75536 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 179 / Monday, September 16, 2024 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0223; FRL–12246–01– 

OCSPP] 

Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Receipt of 

Requests To Voluntarily Amend 

Registrations To Terminate Asparagus 

Use 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing 

a notice of receipt of request by Gharda 

Chemicals International, Inc. (Gharda) 

to voluntarily amend one chlorpyrifos 

registration to terminate use on 

asparagus. EPA intends to grant this 

request at the close of the comment 

period for this announcement unless the 

Agency receives substantive comments 

within the comment period that would 

merit further review of the request, or 

unless the registrant withdraws its 

request. If, and after, this request is 

granted, any sale, distribution, or use of 

the product listed in this notice would 

need to be consistent with the terms as 

described in the final cancellation order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 16, 2024, whichever 

occurs later. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0223 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 566–0700; email address: 

OPPChlorpyrifosInquiries@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through https://

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of a request from Gharda to 

terminate asparagus in one product 

registration. The affected registration is 

listed in Table 1 of this Unit. Table 2 of 

this Unit includes the name and address 

of record for Gharda. 

Unless the Agency receives 

substantive comments that warrant 

further review of the request or the 

registrant withdraws their request, EPA 

intends to issue a final cancellation 

order in the Federal Register 

terminating use on asparagus for the 

registration in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—CHLORPYRIFOS REGISTRATION WITH PENDING REQUEST FOR TERMINATION OF ASPARAGUS

Registration No. Product name Company Uses to be deleted 

93182–8 ........................... Pilot 15G Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide.Gharda Chemicals International, Inc Asparagus. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANT REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF ASPARAGUS

EPA Company 

No. Company name and address 

93182 ............. Gharda Chemicals International, Inc., 4032 Crockers Lake Blvd., Suite 818, 

Sarasota, FL 34238. 

III. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of 

a pesticide product may at any time 

request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be cancelled or amended to 

terminate one or more registered uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. 

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that before acting 

on a request for voluntary cancellation, 

EPA must provide at least a 30-day 

public comment period on the request 

for voluntary cancellation or use 

termination. In addition, FIFRA section 

6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) 

requires that EPA provide a 180-day 

comment period on a request for 

voluntary cancellation or termination of 

any minor agricultural use before 

granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrant requests a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The EPA Administrator determines 

that continued use of the pesticide 

would pose an unreasonable adverse 

effect on the environment. 

Gharda has requested that EPA waive 

the 180-day comment period. 

Accordingly, EPA is providing a 30-day 

comment period on the proposed 

request. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for use termination/deletion 

should submit such withdrawal in 

writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 


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V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

Existing stocks for the product 

identified in this document are those 

stocks of registered pesticide product 

that are currently in the United States 

and that were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation action. 

EPA has determined that the following 

existing stocks provisions are not 

inconsistent with the purposes of FIFRA 

given the limited amount of existing 

stocks and the limited time allowed for 

use of the existing stocks outlined 

below: 

• Sale and distribution of existing 

stocks of Pilot 15G Chlorpyrifos 

Agricultural Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 

93182–8) is permitted until April 30, 

2025. 

• Use of existing stocks of Pilot 15G 

Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide 

(EPA Reg. No. 93182–8) must be 

consistent with the product labeling. 

Such use is permitted until June 30, 

2025. 

• Use of existing stocks of Pilot 15G 

Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide 

(EPA Reg. No. 93182–8) for non-food 

purposes is permitted until existing 

stocks are exhausted, as long as such 

use is in accordance with the labeling. 

After these dates, all respective sale, 

distribution, and use of existing stocks 

is prohibited, except for sale and 

distribution for export consistent with 

FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) and for 

proper disposal in accordance with state 

regulations. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: September 9, 2024. 

Jean Anne Overstreet, 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20945 Filed 9–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0159; FRL–11684– 

07–OCSPP] 

Certain New Chemicals or Significant 

New Uses; Statements of Findings for 

July 2024 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in 

the Federal Register a statement of its 

findings after its review of certain TSCA 

submissions when EPA makes a finding 

that a new chemical substance or 

significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. Such 

statements apply to premanufacture 

notices (PMNs), microbial commercial 

activity notices (MCANs), and 

significant new use notices (SNUNs) 

submitted to EPA under TSCA. This 

document presents statements of 

findings made by EPA on such 

submissions during the period from July 

1, 2024, to July 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0159, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov or in-person at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The Public Reading Room is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. For the latest 

status information on EPA/DC services 

and docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Rebecca 

Edelstein, New Chemical Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–1667 email address: 

edelstein.rebecca@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action provides information that 

is directed to the public in general. 

B. What action is the Agency taking? 

This document lists the statements of 

findings made by EPA after review of 

submissions under TSCA section 5(a) 

that certain new chemical substances or 

significant new uses are not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. This 

document presents statements of 

findings made by EPA during the 

reporting period. 

C. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

TSCA section 5(a)(3) requires EPA to 

review a submission under TSCA 

section 5(a) and make one of several 

specific findings pertaining to whether 

the substance may present unreasonable 

risk of injury to health or the 

environment. Among those potential 

findings is that the chemical substance 

or significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment per TSCA 

Section 5(a)(3)(C). 

TSCA section 5(g) requires EPA to 

publish in the Federal Register a 

statement of its findings after its review 

of a submission under TSCA section 

5(a) when EPA makes a finding that a 

new chemical substance or significant 

new use is not likely to present an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. Such statements apply 

to PMNs, MCANs, and SNUNs 

submitted to EPA under TSCA section 

5. 

Anyone who plans to manufacture 

(which includes import) a new chemical 

substance for a non-exempt commercial 

purpose and any manufacturer or 

processor wishing to engage in a use of 

a chemical substance designated by EPA 

as a significant new use must submit a 

notice to EPA at least 90 days before 

commencing manufacture of the new 

chemical substance or before engaging 

in the significant new use. 

The submitter of a notice to EPA for 

which EPA has made a finding of ‘‘not 

likely to present an unreasonable risk of 

injury to health or the environment’’ 

may commence manufacture of the 

chemical substance or manufacture or 

processing for the significant new use 

notwithstanding any remaining portion 

of the applicable review period. 

D. Does this action have any 

incremental economic impacts or 

paperwork burdens? 

No. 

II. Statements of Findings Under TSCA 

Section 5(a)(3)(C) 

In this unit, EPA provides the 

following information (to the extent that 

such information is not claimed as 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)) on the PMNs, MCANs and 

SNUNs for which, during this period, 

EPA has made findings under TSCA 

section 5(a)(3)(C) that the new chemical 

substances or significant new uses are 

not likely to present an unreasonable 

risk of injury to health or the 

environment: 

The following list provides the EPA 

case number assigned to the TSCA 


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