Notice2023-09393
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses
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May 3, 2023
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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 registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain products containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos, or 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 registrant withdraws their request. 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 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27882-27884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09393]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10923-01-OCSPP]
Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To 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 registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain
products containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos, or 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
registrant withdraws their request. 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 June 2, 2023, whichever
occurs later.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, is available online 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 (7508M), 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#410e111102292d2e3331383328272e32082f30342833282432012431206f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86c9d6d6c5eeeae9f4f6fff4efe0e9f5cfe8f7f3eff4efe3f5c6e3f6e7a8e1e9f0">[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/where-send-comments-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-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 or
terminate certain uses of product registrations. These affected
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1
and 2 of this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes the names and
addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in
Tables 1 and 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 Tables 1 and 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 a final order in the Federal
Register cancelling registrations and terminating uses as requested.
Table 1--Chlorpyrifos Registrations With Pending Requests for Termination of Specific Uses
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Uses to be terminated
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11678-58..................... 11678 Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos Food processing plants.
Insecticide.
66222-19..................... 66222 Chlorpyrifos 4E AG...... Food processing and food manufacturing
sites.
66222-233.................... 66222 Vulcan.................. Food processing and food manufacturing
sites.
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85724-10..................... 85724 Akofos 48 EC............ Food uses: Alfalfa, apple (including
apple tree trunk), asparagus,
cherries, citrus fruits (calamondin,
chironja, citrus citron, citrus
hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat, lemons,
limes, mandarin (tangerine), oranges,
pummelo, Satsuma mandarin, tangelo,
tangor, and other citrus fruit, small
transplanted grapefruit, orange, and
other citrus trees), corn, cotton,
cranberries, figs, grapes, legume
vegetables (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, English 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,
peanuts, pears, sorghum grain (milo),
soybeans, strawberries, sugar beets,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tree
fruits (apples, pears, plums, prunes,
peaches, nectarines), tree nuts
(almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts),
vegetables (rutabaga, broccoli,
Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower,
Chinese cabbage, collards, kale,
kohlrabi, turnips, radishes), wheat,
and food processing plants.
Nonfood uses: Tobacco.
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Table 2--Chlorpyrifos Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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EPA registration No. Product name Company Active ingredients
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228-620................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2.32% G NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-621................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 1.0% MCB NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-624................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 4 NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
228-625................... Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2 NuFarm Americas, Inc..... Chlorpyrifos.
Insecticide.
53883-394................. CSI 16-150 Chlorpyrifos 42......... Control Solutions, Inc... Chlorpyrifos.
53883-407................. CSI 16-149 Chlorpyrifos 20......... Control Solutions, Inc... Chlorpyrifos.
84229-25.................. Chlorpyrifos 4E AG................. Tide International USA, Chlorpyrifos.
Inc.
84229-26.................. Chlorpyrifos 15G................... Tide International USA, Chlorpyrifos.
Inc.
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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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228...................... NuFarm, 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101,
Morrisville, NC 27560.
11678.................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
53883.................... Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red
Bluffs Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507.
66222.................... ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
Raleigh, NC 27604.
84229.................... Tide International USA, Inc., Agent Name:
Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110
136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
85724.................... AAKO B.V., c/o Ceres International, LLC, 1087
Heartsease Dr., West Chester, PA 19382.
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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 registrant requests 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 3 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 or
withdraw a request for a use termination 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.
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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.
All chlorpyrifos tolerances expired in the Federal Register on
February 28, 2022 (87 FR 11222) (FRL-5993-05-OCSPP) and in the Federal
Register on August 31, 2022 (86 FR 48315) (FRL-5993-04-OCSPP).
Therefore, any food or animal feed treated with chlorpyrifos after
February 28, 2022, is considered adulterated and cannot be delivered
into interstate commerce. Consequently, EPA plans to prohibit existing
stocks of chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit 2
for food uses. Use of the products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit
II are permitted on non-food use sites, as long as such use is
consistent with the label. 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 Control Solutions,
Inc. to develop plans for the return of existing stocks of their
chlorpyrifos products. EPA will include in the final cancellation order
terms allowing for distribution consistent with that return program.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Pesticide and pests, Cancellation.
Dated: April 28, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-09393 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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