82 FR 39580 - Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 160 (August 21, 2017)

This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a November 21, 2016 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 November 21, 2016 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39580-39581]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17632]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0517; FRL-9964-28]


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 products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a November 21, 2016 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 November 21, 
2016 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing 
the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments 
within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review 
of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. 
The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. 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 applicable August 21, 2017.

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. 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-2016-0517, is available at http://www.regulations.gov 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 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces the cancellations, as requested by 
registrants, 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. The following registration numbers that 
were listed in the Federal Register of November 21, 2016 (81 FR 83237) 
(FRL-9953-56) have already been cancelled in a previous Federal 
Register notice: 66222-65, FL-140008, OR-990010 and WA-980023 on March 
22, 2017 (82 FR 14718) (FRL-9958-51).

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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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.
AR-130002.................................                241  Pursuit Herbicide.......  Imazethapyr, ammonium
                                                                                          salt.
CA-150005.................................              62719  Closer SC...............  Sulfoxaflor.
GA-080004.................................                100  Reward Landscape and      Diquat dibromide.
                                                                Aquatic Herbicide.
ID-150005.................................                264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/  Spiromesifen.
                                                                Miticide.
OR-050002.................................                264  Rovral 4 Flowable         Iprodione.
                                                                Fungicide.
OR-150005.................................                264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/  Spiromesifen.
                                                                Miticide.
OR-150006.................................                264  Oberon 4 SC Insecticide/  Spiromesifen.
                                                                Miticide.
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.
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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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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.
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.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments 
in response to the November 21, 2016 Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of 
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

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 August 21, 2017. 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 of 
November 21, 2016. The comment period closed on May 22, 2017.

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 August 21, 2018, 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: June 28, 2017.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-17632 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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