[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41482-41483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17404]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332; FRL-8833-9]
Methyl Parathion; Cancellation Order for Certain 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 methyl parathion, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows a April 28, 2010 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in
Table 2 of Unit II. 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 these
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency
received comments on the notice but none merited its further review of
the requests. 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 stocks
provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective July 16, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8126; fax
number: (703) 305-5290; 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-2009-0332. 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
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.--Methyl Parathion Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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4787-33 Cheminova Methyl Parathion
Technical
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67760-43 Cheminova Methyl Parathion 4
EC
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70506-193 PENNCAP-M Microencapsulated
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 above.
Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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4787 Cheminova A/S
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite
700
Arlington, VA 22209
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67760 Cheminova, Inc.
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite
700
Arlington, VA 22209
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70506 United Phosphorus
630 Freedom Business Center,
Suite 402
King of Prussia, PA 19406
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
Two comments from the general public were received. The first
comment was from the Independent Scientific Research Advocates, and
refers to the toxicity issues of organophosphates as a class of
chemicals, and does not specifically refer to this cancellation action
for methyl parathion. The second comment was from the USA Rice
Federation, and notes the concern over the loss of methyl parathion.
USA Rice would like EPA to expedite a replacement chemical for methyl
parathion, and would support the expedition. The Agency does not
believe that the comments submitted during the comment period merit
further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary cancellation,
or further review for purposes of this order.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of methyl parathion 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 16, 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
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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 22402) (FRL-8822-6). 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.
As specified in the Memorandum of Agreement, all use, sales and
distributions of existing stocks of manufacturing-use products will be
prohibited as of December 31, 2012. Registrants are prohibited from
selling and distributing end-use products as of December 31, 2012.
Persons other than the registrants are permitted to sell or distribute
end-use products prior to August 31, 2013. All sales and distributions
of end-use products shall be prohibited as of August 31, 2013, except
for export consistent with section 17 of FIFRA or for proper disposal.
Additionally, all use of existing stocks of the end-use products shall
be prohibited as of December 31, 2013.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: July 7, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-17404 Filed 7-15-10; 8:45 a.m.]
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