Notice2022-27024
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate/Amend Certain Uses
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December 13, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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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 certain product registrations containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos and to amend their chlorpyrifos registrations to terminate one or more 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, or the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled or the 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 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76191-76194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27024]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10469-01-OCSPP]
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel
Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate/
Amend 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 certain
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product registrations containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos and to
amend their chlorpyrifos registrations to terminate one or more 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, or the
registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any
sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be
permitted after the registrations have been cancelled or the 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 January 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, is available at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Additional instructions on visiting the
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is
available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. 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: Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 202-566-0700; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e415e5e4d6662617c7e777c6768617d47607f7b677c676b7d4e6b7e6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c88798988ba0a4a7bab8b1baa1aea7bb81a6b9bda1baa1adbb88adb8a9e6afa7be">[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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
registrants to cancel certain pesticide product registrations and
terminate certain uses of product registrations. These affected
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1
and Table 2 of this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes the names and
addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in Table
1 and Table 2 of this Unit, in sequence by EPA company number. This
company number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration
numbers of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this Unit.
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw
their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register
canceling all of the registrations and terminating uses as requested.
Table 1--Chlorpyrifos Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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Company
Registration No. No. Product name Active ingredients
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62719-34...................... 62719 Lorsban 15G............. Chlorpyrifos.
62719-79...................... 62719 LOCK-ON................. Chlorpyrifos.
62719-220..................... 62719 Lorsban-4E.............. Chlorpyrifos.
62719-221..................... 62719 Lorsban 50W in Water Chlorpyrifos.
Soluble Packets.
62719-254..................... 62719 Dursban 4E-N............ Chlorpyrifos.
62719-301..................... 62719 Lorsban 75WG............ Chlorpyrifos.
62719-353..................... 62719 Dursban F Insecticidal Chlorpyrifos.
Chemical.
62719-355..................... 62719 Dursban R Insecticidal Chlorpyrifos.
Chemical.
62719-575..................... 62719 Cobalt.................. Chlorpyrifos
gamma-Cyhalothrin.
62719-591..................... 62719 Lorsban advanced........ Chlorpyrifos.
62719-615..................... 62719 Cobalt advanced......... Chlorpyrifos.
1381-243...................... 1381 Tundra Supreme.......... Chlorpyrifos Bifenthrin.
83222-34...................... 83222 CPF 15G................. Chlorpyrifos.
83222-20...................... 83222 CPF 4E.................. Chlorpyrifos.
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Table 2--Chlorpyrifos Registrations With Pending Requests for Termination of Specific Use(s)
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Company
Registration No. No. Product name Uses to be terminated
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11678-58....................... 11678 Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos Food uses: Agricultural Crops
Insecticide. [Terrestrial Food Crop, Greenhouse Food
Crop]: Alfalfa; apple; asparagus;
banana; beet (sugar, garden/table,
including crops grown for seed);
blueberry; Brassica (cole) leafy
vegetables (bok choy, broccoli,
broccoli raab, Brussels sprouts,
cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage,
collards, kale, kohlrabi); caneberries;
cherimoya; cherries (sour, sweet);
citrus fruits, corn (field corn, sweet
corn (including corn grown for seed));
cotton; cranberry; cucumber; date;
feijoa; fig; grape; kiwifruit; leek;
legume vegetables (succulent or dried),
mint; nectarine; onion (dry bulb);
peach; peanut; pear; pepper; plum;
prune; pumpkin; radish (including crops
grown for seed); rutabaga; sapote; seed
and pod vegetables; sorghum (milo);
strawberry; sugarcane; sunflower; sweet
potato; tree nuts, turnip; wheat; seed
treatment.
Commercial Livestock Housing: Cattle ear
tags, poultry houses, turkey barns,
swine barns, and dairy barns.
Tobacco.
66222-19....................... 66222 Chlorpyrifos 4E AG....... Food uses: Alfalfa, apple tree trunk,
asparagus, cherries, citrus fruits
(calmondin, chironja, citrus citron,
citrus hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat,
lemons, limes, mandarin, tangerine,
oranges, pummelo, Satsuma mandarin,
tangelo, tangor, and other citrus
fruit), cranberries, figs, grapes;
legume vegetables including adzuki
bean, asparagus bean, bean, blackeyed
pea, broad bean (dry and succulent),
catjang, chickpea, Chinese longbean,
cowpea, crowder pea, dwarf pea, edible
pod pea, English pea, fava bean, field
bean, field pea, garbanzo bean, garden
pea, grain lupin, green pea, guar,
hyacinth bean, jackbean, kidney bean,
lablab bean, lentil, lima bean, moth
bean, mung bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon
pea, pinto bean, rice bean, runner
bean, snap bean snow pea, southern pea,
sugar snap pea, sweet lupin, sword
bean, tepary bean, urd bean, wax bean,
white lupin, white sweet lupin,
yardlong bean; mint (peppermint and
spearmint), plums, prunes, nectarines,
peaches, almonds, onions, peanuts,
pears, sorghum, soybeans, strawberries,
sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet
potatoes, tree fruits, tree nuts,
almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts;
almond, pecan, walnut orchard floors;
vegetables, Brassica (cole) leafy
vegetable (bok choy), cauliflower,
broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
Chinese cabbage, collards, kale,
kohlrabi, turnips, radishes, rutabagas,
wheat, cotton; seed treatment.
Tobacco.
66222-233...................... 66222 Vulcan................... Food uses: Alfalfa, apple, citrus
fruits: calamondin, chironja, citrus
citron, citrus hybrids, grapefruit,
kumquat, lemons, limes, mandarin
(tangerine), oranges, pummelo, Satsuma
mandarin, tangelo, tangor, citrus
orchard floors, corn (field and sweet)
(including corn grown for seed),
cotton, cranberries, figs, grapes;
legume vegetables, including adzuki
bean, asparagus bean, bean, blackeyed
pea, broad bean (dry and succulent),
catjang, chickpea, Chinese longbean,
cowpea, crowder pea, dwarf pea, edible
pod pea, English pea, fava bean, field
bean, field pea, garbanzo bean, garden
pea, grain lupin, green pea, guar,
hyacinth bean, jackbean, kidney bean,
lablab bean, lentil, lima bean, moth
bean, mung bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon
pea, pinto bean, rice bean, runner
bean, snap bean, snow pea, southern
pea, sugar snap pea, sweet lupin, sword
bean, tepary bean, urd bean, wax bean,
white lupin, white sweet lupin,
yardlong bean; mint (peppermint and
spearmint), nectarines, peaches,
almonds, onions (dry bulb), peanuts,
pears, sorghum, soybeans, strawberries,
sugar beets, sunflowers, sweet
potatoes, tree fruits and nuts: almond,
cherry, nectarine, peach, pear, plum,
prune, walnut, filberts; almond, pecan,
and walnut orchard floors; vegetables:
cauliflower, broccoli, broccoli raab,
Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese
cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi,
rutabaga, turnips, radish, wheat; seed
treatment.
Tobacco.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation or Termination of
Uses
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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11678...................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite
100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
66222...................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite
100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
62719...................... Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330 Zionsville
Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
1381....................... Winfield Solutions, LLC, 1080 County Rd., F
West, MS5705, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN
55164.
83222...................... Winfield Solutions, LLC, 1080 County Rd., F
West, MS5705, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN
55164.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking these actions?
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 cancelled or amended to terminate one or
more registered 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 in Table 2 of Unit II 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 Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation
should submit such 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
cancellation action.
If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish a final
cancellation order in the Federal Register. In any order issued in
response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations
and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the
following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the
products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
EPA proposes prohibiting all use of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos
products identified in Tables 1 and 2 for food uses. Because all
chlorpyrifos tolerances expired on February 28, 2022, use of
chlorpyrifos in or on food will result in adulterated food, which
cannot be delivered into interstate commerce. Such use would be
inconsistent with the purposes of FIFRA. EPA is proposing to allow use
of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and
2 for non-food uses identified on the existing labels, as long as such
use is consistent with the label. All other use of existing stocks of
chlorpyrifos products would be prohibited.
Moreover, EPA proposes prohibiting all sale and distribution of
existing stocks of the chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and
2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7
U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal, in accordance with state
regulations. In addition, EPA is working with Corteva and Adama to
develop plans for the return of existing stocks of chlorpyrifos to the
registrants. Corteva and Adama are developing plans for the return of
existing stocks of chlorpyrifos to the registrants. Subject to EPA
approval, the terms and conditions of these plans will be implemented
through the Cancellation Orders governing the distribution of these
products under those return programs. If EPA and Corteva and Adama can
come to agreement on those plans, EPA intends to include in the final
cancellation order terms allowing for distribution consistent with
those return programs.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: December 8, 2022.
Mary Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-27024 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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