Notice2021-23178
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses
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October 25, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain products and to amend certain product registrations to terminate uses. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled and uses terminated only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 203 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58906-58908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23178]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513; FRL-9119-01-OCSPP]
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain
Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests
by the registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain
products and to amend certain product registrations to terminate uses.
EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period
for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments
within the comment period that would merit its further review of the
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. If these
requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed
in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been
cancelled and uses terminated only if such sale, distribution, or use
is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Registration Division
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher
Green.
Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration
Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01667364646f2f6269736872756e71696473416471602f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a7d687f7f743479726873696e756a727f685a7f6a7b347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html">http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html</a>.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to cancel and terminate certain uses product registrations. The
affected products and the registrants making the requests are
identified in Table 1, Table 1A, Table 2 and Table 3 of this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling and
amending the affected registrations.
Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Active
Registration No. Company No. Product name ingredients
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279-3125 279 Fury 1.5 EC Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
279-3248 279 Z-Cype 0.8 EW Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
279-3249 279 Z-Cype 0.8 EC Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
279-3297 279 0.344% F0570 OTC Zeta-
Granular Cypermethrin.
Insecticide.
279-3298 279 0.258% F0570 OTC Zeta-
Granular Cypermethrin.
Insecticide.
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279-3299 279 0.129% F0570 OTC Zeta-
Granular Cypermethrin.
Insecticide.
279-3327 279 Zeta-Cype 0.8EC Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
279-3328 279 Zeta-Cype 0.8EW Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
279-3381 279 Zeta-Cype 0.8 EC Zeta-
HSL Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
2693-190 2693 Micron CSC Super Cuprous oxide &
with Bio-Lux 1,3,5-Triazine-
Blue. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-197 2693 VC 17M with 1,3,5-Triazine-
Biolux Original. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
2693-198 2693 VC 17M with 1,3,5-Triazine-
Biolux Red. 2,4-diamine, N-
cyclopropyl-N'-
(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-
6-(methylthio)-
.
9688-295 9688 Chemsico Fire Bifenthrin.
Ant Killer 6B.
33270-12 33270 Tremor.......... Acetochlor.
34704-887 34704 Cypermethrin 25. Cypermethrin.
34704-897 34704 Cypro Cypermethrin.
Termiticide/
Insecticide.
42750-106 42750 Acetochlor 4.3 + Atrazine &
ATZ 1.7. Acetochlor.
42750-108 42750 Acetochlor 3.1 + Atrazine &
ATZ 2.5. Acetochlor.
42750-201 42750 Fluroxypyr + Fluroxypyr-
Clopyralid. meptyl &
Clopyralid,
monoethanolami
ne salt.
42750-203 42750 Fluroxypyr + 2,4- 2,4-D, 2-
D. ethylhexyl
ester &
Fluroxypyr-
meptyl.
42750-204 42750 Fluroxypyr 26.2% Fluroxypyr-
EC. meptyl.
55467-17 55467 Volunteer 2EC Clethodim.
Herbicide.
62719-536 62719 Starane NXTCP... Bromoxynil
octanoate &
Fluroxypyr-
meptyl.
71173-1 71173 Acrocide........ Acrolein.
71173-2 71173 AcroCide H Acrolein.
Herbicide.
ID-080005 62719 Starane NXT..... Bromoxynil
octanoate &
Fluroxypyr-
meptyl.
ID-130010 34704 Colt CF Clopyralid &
Herbicide. Fluroxypyr-
meptyl.
FL-090011 279 Mustang Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
FL-100002 279 Mustang Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
KS-120001 55467 Tenkoz Atrazine Atrazine.
4L Herbicide.
NE-130001 279 F9114 EC Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
TX-100011 279 Mustang Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
TX-100012 279 Mustang Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
WI-180008 279 F9114 EC Zeta-
Insecticide. Cypermethrin.
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Table 1A--Product Registration With Pending Request for Cancellation
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Active
Registration No. Company No. Product name ingredients
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100-1431 100 Gramoxone SL 2.0 Paraquat
dichloride.
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The registrant of the registration listed in Table 1A, has
requested the date of March 30, 2022, for the effective date of
cancellation.
Table 2--Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be terminated
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19713-97 19713 Drexel Linuron 4L.... Linuron.............. Post-harvest, crop
stubble, fallow
ground stale seedbed
(under soybean use
directions).
19713-158 19713 Linuron Flake Linuron.............. Terrestrial Non-
Technical. Cropland Uses (such
as roadsides and
fencerows).
19713-251 19713 Drexel Linuron DF.... Linuron.............. Non-crop weed control
(on all non-cropland
areas including
roadsides and
fencerows).
19713-368 19713 Drexel Linuron Linuron.............. Terrestrial Non-
Technical 2. Cropland Uses (such
as roadsides and
fencerows).
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Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table 2
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, Table 1A and Table 2 of this unit.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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100............................... Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410
Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
279............................... FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
2693.............................. International Paint, LLC, 6001
Antoine Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
9688.............................. Chemsico, A Division of United
Industries Corp., One Rider Trail
Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Earth City,
MO 63045-1313.
19713............................. Drexel Chemical Company, P.O. Box
13327, Memphis, TN 38113-0327.
33270............................. Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box
64589, St. Paul, MN 55164-0589.
34704............................. Loveland Products, Inc., P.O. Box
1286, Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
42750............................. Albaugh, LLC, 1525 NE 36th Street,
Ankeny, IA 50021.
55467............................. Tenkoz, Inc., 1725 Windward
Concourse, Suite 410, Alpharetta,
GA 30005.
62719............................. Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330
Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN
46268.
71173............................. Multi-Chem Group, LLC--Odessa, 6155
W Murphy St., Odessa, TX 79763-
7511.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) 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.
Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that
before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide
a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary
cancellation or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C)
(7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment
period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any
minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment
period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation or use termination should submit the withdrawal in writing
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the
products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier
cancellation action are controlling.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish the
cancellation order in the Federal Register.
In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation
of product registrations and amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes
to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing
stocks of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table 2 of Unit
II.
For Product 100-1431
For product 100-1431 listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant
has requested March 30, 2022, as the effective date of cancellation,
registrants will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of
voluntarily canceled products for 1 year after the effective date of
the cancellation, which will be March 30, 2023. Thereafter, registrants
will be prohibited from selling or distributing the product identified
in Table 1A of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section
17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
For all other voluntary product cancellations, listed in Table 1 of
Unit II, registrants will be permitted to sell and distribute existing
stocks of voluntarily canceled products for 1 year after the effective
date of the cancellation, which will be the date of publication of the
cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants
will be prohibited from selling or distributing the products identified
in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section
17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to terminate uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period
of 18 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the
cancellation order, unless other restrictions have been imposed.
Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing
the products whose labels include the terminated uses identified in
Table 2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17
or for proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products & products whose labels include
the terminated uses 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 & terminated uses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: October 15, 2021.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-23178 Filed 10-22-21; 8:45 am]
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