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T ABLE 

### 2—R EGISTRANTS 

### R EQUESTING 

### V OLUNTARY 

### C ANCELLATION

EPA Company No. Company name and address

264 ...................................................................... Bayer Crop Science LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., PO Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 279 ...................................................................... FMC Corp. Agricultural Products, 1735 Market St. Rm 1978, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 1043 .................................................................... Steris Corporation, PO Box 147, St. Louis, MO 63166–014 7. 2217 .................................................................... PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 West 12th St., Kansas City, MI 6 4101–0090. 10324 .................................................................. Mason Chemical Co., 721 W. Algonquin Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005. 10807 .................................................................. Amrep, Inc, Agent: Lewis & Harrison LLC, 122 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20001. 53883 .................................................................. Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa-Red Bluff Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507–1041. 75341 .................................................................. Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., 980 Ellicott St., Buffalo, NY 14209. CA110009 ........................................................... Airgas Specialty Gases, Inc., 2530 Sever Rd. Suite 300, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. GA080007, MI060004, VA080007 ...................... Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, D/B/A Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., PO Box 1 8300, Greensboro, NC 27149–8300. GA080011, KY080024, VA080009 ..................... Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94 596. ID060014, MT950003, NV040003, NV060007,

SD070001. Hacco, Inc., 110 Hopkins Dr., Randolph, WI 53956–1316.

MI000003 ............................................................ Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC, 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513. NV080003 ........................................................... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 2 7709–3528. WA060011 .......................................................... Nippon Soda Co. Ltd, Agent: Nisso America Inc., 45 Broadway, Suite 2110, New York, NY 10006.

III. 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 cancelled. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register

.

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:

1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or

2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.

The registrants in Table 2 of Unit II have not requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 180-day comment period on the proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation should submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under **FOR FURTHER**
**INFORMATION CONTACT** . 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.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. Because the Agency has identified no significant potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register . Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such 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 cancelled products.
List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: December 13, 2011. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012–340 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**  **AGENCY**

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0996; FRL–9331–3]**

**Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos**  **Registration Review Final Decisions; Notice of Availability** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces the availability of EPA’s final registration review decisions for the pesticides butylate, case no. 0071; fenoxycarb, case no. 7401; sodium tetrathiocarbonate, case no. 7009; and temephos, case no. 0006. Registration review is EPA’s periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without causing unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For pesticide specific information, contact: The chemical review manager identified in the Table of Unit II. for the pesticide of interest.

For general information on the registration review program, contact: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone


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number: (703) 305–5026; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: costello.kevin@epa.gov

. **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, farm worker, 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. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the pesticide specific contact person listed under **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**
**CONTACT**

. B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0996. 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. II. Background A. What action is the agency taking?

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this notice announces the availability of EPA’s final registration review decisions for butylate, case no. 0071; fenoxycarb, case no. 7401; sodium tetrathiocarbonate, case no. 7009; and temephos, case no. 0006. Butylate is a thiocarbamate soil-incorporated herbicide and was registered for use on field corn, pop corn, and sweet corn. The last butylate pesticide product registered for use in the United States was cancelled on March 23, 2011. Fenoxycarb is an O-ethyl carbamate derivative insecticide used to control fire ants and big-headed ants on turf,home lawns, agricultural areas, nonagricultural areas, horse farms, and ornamental nursery stock, among other areas. Fenoxycarb is also used to control a variety of insects in greenhouses in a total release fogger product. Sodium tetrathiocarbonate is a soil fumigant used for the management of nematodes and phytophthora root rot, oak root fungus, and phylloxera. It was registered for use on grapes, citrus, almonds, peaches, prunes, and plums only in the states of Arizona, California, Oregon,and Washington. Temephos is a nonsystemic organophosphate insecticide which is applied to standing water, shallow ponds, lakes, woodland pools, tidal waters, marshes, swamps, waters high in organic content, highly polluted water, catch basins (and similar areas where mosquitoes may breed), stream margins, and intertidal zones of sandy beaches. Target pests include aquatic larvae of mosquitoes, midges, gnats, punkies, and sandflies.



### T ABLE 

### —R EGISTRATION 

### R EVIEW 

### C ASES 

### W ITH 

### F INAL 

### D ECISIONS

Registration review case name and no. Pesticide docket ID no. Chemical review manager, telephone No., email address

Butylate Case Number 0071 .............................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0882 ............................. Steven Snyderman, (703) 347–0249, snyderman.steven@epa.gov

. Fenoxycarb Case Number 7401 ........................ EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0111 ............................. Tom Myers, (703) 308–8589, myers.tom@epa.gov

. Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate Case Number 7009 EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–1084 ............................. Tom Myers, (703) 308–8589, myers.tom@epa.gov

. Temephos Case Number 0006 .......................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0444 ............................. Tom Myers, (703) 308–8589, myers.tom@epa.gov

.

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a registration review decision is the Agency’s determination whether a pesticide meets, or does not meet, the standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA has considered butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos in light of the FIFRA standard for registration. The butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos Final Decision documents in the dockets describe the Agency’s rationale for issuing registration review final decisions for these pesticides.

In addition to the final registration review decision document, the registration review dockets listed in the Table of Unit II. for butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos also include other relevant documents related to the registration review of these cases. The proposed registration review decision documents were posted to the respective dockets and the public was invited to submit any comments or new information. During the 60-day comment period, no public comments were received for butylate, fenoxycarb, and sodium tetrathiocarbonate. Comments were received for temephos, from the American Mosquito Control Association, Lee County Mosquito Control District, the IR–4 Project, and Value Garden Supply. The comments emphasized the benefits of temephos as it is used in public health for mosquito control. The Agency recognizes the role of temephos in mosquito control and has agreed to a 4-year phase-out of the product registrations to accommodate the public health need and allow registrants time to develop replacement products. The current temephos products will not be cancelled until December 30, 2015. Also, Value Garden Supply requested to rescind their voluntary cancellation. In response to Value Garden Supply’s request to rescind their voluntary cancellation request, the Agency has been in discussions with the registrant about the specific scientific data required to support their temephos product registrations affected by the Cancellation Order. If the required temephos data are submitted by the registrant, reviewed, and found acceptable by the Agency prior to December 30, 2015, the Agency may amend the Cancellation Order for the affected product registrations. Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review case dockets for butylate, fenoxycarb, sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and temephos will remain open until all actions required in these final decisions have been completed.

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registration

_review. Links to earlier documents related to the registration review of these pesticide are provided
at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration

_review/butylate/, http:// www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration

_review/fenoxycarb/, http:// www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration

_review/ sodium

_ tetrathiocarbonate/, and http:// www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ registration

_review/temephos/

. B. What is the agency’s authority for taking this action?

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 155, subpart C, provide authority for this action. List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Registration review, Pesticides and pests, Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos.

Dated: December 21, 2011. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012–212 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0933; FRL–9328–2]**

**Imidacloprid, Oxamyl, and Methomyl; Notice of Receipt of Requests to**  **Voluntarily Amend Pesticide Registrations To Terminate Certain**  **Uses**

**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 requests by registrants to voluntarily amend certain imidacloprid product registrations to delete use on almonds, to voluntarily amend oxamyl product registrations to delete use on soybeans, and to voluntarily amend methomyl product registrations to delete use on grapes. The requests would not terminate the last imidacloprid, oxamyl, or methomyl products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless it receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit further review of the request, or unless one or more of the registrants withdraws its request. If the Agency grants these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the uses are deleted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before February 10, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0933 and pesticide active ingredient to which they pertain (imidacloprid, oxamyl, or methomyl), by one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

• 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 Facility’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.

Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 0933, and identify the pesticide active ingredient (imidacloprid, oxamyl, or methomyl) to which they pertain. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket withoutchange and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available
at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 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 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.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Contact the appropriate Chemical Review Manager identified in the table in this unit for the pesticide active ingredient of interest:

Pesticide active ingredient Chemical review manager’sname and contact information

Imidacloprid .... Rusty Wasem, Telephone number: (703) 305–6979, email address: wasem.russell@epa.gov.Methomyl ....... Tom Myers, Telephone number: (703) 308–8589, email address: myers.tom@epa.gov. Oxamyl ........... Monica Wait, Telephone number: (703) 347–8019, email address: wait.monica@epa.gov.

Alternatively, you can write to the appropriate Chemical Review Manager’s attention at: Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.

**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