[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)] [Notices] [Pages 28005-28009] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2010-11833] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0338; FRL-8822-9] Notice of Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to section 6(f)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), publishes a Notice of Intent to Suspend issued by EPA pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA. The Notice of Intent to Suspend was issued following the Agency's issuance of a Data Call-In notice (DCI), which required the registrants of the affected pesticide products containing a certain pesticide active ingredient to take appropriate steps to secure certain data, and following the registrant's failure to submit these data or to take other appropriate steps to secure the required data. The subject data were determined to be required to maintain in effect the existing registrations of the affected products. Failure to comply with the data requirements of a DCI is a basis for suspension of the affected registrations under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA. DATES: The Notice of Intent to Suspend included in this Federal Register notice will become a final and effective suspension order automatically by operation of law 30 days after the date of the registrant's receipt of the mailed Notice of Intent to Suspend or 30 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register (if the mailed Notice of Intent to Suspend is returned to the Administrator as undeliverable, if delivery is refused, or if the Administrator otherwise is unable to accomplish delivery to the registrant after making reasonable efforts to do so), unless during that time a timely and adequate request for a hearing is made by a person adversely affected by the Notice of Intent to Suspend or the registrant has satisfied the Administrator that the registrant has complied fully with the requirements that served as a basis for the Notice of Intent to Suspend. Unit IV., explains what must be done to avoid suspension under this notice (i.e., how to request a hearing or how to comply fully with the requirements that served as a basis for the Notice of Intent to Suspend). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terria Northern, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7093; 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, farm worker 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? EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0338. 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. II. Registrants Issued Notices of Intent to Suspend Active Ingredients, Products Affected, and Dates Issued The Notices of Intent to Suspend was sent via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) return receipt requested to the registrants for the products listed in Table 1 of this unit. Table 1. -- List of Products ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date EPA Issued Registrant Affected Active Ingredient EPA Registration Product Name Notice of Intent Number to Suspend ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nufarm Limited 2,4-D 35935-16 2,4-D Sodium Salt March 4, 2010 Weed Killer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nufarm Limited 2,4-D 35935-19 Technical Sodium March 4, 2010 Salt of 2,4-D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nufarm Americas Inc. 2,4-D 228-123 Riverdale Sodium March 4, 2010 Salt of 2,4-D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Basis for Issuance of Notice of Intent to Suspend; Requirement List The registrants failed to submit the required data or information or to take other appropriate steps to secure the required data for their pesticide products listed in Table 2 of this unit. [[Page 28006]] Table 2. -- List of Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guideline Number Reason for Notice EPA Registration Number as Listed in Requirement Name Date EPA Issued Date Registrant Final Data Due of Intent to Applicable DCI DCI Received DCI Date Suspend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.1100 Acute Oral February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Toxicity 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.1200 Acute Dermal February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Toxicity 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.1300 Acute Inhalation February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Toxicity 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.2400 Acute Eye February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Irritation 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.2500 Acute Dermal February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Irritation 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 870.2600 Skin Sensitization February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1550 Product Identity February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ and Composition 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1600 Description of February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Materials Used to 228-123......................... Produce the Product -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1620 Description of February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Production 228-123......................... Process -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1650 Description of February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Formulation 228-123......................... Process -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1670 Discussion of February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Formation 228-123......................... Impurities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1700 Preliminary February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Analysis 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1750 Certified Limits February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.1800 Enforcement of February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Analytical Method 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6302 Color February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6303 Physical State February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6304 Odor February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 28007]] 35935-16 830.6313 Stability to February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Normal and 228-123......................... Elevated Temperatures, Metals and Metal Ions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6314 Oxidation/ February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Reduction: 228-123......................... Chemical Incompatibility -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6315 Flammability February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6316 Explodability February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6319 Miscibility February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.6321 Dielectric February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35932-28........................ Breakdown Voltage 1235-19......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7000 pH February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7050 UV/Visible February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Absorption 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7100 Viscosity February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7200 Melting Point/ February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Melting Range 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7220 Boiling Point/ February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Boiling Range 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7300 Density/Relative February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Density/Bulk 228-123......................... Density -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7370 Dissociation February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Constants in 228-123......................... Water -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7550 Partition February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Coefficient, 228-123......................... Shake Flask Method -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7570 Partition February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Coefficient, 228-123......................... Estimation by Liquid Chromatograph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7840 Water Solubility: February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Column Elution 228-123......................... Method; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35935-16 830.7860 Water Solubility: February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ Generator Column 228-123......................... Method -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 28008]] 35935-16 830.7950 Vapor Pressure February 28, 2007 March 16, 2007 November 7, 2008 No data received 35935-19........................ 228-123......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. How to Avoid Suspension Under this Notice? 1. You may avoid suspension under this notice if you or another person adversely affected by this notice properly request a hearing within 30 days of your receipt of the Notice of Intent to Suspend by mail or, if you did not receive the notice that was sent to you via USPS first class mail, return receipt requested, then within 30 days from the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. If you request a hearing, it will be conducted in accordance with the requirements of section 6(d) of FIFRA and the Agency's procedural regulations in 40 CFR part 164. Section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA, however, provides that the only allowable issues which may be addressed at the hearing are whether you have failed to take the actions which are the bases of this notice and whether the Agency's decision regarding the disposition of existing stocks is consistent with FIFRA. Therefore, no substantive allegation or legal argument concerning other issues, including but not limited to the Agency's original decision to require the submission of data or other information, the need for or utility of any of the required data or other information or deadlines imposed, any allegations of errors or unfairness in any proceedings before an arbitrator, and the risks and benefits associated with continued registration of the affected product, may be considered in the proceeding. The Administrative Law Judge shall by order dismiss any objections which have no bearing on the allowable issues which may be considered in the proceeding. Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of FIFRA provides that any hearing must be held and a determination issued within 75 days after receipt of a hearing request. This 75-day period may not be extended unless all parties in the proceeding stipulate to such an extension. If a hearing is properly requested, the Agency will issue a final order at the conclusion of the hearing governing the suspension of your product(s). A request for a hearing pursuant to this notice must:Include specific objections which pertain to the allowable issues which may be heard at the hearing. Identify the registrations for which a hearing is requested. Set forth all necessary supporting facts pertaining to any of the objections which you have identified in your request for a hearing. If a hearing is requested by any person other than the registrant, that person must also state specifically why he/she asserts that he/she would be adversely affected by the suspension action described in this notice. Three copies of the request must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk, 1900, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. An additional copy should be sent to the person who signed this notice. The request must be received by the Hearing Clerk by the applicable 30\th\ day deadline as measured from your receipt of the Notice of Intent to Suspend by mail or publication of this notice, as set forth in DATES and in Unit IV.1., in order to be legally effective. The 30-day time limit is established by FIFRA and cannot be extended for any reason. Failure to meet the 30-day time limit will result in automatic suspension of your registration(s) by operation of law and, under such circumstances, the suspension of the registration for your affected product(s) will be final and effective at the close of business on the applicable 30\th\ day deadline as measured from the date of the Notice of Intent to Suspend by mail or the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, as set forth in DATES and in Unit IV.1., and will not be subject to further administrative review. The Agency's rules of practice at 40 CFR 164.7 forbid anyone who may take part in deciding this case, at any stage of the proceeding, from discussing the merits of the proceeding ex parte with any party or with any person who has been connected with the preparation or presentation of the proceeding as an advocate or in any investigative or expert capacity, or with any of their representatives. Accordingly, the following EPA offices, and the staffs thereof, are designated as judicial staff to perform the judicial function of EPA in any administrative hearings on this Notice of Intent to Suspend: The Office of the Administrative Law Judges, the Office of the Environmental Appeals Board, the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, and the members of the staff in the immediate offices of the Administrator and Deputy Administrator. None of the persons designated as the judicial staff shall have any ex parte communication with trial staff or any other interested person not employed by EPA on the merits of any of the issues involved in this proceeding, without fully complying with the applicable regulations. 2. Within the applicable 30 day deadline period as measured from your receipt of the Notice of Intent to Suspend by mail or publication of this notice, as set forth in DATES and in Unit IV.1., the Agency determines that you have taken appropriate steps to comply with the FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In notice. In order to avoid suspension under this option, you must satisfactorily comply with Table 2. -- List of Requirements in Unit II., for each product by submitting all required supporting data/information described in Table 2. of Unit. II. and in the Explanatory Appendix (in the docket for this Federal Register notice) to the following address (preferably by certified mail): Office of Pesticide Programs, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,Washington, DC 20460-0001. For you to avoid automatic suspension under this notice, the Agency must also determine within the applicable 30-day deadline period that you have satisfied the requirements that are the bases of this notice and so notify you in writing. You should submit the necessary data/ information as quickly as possible for there to be any chance the Agency will be able to make the necessary determination in time to avoid suspension of your product(s). The suspension of the registration(s) of your company's product(s) pursuant to this notice will be rescinded when the Agency determines you have complied fully with the requirements which were the bases of this notice. Such [[Page 28009]] compliance may only be achieved by submission of the data/information described in Table 2 of Unit II. V. Status of Products that Become Suspended Your product will remain suspended, however, until the Agency determines you are in compliance with the requirements which are the bases of this notice and so informs you in writing. After the suspension becomes final and effective, the registrant(s) subject to this notice, including all supplemental registrants of product(s) listed in Table 1 of Unit II., may not legally distribute, sell, use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any person, the product(s) listed in Table 1 of Unit II. Persons other than the registrant(s) subject to this notice, as defined in the preceding sentence, may continue to distribute, sell, use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any person, the product(s) listed in Table 1 of Unit II. Nothing in this notice authorizes any person to distribute, sell, use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any person, the product(s) listed in Table 1 of Unit II. in any manner which would have been unlawful prior to the suspension. If the registration(s) for your product(s) listed in Table 1 of Unit II. are currently suspended as a result of failure to comply with another FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In notice or Section 4 Data Requirements notice, this notice, when it becomes a final and effective order of suspension, will be in addition to any existing suspension, i.e., all requirements which are the bases of the suspension must be satisfied before the registration will be reinstated. It is the responsibility of the basic registrant to notify all supplementary registered distributors of a basic registered product that this suspension action also applies to their supplementary registered products. The basic registrant may be held liable for violations committed by their distributors. Any questions about the requirements and procedures set forth in this notice or in the subject FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In notice, should be addressed to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. VI. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? The Agency's authority for taking this action is contained in sections 3(c)(2)(B) and 6(f)(2) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: May 7, 2010. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticides Programs. [FR Doc. 2010-11833 Filed 5-18-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S