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the affected registrations subject to the 

terms and conditions set forth below in 

Unit VI. 

TABLE 1.—PROPETAMPHOS PRODUCT

REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration 

Number 

Product 

Name Company 

002724– 

00313 

Technical 

Propetamphos 

Wellmark 

International 

002724– 

00450 

Zoecon 

9001 

EW 

Wellmark 

International 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the products listed in Table of this 

unit. The company number corresponds 

to the first part of the EPA registration 

numbers of the products listed in Table 

1. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR

AMENDMENTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and 

Address 

002724 Wellmark International 

Attn: James McFadden 

1501 E. Woodfield Rd., 

Suite 200 West 

Schaumberg, IL 60173 

IV. 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 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. 

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 propetamphos registrant has 

requested that EPA waive the 180–day 

comment period. Accordingly, EPA will 

provide a 30–day comment period on 

the requests. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Requests 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for product cancellation should 

submit the withdrawal in writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products(s) 

have been subject to a previous 

cancellation action, the effective date of 

cancellation and all other provisions of 

any earlier cancellation action are 

controlling. 

VI. 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 action. If the requests for voluntary 

cancellation are granted, the Agency 

intends to publish the cancellation 

order in the Federal Register. 

In any order issued in response to 

these requests for cancellation of 

product registrations, EPA proposes to 

include the following provisions for the 

treatment of any existing stocks of the 

products listed in Table 1 of Unit III. 

EPA proposes to make the 

cancellation of propetamphos technical 

(EPA Reg. No. 2724–313) effective 

September 30, 2010, after which date 

the technical product can no longer be 

sold or distributed. Wellmark 

International would be permitted to use 

the existing stocks of propetamphos 

technical (defined as quantities of EPA 

Reg. No. 2724–313 in existence as of 

September 30, 2010) to formulate the 

propetamphos end-use product (EPA 

Reg. No. 2724–450) for 18 months after 

the September 30, 2010 effective date of 

the cancellation, which would be until 

March 30, 2012. Thereafter, Wellmark 

International also would be prohibited 

from using (as well as continue to be 

prohibited from selling or distributing) 

propetamphos technical, except for 

export consistent with FIFRA section 17 

or for proper disposal. 

EPA proposes to make the 

cancellation of the propetamphos enduse product (EPA Reg. No. 2724–450) 

effective March 30, 2012. Wellmark 

International would be allowed to sell 

or distribute existing stocks of EPA Reg. 

No. 2724–450 (defined as quantities of 

EPA Reg. No. 2724–450 in existence as 

of March 30, 2012) until such stocks are 

depleted. Persons other than Wellmark 

International would be allowed to sell, 

distribute, and use existing stocks of 

EPA Reg. No 2724–450 until supplies 

are exhausted, provided that such sale, 

distribution, and use is consistent with 

the terms of the previously approved 

labeling on, or that accompanied, the 

canceled product. 

The existing stocks provisions 

outlined in this notice are intended to 

allow depletion of the amount of 

technical propetamphos (EPA Reg. No. 

2724–313) that Wellmark International 

currently has on-hand from purchases 

made prior to its decision to request 

voluntary cancellation. Use until 

depletion will preclude environmental 

disposal concerns of quantities of 

undiluted propetamphos that cannot be 

formulated or used. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: August 5, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–20010 Filed 8–17–10; 8:45 a.m.] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0650; FRL–8840–5] 

Propionic Acid and Salts, and Urea 

Sulfate; Registration Review Proposed 

Decisions; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed 

registration review decisions for the 

pesticides propionic acid and salts, and 

urea sulfate and opens a public 

comment period on the proposed 

decisions. 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 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. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number for the specific pesticide of 


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interest provided in the table in Unit 

II.A., 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 

the docket identification (ID) number 

listed in the table in Unit II.A. for the 

pesticide you are commenting on. EPA’s 

policy is that all comments received 

will be included in the docket without 

change 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 e-mail. The 

regulations.gov website 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail 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: For 

pesticide-specific information, contact: 

The chemical review manager identified 

in the table in Unit II.A. 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 

number: (703) 305–5026; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; e-mail 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 

chemical review manager that is 

identified in the table in Unit II.A. for 

the pesticide of interest. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD-ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD-ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice 

announces the availability of EPA’s 

proposed registration review decision 

for the pesticides shown in the 

following table, and opens a 60–day 

public comment period on the proposed 

decisions. The active ingredient 

propionic acid is a fungicide and 

bactericide that is used to control fungi 

and bacteria in stored hay and grains, 

inhibit bacterial growth in drinking 

water for livestock and poultry, control 

mold and fungi in poultry litter and 

animal feed, and sanitize pre-cleaned 

food contact surfaces. Propionic acid is 

also used as an inert ingredient in 

pesticide formulations. Propionic acid 

and its salts, sodium and calcium 

propionates, are approved by the Food 

and Drug Administration (FDA) in the 

United States as Generally Recognized 

As Safe (GRAS) for use in food. 

Propionic acid and salts, are exempt 

from the requirement of a tolerance. 

Urea sulfate is used as a desiccant on 


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cotton. No food crop uses remain and all tolerances for urea sulfate have been 

deleted. 

REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED DECISIONS

Registration Review Case Name and 

Number Pesticide Docket ID Number Chemical Review Manager,Telephone Number, E-mail Address 

Propionic Acid and Salts 

Case Number 4078 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0024 Wilhelmena Livingston 

(703) 308–8025 

livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov 

Urea Sulfate 

Case Number 7213 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0202 Andrea Carone 

(703) 308–0122 

carone.andrea@epa.gov 

The registration review docket for a 

pesticide includes earlier documents 

related to the registration review of the 

case. For example, the review opened 

with the posting of a Summary 

Document, containing a Preliminary 

Work Plan, for public comment. A Final 

Work Plan was posted to the docket 

following public comment on the initial 

documents. 

For propionic acid and salts, an 

endangered species assessment was 

conducted for all uses of propionic acid; 

however, the Agency determined that a 

health risk assessment was not needed. 

In addition, no data were required at 

this time to support registrations 

containing propionic acid and salts. The 

Agency has considered propionic acid 

and salts in light of the standard for 

registration and safety factors in FIFRA 

and FFDCA, as amended by FQPA. EPA 

has found that there are not likely to be 

any unreasonable adverse effects to the 

U.S. population in general, and to 

infants and children in particular, or to 

non-target organisms or the 

environment from the use of registered 

pesticide products containing propionic 

acid and salts when currently required 

label instructions are followed. In 

addition, the Agency has made a ‘‘No 

Effect’’ determination for endangered 

species for propionic acid and salts. 

This proposed registration review 

decision is described in more detail in 

the Propionic Acid and Salts Proposed 

Registration Review Decision, available 

in the propionic acid and salts docket. 

For urea sulfate, after the publication 

of the Urea Sulfate Final Work Plan, 

pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act, as amended, the Agency received a 

request to voluntarily cancel all but one 

registered label for use on cotton and 

then granted the voluntary cancellation 

request on October 14, 2008, for all 

registered use sites besides cotton of 

urea sulfate in the United States. The 

Agency described the impact of the 

cancellations on the registration review 

of urea sulfate in the Revised 

Registration Review Ecological Risk 

Assessment and Effects Determination 

for Urea Sulfate, which was issued on 

September 3, 2009. In this assessment, 

the Agency made a ‘‘No Effect’’ 

determination for federally listed 

species and designated critical habitats. 

This proposed registration review 

decision is described in more detail in 

the Urea Sulfate Proposed Registration 

Review Decision, available in the urea 

sulfate docket. 

Following public comment, the 

Agency will issue registration review 

decisions for products containing 

propionic acid and salts, and urea 

sulfate. 

The registration review program is 

being conducted under congressionally 

mandated time frames, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA, as amended, 

required EPA to establish by regulation 

procedures for reviewing pesticide 

registrations, originally with a goal of 

reviewing each pesticide’s registration 

every 15 years to ensure that a pesticide 

continues to meet the FIFRA standard 

for registration. The Agency’s final rule 

to implement this program was issued 

in August 2006, and became effective in 

October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR 

part 155 subpart C. The Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2003 

(PRIA) was amended and extended in 

September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by 

PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete 

registration review decisions by October 

1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as 

of October 1, 2007. 

The registration review final rule at 40 

CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 

60–day public comment period on all 

proposed registration review decisions. 

This comment period is intended to 

provide an opportunity for public input 

and a mechanism for initiating any 

necessary amendments to the proposed 

decision. All comments should be 

submitted using the methods in 

ADDRESSES, and must be received by 

EPA on or before the closing date. These 

comments will become part of the 

docket for propionic acid and salts. 

Comments received after the close of the 

comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ 

EPA is not required to consider these 

late comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and will provide a ‘‘Response to 

Comments Memorandum’’ in the docket. 

The registration review decision will 

explain the effect that any comments 

had on the decision and provide the 

Agency’s response to significant 

comments. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration

_review. A link to earlier documents 

related to the registration review of 

propionic acid and salts, and urea 

sulfate is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration

_review/reg_review_status.htm. 

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, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Pesticides and pests, propionic acid and 

salts, and urea sulfate. 

Dated: August 8, 2010 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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