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Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 21, 2013. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–15991 Filed 7–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0231; FRL–9384–5] 

Metaldehyde; Amendment To 

Terminate Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the amendment to terminate 

uses, voluntarily requested by the 

registrant and accepted by the Agency, 

of a product containing metaldehyde, 

pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). This order follows a March 23, 

2012 Federal Register Notice of Receipt 

of a Request from the registrant listed in 

Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily amend 

to terminate uses of this product 

registration. This is not the last product 

containing this pesticide registered for 

use in the United States. In the March 

23, 2012 notice, EPA indicated that it 

would issue an order implementing the 

amendment to terminate uses, unless 

the Agency received substantive 

comments within the 180-day comment 

period that would merit its further 

review of these requests, or unless the 

registrant withdrew its request. The 

Agency received comments on the 

notice but none merited its further 

review of the requests. Further, the 

registrant did not withdraw its request. 

Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this 

notice a cancellation order granting the 

requested amendment to terminate uses. 

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 amendment is effective July 

3, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill 

Bloom, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division 

(7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8019; fax number: (703) 308– 

8005; email address: bloom.jill@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. 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–2005–0231, 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), EPA West 

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 

amendment to terminate uses, as 

requested by the registrant of a product 

registered under FIFRA section 3. The 

EPA registration number and product 

name are shown in Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 2—METALDEHYDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION AMENDMENT TO DELETE USES

EPA Registration 

No. Product name Uses deleted—all but the following: 

6836–107 ........... Lonza Meta Metaldehyde Technical 

Molluscicide.

Artichokes, blueberries, caneberries (bingleberry, black raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, dewberry, lowberry, marionberry, olallieberry, red raspberry, youngberry) and other berries (currant, 

elderberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, loganberry, lingonberry, juneberry, salal), citrus, lettuce, 

cole crops and other leafy greens (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cavalo 

broccolo, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mizuna, mustard greens, mustard spinach, rape greens), 

grass grown for seed, ornamentals, prickly pear cactus, tomato, strawberry, watercress, and 

use sites with directions for use in state and/or Federal invasive mollusk eradication operations. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and address of record for the 

registrant of the product in Table 1 of 

this unit, in sequence by EPA company 

number. The company number 

corresponds to the first part of the EPA 

registration number of the product listed 

above. 

TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED

PRODUCTS

EPA company 

No. Company name and address 

6836 ............. Lonza, Inc. 

90 Boroline Road 

Allendale, NJ 07401 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

A summary of the public comments in 

response to March 23, 2013 notice and 

the Agency’s responses to those 

comments are provided below. 

IR–4 Project Headquarters at Rutgers 

University (IR–4) requested that certain 

uses for which the registrant has 


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requested termination remain registered. 

IR–4 submitted a petition (PP#2E8070) 

on July 30, 2012, in support of proposed 

tolerances for grass grown for seed, leaf 

petioles, peppermint, spearmint, 

wetland, Caneberry subgroup 13–07A, 

Bushberry subgroup 13–07B and Berry 

low growing subgroup 13–07G. IR–4 

noted that, since the petition is 

currently under review by the Agency, 

it would be most efficient to maintain 

the registrations until the data have 

been evaluated. IR–4 also noted that it 

is currently conducting residue studies 

in support of minor uses of metaldehyde 

on legume subgroups 6A, 6B, and 6C, 

ginseng, and Pacific Northwest only 

uses on wheat and root vegetables, in 

addition to completing a residue study 

supporting the use on clover grown for 

seed. IR–4 is requesting that these uses 

also be retained. Finally, IR–4 requests 

clarification on whether or not use is 

permitted on ornamentals in 

greenhouses, hoophouses, and other 

indoor production structures. 

Oregon State University commented 

that losing the use of metaldehyde on 

the crops included in the IR–4 petition 

and the ongoing residue studies would 

negatively impact slug and snail 

management in Oregon, and that 

growers would be likely to suffer 

significant economic losses if 

metaldehyde was no longer an option 

for control of these pests. 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 

State University, University of 

Delaware, and the Pennsylvania State 

University commented on the need for 

metaldehyde to control slugs in the 

Mid-Atlantic region, particularly on 

corn, soybean, canola, and other field 

crops. All three commenters indicated 

that while the increased adoption of notill cultural practices has many 

advantages for the grower and the 

environment, reduced tillage can result 

in increased slug populations. Pest 

pressure may cause farmers to return to 

conventional tillage, with its potential 

for increased run-off into the 

Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the use 

of the highly toxic carbamate insecticide 

methomyl as a control for slugs has been 

increasing in the Mid-Atlantic States 

since the pest was added via a FIFRA 

Section 2(ee) recommendation from the 

manufacturer. One commenter 

expressed the view that that recent 

studies show methomyl to be of limited 

efficacy. 

EPA response to all comments: Some 

of the uses the commenters have asked 

the Agency to retain have already been 

approved, including grass grown for 

seed, strawberries, blueberries, and 

caneberries and bushberries in the 

former commodity subgroups 13A and 

13B, thus they need not be covered by 

this use termination order. The other 

uses that IR–4 and other commenters 

requested be retained have never been 

listed explicitly on the label for 

Registration Number 6836–107. That 

label was amended in 2012 to allow 

formulation only into products for use 

on sites determined to be eligible for 

reregistration and sites subsequently 

approved in registration or tolerance 

actions. 

The metaldehyde uses that would be 

terminated based on the registrant’s 

request have not undergone complete 

human health and ecological risk 

assessments, either during the course of 

reregistration or subsequently through 

registration or tolerance actions. The IR– 

4 program has developed or is 

developing residue data on some of the 

uses the commenters would like to have 

retained. The tolerance assessments for 

the uses of metaldehyde covered by the 

already submitted petition are 

scheduled to be complete in November 

2013. 

The risk concerns cited in the 

metaldehyde Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision include risks to wildlife. Until 

both the human health and ecological 

risk assessments are conducted for any 

uses other than those covered in Table 

1 in Unit II, decisions on the registration 

of metaldehyde for other uses, including 

acceptable use parameters and 

directions for use, cannot be made. 

The Agency acknowledges the 

particular role pesticides play in 

managing pest problems in no-till or 

reduced tillage farming, as well as the 

positive impact these farming systems 

can have on run-off and water quality. 

In order for the use of metaldehyde to 

be permitted in no-till/reduced tillage 

field crops, or any other use site 

mentioned by the commenters, a full 

Suite of data, covering both human 

health and ecological risk, must be 

submitted in support of an application 

to register that use. The decision to 

make such applications and to submit 

supporting data is typically made by the 

registrant, although other entities may 

take on those responsibilities. Thus the 

uses that the commenters would like to 

have retained could be approved in the 

future if the necessary steps to 

registration are undertaken. 

While we acknowledge the value of 

metaldehyde in controlling slugs and 

snails, particularly outside of 

conventional tillage, we are unable at 

this time to approve the uses the 

commenters would like to retain. For 

this reason, the Agency does not believe 

that the comments submitted during the 

comment period merit denial of the 

requests for voluntary use deletion. 

In response to the question about the 

use of metaldehyde on ornamentals, the 

Agency wishes to clarify that approved 

ornamental uses include ornamentals in 

greenhouses, hoophouses, and other 

indoor ornamentals production 

facilities, as well as outdoor plants. 

To address concerns about the 

efficacy of methomyl for slugs, the 

Agency has notified the methomyl 

registrant about the new efficacy data 

from Delaware and is reviewing the 

information internally. 

IV. Order for the Amendment To 

Terminate Uses 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

amendment to terminate uses of the 

metaldehyde registration identified in 

Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the 

Agency hereby orders that the product 

registration identified in Table 1 of Unit 

II. is amended to terminate the affected 

uses. The effective date of the 

amendments that is the subject of this 

notice is July 3, 2013. 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 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 

on March 23, 2012 (77 FR 17052–17055) 

(FRL–9342–6). The comment period 

closed on September 19, 2012. 

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 action. The existing 

stocks provision for the products subject 

to this order is as follows. 

Registrants are permitted to sell or 

distribute products listed in Table 1 of 

Unit II. under the previously approved 

labeling until July 3, 2014, a period of 

12 months after publication of the 

cancellation order in this Federal 


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Register, unless other restrictions have 

been imposed. Thereafter, registrants 

will be prohibited from selling or 

distributing the products whose labels 

include the deleted uses identified in 

Table 1 of Unit II., except for export 

consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for 

proper disposal. 

Persons other than the registrant may 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of 

products whose labels include the 

deleted uses until supplies are 

exhausted, provided that such sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 

the terms of the previously approved 

labeling on, or that accompanied, the 

deleted uses. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: June 21, 2013. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–16035 Filed 7–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9830–4; EPA–HQ–OEI–2012–0952] 

Notification of Deletion of System of 

Records: Kid’s Club Membership List 

(EPA–57) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is deleting the system of records 

for the Kids Club Membership List 

(EPA–57) published in the Federal 

Register on March 2, 2006, from its 

inventory of Privacy Act systems. The 

system is no longer active and the Web 

site has been taken down. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

immediately upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Gavin, (312) 353–5282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

The Kid’s Club Membership List 

(EPA–57) contains non-sensitive 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

provided by children in grades K–4 and 

their parents. The system was created to 

promote environmental stewardship 

among children. Participants received 

certificates, membership cards and 

stickers for joining the club. Completed 

projects were posted on the Internet. 

The Office of Public Affairs deactivated 

the system and the Web site has been 

taken down. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2012–0952. Copies of the docket 

materials are available at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center 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. 

The telephone number for the OEI 

Docket Center is (202) 566–1752. 

How can I get electronic access to this 

document? 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically under the 

‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: June 20, 2013. 

Malcolm D. Jackson, 

Assistant Administrator and Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–16069 Filed 7–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0057; FRL–9389–6] 

Chlorpyrifos; Cancellation Order for 

Certain Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellations, voluntarily 

requested by the registrant and accepted 

by the Agency, of products containing 

chlorpyrifos, pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order 

follows a March 9, 2005 Federal 

Register Notice of Receipt of Request 

from the registrant listed in Table 2 of 

Unit II. to voluntarily cancel these 

product registrations. These are not the 

last products containing this pesticide 

registered for use in the United States. 

In the March 9, 2005 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 

registrant withdrew their request. The 

Agency did not receive any comments 

on the notice. Further, the registrant did 

not withdraw their request. 

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 effective 

July 3, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Myers, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division 

(7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8589; fax number: (703) 308– 

7070; email address: 

myers.tom@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. 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–2005–0057, 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), EPA West 

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 

cancellations, as requested by the 

registrant, of the products registered 

under FIFRA section 3. These 

registrations are listed in sequence by 


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