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Contact: Deirdre Sunderland, (703) 603– 

0851; sunderland.deirdre@epa.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural commodities, Feed 

additives, Food additives, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: December 16, 2009. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–31192 Filed 1–5–10; 8:45 am] 

Billing Code 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009-0977; FRL–8806–2] 

Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request 

to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide 

Registrations of Certain Products 

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 a request by the 

registrant to voluntarily cancel their 

registrations of certain products 

containing the pesticide maneb. 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 registrant withdraws their request 

within this period. Upon acceptance of 

this request, any sale, distribution, or 

use of the products listed in this notice 

will be permitted 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 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0977, 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–2009– 

0977. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line 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 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: 

Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8177; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090, e-mail address: 

briscoe.barbara@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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, 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 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. 


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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 on the Receipt of 

Requests to Cancel Registrations 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from the registrant Drexel 

Chemical Company to cancel 4 maneb 

product registrations. In a letter dated 

November 15, 2009 and an electronic 

mail message dated December 15, 2009, 

Drexel Chemical Company requested 

EPA to cancel the product registrations 

of the pesticide products identified 

Table 1. 

III. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of a request from a registrant to cancel 

maneb product registrations. The 

affected products and the registrant 

making the request are identified in 

Tables 1 and 2. 

Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, 

registrants may request, at any time, that 

their pesticide registrations be canceled 

or amended to terminate one or more 

pesticide uses. 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, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA 

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 Administrator determines that 

continued use of the pesticide would 

pose an unreasonable adverse effect on 

the environment. 

The maneb registrant has requested 

that EPA waive the 180–day comment 

period. EPA will provide a 30–day 

comment period on the proposed 

request. 

Unless a request is withdrawn by the 

registrant within 30 days of publication 

of this notice, or if the Agency 

determines that there are substantive 

comments that warrant further review of 

this request, an order will be issued 

canceling the affected registrations. 

TABLE 1. —MANEB PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration 

No. 

Product 

Name 

Chemical 

Name 

019713-00378 Drexel 

Manzeb 

89 W 

Maneb 

019713-00379 IDA, Inc. 

Maneb 

80W 

Maneb 

019713-00380 Drexel 

Manzi 

Flowable 

Maneb 

019713-00381 IDA 

Maneb 

4L 

Maneb 

TABLE 2. —REGISTRANT REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

EPA Company 

No. 

Company Name and 

Address 

019713 Drexel Chemical Company, 1700 Channel 

Avenue, P.O. Box 

13327, Memphis, TN 

38113 

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. Thereafter, 

following the public comment period, 

the Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Voluntary Cancellation 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 February 5, 2010. 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(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 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. 

EPA anticipates allowing sale, 

distribution and use in the cancellation 

order as described in this Unit below: 

1. The registrant may continue to sell 

or distribute existing stocks of maneb 

end-use products until such stocks are 

exhausted. 

2. Persons other than the registrant 

may continue to sell or distribute 

existing stocks of maneb products 

identified in Table 1 with previously 

approved labeling until such stocks are 

exhausted. 

3. Persons other than the registrant 

may use the maneb end use products 

identified in Table 1 until exhausted. 

Any use of existing stocks must be in a 

manner consistent with the previously 

approved labeling for that product. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: December 30, 2009. 

Jeffrey S. Billingslea, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31396 Filed 1–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Granting of Request for Early 

Termination of the Waiting Period 

Under the Premerger Notification 

Rules 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the 

Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust 

Improvements Act of 1976, requires 

persons contemplating certain mergers 

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General advance notice and to wait 

designated periods before 

consummation of such plans. Section 

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, 

in individual cases, to terminate this 

waiting period prior to its expiration 

and requires that notice of this action be 

published in the Federal Register. 


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