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-2022-0223, is available at https://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 (202) 566-1744. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

This notice announces the cancellation, 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 and Table 1A of this unit.

The registration listed in Table 1A of Unit II, requested the effective date of cancellation to be, March 3, 2022.

Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 and Table 1A 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.

III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments

The Agency received seven comments on the notice regarding the registrations containing the ingredient chlorpyrifos. The chlorpyrifos registrations have been removed from this cancellation order. The cancellation order and comments received for the registrations containing the ingredient chlorpyrifos can be found in the cancellation order, published in the Federal Register of August 31, 2022 (87 FR 53473) (FRL-10138-01-OCSPP). During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments in response to the April 28, 2022, Federal Register notice announcing the ( printed page 56413) Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of all other products listed in this cancellation order in Table 1 and Table 1A 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 and Table 1A of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit II, are canceled. The effective date of the cancellation listed in Table 1A of Unit II, is effective March 3, 2022. The effective date of the cancellations in Table 1 of Unit II, that are the subject of this notice is September 14, 2022. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 and Table 1A 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?

FIFRA section 6(f)(1) (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 April 28, 2022 (87 FR 25256) (FRL-9723-01-OCSPP). The comment period closed on May 31, 2022.

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.

For the registration MT-120005, listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant requested the effective date of cancellation to be March 3, 2022. The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of the product listed in Table 1A of Unit II, until March 3, 2023. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from selling or distributing the product listed in Table 1A of Unit II, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper disposal.

The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until September 14, 2023, 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 of Unit II, 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 and Table 1A 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 cancelled products.

Authority:7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

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