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involvement with the development of the documents under consideration (including previous scientific peer review) before the candidate is considered further for service on the FIFRA SAP. Those who are selected from the pool of prospective candidates will be asked to attend the public meetings and to participate in the discussion of key issues and assumptions at these meetings. In addition, they will be asked to review and to help finalize the meeting minutes. The list of FIFRA SAP members participating at this meeting will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may be obtained from the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at http:// www.regulations.gov.
II. Background
A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP

The FIFRA SAP serves as the primary scientific peer review mechanism of EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is structured to provide scientific advice, information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on pesticides and pesticide-related issues as to the impact of regulatory actions on health and the environment. The FIFRA SAP is a Federal advisory committee established in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in accordance with requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The FIFRA SAP is composed of a permanent panel consisting of seven members who are appointed by the EPA Administrator from nominees provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. FIFRA, as amended by FQPA, established a Science Review Board consisting of at least 60 scientists who are available to the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in reviews conducted by the SAP. As a peer review mechanism, the FIFRA SAP provides comments, evaluations and recommendations to improve the effectiveness and quality of analyses made by Agency scientists. Members of the FIFRA SAP are scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to provide expert advice and recommendation to the Agency.
B. Public Meeting

The bed bug is an obligate bloodfeeding pest that has been a persistent pest to people throughout recorded history. Bed bugs have lived in close proximity to humans in the United States but their populations dropped dramatically during the mid-20th century. The United States is one of many countries now experiencing a resurgence of the population of bed bugs. Though the exact cause is not known, experts suspect the resurgence is associated with increased resistance of bed bugs to available pesticides, greater international and domestic travel, lack of knowledge regarding control of bed bugs due to their prolonged absence, and the continuing decline or elimination of effective vector/pest control programs at state and local public health agencies. In recent years, public health agencies across the country have been overwhelmed by complaints about bed bugs. An integrated approach to bed bug control involving Federal, state, tribal and local public health professionals, together with pest management professionals, housing authorities and private citizens, will promote development and understanding of the best methods for managing and controlling bed bugs and preventing future infestations. Research, training and public education are critical to an effective strategy for reducing public health issues associated with the resurgence of bed bug populations.

EPA-registered pesticide products are an important part of pest management programs to accomplish bed bug control. In the past 5 years, some product users have reported failures due to the lack of bed bug susceptibility to pesticide products. Subsequently, resistance to pyrethroid insecticides was documented although it has not been directly linked to field application failures. Taken together, these conditions have raised questions about the validity and value of efficacy data submitted to EPA that are used to fulfill registration requirements for bed bug pesticide products. In response, EPA has evaluated the database for registered products and concluded that there is a need to standardize approaches to bed bug product testing methods in order to insure the efficacy of registered products. In order to accomplish this, the Agency is developing a product performance guideline for bed bug pesticide products. The Agency will be seeking advice and recommendations from the SAP on scientific issues associated with the proposed EPA Guideline ‘‘Methods for Efficacy Testing of Bed Bug Pesticide Products.’’
C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting
Minutes

EPA’s background paper, related supporting materials, charge/questions to the FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition (i.e., members and ad hoc members for this meeting), and the meeting agenda will be available by early February 2012. In addition, the Agency may provide additional background documents as the materials become available. You may obtain electronic copies of these documents, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, at http://www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA SAP homepage at http:// www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap.

The FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting minutes summarizing its recommendations to the Agency approximately 90 days after the meeting. The meeting minutes will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web site or may be obtained from the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at http:// www.regulations.gov.
List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: December 28, 2011. Stephen M. Knott, Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.

[FR Doc. 2012–336 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014; FRL–9328–3]**

**Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide**  **Registrations**

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before July 9, 2012.


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**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014, by one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.

Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. ATTN: Jolene Trujillo.

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 0014. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at http:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Jolene Trujillo, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 347–0103; email address: trujillo.jolene@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. 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.
II. What action is the agency taking?

This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from registrants to cancel 36 pesticide products registered under FIFRA section 3 or 24(c). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of this unit.

Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw their requests, EPA intends to issue orders in the Federal Register canceling all of the affected registrations.


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TABLE 

### 1—R EGISTRATIONS 

### W ITH 

### P ENDING 

### R EQUESTS FOR 

### C ANCELLATION

EPA Reg. No. Product name Active ingredients

000264–00438 .......................................................... Bronate Herbicide ............................... MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester; Bromoxynil octanoate. 000264–00477 .......................................................... Buctril + Atrazine Herbicide ................ Bromoxynil octanoate; Atrazine. 000264–00586 .......................................................... Sedagri Batril 20W Herbicide ............. Bromoxynil octan oate. 000264–00699 .......................................................... Rhino Brand Herbicide ....................... MCPA, 2-ethyl hexyl este; Bromoxynil octanoate; Heptanoic acid, 2,6-dibromo-4-cyanophenyl
ester. 000264–00799 .......................................................... Weco Max Brand Herbicide ................ 2,4–D, 2-ethylhexyl ester; Heptanoic acid, 2,6-dibromo-4-cyanophenyl ester; Bromoxynil octanoate. 000264–01071 .......................................................... Wolverine Power Pak ......................... Heptanoic aci d, 2,6-dibromo-4-cyanophenyl ester; Bromoxynil octanoate; Pyrasulfotole Technical; Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl. 000279–03104 .......................................................... Commence EC ................................... Trifluralin; Clomazone. 000279–03232 .......................................................... Command Xtra Herbicide ................... Clomazone; Sulfe ntrazone. 001043–00060 .......................................................... T.B.Q. Germicidal Detergent .............. Alkyl dimethyl b enzyl ammonium chloride (50%C 14 , 40%C 12 , 10%C 16 ).002217–00426 .......................................................... Formec 80 Turf & Ornamental Fungicide. Mancozeb.

010324–00053 .......................................................... Maquat 2.5% ...................................... 1–Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride. 010324–00054 .......................................................... Maquat-4.5% ...................................... 1–Decana minium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride. 010324–00055 .......................................................... Septin CS ........................................... Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (60%C 14 , 30%C 16 , 5%C 18 , 5%C 12); Alkyl*dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride *(68%C 12 , 32%C 14 ). 010324–00106 .......................................................... Q–14 Disinfectant ............................... Alkyl dim ethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (50%C 14 , 40%C 12 , 10%C 16 ); 1–Octanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride; 1– Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride;1–Decanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride. 010324–00145 .......................................................... Maquat FP .......................................... Alkyl dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (68%C 12 , 32%C 14 ); Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (60%C 14 , 30%C 16 , 5%C 18 , 5%C 12 ). 010807–00449 .......................................................... Country Vet Flea & Tick Carpet Spray with Growth Inhibitor. Phenothrin; Tetramethrin; Pyriproxyfen.

053883–00084 .......................................................... Pendimethalin 3.3 Herbicide ............... Pendimethalin. 053883–00086 .......................................................... Pendimethalin 0.66% + Fertilizer ....... Pendimethalin. 053883–00138 .......................................................... Permethrin 3.2 Ag II ........................... Permethrin

. 075341–00012 .......................................................... Hollow Heart CF ................................. Copper naphthenate; Sodium fluoride. 075341–00013 .......................................................... COP–R–Plastic II Wood Preserving Compound. Copper naphthenate; Sodium fluoride.

CA110009 ................................................................. Ethylene .............................................. Ethylene. GA080007 ................................................................. Ridomil Gold Copper .......................... Copper hydroxide; D–Alanine, N-(2,6- dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-, methyl
ester. GA080011 ................................................................. Safari 20 SG Insecticide ..................... Dinotefuran. ID060014 .................................................................. Prozap Zinc Phosphide Pellets .......... Zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ). KY080024 ................................................................. Safari 20 SG Herbicide ....................... Dinotefuran. MI000003 .................................................................. Captan 50 Wettable Powder .............. Captan. MI060004 .................................................................. Dual Magnum ..................................... S–Met olachlor. MT950003 ................................................................. Zinc Phosphide Oat Bait ..................... Zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ). NV040003 ................................................................. Zinc Phosphide Oat Bait ..................... Zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ). NV060007 ................................................................. Prozap Zinc Phosphide Pellets .......... Zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ). NV080003 ................................................................. Endura Fungicide ................................ Boscal id. SD070001 ................................................................. Zinc Phosphide Oat Bait ..................... Zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2 ). VA080007 ................................................................. Ridomil Gold Copper .......................... Copper hydroxide; D–Alanine, N-(2,6- dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-, methyl
ester. VA080009 ................................................................. Safari 20 SG Insecticide ..................... Dinotefuran. WA060011 ................................................................ Tristar 70 WSP Insecticide ................. Acetamiprid.

Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in this
unit.


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TABLE 

### 2—R EGISTRANTS 

### R EQUESTING 

### V OLUNTARY 

### C ANCELLATION

EPA Company No. Company name and address

264 ...................................................................... Bayer Crop Science LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., PO Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709. 279 ...................................................................... FMC Corp. Agricultural Products, 1735 Market St. Rm 1978, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 1043 .................................................................... Steris Corporation, PO Box 147, St. Louis, MO 63166–014 7. 2217 .................................................................... PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 West 12th St., Kansas City, MI 6 4101–0090. 10324 .................................................................. Mason Chemical Co., 721 W. Algonquin Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005. 10807 .................................................................. Amrep, Inc, Agent: Lewis & Harrison LLC, 122 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20001. 53883 .................................................................. Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa-Red Bluff Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507–1041. 75341 .................................................................. Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., 980 Ellicott St., Buffalo, NY 14209. CA110009 ........................................................... Airgas Specialty Gases, Inc., 2530 Sever Rd. Suite 300, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. GA080007, MI060004, VA080007 ...................... Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, D/B/A Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., PO Box 1 8300, Greensboro, NC 27149–8300. GA080011, KY080024, VA080009 ..................... Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94 596. ID060014, MT950003, NV040003, NV060007,

SD070001. Hacco, Inc., 110 Hopkins Dr., Randolph, WI 53956–1316.

MI000003 ............................................................ Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC, 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513. NV080003 ........................................................... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 2 7709–3528. WA060011 .......................................................... Nippon Soda Co. Ltd, Agent: Nisso America Inc., 45 Broadway, Suite 2110, New York, NY
10006.

III. 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 cancelled. 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 requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(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 registrants request 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.

The registrants in Table 2 of Unit II have not requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 180-day comment period on the proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation should submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under **FOR FURTHER**
**INFORMATION CONTACT** . If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 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. Because the Agency has identified no significant potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II., EPA anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register . Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled products.
List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: December 13, 2011. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 2012–340 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**  **AGENCY**

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0996; FRL–9331–3]**

**Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos**  **Registration Review Final Decisions; Notice of Availability** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces the availability of EPA’s final registration review decisions for the pesticides butylate, case no. 0071; fenoxycarb, case no. 7401; sodium tetrathiocarbonate, case no. 7009; and temephos, case no. 0006. Registration review is EPA’s periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without causing unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For pesticide specific information, contact: The chemical review manager identified in the Table of Unit II. for the pesticide of interest.

For general information on the registration review program, contact: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone