[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8942-8943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4083]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0977; FRL-8813-6]
Maneb; Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Order.
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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 the pesticide maneb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows a January 6, 2010 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrant, Drexel
Chemical Company, to voluntarily cancel these product registrations.
These are not the last products containing this pesticide registered
for use in the United States. In the January 6, 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 registrant withdrew their requests within this period. The
Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the
registrant 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 February 26, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; fax
number: (703) 308-8090; 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-2009-0977. 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, as requested by
registrants, of products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1.
Table 1.--Maneb Product Cancellations
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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019713-00378 Drexel Manzeb 80W
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019713-00379 IDA, Inc. Maneb 80W
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019713-00380 Drexel Manzi Flowable
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019713-00381 IDA Maneb 4L
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Table 2 below includes the name and address of record for the
registrant of the products listed in Table 1.
Table 2.--Registrant of Canceled Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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019713 Drexel Chemical Company
1700 Channel Ave.
P. O. Box 13327
Memphis, TN 38113
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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 January 6, 2010 Federal Register notice announcing
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellation of the
products listed in Table 1.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
cancellations of the maneb registrations identified in Table 1.
Accordingly, the Agency orders that the product registrations
identified in Table 1 are hereby canceled. Any distribution, sale, or
use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 in a
manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for Disposition of
Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be considered 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. 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
Administrator may approve such a request.
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. EPA anticipates allowing sale, distribution and
use in the cancellation order as described below.
1. The registrant may continue to sell or distribute existing
stocks of maneb
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end-use products until such stocks are exhausted.
2. Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or
distribute existing stocks of maneb products identified in Table 1 with
previously approved labeling until such stocks are exhausted.
3. Persons other than the registrant may use the maneb end use
products identified in Table 1 until exhausted. Any use of existing
stocks must be in a manner consistent with the previously approved
labeling for that product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: February 18, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-4083 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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