existing stocks that is not
consistent with such previously approved labeling.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Carbaryl,
SEVIN[reg].
Dated: February 27, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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