Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations: 1-Methyl-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniatricyclodecane Chloride (Busan 1024)

Federal Register: August 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 157)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0243; FRL-8377-1

1-Methyl-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniatricyclodecane Chloride (Busan 1024); Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in

Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. 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. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the

Federal Register.

DATES: The deletions are effective September 12, 2008, unless the

Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or before September 12, 2008. The Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarked no later than September 12, 2008.

Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before

September 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0243, by one of the following methods:

Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public

Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.

Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South

Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The

Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Avivah Jakob, Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-305-1328; e-mail address: jakob.kathryn @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 a docket for this action under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0243. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at http:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One

      Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket

      Facility 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.

2. What Action is the Agency Taking?

   This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted:

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   Table 1.--Registrations With Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations

   EPA Registration No.

   Product Name

   Active Ingredient

   Delete from Label

   1448-92

   BUSAN 1024

   1-Methyl-3,5,7-triaza-1- laundry starch, azoniatricyclodecane

   petroleum production

   Chloride (Busan 1024) and recovery, textiles, papermaking chemicals and coatings, metalworking fluids

   Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before September 12, 2008 to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment. This 30-day period will also permit interested members of the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the deletion.

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

   Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain

   Pesticide Registrations

   EPA Company Number

   Company Name and Address

   1448

   Buckman Laboratories, Inc. 1256 North McLean Blvd.

   Memphis, TN 38134

3. 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 amended to delete one or more uses. The 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.

4. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

   Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR

   FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before September 12, 2008. This written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling.

5. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

   The Agency has authorized the 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, Antimicrobials,

   Busan 1024.

   Dated: August 1, 2008.

   Mark A. Hartman,

   Acting Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

   FR Doc. E8-18612 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am

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