[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54147-54148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21952]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0452; FRL-8842-6]
Product 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 cancellation of the
product, Biter Fighter, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. The
cancellation was voluntarily requested by the registrant, Ticks and
Mosquitoes, LLC., and accepted by EPA. This cancellation order follows
a June 9, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the
registrant to voluntarily cancel this product registration. In the June
9, 2010 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing
the cancellation, 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 his request. The Agency
did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did
not withdraw his request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice
a cancellation order granting the requested cancellation. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the product subject to this cancellation
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order,
including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellation is effective September 3, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Cole, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5412; fax
number: (703) 305-0118; 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-2010-0452. 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 cancellation of the product, Biter
Fighter, EPA Registration Number 75771-1, registered under FIFRA
section 3. Cancellation of the product, Biter Figher, containing the
chemicals calcium lactate and urea, was requested by the registrant,
Ticks or Mosquitoes,
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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 June 9, 2010 Federal Register notice announcing the
Agency's receipt of the request for voluntary cancellation of this
product.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellation of the registration of the product, Biter Fighter, EPA
Registration Number 75771-1. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that
the product registration is canceled. The effective date of the
cancellation that is the subject of this notice is September 3, 2010.
Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the product, Biter
Fighter, EPA Registration Number 75771-1, 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 of requests to voluntarily cancel
the registration of Biter Fighter was published for comment in the
Federal Register issue of June 9, 2010 (75 FR 32766) (FRL-8828-1). The
comment period closed on July 9, 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
cancellation action. The existing stocks provisions for the product
subject to this order are as follows.
The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks
of Biter Fighter, EPA Registration Number 75771-1, until September 6,
2011, which is 1 year after the publication of this Cancellation Order
in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from
selling or distributing Biter Fighter, except for export in accordance
with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. Persons other than the
registrant may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of Biter
Fighter until existing stocks 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 product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: August 23, 2010.
W. Michael McDavit.
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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