D ocket Number : EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0768 www.regulations.gov



## Flufenpyr-ethyl Notice of Registration Review Case Closure Case Number 7262 September 2015

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**)1** Richard P. Keigwin, Jr. , •rector Pesticide Re-evaluation Division
Date :INTRODUCTION This is the Environmental Protection Agency ' s (EPA or the Agency) Registration Review Case Closure for flufenpyr-ethyl (registration review docket EPA-HQ-OPP2014-0768). Flufenpyr-ethyl is an herbicide that was previously registered for use on field com, soybeans , and sugarcane, but for which all registrations have been canceled as discussed below. The Agency is implementing the registration review program pursuant to Section 3(g) ofthe Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and will review each registered pesticide every 15 years to determine whether it continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration. Changes in science, public policy, and pesticide use . practices occur over time. The registration review program is intended to make sure that, as the ability to assess risk evolves and as policies and practices change, all registered pesticides continue to meet the statutory standard
. The public phase ofregistration review begins when the initial docket is opened for each case. Information on this program is provided on the Agency's website 1 • Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.50, the Agency formally initiated registration review for flufenpyr-ethyl (case 7262)
. The following timeline highlights significant events that · have occurred during the registration review offlufenpyr-ethyl:

• December 19, 2014- Published the Flufenpyr-ethyl Preliminary Work Plan and supporting documents in the registration review docket (EPA-HQ-OPP-2014- 0768) for a 60-day public comment period.

• March 19 , 2015

- Valent USA Corporation (Valent), the sole technical and eq.duse product registrant for flufenpyr-ethyl, requested to voluntarily cancel all ofits flufenpyr-ethyl product registrations. These were the last two flufenpyr-ethyl products registered for use in the United States
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• May 14, 2015

- The Flufenpyr-ethyl Final Work Plan (FWP) was signed. The FWP noted Valent's request to voluntarily cancel all ofits flufenpyr-ethyl product registrations and the Agency's intention to announce receipt ofthis request in a forthcoming Federal Register notice.

• July 8, 2015

- Published a Notice of Receipt ofRequests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses , including cancellations offlufenpyr

-ethyl registrations, in the Federal Register (80 FR 39100; FRL-9928-54). No comments were received during the 30-day comment period.

• September 22, 2015

- Published a Product Cancellation Order and /or Amendments to Terminate Uses for Certain Pesticide Registrations , including

1 http: //www .epa.gov/oppsrrd ] / registration_review/
2cancellations of flufenpyr-ethyl registrations, in the Federal Regist e r (80 FR 57179 ; FRL-9933-58). BACKGROUND INFORMATION In March 2015, Valent, the sole technical and end-use product registrant for flufenpyr-ethyl, informed the Agency that it was requesting to voluntarily cancel all flufenpyr-ethyl product registrations. Following publication ofa Federal Register notice announcing receipt ofthis request and the end ofthe public comment period, the Agency issued the product cancellation order on September 22, 2015 for all flufenpyr

-ethyl product registrations. The effective cancellation date is September 22, 2015. (Copies of those notices are included in the docket for this registration review.) Valent noted that there are no existing stocks ofthese product registrations (EPA Registration Numbers 59639-109 and 59639-11 0) and did not request any existing stocks provisions. Therefore, no existing stocks provision is provided for these product registrations. REGISTRATION REVIEW CASE CLOSURE As stated in the Flufenpyr-ethyl FWP, the Agency had intended to call in data and revise the existing risk assessments for flufenpyr-ethyl. However, following publication ofthe FWP, all U.S. flufenpyr-ethyl product registrations were voluntarily cancelled effective September 22, 2015. In addition, there are no existing stocks offlufenpyr-ethyl. Therefore, due to the cancellation of all flufenpyr-ethyl product registrations in the United States , updated risk assessments and additional data are no longer required and the Agency is closing the registration review case. Pursuant to 40 CPR§ 155.42(c) , which provides that the Agency "will close a registration review case if all products in the case are canceled," the Agency is closing the registration review case for flufenpyr-ethyl, thus concluding the flufenpyr-ethyl registration review
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