Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
| Published date | 02 April 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 17380 |
| Record Number | 2021-06808 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 62 (Friday, April 2, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 62 (Friday, April 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17380-17381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06808]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0144; FRL-10021-76]
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 July 30, 2020 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 July 30, 2020
notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency
received two anonymous public comments on the 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 order,
including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are applicable April 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration
Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; email address:
[email protected].
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-2020-0144, 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.
II. 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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Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients
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228-619........................ 228 NuFarm Sethoxydim SPC Herbicide Sethoxydim.
1258-1265...................... 1258 Baquacil Ultra Swimming Pool Poly(iminoimidocarbonyliminoim
Sanitizer & Fungicide. idocarbonyliminohexamethylene
) hydrochloride.
62719-397...................... 62719 Kerb 50-W...................... Propyzamide.
CA-960008...................... 62719 Kerb 50W Herbicide in WSP...... Propyzamide.
FL-910007...................... 62719 Kerb 50W Herbicide............. Propyzamide.
ID-020020...................... 62719 Kerb 50W Herbicide in WSP...... Propyzamide.
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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
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EPA company No. Company name and address
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228.................................. NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020
Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101,
Morrisville, NC 27560.
1258................................. Arch Chemicals, Inc., 1200
Bluegrass Lakes Parkway,
Alpharetta, GA 30004.
62719................................ Dow Agrosciences, LLC, 9330
Zionsville Rd., 308/2E,
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
The Agency received two anonymous public comments on the notice.
For these reasons, the Agency does not believe that the comments
submitted during the comment period merit further review or a denial of
the requests for voluntary cancellation.
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 applicable date of the cancellations that are the subject of this
notice is April 2, 2021. 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 of July
30, 2020 (85 FR 45881) (FRL-10012-41). The comment period closed on
January 26, 2021.
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 applicable 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 April 4, 2022, 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.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: March 26, 2021.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-06808 Filed 4-1-21; 8:45 am]
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