Notice2023-27191
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
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Published
December 12, 2023
Effective
December 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the diazinon products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows an October 23, 2023, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the October 23, 2023, 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 registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received a comment on the notice, but it did not merit further review of the requests. Further, the registrants 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86133-86134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27191]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0351, FRL-11606-01-OCSPP]
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 cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
the diazinon products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This
cancellation order follows an October 23, 2023, Federal Register Notice
of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit
II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the October
23, 2023, 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 registrants withdrew their
requests. The Agency received a comment on the notice, but it did not
merit further review of the requests. Further, the registrants 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 December 12, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex McKee, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1939; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9a4aaa2acace7a8a5acb189acb9a8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8b5bbb3bdbdf6b9b4bda098bda8b9f6bfb7ae">[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. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0351, is available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP
[[Page 86134]]
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by
registrant(s), of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C.
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration
number in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1--Product Cancellations
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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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66222-10................................ 66222 Diazinon 50W.............. Diazinon.
TX040026................................ 66222 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
ID070003................................ 66222 Diazinon AG600 WBC Diazinon.
Insecticide.
ID030018................................ 66222 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
CA050002................................ 66222 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
ID020003................................ 5905 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
GA020002................................ 5905 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
GA020003................................ 5905 Diazinon AG500............ Diazinon.
19713-492............................... 19713 Drexel Diazinon 50WP...... Diazinon.
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Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products in Table 1 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 of this
unit.
Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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66222.................................. Adama US, 8601 Six Forks Road,
Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27615.
19713.................................. Drexel Chemical Company, 1700
Channel Avenue, P.O. Box
13327, Memphis, TN 38113.
5905................................... Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC,
225 Schilling Boulevard, Suite
300, Collierville, TN 38017.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
The Agency received one comment on the October 23, 2023 ``Notice of
Receipt.'' The comment did not specify the products listed in Table 1
of Unit II. or address any aspect of voluntary product cancellations.
EPA has determined that this comment does not merit further review or a
denial of those cancellations.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby
approves the requested cancellations of the registrations identified in
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled.
The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this
notice is December 12, 2023. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing
stocks of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 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 (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. Thereafter, following the public comment period, the EPA
Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for
this action was published for comment in the Federal Register on
October 23, 2023 (88 FR 72752) (FRL 11516-01-OCSPP). The comment period
closed on November 22, 2023.
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 products
subject to this order are as follows.
The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks
of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until December 12, 2024,
which is 1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the
Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from
selling or distributing products listed in Table 1, except for export
in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper
disposal. Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or
use existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. 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 products.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: December 7, 2023.
Timothy Kiely,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-27191 Filed 12-11-23; 8:45 am]
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