[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40825-40827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17020]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0760; FRL-8833-4]
Clofencet; Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing clofencet, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows an April 28, 2010 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the registrant Monsanto
Company to voluntarily cancel all these product registrations. These
are the last products containing this pesticide registered for use in
the United States. In the April 28, 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 this request, or unless the
registrant withdrew their request. The Agency did not receive any
comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their
request. 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
stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective July 14, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilhelmena Livingston, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8025; 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, 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-2009-0760. 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. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces the cancellations, as requested by
registrant, 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.--Clofencet Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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524-479 Genesis Hybridizing Agent
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524-481 Mon 21200 Technical
Registration
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524-482 Mon 21233 Manufacturing Use
Product
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit, by EPA company
number. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA
registration numbers of the products listed above.
Table 2.--Registrant of Cancelled Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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524 Monsanto Company
1300 I Street N.W.
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20005
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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 28, 2010 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the request for voluntary cancellation of
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellation of clofencet registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit
II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product
registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled. The
effective date of the cancellations that are subject of this notice is
July 14, 2010. 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 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 EPA Administrator may approve
such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for
comment on April 28, 2010 (75 FR 22404) (FRL-8822-1). The comment
period closed on May 28, 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 which were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this
order is as follows.
For voluntary cancellations, the registrant may continue to sell
and distribute existing stocks of product listed in Table 1 until July
14, 2011, which is 1 year after publication of this cancellation order
in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from
selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. except
for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products until supplies are exhausted,
provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the
terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the
canceled products.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: July 1, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-17020 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 am]
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