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the iodomethane registrations identified 

in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. 

Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders 

that the product registrations identified 

in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. are canceled 

and the product registration identified 

in Table 2 of Unit II. is amended. The 

effective date of the cancellation for the 

following products that are subject of 

this notice, EPA Registration Numbers 

66330–43, 66330–57, 66330–58, 66330– 

59 and 66330–60, is December 31, 2012. 

The effective date of the cancellation for 

EPA Registration Number 66330–44 is 

December 1, 2015. Any distribution, 

sale, or use of existing stocks of the 

products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of 

Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with 

any of the provisions for disposition of 

existing stocks set forth in Unit VI. will 

be a violation of FIFRA. Within 30 days 

of the date of publication of this order, 

Arysta shall send the following 

documents by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, to every person who 

purchased any such product directly 

from Arysta since December 31, 2011; 

and to every retailer known to Arysta to 

have sold any end-use product since 

December 31, 2011: A letter that 

identifies or indicates: 

1. The iodomethane product(s) that 

were purchased and the dates of such 

purchase. 

2. That any distribution or sale of 

Arysta’s end-use iodomethane products 

will be unlawful under FIFRA after 

December 31, 2012. 

3. That Arysta’s end-use iodomethane 

products in users’ possession may not 

be used after December 31, 2012. 

4. That after December 31, 2012, all 

remaining existing stocks of Arysta’s 

iodomethane end-use products must be 

disposed of in accordance with all 

applicable state and Federal laws or 

returned to Arysta; and a hard copy of 

the actual cancellation order as 

published in the Federal Register. 

V. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. Thereafter, 

following the public comment period, 

the EPA Administrator may approve 

such a request. The notice of receipt for 

this action was published for comment 

on November 21, 2012 (77 FR 69840) 

(FRL–9370–2). The comment period 

closed on December 21, 2012. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the action. The existing 

stocks provision for the products subject 

to this order is as follows. 

As of December 1, 2015, all sale and 

distribution of existing stocks of 

Arysta’s iodomethane technical/ 

manufacturing-use product, EPA Reg. 

No. 66330–44, by Arysta shall be 

prohibited unless the sale or 

distribution is for proper disposal or is 

solely for purposes of export consistent 

with the requirements of section 17 of 

FIFRA. 

As of December 31, 2012, Arysta is 

prohibited from distributing or selling 

existing stocks of end-use products, EPA 

Registration Nos. 66330–43, 66330–57, 

66330–58, 66330–59 and 66330–60 

unless the sale or distribution is for 

proper disposal, or is solely for export 

consistent with the requirements of 

FIFRA section 17; persons other than 

Arysta are prohibited from distributing 

or selling existing stocks of Arysta’s 

end-use products, EPA Registration 

Number 66330–43, 66330–57, 66330– 

58, 66330–59 and 66330–60, unless the 

sale or distribution is for proper 

disposal, return to Arysta, or is intended 

solely for export consistent with the 

requirements of FIFRA section 17; and 

no person may use any existing stocks 

of any of Arysta’s end-use products EPA 

Registration Numbers. 66330–43, 

66330–57, 66330–58, 66330–59 and 

66330–60. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: December 28, 2012. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00732 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0906; FRL–9374–4] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on WebDistributed Labeling for Pesticide 

Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) titled 

‘‘Web-Distributed Labeling for Pesticide 

Products.’’ PR Notices are issued by the 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

inform pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registration 

related decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This particular draft PR 

Notice provides guidance concerning 

the process by which registrants can 

make legally valid versions of pesticide 

labeling available through the Internet. 

Web-distributed labeling would allow 

users to retrieve a streamlined version of 

the pesticide product labeling, 

containing the directions for use and 

necessary information related to the 

user’s specific state and intended site of 

use. Shorter, relevant labeling could be 

clearer and easier for the user to 

understand, improving compliance with 

pesticide labeling requirements and 

thereby protecting human health and 

the environment from unintentional 

misuse of pesticides. Web-distributed 

labeling would also allow for more 

rapid updates to pesticide labeling, 

meaning risk mitigation measures and 

new uses can reach the user more 

quickly than under the current paperbased system. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 16, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0906, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

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

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

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

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Arling, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 308–5891; fax 

number: (703) 308–2962; email address: 

arling.michelle@epa.gov@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who register and use pesticide products 

and to state regulators of pesticide 

products. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the information in this notice, 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Specific Areas for Comment. EPA 

has identified questions about the PR 

Notice on which the Agency would like 

to receive specific input from 

commenters. These questions and topic 

areas are presented below. 

i. Would an appendix with sample 

master labeling and web-distributed 

labeling rendered output assist in 

understanding the PR Notice and how to 

follow the recommendations in the PR 

Notice? 

ii. The PR Notice suggests that it ‘‘is 

targeted towards pesticide products 

marketed primarily to applicators for 

use in the course of commercial 

activity.’’ Please comment on the scope 

of coverage. Should the Agency expand 

or contract the targeted products? Are 

there alternate ways to describe the 

targeted products? 

iii. Should the Agency consider 

combining the released for shipment 

date and the unique identifier into a 

single alpha-numeric combination? If 

so, why? Please provide suggested 

definitions for any proposed alternative. 

iv. Should the released for shipment 

date and unique identifier have a 

standard location on the container or 

pesticide labeling? If so, where? If not, 

why? 

v. Should EPA approve webdistributed labeling for one or some, but 

not all, uses listed on a product’s 

labeling? If so, how would users know 

that no web-distributed labeling was 

available for their intended use? 

vi. Should EPA consider only 

accepting WDL submissions to the 

Agency for review as electronic files? 

vii. Please provide comments on the 

web-distributed labeling statements and 

their recommended location. Should 

they be located at the beginning of the 

directions for use? Should they be a 

separate section on the labeling, similar 

to the Agricultural Use Box that conveys 

information about the Worker Protection 

Standard? Would either approach make 

the user more likely to read and comply 

with the information? 

viii. Please provide comments on the 

minimum functionality discussed in 

Unit IV. ix. Are the proposed standards 

reasonable? If not, please suggest 

alternative guidelines. 

x. Please provide any other comments 

on the PR Notice. If you disagree with 

or do not understand any aspect of the 

PR Notice, please describe the area and 

an alternative that incorporates your 

suggestions. 

C. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A copy of the draft PR notice is 

available in the docket under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2012–0906. 

II. What guidance does this PR notice 

provide? 

A. Background 

Since 2007, the Agency has been 

exploring the feasibility and advisability 

of allowing registrants to make legally 

enforceable pesticide product labeling 

available to users via the Internet, an 

initiative referred to as ‘‘web-distributed 

labeling’’ (WDL). At the end of 2010, 

EPA initiated a ‘‘user acceptance pilot.’’ 

(75 FR 51058, August 18, 2010; EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2010–0632) The user 

acceptance pilot involved a simulation 

of a WDL Web site that users could visit 

and on which they could provide 

feedback. The user acceptance pilot did 

not involve any changes to existing 

pesticide labeling on containers or 

legally valid electronic versions of 

pesticide labeling. EPA also published a 

Federal Register notice which outlined 

EPA’s positions on issues related to 

WDL and sought comment on a number 

of these issues. (75 FR 82011, December 

29, 2010; EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0648). 

Based on its review of the comments 

and other feedback received from the 

Federal Register notice and the user 

acceptance pilot, EPA is proposing a 

voluntary approach to WDL that would 

allow registrants to distribute pesticide 

products with labeling that refers the 

user to the Web site from which the user 

may download legally valid, enforceable 

labeling. The container would still be 

accompanied by a physical copy of the 

EPA-accepted labeling sufficient for the 

correct use of the product, but a user 

could access the most current version of 

the state- and site-specific labeling from 

a Web site identified on the container 

label. Offering WDL while retaining the 

full labeling on or accompanying 

pesticide containers would allow users, 

registrants, and EPA to acquire a better 

understanding of the strengths and 

limitations of WDL and possibly serve 

as a transition to a system which relies 

more heavily on the Internet and other 

technologies to provide users with 

legally enforceable labeling. For 

example, registrants could determine 

whether specific types of products 

would be better suited to WDL and 

users could evaluate the relative benefit 

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of WDL versus the current pesticide 

product labeling. 

As considered by EPA, WDL would 

make available via the Internet site- and 

state-specific use directions for 

pesticide products as downloadable 

electronic files. To access this labeling, 

a user would visit the Web site 

identified on the pesticide label, enter 

information identifying the product, and 

select the intended state and use site. 

The Web site would return a 

streamlined version of the pesticide 

labeling containing the language 

applicable to all uses of the product, 

such as hazard statement and first aid, 

and the relevant state/site specific 

directions for use (e.g., application to 

cranberries in Maine). Sufficient 

labeling for the correct use of the 

product would still be available with 

the pesticide either on the container 

label or in accompanying material. 

B. Overview of PR Notice 

This PR Notice provides guidance 

about how EPA intends to implement 

WDL under this system. First, the PR 

Notice defines terms used related to 

WDL in this notice. It includes 

suggested language that registrants can 

use on the labeling affixed to or 

accompanying the pesticide container to 

reference the WDL portion of labeling. 

It recommends content, function, and 

security for the Web site associated with 

a product’s WDL. Finally, the PR Notice 

suggests a process by which registrants 

can request that a product’s labeling 

include WDL and outlines what 

information EPA expects to receive. 

III. Do PR notices contain binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

notice is intended to provide guidance 

to EPA personnel and decisionmakers 

and to pesticide registrants. While the 

requirements in the statutes and Agency 

regulations are binding on EPA and the 

applicants, this PR Notice is not binding 

on either EPA or pesticide registrants, 

and EPA may depart from the guidance 

where circumstances warrant and 

without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

registrants may assert that the guidance 

is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 3, 2013. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00560 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9770–5] 

Office of Environmental Information; 

Announcement of Availability and 

Comment Period for the Draft Quality 

Standard for Environmental Data 

Collection, Production, and Use by 

Non-EPA (External) Organizations and 

Two Associated QA Handbooks; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability & request 

for comment; extension of comment 

period and correction. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency published a document in the 

Federal Register of December 26, 2012, 

concerning request for comments for the 

Draft Quality Standard for 

Environmental Data Collection, 

Production, and Use by Non-EPA 

(External) Organizations and two 

associated QA Handbooks. The notice of 

availability is being extended to a 45 

day review and comment period and the 

document contained incorrect Web site 

links in the footnotes. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 11, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Warren, Environmental Protection 

Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, MC 

2811R; Washington, DC 20460; Phone: 

202–564–6876. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of December 

26, 2012 in FRL 9764–3, page 76035, 

second column correct line after 

SUMMARY to read: 

‘‘SUMMARY: Notice of availability for a 45 day 

review and comment period is hereby given 

for the draft Quality Standard for 

Environmental Data Collection, Production, 

and Use by Non-EPA (External) 

Organizations and two associated draft QA 

Handbooks; 1) draft Handbook for Preparing 

Quality Management Plans (QMPs) and 2) 

draft Handbook for Preparing Quality 

Assurance (QA) Project Plans (QAPPs).’’ 

In the Federal Register of December 

26, 2012 in FRL 9764–3, on page 76036, 

at the bottom of the first column; correct 

the Web site references for footnotes one 

and two to read: 

1http://www.epa.gov/irmpoli8/policies/

21050.pdf 

2http://www.epa.gov/irmpoli8/policies/

21060.pdf 

Monica D. Jones, 

Director, Quality Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00836 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0019; FRL–9375–2] 

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; 

Agency Decisions and State and 

Federal Agency Crisis Declarations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted emergency 

exemptions under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as 

listed in this notice. The exemptions 

were granted during the period July 1, 

2012 to September 30, 2012 to control 

unforeseen pest outbreaks. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See 

each emergency exemption for the name 

of a contact person. The following 

information applies to all contact 

persons: Team Leader, Emergency 

Response Team, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8050. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed at the end of the emergency 

exemption. 

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