[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30824-30825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12925]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0723; FRL-8828-4]
Methidathion; Cancellation Order for Pesticide Registrations
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 registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing methidathion, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows a April 7, 2010, Federal
Register notice of receipt of requests from the registrants listed in
Unit II., Table 2, of this notice, to voluntarily cancel these product
registrations. These are the last products containing this pesticide
registered for use in the United States. In the April 7, 2010 notice,
EPA indicated that it would issue an order 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. 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 granting the requested cancellations. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order,
including any existing stock provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective December 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose Gayoso, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8652; fax number: (703) 308-8005; 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, agricultural advocates, the chemical industry, pesticide users,
and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use
of pesticides. Since others may also 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-2008-0723. 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 for 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. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the cancellations, as requested by
registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1
of this unit.
Table 1.--Methidathion Product Cancellations
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Registration Number Product Name Chemical Name
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100-530 Methidathion Methidathion
Technical
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10163-236 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-244 Supracide 25-W Methidathion
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10163-245 Methidathion Methidathion
Technical
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10163-AZ-00-0005 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-CA-01-0002 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-CA-01-0009 Supracide 25-W Methidathion
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10163-CA-01-0011 Supracide 25-W Methidathion
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10163-CA-02-0002 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-CA-04-0023 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-CO-01-0003 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-FL-99-0013 Supracide 25-W Methidathion
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10163-ID-00-0005 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-ID-04-0007 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-KS-05-0006 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-MT-00-0008 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-NV-00-0001 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-NV-01-0001 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-OK-05-0003 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-OR-00-0010 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-OR-02-0018 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-TX-05-0003 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-UT-00-0006 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-WA-00-0006 Supracide 2E Methidathion
Insecticide
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10163-WY-05-0001 Supracide 2E Methidathion
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. This number corresponds to the first part of the
EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1 of this
unit.
Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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000100 Syngenta Crop Protection,
Inc., P. O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300
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010163 Gowan Company, P. O. Box
5569, Yuma, AZ 85366-5569
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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 7, 2010 Federal Register notice (75 FR 17735;
FRL-8819-1) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for
voluntary cancellations of products listed in Unit II., Table 1.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of methidathion registrations identified in Unit II.,
Table 1. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product
registrations identified in Unit II., Table 1 are canceled. The
effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this notice
is December 30, 2012. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks
of the products identified in Unit II., Table 1, in a manner
inconsistent with any of the provisions for disposition of existing
stocks set forth in Unit VI. of this notice will be 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 the request in the Federal Register.
Thereafter, following the public comment period, the EPA Administrator
may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was
published for comment on April 7, 2010. The comment period closed on
May 7, 2010.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
which are currently in the United States and were packaged, labeled,
and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the action.
The existing stock provisions for the products subject to this order
are as follows:
After December 31, 2012, registrants are prohibited from selling or
distributing existing stocks of products containing methidathion
labeled for all uses.
After December 31, 2014, persons other than registrants are
prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products
containing methidathion labeled for all uses.
After December 31, 2014, existing stocks of products containing
methidathion labeled for all uses, already in the hands of users can be
used legally until they are exhausted, provided that the use complies
with the EPA approved label and labeling of the affected product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 21, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-12925 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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