Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.: Diazinon,

[Federal Register: August 11, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 154)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0129; FRL-7367-5]

Diazinon; Product Registrations Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's cancellation order for the cancellations, as requested by registrants, of all outdoor non- agricultural end-use products containing diazinon [O,O-Diethyl O-(2- isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate] and accepted by EPA, pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This order follows up a December 10, 2003 Notice of Receipt of Requests from diazinon registrants for cancellations of all of their diazinon outdoor non-agricultural end-use product registrations. In the December 10, 2003 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order granting the voluntary product registration cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within

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the 180 day comment period that would merit its further review of these 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 only permitted in accordance with the terms of the existing stocks provisions of this cancellation order.

DATES: The cancellations are effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0076; e-mail address: plummer.stephanie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. General Information

   1. Does this Action Apply to Me?

      This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use pesticides, 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 information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

   2. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

      1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0129. The official public docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other information related to this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. EPA also established two dockets containing documents in support of the diazinon IRED. They are dockets OPP-34225 and OPP-2002- 0251. The official public docket is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. St., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

      2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

      An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public

      comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket ID number.

2. What Action is the Agency Taking?

   This notice announces cancellation, as requested by registrants, of all outdoor non-agricultural end-use diazinon products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

   Table 1.--Diazinon Registration Cancellation Requests

   Registration No.

   Product Name

   16-118

   Dragon Granular Lawn Insect Control

   16-119

   Dragon 5% Diazinon Granules

   16-157

   Dragon 25% Diazinon Spray

   16-166

   Dragon Diazinon Water-Based Concentrate

   192-161

   Dexol Diazinon 5% Granules

   228-162

   Riverdale Lawn Insect Killer Plus Fertilizer

   228-177

   Riverdale 5% Diazinon Insect Killer Granules

   239-2364

   Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray

   239-2375

   Ortho Diazinon Granules

   239-2479

   Ortho Diazinon Soil and Turf Insect Control

   239-2503

   Ortho Diazinon Granular Fire Ant Killer

   239-2619

   Hi-Power Ant, Roach, and Spider Spray Formula II

   239-2630

   Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray Ready-to-Use

   239-2643

   Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray 2

   239-2671

   Ortho Diazinon Dust

   538-92

   Lawn Insect Control Plus Fertilizer

   538-187

   Scotts Lawn Insect Control

   538-204

   Western Lawn Insect Control Plus Fertilizer

   538-254

   Fertilizer Plus Diazinon

   538-258

   Fertilizer and Diazinon

   572-292

   5% Diazinon Granular Lawn Insecticide

   572-305

   Rockland Diazinon Spray

   655-556

   Prentox Diazinon 5G

   829-249

   Diazinon Insecticide 25% Spray Concentrate

   829-264

   SA-50 Brand 5% Diazinon Granules

   869-139

   Green Light Diazinon 5 Granules

   869-231

   Green Light Diazinon

   961-358

   Lebanon Lawn and Garden Insecticide with Diazinon 5G

   961-393 (old reg. no. 8660-11)

   Sta-Green Lawn Insect Control and Fertilizer

   1386-648

   5% Diazinon Insect Killer Granules

   3546-27

   Shoofly Hornet Jet-bomb

   7401-216

   Ferti-lome Diazinon Insect Spray

   7401-222

   Ferti-lome Special Diazinon Insect Killer Granules

   7401-441

   Ferti-lome Diazinon Water Base Concentrate

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   8378-12

   Lawn Insect Control Plus Fertilizer

   8378-32

   Shaw's 5% Diazinon Insect Granules

   8780-51

   Turf Line Diazinon 5G Lawn Insect Control

   8780-54 (listed in 12/10/03 notice as Turf Diazinon Lawn Insect 56819-13)

   Control Plus Fertilizer 2

   8780-55 (listed in 12/10/03 notice as Turf Diazinon Lawn Insect 56819-14)

   Control Plus Fertilizer

   8780-56

   Turf Line Arthroban Triple Action 4

   8845-92

   Spectracide Lawn and Garden Insect Control

   8845-95

   Spectracide 6000 Lawn and Garden Insect Control

   8845-101

   Spectracide Fire Ant Killer

   9198-45

   The Andersons Turf Food with 3.33% Diazinon

   9198-62

   The Andersons Lawn and Garden Insecticide 5% Diazinon

   9688-89

   Chemsico Diazinon 2G

   10404-14

   Lesco Diazinon 3.33% + Fertilizer

   10404-23

   Lesco Diazinon 5G

   19713-263

   Drexel Diazinon 5G

   19713-264

   Drexel Diazinon 2G

   19713-317

   Bug Spray

   28293-199

   Unicorn Diazinon 5G Granules

   28293-230

   Unicorn 25 EC Diazinon

   32802-5

   All Season Diazinon 5G Insecticide

   33955-556

   Acme Diazinon 25% Emulsifiable Concentrate

   33995-557

   Acme Diazinon 5G Lawn and Garden Insect Control

   34704-57

   Clean Crop Diazinon 5 Lawn & Garden

   34911-13

   Hi-Yield 5% Diazinon Insect Killer Granules

   34911-23

   Hi-Yield Imported Fire Ant Control Granules

   40849-30

   Enforcer Ant Kill Granules II

   42057-90

   Diazinon Liquid (Diazinon 25% Emulsifiable)

   42057-107

   Morgro 5% Diazinon Granular Lawn and Garden Insect Control

   47000-120

   Diazinon Lawn and Garden WBC

   51036-69

   Diazinon 2G Lawn and Perimeter Granules

   51036-97

   Diazinon 5G Homeowner

   53883-45

   Martins Diazinon 25 E Lawn and Garden Insect Control

   53883-46

   Martin's Diazinon Granular Lawn Insect Control

   53883-51

   Martin's 5% Diazinon Granules

   53883-54

   Martin's Fire Ant Killer

   53883-80 (old reg. no. 37915-6)

   Professional Pest Control Formula DC-500

   59144-2

   5% Diazinon Granules

   59144-28

   Diazinon Lawn and Garden Insecticide

   62366-2

   Bug Stuff

   67572-1

   CP Diazinon Lawn and Garden WB Ready-to-Use

   75082-2 (old reg. no. 34822-6)

   Di-All Paint Insecticide

   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:

   Table 2.-- Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation

   EPA Company No.

   Company Name and Address

   16

   Dragon Chemical Corporation, 7033 Walrond Drive, NW., P.O. Box 7311, Roanoke, VA 24019

   192

   Value Gardens Supply, LLC, P.O. Box 585, St. Joseph, MO 64502

   228

   Nufarm Americas Inc., 1333 Burr Ridge Parkway, Suite 125A, Bur Ridge, IL 60527

   239

   The Ortho Business Group, P.O. Box 190, Marysville, OH 43040

   538

   The Scotts Company, 14111 Scottslawn Road, Marysville, OH 43041

   572

   Rockland Corporation, 686 Passaic Avenue, P.O. Box 809, West Caldwell, NJ 07007

   655

   Prentiss Inc., CB 2000, Floral Park, NY 11001

   829

   Southern Agricultural Insecticides, Inc., P.O. Box 218, Palmetto, FL 34220

   869

   Green Light Company, P.O. Box 17985, San Antonio, TX 78217

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   961

   Lebanon Seaboard Corporation, 1600 East Cumberland Street, Lebanon, PA 17042

   1386

   Universal Cooperatives Inc., 1300 Corporate Center Curve, Eagan, MN 55121

   3546

   Lynwood Labs Inc., 945 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, MA 02192

   7401

   Voluntary Purchasing Group Inc., 1806 Auburn Drive, Carrollton, TX 75007

   8378

   Knox Fertilizer Company Inc., West Culver Road, P.O. Box 248, Knox, IN 46534

   8780

   Progressive Lawn Research, Inc., 1225 Lehigh Station Road, P.O. Box 400, Henrietta, NY 14467

   8845

   Spectrum Group, P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114

   9198

   The Andersons Lawn Fertilizer Division, Inc. P.O. Box 119,Maumee, OH 43537

   9688

   Chemsico, P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114

   10404

   Lesco Inc., 15885 Sprague Road, Strongsville, OH 44136

   19713

   Drexel Chemical Company, 1700 Channel Avenue, P.O. Box 13327, Memphis, TN 38113

   28293

   Unicorn Laboratories, 12385 Automobile Boulevard, Clearwater, FL 33762

   32802

   Howard Johnson's Enterprises Inc., 700 West Virginia Street, Suite 222, Milwaukee, WI 53204

   33955

   PBI/Gordon Corporation, P.O. Box 014090, Kansas City, MO 64101

   34704

   Platte Chemical Company, Inc., P.O. Box 667, Greeley, CO 80632

   34911

   Hi-Yield Chemical Company, 1806 Auburn Drive, Carrollton, TX 75007

   40849

   Enforcer Products, 1310 Seaboard Industrial Boulevard NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

   42057

   Morgro Chemical Company, 145 West Central Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84107

   47000

   Chem-Tech Ltd., 1479 West Pond Road, Egan, MN 55122

   51036

   Micro-Flo Company, LLC., P.O. Box 772099, Memphis, TN 38117

   53883

   Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa-Red Bluff, Pasadena, TX 77507

   59144

   Gro Tec Inc., 30856 Rocky Road, Greeley, CO 80631

   62366

   The Valspar Corporation, 30856 Rocky Road, Greeley, CO 80631

   67572

   Contract Packaging Inc., 10115 Highway 142, North Covington, GA 30014

   75082

   Supreme Chemicals of Georgia, Inc., 1535 Oak Industrial Lane, Suite B, Cummings, GA 30041

3. Cancellation Order

   Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations of diazinon product registrations identified in Table 1 in Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the diazinon products identified in Table 1 in Unit II are hereby canceled. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 in Unit II in a manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth below in Unit V will be considered a violation of FIFRA.

4. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

   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 canceled. 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, the Administrator may approve such a request.

5. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

   Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. The cancellation order issued in this Notice includes the following existing stocks provisions:

   1. Sale and distribution of these outdoor non-agricultural end-use products containing diazinon will not be permitted after December 31, 2004, except for purposes of product recovery pursuant to the December 5, 2000, Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and diazinon registrants, shipping such stocks for export consistent with the requirements of FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal in accordance with applicable law.

   2. Use of existing stocks may continue until stocks are exhausted. Any such use must be in accordance with the label.

   List of Subjects

   Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

   Dated: July 26, 2004. Debra Edwards, Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

   [FR Doc. 04-18384 Filed 8-10-04; 8:45 am]

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