Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA, provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. The Act further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the Administrator may approve such a request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from registrants to delete uses in the 31 pesticide registrations listed in the following Table 1. These registrations are listed by registration number, product names, active ingredients and the specific uses deleted. Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before February 22, 1998 to discuss withdrawal of the applications for amendment. This 180-day period will also permit interested members of the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency approval of the deletion. Note: Registration number(s) preceded by ** indicate a 30-day comment period.

Table 1. -- Registrations with Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA Reg No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 000400-00399........... Terraclor 75% Wettable PCNB Foliar use on peanuts Powder 000400-00402........... Terraclor 10% Granular PCNB Foliar use on peanuts

000400-00453........... Terraclor Flowable PCNB Foliar use on peanuts Fungicide 000435-00454........... SBP-1382 Insecticide Resmethrin Use on dogs and cats Aqueous Pressurized Spray 0.35% 000432-00482........... SBP-1382/Bioallethrin d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats Aqueous Pressurized Spray Resmethrin 000432-00492........... SBP-1382 Aqueous Resmethrin Use on dogs and cats Pressurized Spray 000432-00507........... SBP-1382/Bioallethrin 0.20% d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats to 0.125% Aqueous Resmethrin Pressurized Spray 000432-00536........... SBP-1382/Bioallethrin d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats Aqueous Pressurized Spray Resmethrin 000432-00543........... SBP-1382 Insecticide Resmethrin Use on dogs and cats Transparent Emulsion Spray 0.35% 000432-00548........... SBP-1382 Insecticide Resmethrin Use on dogs and cats Transparent Emulsion Spray 0.25% 000432-00593........... SBP-1382/Bioallethrin 0.2 + d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats 0.4 II Resmethrin 000432-00626........... SBP-1382/Esbiothrin/PBO d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats Insecticide Aqueous Piperonyl; Resmethrin Pressurized Spray 0.20% + 0.10% + 0.40% 000432-00627........... SBP-1382/Esbiothrin/PBO S-Bioallethrin; Piperonyl; Use on dogs and cats Insecticide Aqueous Resmethrin Pressurized Spray 0.2% + 0.4% + 1.6% 000432-00631........... SBP-1382/Esbiothrin/ d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats Piperonyl Butoxide Piperonyl butoxide; Insecticide Aqueoous Resmethrin Pressurized Spray 0.20% + 0.20% + 0.80% 000432-00685........... Ultra TEC Insecticide with Piperonyl butoxide; Use on dogs Pyrethrins/PBO Pyrethrins 000432-00688........... Pyrethrins/Piperonyl Piperonyl butoxide; Use on dogs Butoxide Transparent Pyrethrins Emulsion Spray 0.1% + 1.0% 000432-00690........... Pyrethrins/Piperonyl Piperonyl; Pyrethrins Use on dogs Butoxide Transparent Emulsion Spray 0.15% + 1.5% 000432-00722........... SBP-1382/Bioallethrin/ d-Trans-Allethrin; Use on dogs and cats Piperonyl Butoxide Piperonyl butoxide; Insecticide Aqueous Resmethrin Pressurized Spray 002217-00145........... Garden Protector 1% Rotenone; Cube Resins Terrestrial food crops 004816-00353........... Drione Insecticide Piperonyl Butoxide; Use on dogs and cats Pyrethrins; Silica gel 004816-00442........... Multi-Purpose Pyrenone Piperonyl; Pyrethrins Use on dogs Insecticide Concentrate 004816-00468........... Pyrenone Plus Repellent Butoxypolypropylene Use on dogs and cats Glycol; Pipernoyl; Pyrethrins 004816-00514........... Pyrenone 25-5 M.A.G.C. Piperonyl butoxide; Use on dogs Pyrethrins 004816-00558........... M.A.G. 3-6-10 N-Octyl bicyclohep tene Use on dogs dicarboximide; Piperonyl butoxide; Pyrethrins 004816-00567........... Pyrenone M.A.G.C. 5-1 Piperonyl butoxide; Use on dogs Pyrethrins 004816-00706........... Pyrenone 25-2.5 WP Piperonyl; Pyrethrins Use on dogs 004816-00708........... 123 M.A.G. N-Octyl bicycloheptene Use on dogs dicarboximide; Piperonyl; Pyrethrins

**040083-00001......... Lindane Technical Lindane Almonds, alfalfa, apples, apricots, asparagus, beans (all types), beets, cantaloupe, carrots, cherries, clover, cotton, cucumbers, cucurbits (all types), eggplant, flax, grapes, guave, lentils, mangoes, melons, mint, mushrooms, nectarines, okra, onions, peaches, peas (all types), pecans, pears, peppers, pine apples, plums, prunes, pumpkins, quinces, rape, safflower, soybeans, squash, (all types), strawberries, sudan grass, sugar beets, summer squash, sunflower, tobacco, tomatoes, watermelon; livestock, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, mules, hogs, cats; ornamentals, trees and shrubs; turf, lawns, golf courses; uncultivated areas, fallow or agricultural areas; commercial transportation facilities; processing handling/storage areas/ plants; grain/cereal/ flour bins and storage areas; farm or agricultural structures, including barns; wood- protection treatment of buildings 062719-00013........... MCP Amine MCPA, dimethylamine salt Use on rice 062719-00060........... MCPA Acid Technical MCPA Use on rice 067760-00029........... Cheminova Methyl Parathion Methyl Parathion Apricots, Beans (succulent), 4EC beets (garden), clover, garlic, cucumber, gooseberry, kohlrabi, pumpkin, rape greens, rutabagas, safflower, squash (winter & summer), strawberries, sweet potatoes, tobacco, vetch (crown/hairy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Registration number(s) preceded by ** indicate a 30-day comment period.

The following Table 2, includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1, in sequence by EPA company number.

Table 2. -- Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EPA Company Company Name and Address No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 000400.. Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc., 74 Amity Rd., Bethany, CT 06524. 000432.. AgrEvo Environmental Health, 95 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, NJ 07645. 002217.. PBI/Gordon Corp., P.O. Box 014090, Kansas City, MO 64101. 004787.. Cheminova Agro A/S, 1700 Route 23, Suite 210, Wayne, NY 07470. 004816.. AgroEvo Environmental Health, 95 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, NJ 07645. 040083.. INQUINOSA, c/o McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., 1900 K St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006. 062719.. Dow Agrosciences L.L.C., 9330 Zionsville Rd., 308/3E, Indianapolis, IN 46268. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

III. Existing Stocks Provisions

The Agency has authorized registrants to sell or distribute product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have been imposed, as in special review actions.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: August 6, 1998.

Linda A. Travers, Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 98-22358 Filed 8-25-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F