81 FR 83237 - Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 224 (November 21, 2016)

Page Range		83237-83238
FR Document		2016-27982

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 certain pesticide registrations. 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 withdraw its 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 only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 224 (Monday, November 21, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517; FRL-9953-56]


Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain 
Pesticide Registrations

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 certain pesticide registrations. 
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 withdraw its 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 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 May 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
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.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
    Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional 
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 
email 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.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from 
registrants to cancel 18 pesticide products registered under FIFRA 
section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). These 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company 
number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 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 affected registrations.

                          Table 1--Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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           Registration No.              Company No.           Product name               Active ingredient
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100-991..............................             100  Clipper 50 WP...............  Paclobutrazol.
100-992..............................             100  Bonzi 50 WP.................  Paclobutrazol.
432-1563.............................             432  Throttle XP Herbicide.......  Sulfentrazone, Sulfometuron
                                                                                      & Chlorsulfuron.
66222-65.............................           66222  Apollo 42% Ovicide/Miticide.  Clofentezine.
AR-130002............................             241  Pursuit Herbicide...........  Imazethapyr, ammonium salt.
CA-150005............................           62719  Closer SC...................  Sulfoxaflor.
FL-140008............................             100  Revus Fungicide.............  Mandipropamide Technical.
GA-080004............................             100  Reward Landscape and Aquatic  Diquat dibromide.
                                                        Herbicide.
ID-150005............................             264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/      Spiromesifen.
                                                        Miticide.
OR-050002............................             264  Rovral 4 Flowable Fungicide.  Iprodione.
OR-150005............................             264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/      Spiromesifen.
                                                        Miticide.
OR-150006............................             264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/      Spiromesifen.
                                                        Miticide.
OR-990010............................            2935  Supreme Oil.................  Mineral oil--includes
                                                                                      paraffin oil from 063503.
PA-150003............................             100  Heritage Fungicide..........  Azoxystrobin.
TX-090010............................           56228  Compound DRC-1339             Starlicide.
                                                        Concentrate-Feedlots.
WA-150009............................           62719  Transform WG................  Sulfoxaflor.
WA-150010............................             264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/      Spiromesifen.
                                                        Miticide.
WA-980023............................            2935  Supreme Oil.................  Mineral oil--includes
                                                                                      paraffin oil from 063503.
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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 this unit.

         Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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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.
241......................  BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
                            13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-
                            3528.
264......................  Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W. Alexander
                            Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle
                            Park, NC 27709.
432......................  Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
                            Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T. W. Alexander
                            Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
2935.....................  Wilbur-Ellis Company, LLC, 2903 S. Cedar
                            Ave., Fresno, CA 93725.
56228....................  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
                            Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
                            Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
62719....................  Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd.
                            308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
66222....................  Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A
                            Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100,
                            Raleigh, NC 27604.
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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. FIFRA further provides that, 
before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of 
any such request in the Federal Register. EPA will provide a 180-day 
comment period on the proposed requests. Thereafter, the EPA 
Administrator may approve such a request.

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. Because the Agency has identified no significant 
potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon 
cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA 
anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation 
Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants will be 
prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in 
Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 
(7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants 
will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks 
until such 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: October 18, 2016.
Delores J. Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-27982 Filed 11-18-16; 8:45 am]
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83238 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 224 / Monday, November 21, 2016 / Notices

Table 2 of this unit includes the this unit, in sequence by EPA company numbers of the products listed in this
names and addresses of record for all number. This number corresponds to unit.
registrants of the products in Table 1 of the first part of the EPA registration

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION
EPA Company Company name and address
No.

100 .................... Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–8300.
241 .................... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–3528.
264 .................... Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
432 .................... Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709.
2935 .................. Wilbur-Ellis Company, LLC, 2903 S. Cedar Ave., Fresno, CA 93725.
56228 ................ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD
20737.
62719 ................ Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd. 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268–1054.
66222 ................ Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.

III. What is the Agency’s authority for these pesticide products, upon Committee. The Congressionally-
taking this Action? cancellation of the products identified established Advisory Committee holds
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA anticipates quarterly meetings in which its primary
136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of allowing registrants to sell and task is to advise the Bank concerning its
a pesticide product may at any time distribute existing stocks of these policy and programs, in particular on
request that any of its pesticide products for 1 year after publication of the extent to which the Bank is meeting
registrations be canceled. FIFRA further the Cancellation Order in the Federal its mandate to provide competitive
provides that, before acting on the Register. Thereafter, registrants will be financing that equips U.S. exporters to
request, EPA must publish a notice of prohibited from selling or distributing compete for business in the global
receipt of any such request in the the pesticides identified in Table 1 of marketplace. Pending approval by
Federal Register. EPA will provide a Unit II., except for export consistent EXIM’s Board of Directors, the first
180-day comment period on the with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) meeting of the 2017 Advisory
proposed requests. Thereafter, the EPA or for proper disposal. Persons other
Committee is scheduled to be held in
Administrator may approve such a than registrants will generally be
late January 2017.
request. allowed to sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks until such stocks are The nomination period will be open
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of exhausted, provided that such sale, for four weeks beginning Wednesday,
Request distribution, or use is consistent with November 16–Friday, December 16,
Registrants who choose to withdraw a the terms of the previously approved 2016.
request for cancellation should submit labeling on, or that accompanied, the Companies and supporters of
such withdrawal in writing to the canceled products. potential nominees must submit a letter
person listed under FOR FURTHER Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. on company letterhead stating reasons
INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products
Dated: October 18, 2016. why their candidate should be
have been subject to a previous
Delores J. Barber, considered for the Advisory Committee.
cancellation action, the effective date of
cancellation and all other provisions of Director, Information Technology and Self-nominations are permitted. All
any earlier cancellation action are Resources Management Division, Office of nomination forms must be completed
controlling. Pesticide Programs. and signed by all potential candidates.
[FR Doc. 2016–27982 Filed 11–18–16; 8:45 am] All nominations are due COB Friday,
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P December 16, 2016. Please email the
candidate questionnaire form and
Existing stocks are those stocks of additional information including
registered pesticide products that are supporter letters on letterhead to:
currently in the United States and that EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
tia.pitt@exim.gov.
were packaged, labeled, and released for 2017 Exim Bank Advisory Committee
shipment prior to the effective date of Nomination Process Attachment
the cancellation action. Because the
Candidate Questionnaire Form
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before May 22, 2017.
Contact		Christopher Green, Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367;
FR Citation		81 FR 83237