Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.: Chlorpyrifos,
[Federal Register: January 25, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 17)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34203G; FRL-6764-2]
Chlorpyrifos; End-Use Products Cancellation Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the use deletions and cancellations as requested by the companies that hold the registrations of pesticide end-use products containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos and accepted by EPA, pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This order follows up a November 17, 2000, notice of receipt of requests for amendments to delete uses and receipt of requests for registration cancellations. In that notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order confirming the voluntary use deletions and registration cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of canceled chlorpyrifos products is only permitted in accordance with the terms of the existing stocks provisions of this cancellation order.
DATES: The cancellations are effective January 25, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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General Information
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Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture, sell, distribute, or use chlorpyrifos products. The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply because this action is not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this Document and Other Related Documents?
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Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations,'' ``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' and then look up the entry for this document under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To access information about the risk assessment for chlorpyrifos, go to the Home Page for the Office of Pesticide Programs or go directly http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/ chlorpyrifos.htm.
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In person. The Agency has established an official record for this action under docket control number OPP-34203E. The official record consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received during an applicable comment period, and other information related to this action, including any information claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official record includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The public version of the official record does not include any information claimed as CBI. The public version of the official record, which includes printed, paper versions of any electronic comments submitted during an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
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Receipt of Requests to Cancel and Amend Registrations to Delete Uses
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Background
In a memorandum of agreement (Agreement) effective June 7, 2000, EPA and the basic manufacturers of the active ingredient chlorpyrifos agreed to several voluntary measures that will reduce the potential exposure to children associated with chlorpyrifos containing products. EPA initiated the negotiations with registrants after finding chlorpyrifos, as currently registered, was an exposure risk especially to children. As a result of the Agreement, registrants that hold the pesticide registrations of end-use products containing chlorpyrifos (who are in large part the customer of these basic manufacturers) have asked EPA to cancel or amend their registrations for these products. Pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA announced the Agency's receipt of these requests from the registrants by a Federal Register notice published on November 17, 2000 (65 FR 69518) (FRL-6753-3). With respect to the registration amendments, the registrants have asked EPA to amend end- use product registrations to delete the following uses: all termite control uses (these will be phased out); all residential uses (except for ant and roach baits in child resistant packaging (CRP) and fire ant mound drenches for public health purposes by licensed applicators and mosquito control for public health purposes by public health agencies); all indoor non-residential uses (except ship holds, industrial plants, manufacturing plants, food processing plants, containerized baits in CRP, and processed wood products treated during the manufacturing process at the manufacturing site or at the mill); all outdoor non- residential
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sites (except golf courses, road medians, industrial plant sites, fence posts, utility poles, railroad ties, landscape timbers, logs, pallets, wooden containers, poles, posts, processed wood products, manhole covers, and underground utility cable and conduits; and fire ant mound drenches for public health purposes by licensed applicators and mosquito control for public health purposes by public health agencies); and use on post-bloom apple trees. In addition, the companies agreed to limit the maximum chlorpyrifos end-use dilution to 0.5% active ingredient (a.i.) for termiticide uses that will be phased out, limit the maximum label application rate for outdoor non-residential use on golf courses, road medians, and industrial plant sites to 1 lb/a.i. per acre, and either classify all new/amended chlorpyrifos products (except baits in CRP) as Restricted Use or package the products in large containers, depending on the formulation type, to ensure that remaining chlorpyrifos products are not available to homeowners. In return, EPA stated that with this Agreement, it had no current intention to initiate any cancellation or suspension proceedings under section 6(b) or 6(c) of FIFRA with respect to the issues addressed in the Agreement.
In the Federal Register of November 17, 2000, EPA published a notice of the Agency's receipt of end-use product amendments and cancellations from registrants that hold the pesticide registrations containing chlorpyrifos (who are in large part the customer of the basic manufacturers). These requests were submitted as a result of the Memorandum of Agreement that was signed on June 7, 2000 between EPA and the basic manufacturers of chlorpyrifos. A copy of the Memorandum of Agreement that was signed on June 7, 2000 is located in docket control number OPP-34203D.
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Requests for Voluntary Cancellation of End-Use Products
Pursuant to the Agreement and FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A), several registrants have submitted requests for voluntary cancellation of registrations for their end-use products. The registrations for which cancellations were requested are identified in the following Table 1.
Table 1.--End-Use Product Registration Cancellation Requests
Company
Reg. No.
Product
Verdant Brands, Inc.
70-178
Dursban 1/2G Granular Insecticide 70-180
Dursban Lawn & Ornamental Spray 70-184
Kill-Ko Dursban 1G Granular Insecticide 70-228
Home Pest Insect Killer 70-232
Rigo Dursban 2EC Liquid Insecticide 70-255
Rigo Home Pest Control 70-286
Rigo Dursban 1E Insecticide 70-290
Rigo's Best Termite Killer Dexol, A Division of Verdant 192-141
Dexol Dexa-Klor Brands, Inc.
Granules Soil Insect Control 192-142
Dexol Dexa-Klor Insect Spray 192-151
Dexol Dexa-Klor Pest Control Indoor Insect Killer 192-171
Dexol Roach, Cricket and Spider Dust 192-173
Dexol Termite and Lawn Insect Killer 192-180
Dexol Dursban Granules Insect Control 192-192
Dexol Predator Home Insect Killer II Whitmire Micro-Gen Research 499-147
Whitmire PT 270 Laboratories, Inc.
Dursban 499-256
Whitmire Chlorpyrifos Pressurized Residual Spray 499-270
Whitmire 1-12 Insecticide 499-292
Whitmire PT 279 Engage Residual Injection System 49-315
Whitmire Duration PT 275 499-317
Whitmire 1-6 Insecticide 499-364
Whitmire PT 1900 Total Release Insecticide 499-379
Whitmire PT 479 Regulator 499-423
Whitmire TC-135 Chlorpyrifos MC 499-424
Whitmire TC-160 Microencapsulated Termiticide 499-448
Whitmire TC 151 Bait Walco-Linck Company
506-158
TAT Flea & Tick Killer with Residual Action 506-164
TAT Roach & Ant Killer II The Scotts Company
538-69
Scotts Western Lawn Insect Control 538-94
Scotts Western Lawn Insect Control Plus Fertilizer 538-140
Summer Insect and Disease Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer 538-153
Scotts Proturf Insect Control Plus Fertilizer 538-154
Scotts Summer Insect Control Plus Fertilizer For Lawns Rockland Corporation
572-213
Rockland Insecticide for Wood Destroying Pests 572-219
Rockland Super Professional Dursban Chinch Bug Killer Indy Specialty Products, Inc 654-131
Klor-Ban Concentrate Prentiss Incorporated
655-577
Prentox Residual Insect Spray 2 655-739
Prentox Pyrifos 0.5 Water Base Insecticide 655-743
Prentox Pyrifos 1E The Garden Grow Company
802-530
Lilly/Miller Chlorban Insect Spray 802-532
Lilly/Miller Chlorban Insect Granules 802-560
Lilly/Miller 1% Chlorban Insect Granules 802-595
Lilly/Miller Hose'n Go Ant, Flea & Tick Killer Southern Agricultural
829-250
Home & Garden Home Insecticides, Inc.
Pest Control Spray
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829-281
SA-50 Brand Home Pest Control Concentrate Green Light Company
869-158
Green Light Dursban Granules 869-168
Green Light Many Purpose Dursban Granules 869-172
Green Light Borer Killer II 869-184
Green Light Fire Ant Killer 869-185
Green Light House Plant Spray II 869-191
Green Light Indoor Flea & Tick Spray 869-205
Green Light Ready- to-Use Fire Ant Mound Drench 869-209
Green Light Dursban 5% Granules 869-210
Green Light Double Dursban Granules 869-221
Green Light Many Purpose Dursban Concentrate II The Garden Grow Company
909-94
Cooke Act Plus Lawn Insecticide 909-108
Cooke Ant Barrier Agriliance
1381-149
Green Velvet Lawn Food Plus Insect Control Universal Cooperatives, Inc. 1386-627
Red Panther Dursban Granular Turf and Lawn Insecticide 1386-628
Red Panther Dursban 1 1386-659
Agway Insect Spray I. Schneid
2155-127
KR-24 PBI/Gordon Corporation
2217-646
Gordon's Dursban Turf Insecticide Sergeant's
2517-52
Sergeant's Flea & Tick Collar 2517-57
Sergeant's Fast- Acting Flea & Tick Collar for Dogs Hartz
2596-135
Hartz 330 Day Flea & Tick Collar for Dogs Wellmark International
2724-327
Zoecon RF-150 Yard and Kennel Spray 2724-486
Arthitrol 0.5% Dursban (Granular) Ant and Roach Bait Coyne Chemical Company
3050-136
Coyne Formula No. 101 ABC Compounding
3862-93
Assault 3862-126
WB Residual Pressurized Spray BETCO
4170-78
RA26 Residual Insecticide Spray Combe Incorporated
4306-15
Sulfodene Scratchex Flea and Tick Collar for Dogs Pet Chemicals
4758-135
Holiday Flea & Tick Killer S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
4822-152
Raid Treatment for Crawling Insects 4822-189
Raid Liquid Roach & Ant Killer Formula I 4822-226
Raid Tree Guard Spray 4822-230
Raid Outdoor Flea Killer 4822-231
Raid Gypsy Moth & Japanese Beetle Killer II 4822-232
Raid Gypsy Moth & Japanese Beetle Killer 4822-236
Raid Tree Guard Spray Formula II 4822-238
Raid Home Insect Killer Formula II 4822-263
Raid Fire Ant Killer 4822-264
Raid Fire Ant Killer Formula 2 4822-275
Raid Outdoor Insect Killer 4822-382
Raid Wasp & Hornet Killer 4822-390
Raid Wasp & Hornet Killer Formula XII 4822-402
Raid Max Roach Bait III 4822-412
Raid Wasp & Hornet Killer ND 4822-451
Raid Wasp & Hornet Killer AD 4822-498
PA Formula 2 Verdant Brands, Inc.
5887-144
Black Leaf Dursban 5887-177
Ready-to-Use Ant, Roach, Flea and Spider Spray Midco Products Company, Inc. 6658-42
Pyreban-3 Carl Pool Products
6926-11
Carl Pool Lawn and Turf Food Plus Dursban 15-5-10 Cessco, Inc.
6959-73
Cessco ID Residual Insecticide Carter-Wallace, Inc.
8220-38
Victory 12 Full Year Collar with Dursban Insecticide for Large Dogs 8220-39
Victory II Full Season Cat Collar Robinson Associates
8278-6
Metro (Tested) Soildrin D Pursell Industries, Inc.
8660-10
Sta-Green Law Pest Control & Fertilizer 25-3-3 8660-13
Sta-Green Lawn Pest Control & Fertilizer A 8660-14
Sta-Green Lawn Pest Control & Fertilizer B 8660-78
Dursban Lawn Insect Control 8660-88
Dursban Granules 8660-94
Green Up Insect & Grub Control with Dursban 8660-97
Dursban 4E Insecticide 8660-102
Dursban Plus 8660-108
VertaGreen Dursban - DDVP 1.25 Turf Insecticide 8660-109
VertaGreen Dursban - DDVP 2.50 Turf Insecticide 8660-110
VertaGreen Home Pest Killer 8660-122
Lawn & Ornamental Insect Spray Concentrate 8660-123
VertaGreen Dursban 0.5% Granules 8660-152
VertaGreen Professional Turf Food with Dursban 8660-177
Golden Vigoro Insect Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer
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8660-182
Green Turf Lawn Food with Insect Control 8660-193
Ideal 18 Insect Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer 8660-194
Ideal 20 Insect Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer 8660-195
Ideal 25 Insect Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer 8660-203
Koos Dursban 1.00 Granules 8660-213
Par Ex Slow Release Fertilizer Plus Insect Control 8660-232
Vigoro 2.32 Insecticide Granules 8660-239
Vigoro Granular Cinch Bug Control 8660-240
Vigoro Insect Control Plus Lawn Fertilizer for Texas Turf Sherwin-Williams Company
10900-67
858 P.D. Aqueous Roach & Ant Spray Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
11694-91
Duramist Speer Products Incorporated 11715-70
Speer Roach & Ant Killer 11715-97
Magic Guard Dursban Ant & Roach Pressurized Spray 11715-99
Magic Guard Ant & Roach Killer 11715-110
Mug-A-Bug Professional Strength Insecticide 11715-132
Better World Ready- to-Use Insecticide 11715-133
Mug-A-Bug II Professional Strength Insecticide 11715-139
SPI Spot Treatment Spray 11715-142
SPI Ant & Roach Spray 11715-163
Speer Transparent Emulsion Spray 0.1% +0.5% 11715-298
Pro-Tect Home Pest Control 11715-299
Speer Point Five Chlorpyrifos Aerosol 11715-306
Speer Cyfluthrin Flea Killer 11715-312
Speer D-Trans Residual Spray with Nylar 11715-324
SPI Chlorpyrifos Wasp & Hornet Spray 11715-326
SPI Chlorpyrifos Pet Area Treatment with Nylar 11715-327
Security Granulated Chinch Bug Killer Louisiana Chemical USA, Inc. 11746-15
Davis Kill-A-Bug XI 11746-16
Davis Kill-A-Bug XII Rainbow Technology Corporation 13283-8
Rainbow Insect Control 13283-15
Rainbow Liquid RTU Fire Ant Killer Positive Formulators, Inc.
26693-3
6 Months Pest Control 26693-5
Killmaster II CC Unicorn Laboratories
28293-35
Unicorn 30 Flea Spray 28293-49
Unicorn Yard & Kennel Spray Concentrate 28293-103
Unicorn House & Carpet Spray WB 28293-104
Unicorn Dursban Household Insecticide 28293-211
Termi-Chlor Termite Concentrate 28293-321
Dursban 1EC Insecticide PBI/Gordon Corporation
33955-540
Acme Ant Granules Contains Dursban Insecticide 33955-547
Acme Dursban Insecticide for Lawns & Ornamentals 33955-550
Acme Roach-Rid Brand Home Pest Killer Pet Chemicals
37425-10
Adams Surface Spray 37425-24
Adams Lawn and Kennel Spray Concentrate Morgro, Inc.
42057-100
Dursban (R) Insecticide CCL Industries Inc.
46813-38
CCL Crawling Insect Killer I 46813-42
CCL Insecticide Foam Spray I Marman USA, Inc.
48273-16
Agroban 4E Gro Tec, Inc.
59144-8
Ant, Flea & Tick Granules 59144-9
Green Charm Dursban 1% Granules 59144-37
R & M Yard & Kennel Spray Concentrate Kop-Coat, Inc.
60061-106
Woodlife B Clear Wood Preservative Contract Packaging, Inc.
67572-53
CP Flea and Brown Dog Tick Granules - S.F. Speer Products Incorporated 68688-3
Elite Yard & Kennel Spray 68688-40
Elite Dursban 1-12- R144 Insecticide
In the Federal Register notice of November 17, 2000, EPA requested public comment on the voluntary cancellation and use deletion requests, and provided a 30-day comment period. The registrants requested that the Administrator waive the 180-day comment period provided under FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C).
No public comments were submitted to the docket in response to EPA's request for comments.
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Requests for Voluntary Amendments to Delete Uses from the Registrations of End-Use Products
Pursuant to section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, several registrants have also submitted requests to amend their end-use registrations of pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos to delete the aforementioned uses. The registrations for which amendments to delete uses were requested are identified in the following Table 2.
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Table 2.--End-Use Product Registration Amendment Requests
Company
Reg. No.
Product
Whitmire Micro-Gen Research 499-367
Whitmire PT 275 Laboratories, Inc
Dur-O-Cap Microencapsulated Chlorpyrifos Liquid Concentration 499-405
Whitmire PT-1920 Total Release Insecticide 499-413
Whitmire TC 100 Intern 499-419
Whitmire PT 275 Dur-O-Cap Microencapsulated Chlorpyrifos The Scotts Company
538-98
Proturf 30-5-3 Fertilizer Plus Insecticide III 538-111
Proturf Insecticide III 538-191
24-3-3 Fertilizer Plus Insecticide III 538-226
Fertilizer Plus Insecticide/ Preemergent Weed Control Rockland Corporation
572-329
Urban Insect Spray Prentiss Incorporated
655-441
Prentox Residual Concentrate DV- One 655-466
Prentox Dursban 2E Insecticide 655-499
Prentox Dursban 4E Insecticide 655-696
Prentox Pyrifos 0.50 RTU 655-764
Prentox Dursban 2.32G Granular Insecticide 655-766
Prentox Dursban 1/ 2G Granular Insecticide 655-786
Prentox Pyrifos Residual Spray 655-792
Prentox D+2 Insecticide 655-793
Prentox Super Brand D+2 Insecticide Southern Agricultural
829-223
SA-50 Dursban .5G Insecticides, Inc.
Granular Insecticide 829-279
SA-50 Dursban 2-E Insecticide 829-280
SA-50 Dursban 4-E Insecticide 829-291
SA-50 Brand Dursban 1% Mole Cricket Bait 829-292
SA-50 Brand Dursban 2.5% Granular Insecticide ISK Biocides, Inc.
1022-543
Chapcide 4-EC Universal Cooperatives, Inc. 1386-652
Security Pro-Turf 1 Insect Control Granules 1386-653
Security Pro-Turf 2 Insect Control Granules 1386-613
Dursban Lawn and Ornamental Insect Control 1386-615
Termite Kill II 1386-649
Dursban 4E Insecticide Wellmark International
2724-487
Arthitrol 0.5% Dursban Paste Bait Cessco, Inc.
6959-67
Cessco Accudose Aerosol for Fire Ant Control Knox Fertilizer Company, Inc. 8378-26
Dursban 92 with Plant Food 8378-27
Dursban 114 + Fertilizer 8378-28
Dursban 50 Granular Insecticide 8378-33
Dursban 1.14 Granules 8378-34
2.32 Dursban Granules The Andersons, Inc.
9198-32
Turf Care for Lawn Maintenance 38-0- 0 with Dursban Brand Insecticide 9198-39
Turf Care Dursban 2.5G 9198-68
The Andersons 1% Dursban Brand Insecticide 9198-82
Tee Time Fertilizer with 0.52% Dursban 30- 3-5 9198-84
Andersons Tee Time 30-3-5 with 0.65% Dursban 9198-85
Tee Time Fertilizer with 0.71% Dursban 30- 3-5 9198-98
Andersons Tee Time with Team/Dursban I 9198-99
Andersons Tee Time 19-5-9 with Team/ Dursban 9198-127
Twinlight Professional Dursban Lawn Insect Killer 9198-132
The Andersons 0.97% Dursban Brand Insecticide 9198-137
The Andersons 0.5% Dursban Brand Insecticide Gowan Company
10163-158
Gowan Chlorpyrifos 4E Lesco, Inc.
10404-15
Lesco 2.32 Granular Insecticide 10404-27
Lesco 40-0-0 Fertilizer with Dursban 10404-29
Lesco 32-5-7 Fertilizer with Dursban 10404-40
Lesco 20-0-10 Fertilizer with Dursban 10404-67
Lesco 1% Dursban Granular 10404-81
Lesco 0.97 Dursban Granules Sungro Chemicals, Inc.
11474-40
Sungro Reside Du 11474-55
Sungro Combo Water Base 11474-66
Sungro Dursbo 11474-90
Sungro Buggone II Residual Insecticide Rainbow Technology Corporation 13283-14
Rainbow Fire Ant Killer 13283-17
Rainbow KO Fire Ant Killer Drexel Chemical Company
19713-504
Regatta 4E Positive Formulators, Inc.
26693-2
Killmaster II Unicorn Laboratories
28293-87
Unicorn House and Carpet Spray 28293-99
Unicorn Dursban Spray 28293-121
Unicorn Dursban - Resmethrin Spray 28293-142
Unicorn Kennel Spray 28293-149
Unicorn House and Carpet Spray II 28293-200
Unicorn Dursban 2E
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28293-201
Unicorn Dursban 2.5% Granules 28293-202
Unicorn Dursban 1.0% Granules 28293-203
Unicorn Dursban 1%- D Dust 28293-204
Unicorn Dursban 4E 28293-205
Unicorn Dursban 1- 12 28293-210
Dursban 1E Insecticide 28293-265
Unicorn Dursban 6.7% Insecticide 28293-266
Dursban Plus Resmethrin Concentrate Howard Johnson's Enterprises, 32802-19
Dursban Inc.
Insecticide 0.7 Plus Fertilizer 32802-20
Dursban 1.14 Granular Lawn and Turf Insect Control 32802-21
Dursban 1.14 Plus Lawn Fertilizer 32802-22
Dursban 2.32G 32802-39
Dursban .5 Granules Insecticide 32802-49
Dursban 100 Granules Phaeton Corporation
47006-5
Orlik Dursban Granules Marman USA, Inc.
48273-13
Pestban 2E 48273-14
Pestban TC 48273-19
Pestban 4E Biodyne Americas Corporation 59920-1
Super IQ Insecticide Coating APT 59920-2
Super IQ Insecticide Coating LC
In the Federal Register notice of November 17, 2000, EPA requested public comment on the voluntary cancellation and use deletion requests, and provided a 30-day comment period. The registrants requested that the Administrator waive the 180-day comment period provided under FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C).
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Cancellation Order
Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA is approving the requested use deletions and the requested registration cancellations. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the registrations identified in Table 2 are hereby amended to delete the following uses: All post- construction termite control uses, except spot and local treatment ( use of such products for spot and local treatment will be prohibited after December 31, 2002 by product labeling); all other termite control uses, effective December 31, 2004 (unless EPA has made a decision prior to that date that preconstruction use may continue); all residential uses (except for ant and roach baits in child resistant packaging (CRP) and fire ant mound drenches for public health purposes by licensed applicators and mosquito control for public health purposes by public health agencies); all indoor non-residential, non-agricultural uses (except ship holds, industrial plants, manufacturing plants, food processing plants, containerized baits in CRP, and processed wood products treated during the manufacturing process at the manufacturing site or at the mill); all outdoor non-residential, non-agricultural sites (except golf courses, road medians, industrial plant sites, fence posts, utility poles, railroad ties, landscape timbers, logs, pallets, wooden containers, poles, posts, processed wood products, manhole covers, and underground utility cable and conduits; and fire ant mound drenches for public health purposes by licensed applicators and mosquito control for public health purposes by public health agencies); and use on post-bloom apple trees (except for tree trunk use). The Agency also orders that the registrations identified in Table 1 are hereby canceled. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Tables 1-2 in a manner inconsistent with the terms of this Order or the Existing Stock Provisions in Unit IV. of this notice will be considered a violation of section 12(a)(2)(K) of FIFRA and/or section 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.
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Existing Stocks Provisions
For purposes of this Order, the term existing stocks is defined, pursuant to EPA's existing stocks policy (56 FR 29362, June 26, 1991), as those stocks of a registered pesticide product which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the amendment or cancellation.
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Distribution, sale and use of products bearing instructions for use on apples trees post-bloom. The distribution or sale of existing stocks by any person of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 that bears instructions for post-bloom application to apple trees (other than tree trunk use) will not be lawful under FIFRA after [insert date of publication in the Federal Register], except for the purposes of returns for relabeling consistent with the June 7, 2000 Memorandum of Agreement, shipping such stocks for export consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper disposal. Any use of such products for post-bloom application to apple trees (other than tree trunk use) will not be lawful after [insert date of publication in the Federal Register]. All other use of such products may continue until stocks are exhausted, provided such use is in accordance with the existing labeling of that product.
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Distribution or sale by registrants of products bearing other uses--(i) Restricted use and package size limitations. Except for the purposes of returns for relabeling consistent with the June 7, 2000 Memorandum of Agreement, shipping for export consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper disposal:
(a) The distribution or sale by registrants of existing stocks of any EC formulation product listed in Table 1 or 2 will not be lawful under FIFRA after February 1, 2001 unless the product is labeled as restricted use;
(b) The distribution or sale by registrants of existing stocks of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 labeled for any agricultural use and that is not an EC, will not be lawful under FIFRA after February 1, 2001, unless the product is either labeled for restricted use or packaged in containers no smaller than 15 gallons of a liquid formulation, 50 pounds of a granular formulation, or 25 pounds of any other dry formulation;
(c) The distribution or sale by registrants of existing stocks of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 labeled solely for non-agricultural uses (other
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than containerized baits in CRP) and that is not an EC, will not be lawful under FIFRA after of February 1, 2001, unless the product is either labeled for restricted use or packaged in containers no smaller than 15 gallons of a liquid formulation or 25 pounds of a dry formulation.
(ii) Prohibited uses. Except for the purposes of returns for relabeling consistent with the June 7, 2000 Memorandum of Agreement, shipping for export consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper disposal, the distribution or sale of existing stocks by registrants of any product identified in Table 1 or 2 that bears instructions for any of the following uses will not be lawful under FIFRA after February 1, 2001:
(a) Termite control, unless the product bears directions for use of a maximum 0.5% active ingredient chlorpyrifos end-use dilution;
(b) Post-construction termite control, except for spot and local termite treatment, provided the label of the product states that the product may not be used for spot and local treatment after December 31, 2002;
(c) Indoor residential except for containerized baits in CRP;
(d) Indoor non-residential except for containerized baits in CRP and products with formulations other than EC that bear labeling solely for one or more of the following uses: Warehouses, ship holds, railroad boxcars, industrial plants, manufacturing plants, food processing plants, or processed wood products treated during the manufacturing process at the manufacturing site or at the mill;
(e) Outdoor residential except for products bearing labeling solely for one or more of the following public health uses: individual fire ant mound treatment by licensed applicators or mosquito control by public health agencies;
(f) Outdoor non-residential, non-agricultural except for products that bear labeling solely for one or more of the following uses: Golf courses, road medians, and industrial plant sites, provided the maximum label application rate does not exceed 1lb./ai per acre; mosquito control for public health purposes by public health agencies; individual fire ant mound treatment for public health purposes by licensed applicators; and fence posts, utility poles, railroad ties, landscape timbers, logs, pallets, wooden containers, poles, posts, processed wood products, manhole covers, and underground utility cable and conduits.
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Retail and other distribution or sale. The retail sale of existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 or 2 bearing instructions for the prohibited uses set forth in Unit IV.2.(ii)(a)-(f) of this notice will not be lawful under FIFRA after December 31, 2001. Except as otherwise provided in this order, any other distribution or sale (for example, return to the manufacturer for relabeling) is permitted until stocks are exhausted.
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Final distribution, sale and use date for preconstruction termite control. The distribution, sale or use of any product listed in Table 1 or 2 bearing instructions for pre-construction termiticide use will not be lawful under FIFRA after December 31, 2005, unless, prior to that date, EPA has issued a written determination that such use may continue consistent with the requirements of FIFRA.
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Use of existing stocks. Except for products bearing those uses identified in Units IV.1. and IV.4. of this notice, EPA intends to permit the use of existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 or 2 until such stocks are exhausted, provided such use is in accordance with the existing labeling of that product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Memorandum of Agreement, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: January 9, 2001. Jack E. Housenger, Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-2184Filed1-24-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-S
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