[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58530-58540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24780]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-60056; FRL-6743-5]


Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Notices of Intent to Suspend.

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SUMMARY: This Notice, pursuant to section 6(f)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et 
seq., announces that EPA has issued Notices of Intent to Suspend 
pursuant to sections 3(c)(2)(B) and 4 of FIFRA. The Notices were issued 
following issuance of Section 4 Reregistration Requirements Notices by 
the Agency and the failure of registrants subject to the Section 4 
Reregistration Requirements Notices to take appropriate steps to secure 
the data required to be submitted to the Agency. This Notice includes 
the text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend, absent specific chemical, 
product, or factual information. Table A of this Notice further 
identifies the registrants to whom the Notices of Intent to Suspend 
were issued, the date each Notice of Intent to Suspend was issued, the 
active ingredient(s) involved, and the EPA registration numbers and 
names of the registered product(s) which are affected by the Notices of 
Intent to Suspend. Moreover, Table B of this Notice identifies the 
basis upon which the Notices of Intent to Suspend were issued. Finally, 
matters pertaining to the timing of requests for hearing are specified 
in the Notices of Intent to Suspend and are governed by the deadlines 
specified in section 3(c)(2)(B). As required by section 6(f)(2), the 
Notices of Intent to Suspend were sent by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, to each affected registrant at its address of 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Day, Office of Compliance 
(2225A), Agriculture and Ecosystem Division, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-
4133.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use 
pesticides, 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.

II. Text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend

    The text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend, absent specific 
chemical, product, or factual information, follows:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Washington, DC 20460
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
SUBJECT: Suspension of Registration of Pesticide Product(s) 
Containing Methoxychlor for Failure to Comply with the Methoxychlor 
Section 4 Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility Document Data Call-In 
Notice Dated December 9, 1988
    Dear Sir/Madam:
    This letter gives you notice that the pesticide product 
registrations listed in Attachment I will be suspended 30 days from 
your receipt of this letter unless you take steps within that time to 
prevent this Notice from automatically becoming a final and effective 
order of suspension. The Agency's authority for suspending the 
registrations of your products is section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Upon becoming a 
final and effective order of suspension, any violation of the order 
will be an unlawful act under section 12(a)(2)(J) of FIFRA.
    You are receiving this Notice of Intent to Suspend because you have 
failed to comply with the terms of the Phase 5 Reregistration 
Eligibility Document Data Call-In Notice imposed pursuant to section 
4(g)(2)(b) and section (3)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    The specific basis for issuance of this Notice is stated in the 
Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to this Notice. The affected 
products and the requirements which you failed to satisfy are listed 
and described in the following three attachments:
    Attachment I Suspension Report--Product List
    Attachment II Suspension Report--Requirement List
    Attachment III Suspension Report--Explanatory Appendix
    The suspension of the registration of each product listed in 
Attachment I will become final unless at least one of the following 
actions is completed.
    1. You may avoid suspension under this Notice if you or another 
person adversely affected by this Notice properly request a hearing 
within 30 days of your receipt of this Notice. If you request a 
hearing, it will be conducted in accordance with the requirements of 
section 6(d) of FIFRA and the Agency's procedural regulations in 40 CFR 
part 164.
    Section 3(c)(2)(B), however, provides that the only allowable 
issues which may be addressed at the hearing are whether you have 
failed to take the actions which are the bases of this Notice and 
whether the Agency's decision regarding the disposition of existing 
stocks is consistent with FIFRA. Therefore, no substantive allegation 
or legal argument concerning other issues, including but not limited to 
the Agency's original decision to require the submission of data or 
other information, the need for or utility of any of the required data 
or other information or deadlines imposed, and the risks and benefits 
associated with continued registration of the affected product, may be 
considered in the proceeding. The Administrative Law Judge shall by 
order dismiss any objections which have no bearing on the allowable 
issues which may be considered in the proceeding.
    Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of FIFRA provides that any hearing must be 
held and a determination issued within 75 days after receipt of a 
hearing request. This 75-day period may not be extended unless all 
parties in the proceeding stipulate to such an extension. If a hearing 
is properly requested, the Agency will issue a final order at the 
conclusion of the hearing governing the suspension of your products.
    A request for a hearing pursuant to this Notice must (1) include 
specific objections which pertain to the allowable issues which may be 
heard at the hearing, (2) identify the registrations for which a 
hearing is requested, and (3) set forth all necessary supporting facts 
pertaining to any of the objections which you have identified in your 
request for a hearing. If a hearing is requested by any person other 
than the registrant, that person must also state specifically why he 
asserts that he would be adversely affected by the suspension action 
described in this Notice. Three copies of the request must

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be submitted to: Hearing Clerk, 1900, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and an 
additional copy should be sent to the signatory listed below. The 
request must be received by the Hearing Clerk by the 30th day from your 
receipt of this Notice in order to be legally effective. The 30-day 
time limit is established by FIFRA and cannot be extended for any 
reason. Failure to meet the 30-day time limit will result in automatic 
suspension of your registration(s) by operation of law and, under such 
circumstances, the suspension of the registration for your affected 
product(s) will be final and effective at the close of business 30 days 
after your receipt of this Notice and will not be subject to further 
administrative review.
    The Agency's Rules of Practice at 40 CFR 164.7 forbid anyone who 
may take part in deciding this case, at any stage of the proceeding, 
from discussing the merits of the proceeding ex parte with any party or 
with any person who has been connected with the preparation or 
presentation of the proceeding as an advocate or in any investigative 
or expert capacity, or with any of their representatives. Accordingly, 
the following EPA offices, and the staffs thereof, are designated as 
judicial staff to perform the judicial function of EPA in any 
administrative hearings on this Notice of Intent to Suspend: The Office 
of the Administrative Law Judges, the Office of the Judicial Officer, 
the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, and the members of the 
staff in the immediate offices of the Administrator and Deputy 
Administrator. None of the persons designated as the judicial staff 
shall have any ex parte communication with trial staff or any other 
interested person not employed by EPA on the merits of any of the 
issues involved in this proceeding, without fully complying with the 
applicable regulations.
    2. You may also avoid suspension if, within 30 days of your receipt 
of this Notice, the Agency determines that you have taken appropriate 
steps to comply with the Section 4 Phase 5 Reregistration Eligibility 
Document Data Call-In Notice requirements. In order to avoid suspension 
under this option, you must satisfactorily comply with Attachment II, 
Requirement List, for each product by submitting all required 
supporting data/information described in Attachment II and in the 
Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to the following address 
(preferably by certified mail):
Office of Compliance (2225A), Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    For you to avoid automatic suspension under this Notice, the Agency 
must also determine within the applicable 30-day period that you have 
satisfied the requirements that are the bases of this Notice and so 
notify you in writing. You should submit the necessary data/information 
as quickly as possible for there to be any chance the Agency will be 
able to make the necessary determination in time to avoid suspension of 
your product(s).
    The suspension of the registration(s) of your company's product(s) 
pursuant to this Notice will be rescinded when the Agency determines 
you have complied fully with the requirements which were the bases of 
this Notice. Such compliance may only be achieved by submission of the 
data/information described in the attachments to the signatory below.
    Your product will remain suspended, however, until the Agency 
determines you are in compliance with the requirements which are the 
bases of this Notice and so informs you in writing.
    After the suspension becomes final and effective, the registrant 
subject to this Notice, including all supplemental registrants of 
product(s) listed in Attachment I, may not legally distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.
    Persons other than the registrant subject to this Notice, as 
defined in the preceding sentence, may continue to distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.
    Nothing in this Notice authorizes any person to distribute, sell, 
use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or 
receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any 
person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I in any manner which would 
have been unlawful prior to the suspension.
    If the registrations of your products listed in Attachment I are 
currently suspended as a result of failure to comply with another 
Section 4 Data Requirements Notice or Section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In 
Notice, this Notice, when it becomes a final and effective order of 
suspension, will be in addition to any existing suspension, i.e., all 
requirements which are the bases of the suspension must be satisfied 
before the registration will be reinstated.
    You are reminded that it is your responsibility as the basic 
registrant to notify all supplementary registered distributors of your 
basic registered product that this suspension action also applies to 
their supplementary registered products and that you may be held liable 
for violations committed by your distributors. If you have any 
questions about the requirements and procedures set forth in this 
suspension notice or in the subject Section 4 Data Requirements Notice, 
please contact Francisca Liem at (202) 564-2365.
    Sincerely yours,
    Director, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, Office of Compliance
Attachments:
Attachment I--Product List
Attachment II--Requirement List
Attachment III--Explanatory Appendix

III. Registrants Receiving and Affected by Notices of Intent to 
Suspend; Date of Issuance; Active Ingredient and Products Affected

    The following is a list of products for which a letter of 
notification has been sent:

                                           Table A.--List of Products
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                                     EPA Registration
        Registrant Affected               Number         Active Ingredient       Name of Product     Date Issued
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Amvac Chemical Corporation                00548100317  Methoxychlor           Methoxychlor-2             6/26/00
                                          00548100320                         Hornfly Dust               6/26/00
                                          00548100326                         Methoxychlor 50 Wp         6/26/00
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Bonide Products Inc.                      00000400165  Methoxychlor           Bonide Methoxychlor        6/26/00
                                                                               25% E Insecticide
                                          00000400184                         Bonide Bulb Dust           6/26/00
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Cape Fear Chemicals Inc                   00334200092  Methoxychlor           Tiger Livestock Dust       6/26/00
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Clarke Mosquito Control Products          00832900001  Methoxychlor           25% Methoxychlor           6/26/00
 Inc.                                                                          Spray
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Drexel Chemical Company                       1971327  Methoxychlor           Drexel Methoxychlor        6/26/00
                                                                               Technical
                                              1971332                         Methoxychlor 50 W.P.       6/26/00
                                              1971334                         Methoxychlor 2 E.C.        6/26/00
                                                                               Emulsifiable
                                                                               Insecticide
                                             19713118                         Methoxychlor 4L            6/26/00
                                                                               Insecticide
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Gustafson Llc                             00750100015  Methoxychlor           Gustafson                  6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor 300
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Prentiss Drug & Chemical Company          00065500615  Methoxychlor           Prentox Mosquito Yard      6/26/00
 Inc.                                                                          Spray Concentrate
                                          00065500741                         Prentox Methoxychlor       6/26/00
                                                                               50w
                                          00065500742                         Prentox 2 Lb.              6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor Spray
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Protexall Products Inc.                   00497200010  Methoxychlor           Screen Pruf Aerosol        6/26/00
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Riverdale Chemical Co.                    00022800101  Methoxychlor           Riverdale Double M         6/26/00
                                                                               Insecticide Alfalfa
                                                                               Spray
                                          00022800105                         Riverdale                  6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor
                                                                               Emulsifiable
                                                                               Concentrate
                                          00022800188                         Riverdale Rose &           6/26/00
                                                                               Floral Spray
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Rockland Corporation                      00057200056  Methoxychlor           Rockland Methoxychlor      6/26/00
                                                                               2-E
                                          00057200341                         Rockland Methoxychlor      6/26/00
                                                                               25
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Schering Plough Veterinary, Inc.          00617500045  Methoxychlor           Horse Spray & Rub          6/26/00
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Southern Agricultural                     00082900236  Methoxychlor           Sa-50 Fruit Spray          6/26/00
 Insecticides, Inc.                                                            Concentrate
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Universal Cooperatives, Inc.              00138600352  Methoxychlor           Methoxychlor               6/26/00
                                                                               Emulsifiable
                                                                               Concentrate
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Verdant Brands, Inc.                      00076900651  Methoxychlor           Smcp Methoxychlor 2e       6/26/00
                                                                               Emulsifiable
                                                                               Concentrate
                                          00076900871                         Pratt 50w                  6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor for
                                                                               Forest & Shade Trees
                                          00076900901                         Science Multi-Purpose      6/26/00
                                                                               Spray
                                          00076900903                         Science Garden Insect      6/26/00
                                                                               Spray
                                          00076900914                         Science 50%                6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor
                                                                               Wettable Powder
                                          00076900915                         Science Gladiolus &        6/26/00
                                                                               Bulb Dust
                                          00076900947                         Pratt Ec 2                 6/26/00
                                                                               Methoxychlor Insect
                                                                               Spray
                                          00076900955                         Pratt Methoxy-             6/26/00
                                                                               Diazinon 20-10 E.c.
                                          00588700077                         Black Leaf Liquid          6/26/00
                                                                               Fruit Tree Spray
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IV. Basis for Issuance of Notice of Intent; Requirement List

    The following companies failed to submit the following requirement 
data or information:

                                         Table B.--List of Requirements
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                                                                                                       Original
            Active Ingredient                  Registrant Affected            Requirement Name         Due-Date
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Methoxychlor                               Amvac Chemical Corporation   Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))

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                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
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Methoxychlor                               Bonide Products Inc.         Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
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Methoxychlor                               Cape Fear Chemicals Inc.     Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))

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                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
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Methoxychlor                               Clarke Mosquito Control      Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                            Products Inc.                Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
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Methoxychlor                               Drexel Chemical Company      Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/0/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Gustafson LLC                Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))

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                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/0/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Prentiss Drug & Chemical     Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                            Company Inc.                 Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Protexall Products Inc.      Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1).
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))

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                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Riverdale Chemical Co.       Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Rockland Corporation         Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Schering Plough Veterinary,  Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                            Inc.                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)

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                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Southern Agricultural        Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                            Insecticides, Inc.           Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Universal Cooperatives,      Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                            Inc.                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))

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                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methoxychlor                               Verdant Brands, Inc.         Leaching and Adsorption/         12/3/99
                                                                         Desorption (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 163-1)
                                                                        Photodegradation--Soil           12/3/99
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         161-3)
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rat               3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(a))
                                                                        Teratogenicity--Rabbit            3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-3(b))
                                                                        Aerobic Soil Metabolism           9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-1)
                                                                        Anaerobic Soil Metabolism         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         162-2)
                                                                        Soil Field Dissipation            9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         164-1)
                                                                        Nature of Residue--Plants         3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(a))
                                                                        Nature of Residue--               3/3/00
                                                                         Livestock (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 171-4(b))
                                                                        Storage Stability                 3/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(e))
                                                                        Magnitude of Residue--Meat/       3/3/00
                                                                         Milk/Poultry/Eggs
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(j))
                                                                        Crop Field Trials                 9/3/00
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         171-4(k))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Quail         3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(a))
                                                                        Avian Reproduction--Duck          3/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         71-4(b))
                                                                        General Metabolism                9/3/01
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         85-1)
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Rodent          9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-1(a))
                                                                        Chronic Toxicity--Non-            9/3/02
                                                                         rodent (Guideline
                                                                         Reference No: 83-1(b))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Rat                 9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(a))
                                                                        Oncogenicity--Mouse               9/3/02
                                                                         (Guideline Reference No:
                                                                         83-2(b))
                                                                        2-Generation Reproduction--       9/3/02
                                                                         Rat (Guideline Reference
                                                                         No: 83-4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

V. Attachment III Suspension Report

A. Explanatory Appendix

    A discussion of the basis for the Notices of Intent to Suspend 
follows:

Methoxychlor

    On December 9, 1988, EPA issued the Guidance for the Reregistration 
of Pesticide Products Containing Methoxychlor as the Active Ingredient 
(i.e., Methoxychlor Registration Standard). The Registration Standard 
included a Data Call-In Notice (DCI) issued pursuant to FIFRA section 
3(c)(2)(B), which required registrants of products containing 
methoxychlor used as the active ingredient to develop and submit 
certain data. The Administrator had determined these data to be 
necessary to support continued registration of pesticide products 
containing methoxychlor as the active ingredient. Failure to comply 
with the requirements of a Data Call-In Notice is a basis for 
suspension under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.
    Kincaid Enterprises Inc. (Kincaid) was the sole registrant who 
committed to produce the generic data for methoxychlor. You received 
the Registration Standard dated December 9, 1988, as evidenced by your 
signed Generic Data Exemption Statement (GDE) dated (see supplemental 
table below for specific date). You requested a Generic Data Exemption 
in your response to the DCI and were granted the GDE. The DCI in the 
1988 Methoxychlor Registration Standard states that a registered 
product is exempt from the requirement to submit or cite ``generic'' 
data concerning an active ingredient if the active ingredient in the 
product is derived exclusively from purchased, registered pesticide 
products containing the active ingredient so long as certain conditions 
are met and remain satisfied. Both the DCI and your GDE statement made 
clear that if the registrant(s) who have committed to generate and 
submit the required generic data fail to take appropriate steps to meet 
the data requirements or are no longer in compliance with the data 
requirements, the Agency will consider that both they and you are not 
in compliance and will normally initiate proceedings to suspend the 
registrations of their product(s) and your product(s), unless you 
commit to submit and submit the required data in the specfied time 
frame. Both the DCI and the GDE also state that in such cases, the 
Agency generally will not grant a time extension for submitting the 
data.
    On April 7, 1998, the Agency issued a Notice of Intent to Suspend 
to Kincaid because of their failure to submit certain data required by 
the DCI. On May 13, 1998, Kincaid requested a hearing by filing a 
hearing request with the Agency. On September 3, 1998, Kincaid and the 
Agency entered into a settlement agreement that specified the 
outstanding data requirements from the 1988 DCI

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and set forth a new schedule for their submission. Kincaid agreed in 
the Settlement Agreement that if it failed to comply with any of the 
terms and conditions relating to any of the requirements for data 
generation and submission, the Agency would request that the 
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issue an order suspending the 
registrations of Kincaid's affected products without any opportunity 
for a hearing. On September 14, 1998, the ALJ issued an accelerated 
decision and order incorporating the Settlement Agreement. The Judge's 
accelerated decision and order incorporating the Settlement Agreement 
was entered into the public docket for the matter.
    Subsequently, on December 3, 1999, Kincaid failed to satisfy 
certain data requirements as required by the DCI and the ALJ's order/
Settlement Agreement. The Agency requested that the ALJ enter a 
suspension order and a suspension order was entered for all 
methoxychlor pesticide product registrations held by Kincaid and became 
effective on January 14, 2000. The studies that were required to be 
submitted by December 3, 1999, were Guideline No. 163-1 (Leaching/
adsorption/desorption) and Guideline No. 161-3 (Photodegradation- 
soil).
    Subsequently, Kincaid missed a second deadline of March 3, 2000, 
for a number of other studies. The Agency filed a request to the ALJ 
that he amend the January 14, 2000 suspension order to include these 
studies and, on April 12, 2000, the ALJ amended the January 14, 2000 
suspension order to include the following studies as additional bases 
for suspension. The studies are: Guideline No. 83-3(a) 
(Teratogenicity--rat); Guideline No. 83-3(b) (Teratogenicity--rabbit); 
Guideline 171-4(a) (Nature of residue--plants); Guideline No. 171-4(b) 
(Nature of residue--livestock); Guideline No. 171-4(e) (Storage 
Stability); Guideline No. 171-4(j) (Magnitude of residue--meat, milk); 
and Guideline No. 162-2 (Anaerobic soil metabolism).
    Because Kincaid failed to submit the above referenced data 
inviolation of the 1988 DCI and the Accelerated Decision and Order 
incorporating the Settlement Agreement and is no longer in compliance 
with the DCI, registrants of methoxychlor end-use products who were 
previously eligible for the GDE are also in noncompliance with the 1988 
DCI requirements as amended by the Accelerated Decision and Order 
incorporating the Settlement Agreement.
    On April 14, 2000, the Agency mailed to you a certified letter 
return receipt requested which revoked your GDE for the methoxychlor 
products listed in Attachment I and notified you that you had 30 days 
from your receipt of that letter to satisfy the overdue data 
requirements referred to above and commit to satisfy the overdue data 
requirements set forth in the 1988 DCI and the Accelerated Decision and 
Order incorporating the Settlement Agreement or the Agency would issue 
a Notice of Intent to Suspend (NOITS) affecting your methoxychlor 
products. On (see supplemental table below for specific date), the 
Agency received the green card which evidenced your receipt of the 
revocation letter.
    Because the Agency has not received an adequate or appropriate 
response from you as a methoxychlor registrant, the Agency is issuing 
this Notice of Intent to Suspend.

B. Supplemental Table

    The following table provides green card receipt dates for Generic 
Data Exemption (GDE) and letter dates revoking the GDE for registrants 
for methoxychlor.

 
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           Registrant Name                  Company Number            GDE Date(s)             Letter Date(s)
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AMVAC Chemical Corporation             5481                     5/1/89                   4/25/00
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AMVAC Chemical Corporation             5481                     11/7/89                  4/25/00
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Bonide Products Inc.                   4                        1/31/89                  4/21/00
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Cape Fear Chemicals Inc.               3342                     2/8/89                   4/24/00
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Drexel Chemical Company                713                      3/30/89                  4/25/00
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Gustafson LLC                          501                      2/21/89                  4/24/00
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Clarke Mosquito Control Products,      8329                     4/5/89                   2/24/00
 Inc.
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Prentiss Drug & Chemical Co. Inc.      655                      3/17/89                  4/21/00
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Protexall Products, Inc                4972                     1/16/89                  4/21/00
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Riverdale Chemical Co.                 228                      4/26/89                  4/24/00
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Rockland Corporation                   572                      3/10/89                  4/24/00
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S. Agricultural Insecticides. Inc      829                      1/19/89                  4/24/00
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Schering Plough Veterinary Inc.         6175                    1/12/89                  4/27/00
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Universal Cooperatives, Inc.           1386                     4/03/89                  4/24/00
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Verdant Brands, Inc.                   769                      1/19/89                  4/25/00
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Verdant Brands, Inc.                   769                      2/27/89                  4/25/00
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Verdant Brands, Inc.                   769                      3/30/89                  4/25/00
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Verdant Brands, Inc.                   5887                     4/4/89                   4/25/00
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VI. Conclusions

    EPA has issued Notices of Intent to Suspend on the dates indicated. 
Any further information regarding these Notices may be obtained from 
the contact person noted above.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: September 18, 2000.
Richard Colbert,
Director, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 00-24780 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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