Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2014)

Federal Register Volume 79, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2014)

Notices

Pages 45798-45802

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2014-18222

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017; FRL-9914-09

Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a May 20, 2014 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 May 20, 2014 Federal Register 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 comments on the May 20, 2014 Federal Register notice but none merited its 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 cancellation order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective August 6, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-

Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8195; email address: pates.john@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. General Information

   1. 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.

   2. 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-2009-1017, is available at http://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 (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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2. 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 of this unit.

   Table 1--Product Cancellations

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   EPA Registration No. Product name Chemical name

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   000264-00805................ Thiacloprid Thiacloprid

   Technical

   Insecticide.

   000264-00806................ Calypso 4 Flowable Thiacloprid

   Insecticide.

   000352-00593................ Accent Gold Clopyralid,

   Herbicide. nicosulfuron,

   rimsulfuron, and

   flumetsulam

   000352-00612................ DuPont Accent Gold Clopyralid,

   WDG Herbicide. nicosulfuron,

   rimsulfuron, and

   flumetsulam

   000352-00792................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   80XP Turf Herbicide. methyl ester

   000352-00794................ DuPont DPX-MAT28 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   50SG Turf Herbicide.

   000352-00797................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.064G Turf methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00800................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.073G Lawn methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00803................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.053G Lawn methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00804................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.049G Lawn methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00807................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.033G Lawn methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00811................ DuPont DPX-KJM44 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.02G Lawn methyl ester

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00813................ DuPont DPX-MAT28 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.05G Turf

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00814................ DuPont DPX-MAT28 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.03G Turf

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000352-00815................ DuPont DPX-MAT28 Aminocyclopyrachlor

   0.068G Lawn

   Herbicide +

   Fertilizer.

   000432-01362................ Premise 0.5 SC...... Imidacloprid

   000464-00662................ S.S.T. Sump Saver 2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-

   Tablets. nitro-1,3-

   propanediol

   001270-00255................ Zep Flush 'N Kill DM S-bioallethrin and

   deltamethrin

   001448-00379................ Busan 2020F......... Poly(oxy-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl

   dichloride)

   001448-00380................ Busan 2020.......... Poly(oxy-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl

   dichloride)

   001448-00396................ WSKT................ Poly(oxy-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl

   dichloride); 5-

   chloro-2-methyl-

   3(2H)-

   isothiazolone; and

   2-methyl-3(2H)-

   isothiazolone

   001448-00397................ Busan 1174.......... Poly(oxy-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl

   dichloride); 5-

   chloro-2-methyl-

   3(2H)-

   isothiazolone; and

   2-methyl-3(2H)-

   isothiazolone

   001448-00400................ PCA 10.............. Poly(oxy-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl(dimethyl

   imino)-1,2-

   ethanediyl

   dichloride)

   008033-00012................ Equinox Herbicide... Tepraloxydim

   008033-00013................ BAS 620 H MUP....... Tepraloxydim

   010163-00279................ Milbemectin Milbemectin (A

   Technical Miticide/ mixture of >=70%

   Insecticide. milbemycin A4, and

   =70%

   milbemycin A4, and

   5. butoxide, and

   esfenvalerate

   028293-00196................ Unicorn House and Bioallethrin, MGK

   Carpet Spray 6. butoxide, and

   esfenvalerate

   028293-00332................ Unicorn Flying & S-bioallethrin and

   Crawling Insect deltamethrin

   Killer IV.

   028293-00334................ Unicorn Flying & S-bioallethrin and

   Crawling Insect deltamethrin

   Killer V.

   028293-00336................ Unicorn Flying & S-bioallethrin and

   Crawling Insect deltamethrin

   Killer III.

   054382-00003................ Taktic Emulsifiable Amitraz

   Concentrate

   Miticide/

   Insecticide.

   066330-00295................ Iprodione Technical Iprodione

   97.5%.

   066330-00329................ Iprodione Technical Iprodione

   98%.

   067071-00053................ Acticide MKW 1...... Octhilinone;

   carbamic acid;

   butyl-, 3-iodo-2-

   propynyl ester; and

   diuron

   070627-00071................ Raid Institutional d-allethrin,

   Flying Insect phenothrin, and

   Killer. tetramethrin

   071368-00062................ Assert Herbicide.... Imazamethabenz

   071368-00063................ Assert Herbicide Imazamethabenz

   Technical.

   075630-00001................ Zinc Borate......... Zinc borate (3ZnO,

   2B03, 3.5H2O; mw

   434.66)

   083558-00020................ Mepiquat Chloride Mepiquat chloride

   Technical.

   085678-00027................ Iprodione Technical. Iprodione

   087290-00014................ Willowood Imidacloprid

   Imidacloprid 4SC.

   087290-00021................ Willowood Imidacloprid

   Imidacloprid 2SC.

   ME030004.................... Accord Concentrate.. Glyphosate-

   isopropylammonium

   ME980001.................... Confirm 2F Tebufenozide

   Insecticide.

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   The allethrin series of pyrethroid insecticides includes the Product Chemical (PC) codes for: Bioallethrin (004003), esbiol (004004), esbiothrin (004007, formerly 004003/004004), and pynamin forte (004005). The technical registrants for the allethrins, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited (Sumitomo) and Valent BioSciences Corporation (Valent), cancelled all of the allethrins technical products effective September 30, 2015, and cancelled their allethrins end-use product registrations effective December 31, 2016. Because the allethrins technical products have been cancelled, several other registrants for allethrins end-use products listed in this notice have requested cancellation with dates consistent with those specified for the Valent and Sumitomo allethrins end-use products. The cancellation of the end-

   use products listed in Table 2 of this unit are effective December 31, 2016.

   Table 2--Product Cancellations for Allethrin End-Use Products Effective

   December 31, 2016

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   EPA Registration No. Product name Chemical name

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   000004-00461.................... Bonide Crawling Deltamethrin and S-

   Insect Killer. bioallethrin

   000498-00167.................... SprayPak Ant & Bioallethrin, MGK

   Roach Killer 264, piperonyl

   Formula 2 With butoxide, and

   Esfenvalerate. esfenvalerate

   000498-00192.................... Champion Sprayon S-Bioallethrin and

   Flying & Crawling deltamethrin

   Insect Killer

   Formula II.

   000499-00362.................... Whitmire PT 515 Bioallethrin and

   Wasp-Freeze Wasp phenothrin

   and Hornet Killer.

   003095-00026.................... PIC Mosquito d-Allethrin

   Repellent Coils.

   004822-00283.................... Raid House and d-Allethrin and

   Garden Bug Killer phenothrin

   Formula 7.

   004822-00284.................... Raid Formula 5 d-Allethrin,

   Flying Insect piperonyl

   Killer. butoxide, and

   phenothrin

   004822-00469.................... Repellent LMO..... d-Allethrin

   004822-00501.................... Snake II.......... Bioallethrin

   004822-00578.................... H7A-US............ Tetramethrin,

   phenothrin, and d-

   allethrin

   004822-00580.................... H7A-US HG......... Tetramethrin,

   phenothrin, and d-

   allethrin

   006218-00043.................... Summit Mistocide-B S-bioallethrin,

   MGK 264, and

   piperonyl

   butoxide

   009688-00256.................... Chemsico Aerosol S-bioallethrin and

   Insecticide DS. deltamethrin

   009688-00306.................... TAT Roach & Ant Bioallethrin, MGK

   With Residual 264, piperonyl

   Action 2491. butoxide, and

   esfenvalerate

   010807-00437.................... Konk Insecticide Bioallethrin, MGK

   Foam. 264, and

   permethrin

   070385-00004.................... Microban X-590 Bioallethrin, MGK

   Institutional 264, o-

   Spray. phenylphenol (No

   inert use),

   piperonyl

   butoxide, and

   benzenemethanamin

   ium, N,N-dimethyl-

   N-(2-(2-(4-

   (1,1,3,3-

   tetramethylbutyl)

   phenoxy)ethoxy)et

   hyl)-, chloride

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   Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 and Table 2 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 3--Registrants of Cancelled Products

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   EPA Company No. Company name and address

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   4...................................... Bonide Products, Inc. Agent:

   Registrations By Design, Inc.,

   P.O. Box 1019, Salem, VA 24153-

   3805

   264.................................... Bayer CropScience LP, 2 T.W.

   Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12014,

   Research Triangle Park, NC

   27709

   352.................................... E.I. DuPont De Nemours and

   Company (S300/419), 1007

   Market St., Wilmington, DE

   19898-0001

   432.................................... Bayer Environmental Science, A

   Division of Bayer CropScience

   LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., P.O.

   Box 12014, Research Triangle

   Park, NC 27709

   464.................................... The Dow Chemical Co., Agent:

   The Dow Chemical Company, 100

   Larkin Center, 1650 Joseph

   Dr., Midland, MI 48674

   498.................................... Chase Products Co., Putting The

   Best At Your Fingertips, P.O.

   Box 70, Maywood, IL 60153

   499.................................... Whitmire Micro-Gen Research

   Laboratories, Inc., Agent:

   BASF Corporation, 3568 Tree

   Court Industrial Blvd., St.

   Louis, MO 63122-6682

   1270................................... Zep, Inc., 1310 Seaboard

   Industrial Blvd., Atlanta, GA

   30318

   1448................................... Buckman Laboratories, Inc.,

   1256 North McLean Blvd.,

   Memphis, TN 38108

   3095................................... PIC Corporation, Agent: Product

   & Regulatory Associates, LLC,

   P.O. Box 1683, Voorhees, NJ

   08043-9998

   4822................................... S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525

   Howe St., Racine, WI 53403

   6218................................... Summit Chemical Co., Summit

   Responsible Solutions, 235 S.

   Kresson St., Baltimore, MD

   21224

   8033................................... Nippon Soda Co., LTD, Agent:

   Nisso America, Inc., 88 Pine

   St., 14th Floor, New York, NY

   10005

   9688................................... Chemsico, A Division of United

   Industries Corp., P.O. Box

   142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-

   0642

   10163.................................. Gowan Co., P.O. Box 5569, Yuma,

   AZ 85366-5569

   10807.................................. Amrep, Inc., 990 Industrial

   Park Dr., Marietta, GA 30062

   28293.................................. Phaeton Corp., D/B/A Unicorn

   Laboratories, Agent:

   Registrations By Design, Inc.,

   P.O. Box 1019, Salem, VA 24153

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   54382.................................. Intervet, Inc., D/B/A Merck

   Animal Health, 556 Morris

   Ave., S5-2145A, Summit, NJ

   07901

   66330.................................. Arysta LifeScience North

   America, LLC 15401 Weston

   Parkway, Suite 150 Cary, NC

   27513

   67071.................................. Thor GmbH, Agent: Thor

   Specialties, Inc., 50

   Waterview Dr., Shelton, CT

   06484

   70385.................................. ProRestore Products, Agent:

   Lewis & Harrison, LLC, 122 C

   St. NW., Suite 505,

   Washington, DC 20001

   70627.................................. Diversey, Inc., 8310-16th St.,

   MS 707, Sturtevant, WI 53177

   71368.................................. Nufarm, Inc., Agent: Nufarm

   Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial

   Center Parkway, Suite 1013,

   Morrisville, NC 27560

   75630.................................. Royce Associates, LP, 35

   Carlton Ave., East Rutherford,

   NJ 07073

   83558.................................. Celsius Property B.V.,

   Amsterdam (NL), Neuhausen A.

   RHF Branch, Agent: Makhteshim

   Agan of North America, Inc.,

   3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite

   100, Raleigh, NC 27604

   85678.................................. RedEagle International, LLC,

   Agent: Wagner Regulatory

   Associates, Inc., P.O. Box

   640, Hockessin, DE 19707-0640

   87290.................................. Willowood, LLC, Agent: Wagner

   Regulatory Associates, Inc.,

   P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE

   19707-0640

   ME030004, ME980001..................... Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330

   Zionsville Rd., 308/2E

   Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054

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

   During the public comment period, EPA received three comments. One of the comments received was submitted by the registrant Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. c/o Nisso America, Inc. (Nisso) that explained the importance for maintaining the existing tepraloxydim tolerances for importation purposes through 2018. This request does not pertain to the voluntary cancellation of the registrant's products (008033-00012 and 008033-

   00013), which have never been marketed in the United States.

   The two remaining comments received pertained to pesticide concerns in general. These two comments did not contain information about any specific product cancellation request. For these reasons, the Agency does not believe that the three comments submitted during the comment period, which referenced importation tolerances and general pesticide concerns, merit further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary cancellation.

4. 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 August 6, 2014. 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. are a violation of FIFRA.

5. 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 of May 20, 2014 (79 FR 28920) (FRL-9909-40). The comment period closed on June 19, 2014.

6. 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.

   1. All Products in Table 1 of Unit II. except 000264-00806, 008033-

      00012, 008033-00013, 054382-00003, 067071-00053, 071368-00062, 087290-

      00014, 087290-00021)

      The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until August 6, 2015, which is 1 year after the publication of this 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 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.

   2. Product 000264-00806

      In a letter to the Agency, the registrant had requested to voluntarily cancel all of its current thiacloprid product and domestic use registrations. In doing so, the registrant requested an 18- month time period to sell and distribute existing stocks of this product. The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of product listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until Monday, February 8, 2016, which is 1 year and 6 months after the publication of this cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from selling or distributing product listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of product 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 product.

   3. Product 071368-00062

      The registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of product containing imazamethabenz listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until December 31, 2015. Thereafter, registrants, and persons other than the registrants, are prohibited from selling or distributing product containing imazamethabenz listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. Existing stocks of product containing imazamethabenz already in the hands of

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      users can be used legally until such 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 product.

   4. Products 008033-00012, 008033-00013, 054382-00003, 067071-00053, 087290-00014 and 087290-00021

      Registrants have indicated to the Agency via letter and/or written response that due to the last manufacturing date, distribution date, or the absence of marketing in the United States no existing stocks provisions are necessary for them to sell and distribute their product(s).

      Registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, 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.

   5. End-Use Products Listed in Table 2 of Unit II.

      The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 2 of Unit II. until December 31, 2016. Thereafter, as of January 1, 2017, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 2 of Unit II., except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. Persons other than registrants are allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of product listed in Table 2 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 product.

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      Dated: July 23, 2014.

      Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,

      Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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