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TABLE 2b—REGISTRANT OF CANCELLED ALDICARB PRODUCT

EPA Company 

No. Company name and address 

264 .................... Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

During the public comment period 

provided, EPA received no comments in 

response to the September 19, 2012 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

Agency’s receipt of the requests for 

voluntary cancellations of products 

listed in Table 1a of Unit II. The Agency 

received comments relating to 

alternatives and benefits of aldicarb use 

in response to the October 7, 2010 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

Agency’s receipt of the request for 

voluntary cancellation of the product 

listed in Table 1b of Unit II. The Agency 

does not believe that the comments 

submitted during the comment period 

merit further review or a denial of the 

request for voluntary cancellation. 

IV. Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

cancellations of the registrations 

identified in Tables 1a and 1b of Unit 

II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby 

orders that the product registrations 

identified in Tables 1a and 1b of Unit 

II. are canceled. The effective date of the 

cancellations that are the subject of this 

notice is December 19, 2012. Any 

distribution, sale, or use of existing 

stocks of the products identified in 

Tables 1a and 1b 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 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 on September 

19, 2012 (77 FR 58134) (FRL–9361–1), 

and October 7, 2010 (75 FR 62129) 

(FRL–8848–1). The comment periods 

closed on October 19, 2012, and 

November 8, 2010, respectively. 

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 

effective date of the cancellation action. 

The existing stocks provisions for the 

products subject to this order are as 

follows. 

A. For All Products Listed in Table 1a 

in Unit II 

The registrants may continue to sell 

and distribute existing stocks of 

products listed in Table 1a of Unit II. 

until December 19, 2013, 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 1a, 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 1a 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. 

B. For the Product Listed in Table 1b in 

Unit II 

Per a Memorandum of Agreement 

(MOA) between the Environmental 

Protection Agency and Bayer 

CropScience (Bayer) dated August 16, 

2010, Bayer may only sell existing 

stocks of the product listed in Table 1b 

of Unit II. labeled for use on citrus and 

potatoes for export consistent with the 

requirements of FIFRA section 17 or for 

purposes of proper disposal. 

Bayer may only sell or distribute 

Temik 15G end-use products permitting 

use on cotton, dry beans, peanut, 

soybean, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes 

until December 31, 2014. After that date, 

Bayer may only distribute such products 

intended for export consistent with the 

requirements of FIFRA section 17 or for 

purposes of proper disposal. 

Sale and distribution of Temik 15G 

labeled for use on cotton, dry beans, 

peanut, soybean, sugar beets, and sweet 

potatoes by any other party is permitted 

until December 31, 2016, and thereafter 

only for purposes of proper disposal or 

export consistent with the requirements 

of FIFRA section 17. 

Existing stocks of the Temik 15G 

labeled for use on cotton, dry beans, 

peanut, soybean, sugar beets, and sweet 

potatoes may be used until August 31, 

2018, provided that such use is in all 

respects consistent with the previously 

approved label, and labeling 

accompanying the product. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: November 15, 2012. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30433 Filed 12–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0844; FRL–9368–8] 

Notice of Receipt of a Request To 

Voluntarily Cancel 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 by registrants 

to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide 

registrations. EPA intends to grant this 

request at the close of the comment 

period for this announcement unless the 

Agency receives substantive comments 

within the comment period that would 

merit its further review of the request, 

or unless the registrants withdraw their 

request. The cancellation for the 

allethrins technical products will be 

effective September 30, 2015, and the 

cancellation for the allethrins end-use 

products will be effective December 31, 

2016, as described in Unit II. below. If 

any of these cancellation requests are 

granted, the Agency will issue a 

cancellation order that will prescribe 

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distribution, and use of existing stocks 

of canceled products. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 17, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0844, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Molly Clayton, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 603–0522; email address: 

clayton.molly@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, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. If you 

have any questions regarding the 

information in this notice, consult the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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 email. 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. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of a request from the technical 

registrants Valent Biosciences 

Corporation and Sumitomo Chemical 

Company Limited to cancel all their 

allethrins pesticide products registered 

under FIFRA section 3 or 24(c). These 

registrations are listed in sequence by 

registration number in Table 1 of this 

unit. 

The allethrin series of pyrethroid 

insecticides includes bioallethrin (PC 

code 004003), esbiol (004004), 

esbiothrin (004007, formerly 004003/ 

004004), and pynamin forte (004005). 

The allethrins are members of the 

pyrethroid class of insecticides. They 

are used to control flying and crawling 

insects in a number of commercial, 

horticultural and residential 

applications. Common product forms 

include wasp and hornet aerosols; yard 

and patio foggers; flying insect killer 

aerosols; total release aerosols (indoor 

foggers); mosquito repellants (mats and 

coils); space sprays; and crawling insect 

killer aerosols. The allethrins are not 

registered for use on food, and they have 

no U.S. tolerances associated with their 

use; therefore, they are not subject to the 

Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). 

There are currently two technical 

registrants for the allethrins, with one 

(Valent BioSciences Corporation) being 

a subsidiary of the second (Sumitomo 

Chemical Company). 

The allethrins were the subjects of a 

reregistration eligibility decision (RED), 

which was completed on June 30, 2007, 

and amended on May 27, 2009. In 

reregistration, EPA completed human 

health and environmental risk 

assessments for the allethrins. During 

reregistration, to reduce potential 

ecological exposure, the registrants 

voluntarily canceled pet shampoos and 

dips and large-scale outdoor uses, such 

as uncultivated agricultural areas and 

golf courses. Since outdoor uses were 

thereby limited to localized spot 

treatments, no ecological mitigation 

measures were specified in the RED. 

On March 31, 2010, the public phase 

of registration review for the allethrins 

began with the opening of the initial 

docket (EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0022). The 

comment period for the allethrins 

registration review docket was open for 

60 days, from March 31, 2010, to June 

1, 2010. The Final Work Plan (FWP) for 

the allethrins was completed on August 

11, 2010. The Agency’s projected 

registration review timeline described in 

the FWP established that the 

preliminary risk assessments would be 

completed by December 2018, and the 

final registration decision would be 

completed in 2020. 

The technical registrants subsequently 

requested cancellation of their allethrins 

technical products effective September 

30, 2015, and cancellation of their end 

use products effective December 31, 

2016. 

TABLE 1—TECHNICAL PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Product name 

10308–3 ............ Pynamin Forte Technical. 

73049–105 ........ Bioallethrin Technical. 

73049–125 ........ Crossfire Technical. 

73049–155 ........ Esbiol Technical. 

73049–156 ........ Crossfire Technical. 

73049–359 ........ Bioallethrin Technical. 

73049–394 ........ VBC Bioallethrin 90% Concentrate. 

73049–395 ........ VBC Esbiol Concentrate. 

73049–399 ........ VBC Esbiothrin. 


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TABLE 2—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Product name 

73049–157 ........ Cypermethrin/Esbiothrin/ 

Piperonyl Butoxide 

0.05%/0.1%/0.4% A. 

73049–177 ........ DS 205 Insecticide. 

73049–178 ........ UltraTec DS 215 Insecticide. 

73049–180 ........ DS 530 Insecticide. 

73049–183 ........ ULTRATEC DS 210 Insecticide. 

TABLE 2—END-USE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION—Continued 

Registration No. Product name 

73049–184 ........ Ultratec KD AC. 

73049–210 ........ DSP 0.25–2.5–25 AC. 

73049–354 ........ UltraTec DS OB AC. 

73049–389 ........ UltraTec DSP 515 Insecticide. 

73049–390 ........ UltraTec DS 105 OB Insecticide. 

Table 3 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 this 

unit. 

TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

EPA Company No. Company name and address 

10308 ......................... Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd., 1330 Dillon Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21228–1199. 

73049 ......................... Valent BioSciences Corporation, 870 Technology Way, Suite 100, Libertyville, IL 60048–6316. 

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 canceled. 

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) 

provides for the possibility of a 180-day 

comment period where the voluntary 

cancellation involves a pesticide 

registered for at least one minor 

agricultural use. Because the allethrins 

are not registered for any minor 

agricultural uses, this 180-day comment 

provision does not apply, and EPA is 

providing a 30-day comment period on 

the proposed voluntary cancellation of 

allethrins registrations. 

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. Any request for withdrawal 

should be submitted before the end of 

the comment period but, as a practical 

matter, must be received before EPA 

issues a final order. 

V. 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 these 

allethrins products are reregistered 

pesticides, and there are no known risks 

of concern, the cancellation date for the 

technical products will occur five years 

prior to the time of the planned 

registration review decision for the 

allethrins, the Agency expects to grant 

this request unless the Agency receives 

substantive comments that warrant 

further review of the request or the 

registrants withdraw their request. In 

2013, EPA intends to issue an order in 

the Federal Register canceling all of the 

technical registrations as of September 

30, 2015 and end use product 

registrations as of December 31, 2016. It 

is the Agency’s current intention to 

include in that order the following 

terms and conditions applicable to 

existing stocks: 

• No sale or distribution of allethrins 

technical products by any person, other 

than for purposes of disposal or export, 

will be permitted after September 30, 

2015. 

• No use of technical allethrins 

products to formulate end-use products 

will be permitted after December 31, 

2015. 

• As of January 1, 2017, persons other 

than registrants will be allowed to sell, 

distribute, or use existing stocks of 

cancelled end use products until such 

stocks are exhausted. Use of existing 

stocks will be permitted only to the 

extent that the use is consistent with the 

terms of the previously-approved 

labeling accompanying the product 

used. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Allethrins. 

Dated: December 3, 2012. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30357 Filed 12–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget for Emergency Review and 

Approval 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 


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