Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
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 ...
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:
mckee.alex@epa.gov.
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
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
( printed page 86134)
Docket is (703) 305-5805. 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 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
Registration No.
Company No.
Product name
Active ingredients
66222-10
66222
Diazinon 50W
Diazinon.
TX040026
66222
Diazinon AG500
Diazinon.
ID070003
66222
Diazinon AG600 WBC Insecticide
Diazinon.
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.
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
EPA company No.
Company name and address
66222
Adama US, 8601 Six Forks Road, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27615.
Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, 225 Schilling Boulevard, Suite 300, Collierville, TN 38017.
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.
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88 FR 86133
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